Photo: Marine 69-71 · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Pima run?
Pima’s town government spent $803,000 on day-to-day services in the year to July 31, 2022, about $310 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Pima didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Pima is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
The typical homeowner pays $892 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.33% of the home’s value, vs 0.48% across Arizona.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Pima’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Pima’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Pima →
About $310 per resident a year, or $0.85 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 38%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Pima didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Pima yet
Every year of Pima’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Pima
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Pima’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The town posts agendas and minutes on pimatown.az.gov ↗.
One full-time town employee for every 199 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (2,588).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Pima Unified District
Pima’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $10,927 per pupil, $7,205 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Arizona districts overall: 35% local, 47% state, 18% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Pima’s votes are counted by county
Arizona reports official results by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Pima alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Graham County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican73.5%11,177 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat25.4%3,867 votesOthers: 1.1% (171 votes).
Most votes in Graham County: Donald J Trump
100% of Pima lies in Graham County. Every 2024 race in Graham County is on the county’s page.
Graham County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Pima.
- 1Your townTown governmentOfficials: pimatown.az.gov ↗
- 2Arizona HouseState representatives
- 3Arizona SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Arizona
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Pima’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Pima’s government
How much does Pima spend per resident?
About $310 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to July 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Pima didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $803,000.
What is the property tax rate in Pima?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $892 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.33% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.48% across Arizona. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see pimatown.az.gov.
Who runs Pima’s government?
See pimatown.az.gov for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Pima yet.
How did Pima vote in 2024?
Arizona counts votes by county and precinct, not by town, so there are no official results for Pima alone. Graham County, where 100% of Pima lies, voted Trump 73.5%, Harris 25.4% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Pima?
13 full-time and 45 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $63,405 (about $760,860 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Pima in the state legislature?
State Senate District 19 (David Gowan) and State House District 19 (Gail Griffin and Lupe Diaz). The House district also covers 13 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Pima’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Pima, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →