Bitter Springs, Arizona

City Description

Bitter Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 547. Bitter Springs is located at 36°37′15″N 111°39′23″W / 36.62083°N 111.65639°W / 36.62083; -111.65639 (36.620888, -111.656460). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.3 square miles (21.4 km²), all of it land. Mean elevation is 5,115 feet. US Postal Service ZIP code 86040. Bitter Springs is the terminus of U.S. Route 89A, a spur route cut off by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam. As of the census of 2000, there were 547 people, 104 households, and 97 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 66.1 people per square mile (25.5/km²). There were 127 housing units at an average density of 15.3/sq mi (5.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.72% Native American and 1.28% White, with 0.73% of the population made up of Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 104 households out of which 73.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 26.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 5.8% were non-families. 4.8% of

City Contained By:

• Arizona
• Coconino County
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Mountain Time Zone

Size:

• 21.4969013158 km squared

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