Page Contents for Rio Rico, Arizona
Statistics & Facts
Location
History & History-related items
Government
Libraries.
Schools.
Miscellany
Statistics & Facts
- The Arizona state capital is Phoenix.
- The population of Rio Rico is approximately 1,730 (1998), 18962 (2010).
- The approximate number of families is 5625 (2010).
- The amount of surface water is 0 sq kilometers.
- The distance from Rio Rico to Washington DC is 2046 miles.
- The distance to the Arizona state capital is 156 miles. (as the crow flies)
- Rio Rico is positioned 31.47 degrees north of the equator and 110.97 degrees west of the prime meridian.
- Rio Rico median income is $ 31,931.
- The Rio Rico median home price is $ 78,988.
Location
57 miles south of Tucson and 12 miles north of Mexico. The community goes from the Santa Rica Mountains through the San Cayetano Foothills west to the Santa Cruz River.
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History & History Related Items
Rio Rico means Rich River. The community, itself, began in 1969 and has grown as the area has expanded. Its beginnings go back to the Baca Float, a tract of around 100,000 acres granted to the heirs of Luisa Maria Baca by the US Congress because of an unclear grant from the Spanish government many years before.
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Rio Rico City Government
Rio Rico is an unincorporated community
Rio Rico Libraries
Rio Rico Public Library1060 Yavapai Dr
Rio Rico, AZ 85648-1502
Phone: 520-281-8067
Rio Rico Schools
Santa Cruz Valley School District1220 Camino Lito Galindo
Rio Rico, AZ 85648-2006
Phone: 520-281-8282
Rio Rico Miscellany
The population of Rio Rico was:
1980 - 1,314
1990 - 1,407
1998 - 1,730
US Census and State of Arizona figures
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