Yuma, Arizona

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The 2000 Census showed that Yuma had a population of 77,515 people^<1>. This represents 1.5% of the total population of Arizona, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
7	Tempe	E	161 mi [259.1 km]	175,523	10.65% increase
8	Gilbert	E	169 mi [272 km]	216,449	97.32% increase
9	Peoria	NE	153 mi [246.2 km]	157,960	45.77% increase
-10-	Yuma			90,041	16.16% increase
11	Flagstaff	NE	245 mi [394.3 km]	60,222	13.85% increase
12	Lake Havasu City	N	132 mi [212.4 km]	56,553	34.85% increase
13	Sierra Vista	E	257 mi [413.6 km]	43,320	14.68% increase

Yuma had 34,475 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Yuma has an area^<4> of 106.7 square miles [276.2 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Yuma had a 2000 population density of 726 people per square mile [280.6 people/km²], making it the state's 43rd most densely populated area.

Yuma County

The city of Yuma is located in Yuma County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 160,713 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 77,515 people, Yuma contained 48.23% of the Yuma County total.

In addition, where the community of Yuma has a population density of 726 people per square mile [280.6 people/km²], Yuma County averages 29.15 people per square mile [11.25 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Yuma County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Yuma and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Yuma. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Yuma. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Yuma, it also contains a comparison between Yuma and the state of Arizona.

Click here for the Yuma QuickFact (QF-0485540).

A Census Quickfact is available for Yuma County (QF-04027).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Yuma County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	La Paz	QF-04012	N	20,086	2.25% increase
	Maricopa	QF-04013	NE	3,954,598	27.67% increase
	Pima	QF-04019	E	1,012,018	19.26% increase
	Imperial (CA)	QF-06025	W	163,972	15.14% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Yuma:

Yuma is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Yuma.

The Commemorative Quarter for Arizona<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Yuma. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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