List of counties in Arizona
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This is a list of counties in Arizona. There are 15 counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. There is also one defunct county: Pah-Ute County was formed in 1865 from Mohave County and returned in 1871. Four counties (Mohave, Pima, Yavapai and Yuma) were created in 1864 following the organization of the Arizona Territory in 1862. All but La Paz County were created by the time Arizona was granted statehood in 1912.[1]
The names of many of the counties pay tribute to the state's Native American heritage. Fully ten of the fifteen counties are named after various native groups that are resident in parts of what is now Arizona. Another four counties are named after physical geographic features, with the final county being named after one of the state's early pioneers.[2]
The FIPS county code is the five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States. The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, while Apache County, Arizona is 001, Belknap County, New Hampshire and Alachua County, Florida are also 001. To uniquely identify Apache County, Arizona, one must use the state code of 04 plus the county code of 001; therefore, the unique nationwide identifier for Apache County, Arizona is 04001. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county.[3]
[edit] Alphabetical listing
| County |
FIPS Code [3] |
County seat [4] |
Established [4] |
Formed from [1] |
Etymolgy [2] |
Population [4][5] |
Area [4][5] |
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| Apache County | 001 | St. Johns | 1879 | Part of Yavapai County. | The Apache Native American people, who are resident in northeastern Arizona. | 69,423 | 29,056 km² (11,218 mi²) |
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| Cochise County | 003 | Bisbee | 1881 | Part of Pima County. | Cochise, the Apache Native American leader. | 117,755 | 16,107 km² (6,219 mi²) |
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| Coconino County | 005 | Flagstaff | 1891 | Part of Yavapai County. | Coconino Native American people, a Hopi designation for Havasupai and Yavapai people. | 116,320 | 48,332 km² (18,661 mi²) |
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| Gila County | 007 | Globe | 1881 | Parts of Maricopa County and Pinal County. | Gila River, a river that flows through Arizona. | 51,335 | 12,421 km² (4,796 mi²) |
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| Graham County | 009 | Safford | 1881 | Parts of Apache County and Pima County. | Mount Graham, a mountain located in Arizona's Pinaleno Mountains. | 33,489 | 12,020 km² (4,641 mi²) |
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| Greenlee County | 011 | Clifton | 1909 | Part of Graham County. | Mason Greenlee, a pioneering prospector who died in 1903.[6] | 8,547 | 4,787 km² (1,848 mi²) |
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| La Paz County | 012 | Parker | 1983 | Part of Yuma County. | La Paz, Arizona, a historic boomtown on the Colorado River. La paz means the peace in Spanish. | 19,715 | 11,690 km² (4,513 mi²) |
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| Maricopa County | 013 | Phoenix | 1871 | Parts of Pima County and Yavapai County. | Maricopa Native American people. | 3,072,149 | 23,891 km² (9,224 mi²) |
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| Mohave County | 015 | Kingman | 1864 | One of the original 4 counties. | Mohave Indians, one of the Yuma tribes. | 155,032 | 34,886 km² (13,470 mi²) |
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| Navajo County | 017 | Holbrook | 1895 | Part of Apache County. | Navajo Native American people. | 97,470 | 25,795 km² (9,959 mi²) |
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| Pima County | 019 | Tucson | 1864 | One of the original 4 counties. | Pima Native American people, called in their own language Akimel O'odham (river people). | 843,746 | 23,799 km² (9,189 mi²) |
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| Pinal County | 021 | Florence | 1875 | Parts of Maricopa and Pima Counties. | Pinal Mountains (from the Spanish stand of pines) and the Pinal Native American people (a band of Coyotero Apaches) who lived there. | 179,727 | 13,919 km² (5,374 mi²) |
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| Santa Cruz County | 023 | Nogales | 1899 | Parts of Cochise and Pima Counties. | Santa Cruz River, a river that flows through Arizona. | 38,381 | 3,207 km² (1,238 mi²) |
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| Yavapai County | 025 | Prescott | 1864 | One of the original 4 counties. | Yavapai Native American people, who are from central Arizona | 167,517 | 21,051 km² (8,128 mi²) |
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| Yuma County | 027 | Yuma | 1864 | One of the original 4 counties. | Yuma Indians, today called the Quechan. | 160,026 | 14,294 km² (5,519 mi²) |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Adams, Ward R. (1997). History of Arizona. Higginson Book Company. ISBN 0832870447.
- ^ a b Kane, Joseph and Aiken, Charles (2004). The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810850362.
- ^ a b EPA County FIPS Code Listing. EPA. Retrieved on 2007-04-09.
- ^ a b c d National Association of Counties. NACo - Find a county. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
- ^ a b Arizona QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2007-07-17. (2000 Census)
- ^ History of Greenlee County: Mason Greenlee. Greenlee County Government. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
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