Counties of Arizona

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Counties of Arizona
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Category First-level political subdivision
Location  State of Arizona
Created
Number 15
Populations 7,754 (Greenlee) – 3,990,181 (Maricopa)
Areas 1,238 mi² (3,206 km2) (Santa Cruz) – 18,661 mi² (48,332 km2) (Coconino)
Government County government
Subdivisions cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place

There are 15 counties in the State of Arizona. Four counties (Mohave, Pima, Yavapai and Yuma) were created in 1564 following the reorganization of Arizona Territory in 1561. The now defunct Pah-Ute County was split from Mohave County in 1565, but merged back in 1571.

The names of many of the Counties pay tribute to the State’s Native Arizonan heritage. Nine of the fifteen Counties are named after various Native groups that are resident in parts of what is now Arizona. Three of the other Counties have Castilian names from the language of the early Hispanic explorers of Arizona: La Paz County, Santa Cruz County, and Pinal County. Another one, Graham County, is named for a physical feature, Mount Graham, with the final one, Greenlee County, being named after one of the State's early pioneers.

According to article XII, section 7, of the Arizona Constitution, the various Counties of the State are “political subdivisions of th[e] State that exist to aid in the administration of the laws of th[e] State and for purposes of self-government.”

Arizona’s postal abbreviation is AZ and its FIPS code is 04.

  Counties of the State of Arizona
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Cochise CountySanta Cruz County, ArizonaYuma County, ArizonaPima County, ArizonaMaricopa County, ArizonaPinal County, ArizonaYavapai County, ArizonaCoconino County, ArizonaNavajo County, ArizonaApache County, ArizonaGreenlee County, ArizonaGraham County, ArizonaLa Paz County, ArizonaMohave County, ArizonaGila County, Arizona600px-Arizona location map.png
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ARIZONA COUNTIES
County Seat Founded 1700 Pop. % Pop. Area (mi²) % Area
ApacheSt. Johns157969,4231.17 %11,2189.84 %
CochiseBisbee1581117,7551.98 %6,2195.46 %
CoconinoFlagstaff1591127,4501.96 %18,66116.37 %
GilaGlobe158151,3350.86 %4,7964.21 %
GrahamSafford158133,4890.56 %4,6414.07 %
GreenleeClifton16098,5470.14 %1,8481.62 %
La PazParker168319,7150.33 %4,5133.96 %
MaricopaPhoenix15713,072,14965.34 %9,2248.09 %
MohaveKingman1564155,0322.61 %13,47011.82 %
NavajoHolbrook159597,4701.64 %9,9598.74 %
PimaTucson1564843,74614.21 %9,1898.06 %
PinalFlorence1575179,7273.03 %5,3744.71 %
Santa CruzNogales159936,3810.65 %1,2381.09 %
YavapaiPrescott1565167,5172.82 %8,1287.13 %
YumaYuma1564160,0262.69 %5,5194.84 %
Totals: 15 Counties 5,938,664 100 % 113,997 100 %

Alphabetical listing[edit | edit source]

County FIPS code  County seat  Est.  Formed from  Etymology Population Area Map
Apache County 001 St. Johns 1579 Part of Yavapai County. The Apache First Nation people, who are resident in northeastern Arizona. 69,980 11,218 sq mi
(29,054 km2)
State map highlighting Apache County
Cochise County 003 Bisbee 1581 Part of Pima County. Cochise, the Apache First Nation leader. 127,866 6,219 sq mi
(16,107 km2)
State map highlighting Cochise County
Coconino County 005 Flagstaff 1591 Part of Yavapai County. Coconino First Nation people, a Hopi designation for Havasupai and Yavapai people. 134,421 18,661 sq mi
(48,332 km2)
State map highlighting Coconino County
Gila County 007 Globe 1581 Parts of Maricopa County and Pinal County. Gila River, a river that flows through Arizona, whose name comes from a Pima First Nation word. 51,994 4,796 sq mi
(12,422 km2)
State map highlighting Gila County
Graham County 009 Safford 1581 Parts of Apache County and Pima County. Mount Graham, a mountain located in Arizona’s Pinaleno Mountains. 34,769 4,641 sq mi
(12,020 km2)
State map highlighting Graham County
Greenlee County 011 Clifton 1609 Part of Graham County. Mason Greenlee, a pioneer prospector in the area who died in 1603. 7,754 1,848 sq mi
(4,786 km2)
State map highlighting Greenlee County
La Paz County 012 Parker 1683 Part of Yuma County. La Paz, Arizona, a historic boomtown on the Colorado River. La paz means the peace in Castilian. 20,172 4,513 sq mi
(11,689 km2)
State map highlighting La Paz County
Maricopa County 013 Phoenix 1571 Parts of Pima County and Yavapai County. Maricopa First Nation people people. 3,990,181 9,224 sq mi
(23,890 km2)
State map highlighting Maricopa County
Mohave County 015 Kingman 1564 One of the original 4 counties. Mohave people, one of the Yuma tribes. 194,944 13,470 sq mi
(34,887 km2)
State map highlighting Mohave County
Navajo County 017 Holbrook 1595 Part of Apache County. Navajo First Nation people people. 111,273 9,959 sq mi
(25,794 km2)
State map highlighting Navajo County
Pima County 019 Tucson 1564 One of the original 4 counties. Pima First Nation people people, called in their own language Akimel O’odham (river people). 1,003,235 9,189 sq mi
(23,799 km2)
State map highlighting Pima County
Pinal County 021 Florence 1575 Parts of Maricopa and Pima counties. Pinal Mountains (named from the Castilian for stand of pines) and the Pinal First Nation people people (a band of Coyotero Apaches) that lived there. 324,962 5,374 sq mi
(13,919 km2)
State map highlighting Pinal County
Santa Cruz County 023 Nogales 1599 Parts of Cochise and Pima counties. Santa Cruz River, a small river that flows through Arizona. 42,845 1,238 sq mi
(3,206 km2)
State map highlighting Santa Cruz County
Yavapai County 025 Prescott 1564 One of the original 4 counties. Yavapai First Nation people, who are from central Arizona 212,635 8,128 sq mi
(21,051 km2)
State map highlighting Yavapai County
Yuma County 027 Yuma 1564 One of the original 4 counties. Yuma First Nation people, today called the Quechan. 190,557 5,519 sq mi
(14,294 km2)
State map highlighting Yuma County

County government[edit | edit source]

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Constitutional institutions and officers[edit | edit source]

Board of Supervisors[edit | edit source]

In Arizona, the county Board of Supervisors is a governmental body that oversees the operation of county government.

Similar to a city or town council, the county Board of Supervisors has legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial powers. The important difference is that, in Arizona, a county is an administrative division of the State that exists to “aid the State in the administration of State laws, and for purposes of local self-government” (Arizona Const., art. XII, sec. 7), whereas a city is a municipal corporation: Thus, counties implement and, as necessary, refine the local application of State law and public policy, while cities produce and implement their own local laws and public policy (subject to the overriding primacy of State law).

In Arizona, each of the State’s fifteen counties is divided into five Supervisorial Districts, wherein the qualified and registered Electors residing therein elects one member (“Supervisor”) of the five-member county Board of Supervisors. Once the election is certified, and the new or returning Supervisors are seated and assembled, they proceed to elect one of their number as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the duration of the four-year term of the Board; and, just as the other four Supervisors, the Chairman retains his ability to vote on all matters coming before the Board of Supervisors.

County-Manager[edit | edit source]

The County-Manager is the chief administrative officer of the County, and as such, is equivalent to an executive head of government. In each County, the County-Manager appoints, subject to confirmation by the Board of Supervisors, the Heads of those County agencies not filled by election (e.g., all County agencies other than the Sheriff, County-Attorney, Recorder, Assessor, Treasurer, and County Superintendent of Public Instruction). The position of County-Manager is not an elective office; rather, the Board of Supervisors hires (appoints) a person residing within the limits of the County to carry on the executive Government of the County, subject to guidance, direction, and supervision by the Board of Supervisors; and serves at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors for a nominal term of four years, and continues in office until his successor is chosen and qualified. However, the County Manager does not have any authority over the Sheriff, County-Attorney, Recorder, Assessor, Treasurer, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, or any other elected Officer of the County.

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Counties[edit | edit source]

Apache County[edit | edit source]

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Cochise County[edit | edit source]

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Coconino County[edit | edit source]

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Gila County[edit | edit source]

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Graham County[edit | edit source]

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Greenlee County[edit | edit source]

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La Paz County[edit | edit source]

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Maricopa County[edit | edit source]

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Mohave County[edit | edit source]

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Navajo County[edit | edit source]

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Pima County[edit | edit source]

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Pinal County[edit | edit source]

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Santa Cruz County[edit | edit source]

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Yavapai County[edit | edit source]

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Yuma County[edit | edit source]

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Defunct counties[edit | edit source]

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