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{{Short description|CDP in Arizona, US}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = Peridot, Arizona
| settlement_type                 = [[Census-designated place]]
| image_skyline                   = San Carlos wildflowers, 2010.jpg
| image_caption                   = Spring wildflowers near Peridot
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| image_map                       = Gila County Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Peridot highlighted.svg
| mapsize                         = 250px
| map_caption                     = Location in [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila County]] and the state of [[Arizona]]
| pushpin_map                     = USA
| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in the United States
| subdivision_type                = [[Countries of the World|Country]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Arizona|Counties]]
| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_name1               = [[Arizona]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila]], [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]]
| established_title               = 
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| unit_pref                       = Imperial
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 14.15
| area_total_sq_mi                = 5.46
| area_land_km2                   = 14.14
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 5.46
| area_water_km2                  = 0.00
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.00
| elevation_ft                    = 2635
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref name=gnis/>
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_total                = 1308
| population_density_km2          = 92.49
| population_density_sq_mi        = 239.52
| timezone                        = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|MST]] (no [[Daylight savings time|DST]])
| utc_offset                      = -7
| coordinates                     = {{coord|33|18|14|N|110|27|18|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| timezone_DST                    = 
| utc_offset_DST                  = 
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 85542
| area_code                       = [[Area code 928|928]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 04-54190
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                     = 2409055<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2409055}}</ref>
}}

'''Peridot''' ({{langx|apw|'''Tséé Dotłʼizh'''}} "Blue Rock"<ref>{{citation |author=William J. de Reuse |title=A Practical Grammar of the San Carlos Apache Language |publisher=Lincom Europa |year=2006 }}</ref>) is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Gila County, Arizona|Gila]] and [[Graham County, Arizona|Graham]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Arizona]]. The population was 1,350 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0454190| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Peridot CDP, Arizona| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=November 2, 2016}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Peridot is named for the mineral [[peridot]], found in [[basalt]] flows nearby.

==Geography==
[[File:Peridot olivine on basalt.JPG|thumb|left|[[Peridot]] in [[basalt]], found near Peridot]]
Peridot is located in southeastern Gila County and northwestern Graham County within the [[San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation]]. [[U.S. Route 70 in Arizona|U.S. Route 70]] passes through the community, leading west {{convert|20|mi}} to [[Globe, Arizona|Globe]], the Gila County seat, and southeast {{convert|57|mi}} to [[Safford, Arizona|Safford]], the Graham County seat. The [[San Carlos River (United States)|San Carlos River]], a tributary of the [[Gila River]], flows southward through the CDP and forms the county boundary. [[Coolidge Dam]], forming [[San Carlos Lake]] on the Gila and San Carlos rivers, is {{convert|11|mi}} to the south.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Peridot CDP has a total area of {{convert|13.4|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 1308
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,266 people, 307 households, and 261 families residing in the CDP.  The population density was {{convert|242.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 346 housing units at an average density of {{convert|66.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.4% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], and 0.6% from two or more races.  2.6% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. Out of the town's Native Americans, 93.0% are Apache, making Peridot the most Apache community in the United States.

There were 307 households, out of which 50.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 20.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.7% were non-families. 12.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 4.12 and the average family size was 4.50.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 40.4% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $18,194, and the median income for a family was $18,750. Males had a median income of $19,348 versus $17,102 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $5,765.  About 49.4% of families and 58.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 69.9% of those under age 18 and 36.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Peridot-Our Savior's Lutheran School is a Christian K-8 school of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] in Peridot.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peridot-Our Savior's Lutheran School |url=http://www.poscrusaders.org/default.asp?sec_id=180012075 |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>

==Attractions==
Specimens of the mineral [[peridot]] can be collected in the volcanic hills between Peridot and Globe, or purchased at local rock shops. After wet winters, the Peridot area often has displays of spring [[wildflower]]s.

Travel off the main highways requires a tribal recreation permit, available from the San Carlos Recreation and Wildlife department, and at local convenience and sporting-goods stores.

In 2011, the [[Western Apache language|San Carlos Apache Tribe's Language Preservation Program]], located in Peridot, began its outreach to the 14,000 tribal members residing within the districts of Bylas, Gilson Wash, Peridot and Seven Mile Wash.<ref>{{Cite news
 |last       = Sandra Rambler
 |title      = Arizona Silver Belt Tribe focuses on preservation of Apache language
 |work       = Arizona Silver Belt
 |access-date = December 2, 2012
 |date       = November 9, 2011
 |url        = http://www.silverbelt.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=3115
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200606/http://www.silverbelt.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=3115
|url-status   = dead
|archive-date = May 25, 2014
}}</ref>

==Transportation==
San Carlos Apache Nnee Bich'o Nii Transit provides transportation on the reservation and to [[Safford, Arizona|Safford]] and [[Globe, Arizona|Globe]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = Globe/Safford Route| work = Nnee Bich'o Nii Transit| access-date = January 27, 2020| url = http://apache-transit.simplesite.com/420622208| archive-date = January 27, 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200127052822/http://apache-transit.simplesite.com/420622208| url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Greyhound Lines]] serves Peridot on its [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]–[[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] via [[Globe, Arizona|Globe]] route.

==See also==
* [[San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation]]
* [[Coolidge Dam]]
* [[San Carlos Lake]]

==References==
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{{Gila County, Arizona}}
{{Graham County, Arizona}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Gila County, Arizona]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Arizona]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Graham County, Arizona]]