Picacho, Arizona

Picacho  is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 250 at the 2020 census.

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

By late 2012, parts of Picacho were to be removed under Arizona eminent domain law on account of Interstate 10 expansion.

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.



Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Picacho has a hot desert climate, abbreviated "BWh" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Picacho was 119 F on July 28, 1995, while the coldest temperature recorded was 18 F on January 15, 2007.