Apache County, Arizona

Apache County population, land area and income

Apache County had 64,800 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 11,198.3 square miles of land. It ranks 10th of 15 in Arizona by population and 3rd by land area. That works out to 5.8 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Arizona has 125,773 residents; Apache County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $43,121 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Apache County's population changed since 2020

Apache County lost 1,117 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.7%. That ranks 15th of 15 in Arizona for growth. The median Arizona county changed by +3.3%, and the state as a whole by +5.5%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Apache County recorded 3,070 births and 4,353 deaths, a natural change of -1,283. Net international migration added +428 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -404. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 1,283 people.

Where Apache County is

The Census internal point of Apache County is at 35.385100, -109.490200. It sits in UTM zone 12N. The map shades Arizona's 15 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Apache County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Apache County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Apache County, 9,513 people together, or 15% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Apache County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Eagar with 4,438.

Counties bordering Apache County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Apache County, including 6 across a state line. The most populous is San Juan County, NM, with 120,817 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NM

  San Juan County, NM

  120,817 people

  102 mi NE

• Navajo County

  109,516 people

  47 mi W

• NM

  McKinley County, NM

  68,945 people

  71 mi ENE

• Graham County

  40,242 people

  171 mi S

• CO

  Montezuma County, CO

  26,841 people

  144 mi NNE

• NM

  Cibola County, NM

  26,686 people

  90 mi ESE

• UT

  San Juan County, UT

  14,601 people

  154 mi N

• Greenlee County

  9,410 people

  149 mi S

• NM

  Catron County, NM

  3,795 people

  120 mi SSE

Distance to Phoenix and the nearest big city

Phoenix is 199.0 miles SW of Apache County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Rio Rancho, NM (population 112,524), 157.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Gallup, NM (population 20,339), 42.9 miles away.

Apache County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Apache County is 04001: state code 04 for Arizona plus county code 001. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $43,121.