Population Counts
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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
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.
- 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.
Population by Jurisdiction
|
Jurisdiction
|
1980
|
%
|
1985
|
%
|
1990
|
%
|
1995
|
%
|
2000
|
%
|
|
City of Yuma
|
42481
|
55.7
|
46807
|
54.6
|
56960
|
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
|
39369
|
36.8
|
45664
|
37.7
|
58,094
|
36.30
|
|
Total Yuma County
|
76205
|
100
|
85672
|
100
|
106889
|
100
|
121097
|
100
|
160,026
|
100
|
|
Location
|
1990 Census
|
2000 Census
|
% Difference
|
% of 2000
|
|
Yuma County
|
106,895
|
160,026
|
49.7%
|
100%
|
|
City of Yuma
|
56,960
|
77,515
|
36.1%
|
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
|
39,369
|
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%
|
|