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Arizona: 5,130,632 count in 2000.
Population by Jurisdiction
Population by Census Tracts
Population by Race
Population by Gender
Population by Age
Population by Housing Units
and Persons per Household
Employment and Income
- Comparison
Commuting to Work - Comparison
Quick Facts
- Currently, the Yuma metropolitan area is the third fastest growing
Metropolitan Area (MA) in the country for MAs with a population less
than 5,000,000. Las Vegas and Naples, FL are first and second respectively.
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- Between 1990 and 2000, the population of the State of Arizona and
Yuma County grew, respectively by 1,464,404 persons or 40% and 53,157
persons or 50%.
- In 1990, Yuma County's share of the state population was 2.9%. In
2000, the share is 3.1%.
- In the ten-year period between 1990 and 2000, Yuma County's population
had an average growth rate of 4.12% per year.
- The highest growth area in Yuma County in 2000 was the City of San
Luis, with an increase of 263.8% since 1990. Second highest growth was
the unincorporated jurisdictions with 47.6%.
- Persons per occupied housing unit decreased within Yuma County from
3.01 in 1995 to 2.86 in 2000.
- In Yuma County, 71% of the population is over 18, while 16.5% is over
65.
- In 2000, Yuma County had a 5.7% unemployment percentage of those
people 16 and over.
- The City of Yuma had 32.5% increase in employment in the Armed Services.
Population by Jurisdiction -
Comparison between 1980 and 2000
|
Jurisdiction |
1980 |
% |
1985 |
% |
1990 |
% |
1995 |
% |
2000 |
% |
|
City of Yuma |
42481 |
55.7 |
46807 |
54.6 |
54923 |
53.3 |
60457 |
49.9 |
77,515 |
48.44 |
|
City of San Luis |
1946 |
2.6 |
2809 |
3.3 |
4212 |
3.9 |
8026 |
6.6 |
15,322 |
9.57 |
|
City of Somerton |
3969 |
5.2 |
4381 |
5.1 |
5282 |
4.9 |
5824 |
4.8 |
7,266 |
4.54 |
|
Town of Wellton |
911 |
1.2 |
940 |
1.1 |
1066 |
1.0 |
1128 |
0.9 |
1,829 |
1.14 |
|
Unincorporated |
26898 |
35.3 |
30735 |
35.9 |
41406 |
36.8 |
45664 |
37.7 |
58,094 |
36.30 |
|
Total Yuma County |
76205 |
100 |
85672 |
100 |
106889 |
100 |
121097 |
100 |
160,026 |
100 |
Population by Jurisdiction (includes Foothills, Gadsden, &
Tacna)
| Location |
1990 Census
|
2000 Census
|
% Difference
|
% of 2000 |
| Yuma County |
106,895 |
160,026 |
49.7% |
100% |
| City of Yuma |
54,923 |
77,515 |
41.1% |
48.4% |
| City of San Luis |
4,212 |
15,322 |
263.8% |
9.6% |
| City of Somerton |
5,282 |
7,266 |
37.6% |
4.5% |
| Town of Wellton |
1,066 |
1,829 |
71.6% |
1.1% |
| Unincorporated |
33,675 |
36,108 |
-8.3% |
22.6% |
| Fortuna-Foothills |
7,737 |
20,478 |
164.7% |
12.8% |
| Gadsden |
NA |
953 |
NA |
0.6% |
| Tacna |
NA |
555 |
NA |
0.3% |
Population By Indian Reservation
|
Race |
Cocopah |
Quechan |
| Total population |
1,025 |
36 |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) |
47 |
0 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino |
978 |
36 |
| Total population |
1,025 |
36 |
| White |
474 |
22 |
| Black or African American |
1 |
2 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native |
519 |
9 |
| Asian |
0 |
0 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
0 |
0 |
| Some other race |
17 |
0 |
| Two or more races |
14 |
3 |
| Total population |
1,025 |
36 |
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