Yuma, AZ

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2024 Population
211,741
US Senator
Mark Kelly
Democratic Party
US Senator
Ruben Gallego
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
36.1
0.838% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
15.6%
5.21% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$62,876
4.07% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$217,800
11.3% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
77,526
2.34% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Yuma, AZ reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

86.5% of the residents in Yuma, AZ are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Yuma, AZ are Arizona Western College (1,895 degrees awarded in 2023) and Regional Center for Border Health (250 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Yuma, AZ was $217,800, and the homeownership rate was 71%.

Most people in Yuma, AZ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 21.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Yuma, AZ was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Yuma, AZ is home to a population of 212k people, from which 86.5% are citizens. As of 2024, 25.1% of Yuma, AZ residents were born outside of the country (53.1k people).

In 2024, there were 1.32 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (81.2k people) in Yuma, AZ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 61.3k White (Non-Hispanic) and 34.1k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

86.5%
2024 Citizenship
86.8%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 86.5% of Yuma, AZ residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Yuma, AZ was 86.8%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Yuma, AZ
  1. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    81.2k ± 2.62k
  2. White (Non-Hispanic)
    61.3k ± 461
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    34.1k ± 2.67k
64.9%
Hispanic Population
137k people

In 2024, there were 1.32 times more Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents (81.2k people) in Yuma, AZ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 61.3k White (Non-Hispanic) and 34.1k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

64.9% of the people in Yuma, AZ are hispanic (137k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Yuma, AZ as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Arizona.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    487,424 ± 16,556 people
  2. India
    44,278 ± 5,150 people
  3. Canada
    39,616 ± 4,873 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Arizona was Mexico, the natal country of 487,424 Arizona residents, followed by India with 44,278 and Canada with 39,616.

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Foreign-Born Population

25.1%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
53.1k people
25.1%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
52.2k people

As of 2024, 25.1% of Yuma, AZ residents (53.1k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Yuma, AZ was 25.1%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    4,738 ± 508
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    3,656 ± 536
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    2,309 ± 367

Yuma, AZ has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.3 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Yuma, AZ employs 77.5k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Yuma, AZ were Health Care & Social Assistance (9,431 people), Retail Trade (8,341 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (7,354 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($72,727), Management of Companies & Enterprises ($66,250), and Public Administration ($61,056).

Employment

Occupations

77.5k
2024 Value
± 2,644
2.34%
1 Year growth
± 4.62%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Yuma, AZ grew at a rate of 2.34%, from 75.8k employees to 77.5k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Yuma, AZ, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (8,628 people), Management Occupations (5,915 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (5,859 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Yuma, AZ.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

77.5k
2024 Value
± 2,644
2.34%
1 Year growth
± 4.62%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Yuma, AZ grew at a rate of 2.34%, from 75.8k employees to 77.5k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Yuma, AZ, are Health Care & Social Assistance (9,431 people), Retail Trade (8,341 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (7,354 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Yuma, AZ, though some of these residents may live in Yuma, AZ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$46,143
Median earning men ± $1,450
$32,929
Median earning women ± $1,886

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($75,769), Public Administration ($68,247), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($60,066).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($58,041), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($53,125), and Public Administration ($49,737).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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2.3%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.15M people employed in Arizona. This represents a 2.3% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.21%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Arizona.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 188
    Construction
  2. 184
    Other Services (except Public Administration)
  3. 180
    Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $467k
    Health Care and Social Assistance
  2. $301k
    Retail Trade
  3. $225k
    Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Arizona went to Donald J. Trump with 52.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (46.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.54%).

Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are the senators currently representing the state of Arizona. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Arizona is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

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2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (52.2%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (46.7%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.54%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Arizona went to Donald J. Trump with 52.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (46.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.54%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Arizona for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Arizona

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Mark Kelly
Senator from Arizona3
Assumed office on December 2, 2020
Elected to the seat to succeed Martha McSally, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of John McCain and the resignation of Jon Kyl.
Ruben Gallego
Senator from Arizona1
Assumed office on January 3, 2025

Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are the senators currently representing Arizona.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Arizona over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Yuma, AZ awarded 2,145 degrees. The student population of Yuma, AZ in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 3,264 male students and 4,965 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Yuma, AZ are Hispanic or Latino (1,504 and 70.1%), White (358 and 16.7%), Unknown (106 and 4.94%), and Black or African American (64 and 2.98%).

The largest universities in Yuma, AZ by number of degrees awarded are Arizona Western College (1,895 and 88.3%) and Regional Center for Border Health (250 and 11.7%).

The most popular majors in Yuma, AZ are General Studies (1,053 and 49.1%), Medical Office Assistant (158 and 7.37%), and General Construction Trades (106 and 4.94%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 8,229 students enrolled in Yuma, AZ, 39.7% men and 60.3% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Hispanic or Latino with 5,877 records, of which 62.1% were women and 37.9% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. General Studies
    430 degrees awarded
  2. General Social Sciences
    79 degrees awarded
  3. Criminal Justice - Law Enforcement Administration
    62 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Yuma, AZ was General Studies with 430 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Yuma, AZ according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. Arizona Western College
    1,895 degrees awarded
  2. Regional Center for Border Health
    250 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Arizona Western College with 1,895 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 810 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Yuma, AZ, which is 0.607 times less than the 1,335 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Hispanic or Latino students. These 1,504 degrees mean that there were 4.2 times more degrees awarded to Hispanic or Latino students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, White, with 358 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 2-year ($2,820) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($2,000) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Yuma, AZ was $217,800 in 2024, which is 0.655 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $195,700 to $217,800, a 11.3% increase. The homeownership rate in Yuma, AZ is 71%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Yuma, AZ have an average commute time of 21.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Yuma, AZ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$217,800
Median Property Value 2024
±$5,202
$56,310
Median Property Taxes
±$1,996

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Yuma, AZ the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Yuma, AZ compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

71%
Homeownership
2024
69.8%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 71% of the housing units in Yuma, AZ were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 70%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$62,876
Median Household Income
± $2,259
79.3k
Number of Households
± 2,474

In 2024, the median household income of the 79.3k households in Yuma, AZ grew to $62,876 from the previous year's value of $60,417.

The following chart displays the households in Yuma, AZ distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Yuma, AZ is from Arizona.
0.457
2023 Wage GINI in Arizona
0.457
2022 Wage GINI in Arizona

In 2023, the income inequality in Arizona was 0.457 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.105% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Arizona was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Arizona in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (77.7%)
  2. Carpooled (11.2%)
  3. Worked At Home (7.68%)

In 2024, 77.7% of workers in Yuma, AZ drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.2%) and those who worked at home (7.68%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

21.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Yuma, AZ have a shorter commute time (21.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.95% of the workforce in Yuma, AZ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Yuma, AZ compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Yuma, AZ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Yuma, AZ have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

15.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Yuma, AZ (31.8k out of 204k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 6 - 11 and then Males 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Yuma, AZ is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

86% of the population of Yuma, AZ has health coverage, with 28.6% on employee plans, 27.4% on Medicaid, 13.2% on Medicare, 13.9% on non-group plans, and 3.02% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Arizona see 1,505 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,505 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1509 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 509 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,505 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Arizona

Primary care physicians in Arizona see an average of 1,505 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,505 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Arizona in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 27.2% under 18 years, 21.1% between 18 and 34 years, 30.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 21.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

14%
Uninsured
28.6%
Employer Coverage
27.4%
Medicaid
13.2%
Medicare
13.9%
Non-Group
3.02%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Yuma, AZ declined by 4.5% from 14.7% to 14%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Yuma, AZ changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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