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Mohave County, Arizona

A county in Arizona, ranked 5 of 15 by population.

CountyFIPS 04015

Within Arizona
Mohave County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Kingman, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
228,102
+13,935 (+6.5%) since 2020
Land area
13,332
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
17.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kingman
Seat of county government.
Established
1864
161 years ago
Largest city
Lake Havasu City city
Population 59,358.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Mohave County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Mohave County, Arizona from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 549 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Mohave County ranks

Position among the 15 counties of Arizona, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn ArizonaNationally
Population228,1025th of 15315th of 3,144
Land area13,332 sq mi2nd of 1517th of 3,144
Population density17.1 per sq mi8th of 152,326th of 3,144
Median household income$57,68411th of 152,288th of 3,143

Full data for Mohave County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population228,102Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020214,167Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?213,261Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area13,332 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area128.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area13,461 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?17.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,684American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$281,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age53.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households101,973American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units121,881American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-2,247
1,685 births, 3,932 deaths
Net migration
+4,096
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 8 areas bordering Mohave County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Clark CountyNevada197 mi2,407,226
Coconino CountyArizona171 mi144,368
Yavapai CountyArizona84 mi252,552
San Bernardino CountyCalifornia64 mi2,224,091
Washington CountyUtah64 mi213,670
La Paz CountyArizona61 mi16,711
Kane CountyUtah20 mi8,597
Lincoln CountyNevada11 mi4,320

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 15 counties of Arizona

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.