Douglas is a somewhat small city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 14,196 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Douglas is the 37th largest community in Arizona.

Douglas is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Douglas is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Douglas who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.30%), sales jobs (14.12%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.80%).

One of the benefits of Douglas is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.75 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Douglas, even though it is a small city, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the city who have a need for low-cost transportation.

Douglas Information and Demographics

The population of Douglas has a very low overall level of education: only 9.18% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Douglas in 2000 was $10,232, which is lower middle income relative to Arizona, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $40,928 for a family of four.

Douglas is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Douglas home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Douglas, accounting for 85.09% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Douglas is Native American, followed by African-American.

In addition, Douglas has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (30.45%).

The most common language spoken in Douglas is Spanish. Some people also speak English.