Yuma County | |
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Clockwise from top: Old Yuma City Hall, Ocean to Ocean Bridge, Kofa Mountains, Downtown Yuma, Yuma County administration building, McPhaul Suspension Bridge, Yuma County Courthouse and the Sonoran Desert near Yuma. | |
Coordinates: 32°47′13″N 113°58′58″W / 32.786944444444°N 113.98277777778°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Arizona |
Founded | November 9, 1864 |
Named for | Yuma (Quechan) people |
Seat | Yuma |
Largest city | Yuma |
Area | |
• Total | 5,519 sq mi (14,290 km2) |
• Land | 5,514 sq mi (14,280 km2) |
• Water | 5.1 sq mi (13 km2) 0.1% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 203,881 |
• Estimate (2023) | 213,221 |
• Density | 37/sq mi (14/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
Congressional districts | 7th, 9th |
Website | www |
Yuma County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 203,881.[1] The county seat is Yuma.[2]
Yuma County includes the Yuma, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county borders three states: Sonora, Mexico, to the south, and two other states to the west, across the Colorado River: California of the United States and the Mexican state of Baja California.
Being 63.8% Hispanic in 2020, Yuma is Arizona's largest majority-Hispanic county.[3]