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GEOGRAPHY


Green Valley is located at 31°51'20" North, 111°0'0" West (31.855617, -111.000077).

According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 68.0 Km&2 (26.3 Mi&2 ). 68.0 km&2 (26.2 mi&2) of it is land and 0.1 km&2 (0.04 mi&2) of it is water. The total area is 0.08% water.

Green Valley is twenty miles south of Tucson and 40 miles north of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Surrounded by copper mines, and near the hiking and birding areas of the Santa Rita Mountains, Green Valley is now an unincorporated Retirement Community .


DEMOGRAPHICS

As of the Census of 2000, there were 17,283 people, 9,995 households, and 6,296 families residing in the CDP. The Population Density was 254.3/km&2 (658.6/mi&2). There were 13,263 housing units at an average density of 195.2/km&2 (505.4/mi&2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.35% White , 0.18% Black or African American , 0.19% Native American , 0.33% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 0.36% from Other Races , and 0.54% from two or more races. 2.28% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 9,995 households out of which 1.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were Married Couples living together, 2.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 28.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.71 and the average family size was 2.07.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 1.6% under the age of 18, 0.7% from 18 to 24, 2.8% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 73.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 72 years. For every 100 females there were 79.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,213, and the median income for a family was $48,369. Males had a median income of $34,500 versus $25,932 for females. The Per Capita Income for the CDP was $31,138. 3.0% of the population and 1.7% of families were below the Poverty Line . 3.1% of those under the age of 18 and 2.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.


MISCELLANEOUS

In 2005 Green Valley was the host of the SAE mini Baja100 competition. Mini Baja are custom VTT made by students, in this case there were about 60 teams from various universities, including some from Canada. ETS- Ecole de technologie Superieure, from Montreal, Canada, won the competition.


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