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24-605: The Constitution of Arizona provides the Superior Court with jurisdiction over: Under Article 6, section 13, of the Arizona Constitution , "[t]he superior courts provided for in this section shall constitute a single court, composed of all the duly elected or appointed judges in each of the counties of the state." In this sense, the single Superior Court of the State of Arizona is divided into fifteen divisions, conterminous with

48-425: A household in the county was $ 28,569, and the median income for a family was $ 32,409. Males had a median income of $ 30,509 versus $ 21,621 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 11,609. About 23.4% of families and 29.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 36.6% of those under age 18 and 20.3% of those age 65 or over. Navajo County is among the most religiously diverse places in

72-463: A second version in both sections). Navajo County, Arizona Navajo County ( Navajo : Tʼiisyaakin Áłtsʼíísí Bił Hahoodzo ) is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Arizona . As of the 2020 census , its population was 106,717. The county seat is Holbrook . Navajo County comprises the Show Low , Arizona Micropolitan Statistical Area . Navajo County contains parts of

96-438: Is the governing document and framework for the State of Arizona . The current constitution is the first and only adopted by the state of Arizona. The Arizona Territory was authorized to hold a constitutional convention in 1910 at which the constitution was drafted and submitted to Congress. The original constitution was approved by Congress, but subsequently vetoed by President William H. Taft on his objections concerning

120-653: The Hopi Indian reservation , the Navajo Nation , and Fort Apache Indian Reservation . Navajo County was split from Apache County on March 21, 1895. The first county sheriff was Commodore Perry Owens , a legendary gunman who had previously served as the sheriff of Apache County. It was the location for many of the events of the Pleasant Valley War . According to the United States Census Bureau ,

144-519: The Republican Party . Although its Native American population makes up nearly half of the county, a demographic that politically favors those of the Democratic Party , the county has a strong Latter-Day Saint presence (particularly in population centers such as Snowflake) that normally allows Republican candidates to carry the county by small margins. However, in the 2018 gubernatorial election,

168-477: The census of 2000, there were 97,470 people, 30,043 households, and 23,073 families living in the county. The population density was 10 inhabitants per square mile (3.9/km ). There were 47,413 housing units at an average density of 5/sq mi (1.9/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 47.7% Native American , 45.9% White , 0.9% Black or African American , 0.3% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 3.2% from other races , and 5.9% from two or more races. 8.2% of

192-586: The fifteen counties of Arizona . Officially, each Superior Court division is styled the " Superior Court of the State of Arizona in and for the County of (County) ". For example, the Superior Court division located in Coconino County is officially the, "Superior Court of the State of Arizona in and for the County of Coconino." However, since each county elects the sheriff, clerk, attorney, public defender, legal defender, and attorney of its branch and owns and operates

216-1635: The 1912 general election. The following individuals were the delegates to the convention: Fred Colter (D), representing Apache County ; E. M. Doe (R) and C. C. Hutchinson (R), representing Coconino County ; E.E. Ellinhwood (D), John Bolan (D), H. B. Sims (D), C. M. Roberts (D), F. R. Bradner (D), Thomas Fenney (D), A. F. Parsons (D), E. A. Tovreau (D), D. L. Cunningham (D), C. F. Connelly (D), representing Cochise County ; George W. P. Hunt (D), J. J. Keegan (D), Alfred Kinney (D), John H. McCormick (D), Jacob Weinberger (D), representing Gila County ; Lamar Cobb (D), A. R. Lynch (D), Mit Simms (D), A. M. Tuthill (D), William T. Webb (D), representing Graham County ; A. C. Baker (D), Lysander Cassidy (D), John Orme (D), Orrin Standage (D), J. E. Crutchfield (D), F. A. Jones (D), Benjamin Baker Moeur (D), Alfred Franklin (D), Sidney Osborn (D), representing Maricopa County ; Henry Lovin (D) representing Mohave County ; James Scott (R), and William Morgan (D), representing Navajo County ; Thomas N. Wills (D) and Elmer Coker (D), representing Pinal County ; S. L. Kingman (R), W. F. Cooper (R), George Pusch (R), Carl Jacome (R), and J. C. White (R), representing Pima County ; Bracey Curtis (R) representing Santa Cruz ; Mulford Winsor (D), F. L. Ingram (D), and C. E. Short (D), representing Yuma County ; and E. M. Wells (R), M. G. Cunniff (D), A. A. Moore (D), Homer R. Wood (D), Morris Goldwater (D), and Albert Jones (D), representing Yavapai County . We

240-576: The Civil Department to resolve controversies that arise in commercial settings expeditiously and cost effectively." A separate division of the superior court in Maricopa County serves as the Arizona Tax Court and has statewide jurisdiction over disputes that involves the imposition, assessment or collection of a tax. Constitution of Arizona The Constitution of the State of Arizona

264-522: The United States (neighboring Apache County and Coconino County are first and second). In descending order of territory within the county, the reservations are the Navajo Nation , Hopi Indian Reservation , and Fort Apache Indian Reservation , all of which are partly located within Navajo County. As of the census of 2010, there were 107,449 people, 35,658 households, and 25,923 families living in

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288-539: The United States. A 2020 census by the Public Religion Research Institute (unconnected to the official US census) calculates a religious diversity score of 0.876 for Navajo County, where 1 represents complete diversity (each religious group of equal size) and 0 a total lack of diversity. Only three other counties in the US have higher scores, all much more urban than Navajo County. Navajo County leans towards

312-541: The building(s) in which it is located, they are authorized to use variations of the name in informal documents. For example, Maricopa County refers to its branch as " The Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County ." Since 2015, the Maricopa County Superior Court has included a specialized business court docket, known as the Commercial Court. The "Commercial Court is a specialty calendar within

336-606: The county has a total area of 9,960 square miles (25,800 km ), of which 9,950 square miles (25,800 km ) is land and 9.3 square miles (24 km ) (0.09%) is water. Navajo County offers not only the Monument Valley , but Keams Canyon , part of the Petrified Forest National Park , and one of the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forests in North America. Nathan Korhman of The Atlantic described

360-460: The county voted Republican over Democrat by a large margin (56–42%). School districts that serve the county include: There is a tribal elementary school called Little Singer Community School, affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Hataalii Yazhi, a medicine man , in the 1970s proposed establishing the school so area children did not have to travel far for their education. The school

384-402: The county, in 2022, as "one of Arizona’s most rural regions", stating that a political canvasser would have to drive to get to a sequential house on a list to target, while in more urban areas such a canvasser would walk from place to place. Navajo County has 6,632.73 square miles (17,178.7 km ) of federally designated Indian reservation within its borders, the third most of any county in

408-436: The county. The population density was 10.8 inhabitants per square mile (4.2/km ). There were 56,938 housing units at an average density of 5.7 units per square mile (2.2 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 49.3% white, 43.4% American Indian, 0.9% black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 3.4% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 10.8% of

432-592: The people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution. The Arizona Constitution is divided into a preamble and 30 articles, numbered 1–6, 6.1, 7–22, and 25–30, with articles 23 and 24 having been repealed. Article 30 is no longer in force due to being ruled illegal. Two sections in the Constitutions are duplicated, having resulted from three constitutional amendments being approved in 1992 (Propositions 100, 101, and 107 all amending term limits with Proposition 107 creating

456-499: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 24.8% reported speaking Navajo at home, 5.9% other Southern Athabaskan languages , 4.7% Spanish , and 3.2% Hopi . There were 30,043 households, out of which 40.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.5% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.2% had someone living alone who

480-421: The population. In terms of ancestry, 13.7% were German , 12.5% were English , 9.3% were Irish , and 2.3% were American . Of the 35,658 households, 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 27.3% were non-families, and 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size

504-410: The recalling of judges. The constitution was amended by the constitutional convention removing the recalling of judges and resubmitted, upon which President Taft approved Arizona's statehood as the 48th state on February 14, 1912. Fairly quickly after Arizona became a state, the state legislature approved a constitutional amendment which restored the ability to recall judges, which was approved in

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528-468: Was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.50. The median age was 34.7 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 39,774 and the median income for a family was $ 45,906. Males had a median income of $ 41,516 versus $ 28,969 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 16,745. About 19.1% of families and 24.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 32.6% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over. As of

552-450: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.17 and the average family size was 3.68. In the county, the population was spread out, with 35.4% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males. The median income for

576-565: Was named after him. The original buildings used two geodesic domes as features. In 2014 the school had 81 students. By 2014 the original campus was described by the Associated Press as being in poor repair. In 2004 the school first asked the BIE to get funding for a new building. The current campus had a cost of $ 28 million and an area of 32,000 square feet (3,000 m ). It uses intersecting circles as an architectural feature. The current building

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