Picacho (/piːkɑːtʃoʊ/) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 471 at the 2010 census.

Picacho, Arizona
Census-designated place
Picacho post office (Demolished)
Location in Pinal County and the state of Arizona
Picacho, Arizona Location in the United States
Coordinates: 32°42′58″N 111°29′43″W
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	Pinal
Area [1]
• Total	6.11 sq mi (15.82 km2)
• Land	6.09 sq mi (15.77 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation	1,614 ft (492 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	250
• Density	41.04/sq mi (15.85/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
ZIP code	85241
Area code	520
GNIS feature ID	9393

Picacho is located near Interstate 10, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Eloy and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Picacho Peak State Park. Picacho has a post office with ZIP code 85241, which opened in 1881.[2] The community's name is Spanish for "peak" and is derived from the Picacho Mountains.[3] Picacho has a ZIP Code of 85241; in 2000, the population of the 85241 ZCTA was 521.[4]

By late 2012, parts of Picacho were to be removed under Arizona eminent domain law on account of Interstate 10 expansion.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

In 2010 Picacho had a population of 471. The racial and ethnic makeup of the population was 62.4% Hispanic or Latino, 33.8% non-Hispanic white, 0.6% non-Hispanic black, 0.7% Hispanic blacks, 1.5% non-Hispanic Native American, 1.0% Hispanic Native Americans, 0.6% non-Hispanics reporting some other race and 7.0% of the population reporting two or more races.[6]

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