2022 population: 16,506 ( 3,983 from 2010 , 49 from 2020)
Land area: 4496.5 square miles
Population density: 3.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	9,345	56.62%	27.3%
Black:	165	1.00%	43.5%
Indian:	1,836	11.12%	16.6%
Asian:	164	0.99%	72.6%
2+ races:	434	2.63%	6.6%
Hispanic:	4,562	27.64%	5.1%

Total non-White:	7,161	43.38%	6.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	355	10.7
Deaths:	852	25.7
Net Migration:	396	12.0
Net Immigration:	52	1.6

Change in White population:	-3,509	-17.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	-474	-2.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
20,489
12,854	62.74%
115	0.56%
2,201	10.74%
95	0.46%
407	1.99%
4,806	23.46%
7,635	37.26%

2000
19,715
12,573	63.77%
149	0.76%
2,155	10.93%
87	0.44%
313	1.59%
4,420	22.42%
7,142	36.23%

1990
13,844
8,318	60.08%
38	0.27%
1,979	14.30%
93	0.67%
n/a
3,416	24.67%
5,526	39.92%

1980
n/a
0	?%
0	?%
0	?%
0	?%
n/a
0	?%
0	?%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
2,082	10.6
1,978	10.0
-351	-1.8
650	3.3

281	1.4
493	2.5

Number	Rate
1990's
1,553	11.2
1,452	10.5
264	1.9
557	4.0

4,255	30.7
1,616	11.7

Number	Rate
1980's
2,205	?
1,434	?
0	?
n/a

n/a
n/a

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
0	?
n/a

0	?
0	?

Age, Family & Household Data for La Paz County, AZ

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
57.3
2,708	16.4%
13,798	83.6%
6,748	40.9%

8,911
1.85

5,326	59.8%
3,809	71.5%
474	8.9%
3,585	40.2%

2010
Number	Percent
53.9
3,678	18.0%
16,811	82.0%
6,683	32.6%

9,198
2.19

5,584	60.7%
4,346	77.8%
421	7.5%
3,614	39.3%

2000
Number	Percent
47.0
4,133	21.0%
15,582	79.0%
5,155	26.1%

8,392
2.32

5,629	67.1%
4,605	81.8%
417	7.4%
2,763	32.9%

1990
Number	Percent
36.2
3,581	25.9%
10,263	74.1%
2,203	15.9%

5,427
2.53

3,847	70.9%
2,878	74.8%
353	9.2%
1,580	29.1%

1980
Number	Percent
?
0	?%
0	?%
0	?%

0
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0	?%
0	?%
0	?%
0	?%

2022 Housing Data for La Paz County, AZ

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	998	11.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	580	6.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	578	6.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	328	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	448	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	486	5.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	417	4.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	397	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	616	6.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	777	8.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	874	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	900	10.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	382	4.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	461	5.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	419	4.7%
$200,000 or more	250	2.8%

Median Household Income	46,634
Per Capita Income	30,399

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	83
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	622	7.0%
Public Assistance	140	1.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,332	14.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,707	58.3%
Unemployed	329	7.1%
In Armed Forces	15	0.3%

Total Labor Force	3,051	65.7%
Not in Labor Force	1,595	34.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		41.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,728	1,400	55.2%
Non-Profit	108	103	51.2%
Self-Employed	332	252	56.8%

Local Government	435	355	55.1%
State Government	205	194	51.4%
Federal Government	213	142	60.0%

Total Private + Self	2,060	1,652	55.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	961	794	54.8%
Total	3,021	2,446	55.3%

Pct. Govt.	28.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	939	17.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,072	19.6%
Professional, Technical	689	12.6%
Service Occupations	1,148	21.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	322	5.9%
All others	1,619	29.6%

White Collar		49.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Accommodation and food services	751	13.7%
Retail trade	669	12.2%
Public administration	578	10.6%
Construction	526	9.6%
Health care and social assistance	441	8.1%
Educational services	424	7.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	423	7.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	306	5.6%
Transportation and warehousing	245	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	186	3.4%
Manufacturing	184	3.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	165	3.0%
Wholesale trade	120	2.2%
Other services	117	2.1%
Finance and insurance	108	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	108	2.0%
Information	58	1.1%
Utilities	45	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	13	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,288	25.71%
Puerto Rican	23	0.14%
Cuban	49	0.29%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	7	0.04%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	7	0.04%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	65	0.39%
Argentinean	25	0.15%
Bolivian	32	0.19%
Chilean	7	0.04%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	1	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	267	1.60%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	88	0.53%
Indian	60	0.36%
Japanese	5	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	12,425	77.9%
Spanish	2,781	17.4%
Other	252	1.6%
Other Indo-European	181	1.1%
German, other Germanic	161	1.0%
Tagalog	80	0.5%
Arabic	36	0.2%
Chinese	19	0.1%
Other Asian	11	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	2,033	12.2%
English	1,653	9.9%
Irish	1,427	8.6%
American	680	4.1%
Italian	449	2.7%
Scottish	310	1.9%
French	296	1.8%
Dutch	294	1.8%
Danish	223	1.3%
Polish	176	1.1%
European	146	0.9%
Swedish	140	0.8%
Norwegian	110	0.7%
Canadian	90	0.5%
Scandinavian	74	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	15,348	92.0%
Not a citizen	1,333	8.0%

Native	14,674	88.0%
Foreign-born	2,007	12.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
789	6.0%	1,504	11.4%	4,331	32.8%	4,931	37.4%	1,103	8.4%	530	4.0%
Average years of education: 12.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	789	6.0%
9-12 Years	1,504	11.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	4,331	32.8%
Some College	4,931	37.4%
Bach. Degree	1,103	8.4%
Grad Degree	530	4.0%
Average years of education: 12.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	5,442	5,074	368	6.8%	5.2%
1991	5,318	4,853	465	8.7%	5.8%
1992	5,464	4,699	765	14.0%	7.6%
1993	5,365	4,521	844	15.7%	6.4%
1994	6,108	5,277	831	13.6%	6.2%
1995	6,649	5,932	717	10.8%	5.3%
1996	7,010	6,214	796	11.4%	5.5%
1997	7,240	6,550	690	9.5%	4.6%
1998	7,131	6,519	612	8.6%	4.3%
1999	7,263	6,667	596	8.2%	4.5%

2000	7,626	7,141	485	6.4%	4.0%
2001	7,048	6,579	469	6.7%	4.7%
2002	7,278	6,773	505	6.9%	6.2%
2003	7,431	6,904	527	7.1%	5.8%
2004	7,599	7,091	508	6.7%	5.0%
2005	7,646	7,130	516	6.7%	4.7%
2006	7,709	7,256	453	5.9%	4.3%
2007	7,614	7,232	382	5.0%	3.8%
2008	7,523	6,975	548	7.3%	5.8%
2009	7,705	6,963	742	9.6%	9.7%

2010	7,885	7,084	801	10.2%	10.3%
2011	7,864	7,096	768	9.8%	9.4%
2012	8,205	7,503	702	8.6%	8.3%
2013	8,121	7,453	668	8.2%	7.8%
2014	8,002	7,394	608	7.6%	6.8%
2015	8,217	7,602	615	7.5%	6.1%
2016	8,506	7,983	523	6.1%	5.5%
2017	8,704	8,228	476	5.5%	4.9%
2018	8,913	8,357	556	6.2%	4.8%
2019	9,283	8,727	556	6.0%	4.9%

2020	8,979	8,343	636	7.1%	7.9%
2021	8,622	8,161	461	5.3%	5.1%
2022	8,906	8,487	419	4.7%	3.8%
2023	9,093	8,660	433	4.8%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	13,692
Median Value	$117,500

Occupied	8,911	65.1%
Vacant	4,781	34.9%

Owned	6,092	68.4%
Rented	2,819	31.6%
Median Rent	$691

Single-Family Units	4,802	35.1%
Detached	4,691	34.3%
Attached	111	0.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	155	1.1%
Mobile Homes	7,608	55.6%

La Paz County, AZ

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for La Paz County, AZ

2022 Housing Data for La Paz County, AZ

2022 Income & Employment Data for La Paz County, AZ

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for La Paz County, AZ

2022 Educational Attainment Data for La Paz County, AZ

Historical Labor Force Data for La Paz County, AZ