Editing Pinal County, Arizona

{{short description|County in Arizona, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Pinal County
 | state                = Arizona
 | seal                 = Pinal County, Arizona seal.png
 | seal size            = 75px
 | founded year         = 1875
 | named for            = [[Pinal Peak]]
 | founded date         = February 1
 | seat wl              = Florence
 | largest city         = [[San Tan Valley]]<br /> [[Maricopa, Arizona|Maricopa]] (incorporated)<ref name ="PinalCentral">{{cite web |title=Surprising numbers for Pinal cities in census; Maricopa now most populous city |date=August 13, 2021 |url=https://www.pinalcentral.com/maricopa_monitor/news/surprising-numbers-for-pinal-cities-in-census-maricopa-now-most-populous-city/article_f2f385f8-2e17-5b85-818a-6a5622e9584e.html}}</ref>
 | city type            = municipality
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 5374
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 5366
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 8.6
 | area percentage      = 0.2
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 425264
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2024
 | population_est       = 513862 {{increase}}
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | time zone            = Mountain
 | web                  = www.pinalcountyaz.gov
 | ex image             = Second Pinal county courthouse.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Second Pinal County Courthouse]] in Florence
 | district             = 2nd
 | district2            = 5th
 | district3            = 6th
 | district4            = 7th
 | coordinates          = {{coord|32|59|13|N|111|19|38|W|region:US-AZ_type:adm2nd_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Pinal County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the central part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Arizona]]. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the county was 425,264,<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/pinalcountyarizona/PST045221 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref> making it Arizona's [[List of counties in Arizona|third-most populous county]]. The [[county seat]] is [[Florence, Arizona|Florence]]. The county was established in 1875.

Pinal County contains parts of the [[Tohono Oʼodham Nation]], the [[Gila River Indian Community]] and the [[San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation]], as well as all of the [[Ak-Chin Indian Community]].

Pinal County is included in the [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]–[[Mesa, Arizona|Mesa]]–[[Chandler, Arizona|Chandler]], Arizona [[Phoenix metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Suburban growth southward from greater Phoenix has begun to [[urban sprawl|spread]] into the county's northern parts; similarly, growth northward from Tucson is spreading into the county's southern portions. Pinal County has five cities: [[Maricopa, Arizona|Maricopa]], [[Casa Grande, Arizona|Casa Grande]], [[Apache Junction, Arizona|Apache Junction]], [[Eloy, Arizona|Eloy]], and [[Coolidge, Arizona|Coolidge]]. There are also many [[unincorporated area]]s, which have shown accelerated growth patterns in recent years; such suburban development is likely to continue for the foreseeable future.

==History==
Pinal County was carved out of neighboring [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]] and [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]] on February 1, 1875, during the [[8th Arizona Territorial Legislature|Eighth Legislature]]. In the August 18, 1899, issue of ''The Arizona Magazine,'' the name "Pinal" is said to come from the pine-clad [[Pinal Mountains]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Granger |first=Byrd Howell |date=1983 |title=Arizona's Names (X Marks the Place) |location=Tucson, AZ |publisher=The Falconer Publishing Company |page=483 |isbn=0918080185}}</ref> Pinal County was the second-fastest-growing county in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-01.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-01.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=PopulationDistributionandChange:2000to2010|date=March 2011|publisher=UnitedStatesCensusBureau|page=9|access-date=March 26, 2011}}</ref>

In 2010, CNN Money named Pinal County as the second fastest growing county in the USA.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fastest Growing U.S. Counties|url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/real_estate/1006/gallery.fastest_growing_US_counties/2.html|access-date=March 30, 2014|date=June 21, 2010|agency=CNN Money}}</ref>

Pinal County has been identified as the second riskiest county for combined impacts of climate change from 2040 to 2060, largely due to high risks of extreme heat, fire hazard and economic and crop damages.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Al |last2=Lustgarten |first2=Abrahm |last3=Goldsmith |first3=Jeremy W. |date=September 15, 2020 |title=New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States |url=https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Pickepost Peak, AZ.jpg|thumb|Picketpost Peak, a prominent landmark above [[Superior, Arizona|Superior]]]]
[[File:Sondes.jpg|thumb|upright|Spring wildflowers in the [[Sonoran Desert National Monument]]]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|5374|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|5366|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|8.6|sqmi}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 23, 2015|date=August 23, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Mountain ranges===
{{See also|List of mountain ranges of Arizona#Pinal County}}
* [[Mineral Mountains, Arizona|Mineral Mountains]]
* [[Sacaton Mountains, Arizona|Sacaton Mountains]]
* [[Superstition Mountains]]
* [[Waterman Mountains]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]] – west, north
* [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila County]] – north
* [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham County]] – east
* [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]] – south

===Major highways===
{{div col}}
* [[File:I-8 (AZ).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 8 (Arizona)|Interstate 8]]
* [[File:I-10 (AZ).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 10 (Arizona)|Interstate 10]]
* [[File:US 60.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 60 in Arizona|U.S. Route 60]]
* [[File:US 80 (AZ historic).svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 80 in Arizona#Historic U.S. Route 80|Historic U.S. Route 80]]
* [[File:Arizona 24.svg|20px]] [[Arizona State Route 24|State Route 24]]
* [[File:Arizona 77.svg|20px]] [[Arizona State Route 77|State Route 77]]
* [[File:Arizona 79.svg|20px]] [[Arizona State Route 79|State Route 79]]
* [[File:Arizona 84.svg|20px]] [[Arizona State Route 84|State Route 84]]
* [[File:Arizona 87.svg|20px]] [[Arizona State Route 87|State Route 87]]
* [[File:Arizona 177.svg|25px]] [[Arizona State Route 177|State Route 177]]
* [[File:Arizona 187.svg|25px]] [[Arizona State Route 187|State Route 187]]
* [[File:Arizona 238.svg|25px]] [[Arizona State Route 238|State Route 238]]
* [[File:Arizona 287.svg|25px]] [[Arizona State Route 287|State Route 287]]
* [[File:Arizona 347.svg|25px]] [[Arizona State Route 347|State Route 347]]
* [[File:Arizona 387.svg|25px]] [[Arizona State Route 387|State Route 387]]
* [[File:Arizona 587.svg|25px]] [[Arizona State Route 587|State Route 587]]
{{div col end}}

===National protected areas===
* [[Casa Grande Ruins National Monument]]
* [[Coronado National Forest]] (part)
* [[Hohokam Pima National Monument]]
* [[Ironwood Forest National Monument]] (part)
* [[Sonoran Desert National Monument]] (part)
* [[Tonto National Forest]] (part)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 3044
|1890= 4251
|1900= 7779
|1910= 9045
|1920= 16130
|1930= 22081
|1940= 28841
|1950= 43191
|1960= 62673
|1970= 67916
|1980= 90918
|1990= 116379
|2000= 179727
|2010= 375770
|2020= 425264
|estyear=2024
|estimate=513862
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 26, 2025}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/az190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Pinal County, Arizona – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Pinal County, Arizona|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US04021&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Pinal County, Arizona|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US04021&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Pinal County, Arizona|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US04021&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|105,641
|220,486
|style='background: #ffffe6; |240,006
|58.78%
|58.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56.44%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,658
|16,007
|style='background: #ffffe6; |20,712
|2.59%
|4.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.87%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|12,419
|17,410
|style='background: #ffffe6; |17,156
|6.91%
|4.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.03%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,001
|6,114
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,290
|0.56%
|1.63%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.48%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|111
|1,489
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,081
|0.06%
|0.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|169
|487
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,658
|0.09%
|0.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.39%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2,057
|6,800
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,828
|1.14%
|1.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.96%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|53,671
|106,977
|style='background: #ffffe6; |121,533
|29.86%
|28.47%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28.58%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''179,727'''
|'''375,770'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''425,264'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 375,770 people, 125,590 households, and 92,157 families living in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US04021 |title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data |access-date=January 20, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213022208/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US04021 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|70.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants|}}. There were 159,222 housing units at an average density of {{convert|29.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}.<ref name="census-density">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US04021 |access-date=January 20, 2016 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213183919/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US04021 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the county was 72.4% white, 5.6% American Indian, 4.6% black or African American, 1.7% Asian, 0.4% Pacific islander, 11.5% from other races, and 3.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 28.5% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1" /> In terms of ancestry, 16.9% were [[Germans|German]], 10.6% were [[Irish people|Irish]], 9.5% were [[English people|English]], and 2.8% were [[Americans|American]].<ref name="census-dp2">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US04021 |title=DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |access-date=January 20, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213033626/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US04021 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Of the 125,590&nbsp;households, 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 26.6% were non-families, and 20.5% of households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.21. The median age was 35.3 years.<ref name="census-dp1" />

The median household income was $51,310 and the median family income was $56,299. Males had a median income of $45,082 versus $34,785 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,716. About 10.1% of families and 13.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 18.3% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US04021 |title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |access-date=January 20, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213031202/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US04021 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 179,727 people, 61,364 households, and 45,225 families living in the county. The population density was {{convert|34|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants|}}. There were 81,154 housing units at an average density of {{convert|15|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the county was 70.4% White, 2.8% Black or African American, 7.8% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 15.7% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. 29.9% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 21.9% reported speaking Spanish at home, while 1.4% speak [[O'odham language|O'odham]] and <0.1% speak [[Apachean languages|Apache]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results%26state_id%3D4%26county_id%3D21%26mode%3Dgeographic%26order%3Dr |title=Language Map Data Center |publisher=Mla.org |date=July 17, 2007 |access-date=August 17, 2012 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110043025/http://www.mla.org/map_data_results%26state_id%3D4%26county_id%3D21%26mode%3Dgeographic%26order%3Dr |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Of the 61,364 households 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 21.1% of households were one person and 9.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.09.

The age distribution was 25.1% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% 65 or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.0 males.

The median household income was $35,856 and the median family income was $39,548. Males had a median income of $31,544 versus $23,726 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,025. About 12.1% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the [[Poverty thresholds (United States Census Bureau)|poverty threshold]], including 25.5% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Politics==
During the 20th century, Pinal was very much a [[bellwether]] county in U.S. presidential elections, having supported the winning candidate in every election between Arizona's statehood in 1912 and 2004 except for that of 1968, when [[Hubert Humphrey]] won the county by 3.2 percentage points but lost to Richard M. Nixon. As a result of the urban sprawl from Phoenix spreading into the county, a major political reversal has taken place between it and neighboring Maricopa County since the turn of the millennium. Maricopa County is now becoming more progressive as is the trend of most largely populated city centers in America. Pinal voters currently still trend more conservative for now. [[Donald Trump]] carried the county by the second-largest margin for a Republican since statehood. The county is one of the most conservative suburban areas outside of the deep South, and one of the few that has continued to trend rightward in the Trump era.
{{PresHead|place=Pinal County, Arizona|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2008|Republican|59,421|44,254|1,723|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|37,006|27,252|364|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|20,122|19,650|1,518|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|13,034|19,579|4,282|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|11,669|15,468|9,602|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|14,966|13,850|364|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|16,464|11,923|232|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|12,195|9,207|1,856|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|9,354|10,595|655|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|10,584|6,404|571|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|6,883|7,409|1,954|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|6,956|9,911|5|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|6,441|7,232|11|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,762|5,063|17|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,985|4,522|0|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,232|3,572|83|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,909|3,026|22|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,996|4,411|22|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,216|3,498|154|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,000|3,137|47|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,631|1,419|4|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,075|988|568|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,493|1,264|0|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|855|1,232|92|Arizona}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|80|352|373|Arizona}}

==Government==
Salaries for county elected officials are set by the Arizona Revised Statutes. All county elected officials except the [[Pinal County Sheriff's Office|Sheriff]] (Ross Teeple as of 2025<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sheriff {{!}} Pinal County, AZ |url=https://www.pinal.gov/772/Sheriff |url-status=live}}</ref>) and the County Attorney make a salary of $63,800, along with county benefits and compulsory participation in the Arizona State Elected Official Retirement Plan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azleg.gov/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=11 |title=Arizona Revised Statutes |publisher=Azleg.gov |access-date=August 17, 2012 |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912050114/http://www.azleg.gov/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2020, the Republican Party won complete control of the Board of Supervisors. In 2022, the Arizona Supreme Court deemed their Road Improvement Tax (passed in 2018) as illegal due to the tax only applied to purchases under $10,000. In 2022, the county's elections department came under intense scrutiny following several mistakes in the primary election. At the time, the Elections Department had only two full-time employees. The Board of Supervisors found themselves being accused of not properly funding the Elections Department.

==Economy==
{{Expand section|section|date=October 2010}}
[[CoreCivic]], while still known as Corrections Corporation of America, operated the privately owned [[Saguaro Correctional Center]].<ref name="Brady">Brady, Kat. "[http://www.staradvertiser.com/editorials/20100618_Using_private_prisons_costs_more_than_it_seems.html Using private prisons costs more than it seems]." (editorial) ''[[Honolulu Star Advertiser]]''. June 18, 2010. Retrieved on September 29, 2010.</ref> located in [[Eloy, Arizona|Eloy]] in Pinal County,<ref>"[http://www.correctionscorp.com/facility/saguaro-correctional-center/ Saguaro Correctional Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925113700/http://correctionscorp.com/facility/saguaro-correctional-center/ |date=September 25, 2010}}." [[Corrections Corporation of America]]. Retrieved on September 30, 2010.</ref> It is paid by the state of Hawaii to house the majority of Hawaii's male prison inmate population.<ref name="Brady"/>{{dead link|date=September 2021}}

==Communities==
[[File:Pinal County Arizona Incorporated and Unincorporated areas.svg|thumb|right|300px|Map of [[municipality|incorporated areas]] and [[Indian reservations]] in Pinal County]]
[[File:Copper-Cuprite-260138.jpg|thumb|[[Native copper]] with [[cuprite]] from the [[Ray Mine]] near Kearny]]

===Cities===
* [[Apache Junction, Arizona|Apache Junction]] (partially in [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]])
* [[Casa Grande, Arizona|Casa Grande]]
* [[Coolidge, Arizona|Coolidge]]
* [[Eloy, Arizona|Eloy]]
* [[Maricopa, Arizona|Maricopa]]

===Towns===
{{div col}}
* [[Florence, Arizona|Florence]] (county seat)
* [[Hayden, Arizona|Hayden]] (partially in Gila County)
* [[Kearny, Arizona|Kearny]]
* [[Mammoth, Arizona|Mammoth]]
* [[Marana, Arizona|Marana]] (mostly in [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]])
* [[Queen Creek, Arizona|Queen Creek]] (partially in [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]])
* [[Superior, Arizona|Superior]]
* [[Winkelman, Arizona|Winkelman]] (partially in [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila County]])
{{div col end}}

===Census-designated places===
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* [[Ak-Chin Village, Arizona|Ak-Chin Village]]
* [[Arizona City, Arizona|Arizona City]]
* [[Blackwater, Arizona|Blackwater]]
* [[Cactus Forest, Arizona|Cactus Forest]]
* [[Campo Bonito, Arizona|Campo Bonito]]
* [[Casa Blanca, Arizona|Casa Blanca]]
* [[Catalina, Arizona|Catalina (partially in Pima County)]]
* [[Chuichu, Arizona|Chuichu]]
* [[Dudleyville, Arizona|Dudleyville]]
* [[Gold Canyon, Arizona|Gold Canyon]]
* [[Goodyear Village, Arizona|Goodyear Village]]
* [[Kohatk, Arizona|Kohatk]]
* [[Lower Santan Village, Arizona|Lower Santan Village]]
* [[Oracle, Arizona|Oracle]]
* [[Picacho, Arizona|Picacho]]
* [[Queen Valley, Arizona|Queen Valley]]
* [[Red Rock, Pinal County, Arizona|Red Rock]]
* [[Sacate Village, Arizona|Sacate Village]]
* [[Sacaton, Arizona|Sacaton]]
* [[Sacaton Flats Village, Arizona|Sacaton Flats Village]]
* [[Saddlebrooke, Arizona|Saddlebrooke]]
* [[San Manuel, Arizona|San Manuel]]
* [[Santa Cruz, Arizona|Santa Cruz]]
* [[San Tan Valley, Arizona|San Tan Valley]]
* [[Stanfield, Arizona|Stanfield]]
* [[Stotonic Village, Arizona|Stotonic Village]]
* [[Sweet Water Village, Arizona|Sweet Water Village]]
* [[Tat Momoli, Arizona|Tat Momoli]]
* [[Top-of-the-World, Arizona|Top-of-the-World]] (partially in [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila County]])
* [[Upper Santan Village, Arizona|Upper Santan Village]]
* [[Vaiva Vo, Arizona|Vaiva Vo]]
* [[Wet Camp Village, Arizona|Wet Camp Village]]
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===Other unincorporated communities===
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* [[Arizola, Arizona|Arizola]]
* [[Bapchule, Arizona|Bapchule]]
* [[Barkerville, Arizona|Barkerville]]
* Burns
* [[Kelvin, Arizona|Kelvin]]
* [[Oracle Junction, Arizona| Oracle Junction]]
* [[Randolph, Arizona|Randolph]]
* [[Ray Junction, Arizona|Ray Junction]]
* [[Reymert, Arizona|Reymert]]
* [[Riverside, Arizona|Riverside]]
* [[Santan, Arizona|Santan]]
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===Ghost towns===
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* [[Adamsville, Arizona|Adamsville]]
* [[Alma, Arizona|Alma]]
* [[American Flag, Arizona|American Flag]]
* [[Cochran, Arizona|Cochran]]
* [[Copper Creek, Arizona|Copper Creek]]
* [[Goldfield, Arizona|Goldfield]]
* [[Pinal City, Arizona|Pinal City]]
* [[Ray, Arizona|Ray]]
* [[Reymert, Arizona|Reymert]]
* [[Sacaton (village)|Socaton Village]]
* [[Sonora, Arizona|Sonora]]
* [[Tiger, Arizona|Tiger]]
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===County population ranking===
The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] of Pinal County.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/pinalcountyarizona/POP060210 |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Pinal County, Arizona}}</ref>
'''†''' county seat

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Population (2020 Census)
!Municipal type
!Incorporated
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 1
| '''[[San Tan Valley, Arizona|San Tan Valley]]'''
| 99,894
| [[census-designated place|CDP]]
|
|- style="background-color:#BBFFBB;"
| 2
| '''[[Queen Creek, Arizona|Queen Creek]]''' (''Mostly in [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]]'')
| 59,519
| Town
| 1990
|- style="background-color:#FFFF54;"
| 3
| '''[[Maricopa, Arizona|Maricopa]]'''
| 58,125
| City
| 2003
|- style="background-color:#FFFF54;"
| 4
| '''[[Casa Grande, Arizona|Casa Grande]]'''
| 53,658
| City
| 1879 (founded)
|- style="background-color:#BBFFBB;"
| 5
| '''[[Marana, Arizona|Marana]]''' (''mostly in [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]]'')
| 51,908
| Town
| 1977
|- style="background-color:#FFFF54;"
| 6
| '''[[Apache Junction, Arizona|Apache Junction]]''' (''partially in [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]]'')
| 38,499
| City
| 1978
|- style="background-color:#BBFFBB;"
| 7
| '''† [[Florence, Arizona|Florence]]'''
| 26,785
| Town
| 1900<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leagueaz.org/lgd/index.cfm?area=main&cid=25|title=League of Arizona Cities and Towns}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#FFFF54;"
| 8
| '''[[Eloy, Arizona|Eloy]]'''
| 15,635
| City
| 1949
|- style="background-color:#FFFF54;"
| 9
| '''[[Coolidge, Arizona|Coolidge]]'''
| 13,218
| City
| 1945
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 10
| '''[[Saddlebrooke, Arizona|Saddlebrooke]]'''
| 12,574
| CDP
|
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 11
| '''[[Gold Canyon, Arizona|Gold Canyon]]'''
| 11,404
| CDP
|
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 12
| '''[[Arizona City, Arizona|Arizona City]]'''
| 9,868
| CDP
|
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 13
| '''[[San Manuel, Arizona|San Manuel]]'''
| 3,692
| CDP
|
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 14
| '''[[Oracle, Arizona|Oracle]]'''
| 3,656
| CDP
|
|- style="background-color:#BBFFBB;"
| 15
| '''[[Superior, Arizona|Superior]]'''
| 3,319
| Town
| 1976
|- style="background-color:#BBFFBB;"
| 16
| '''[[Kearny, Arizona|Kearny]]'''
| 2,261
| Town
| 1959
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 17
| '''[[Sacaton, Arizona|Sacaton]]'''
| 1,824
| CDP
|
|- style="background-color:#BBFFBB;"
| 18
| '''[[Mammoth, Arizona|Mammoth]]'''
| 1,759
| Town
| 1958
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 19
| '''[[Dudleyville, Arizona|Dudleyville]]'''
| 1,068
| CDP
|
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 20
| '''[[Casa Blanca, Arizona|Casa Blanca]]'''
| 1,004
| CDP
|
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 21
| '''[[Queen Valley, Arizona|Queen Valley]]'''
| 566
| CDP
|
|- style="background-color:#DBE9F4;"
| 22
| '''[[Stanfield, Arizona|Stanfield]]'''
| 515
| CDP
|
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Arizona}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Pinal County, Arizona]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Pinal County, Arizona}}
* {{osmrelation|1832207}}
* {{Official website|http://pinalcountyaz.gov}}
* [http://www.pinaljobs.com Pinal County Official Employment Site]
* [http://www.trivalleycentral.com/ Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc.]
* [http://www.PinalCountyChamberOfCommerce.com/ Pinal County Chamber]

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Pinal County, Arizona
|North     = [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]] and [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila County]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham County]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Pinal County, Arizona}}
{{Phoenix Metropolitan Area}}
{{Arizona}}

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