Editing Sells, Arizona

{{Short description|CDP in Pima County, Arizona}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Sells, Arizona
|native_name              = {{langx|ood|Komkcʼeḍ ʼe-Wa:ʼosidk}}
|native_name_lang         = ood
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
|image_skyline            = File:Arizona - Rowood through Shipolovi - NARA - 23933785.jpg
|imagesize                = 300px
|image_caption            = Sells Indian School, 1940s
|image_map                = Pima County Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sells highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]] and the state of [[Arizona]]
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|pushpin_label = Sells
|pushpin_map = Arizona#USA
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Arizona|County]]
|subdivision_name         = {{USA}}
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Arizona}}
|subdivision_name2        = [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima]]
|subdivision_type3        = Tribe
|subdivision_name3       =  [[Tohono O'odham Nation]]
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|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 23.94
|area_total_sq_mi         = 9.24
|area_land_km2            = 23.92
|area_land_sq_mi          = 9.23
|area_water_km2           = 0.02
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.01
|elevation_ft             = 2392
|elevation_m              = 729
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 2121
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 88.68
|population_density_sq_mi = 229.69
|timezone                 = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|MST]] (no [[Daylight savings time|DST]])
|utc_offset               = -7
|coordinates              = {{coord|31|54|46|N|111|52|31|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|website                  = 
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 85634
|area_code                = [[Area code 520|520]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 04-65490
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = {{GNIS4|11073}}
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
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'''Sells''' ([[O'odham language|O'odham]]: '''Komkcʼeḍ ʼe-Wa:ʼosidk''') is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Pima County, Arizona|Pima County]], [[Arizona]], United States. The population was 2,799 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]].  It is the capital of the [[Tohono O'odham]] Nation and the home of several of their tribal businesses, such as [[Tohono O'Odham Ki:Ki Association]]. Originally named '''Indian Oasis''', by cattle-ranchers/businessmen brothers, Joseph and Louis Ménager in 1912. The Ménager brothers also built and ran the Indian Oasis Mercantile Store. The settlement took its present English name in 1918 to honor Indian Commissioner [[Cato Sells]].<ref>[http://www.arizonahandbook.com/kittpeak.htm Kitt Peak]</ref> The O'odham name means "Tortoise Got Wedged".

Sells is near the [[Kitt Peak National Observatory]].

==Geography==
Sells is located at {{coord|31|54|54|N|111|52|32|W|type:city}} (31.914994, -111.875669).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|9.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|9.4|sqmi|km2}}  is land and 0.11% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 2121
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,799 people, 690 households, and 565 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|298.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 810 housing units at an average density of {{convert|86.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 96% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 3% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], <1% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], <1% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], <1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and <1% from two or more races.  3% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 690 households, out of which 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 26% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 44% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18% were non-families. 14% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 4.0 and the average family size was 4.3.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 42% under the age of 18, 11% from 18 to 24, 27% from 25 to 44, 16% from 45 to 64, and 5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $20,610, and the median income for a family was $20,294. Males had a median income of $25,278 versus $22,396 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $6,283.  About 42% of families and 46% of the population were below the [[Poverty threshold|poverty line]], including 51% of those under age 18 and 41% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[Baboquivari Unified School District]] operates area public schools,<!--UNI 03950--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st04_az/schooldistrict_maps/c04019_pima/DC20SD_C04019.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pima County, AZ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|pages=1-2 (PDF pp. 2-3/3)|access-date=2024-11-07}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st04_az/schooldistrict_maps/c04019_pima/DC20SD_C04019_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> while [[Tohono O'odham High School]] is a [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] high school.

==References==
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{{Cities of Pima County, Arizona}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Pima County, Arizona]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Arizona]]
[[Category:Populated places in the Sonoran Desert]]
[[Category:Seats of government of American Indian reservations]]
[[Category:Tohono O'odham Nation]]