Mohave County, Arizona

Mohave County population, land area and income

Mohave County had 226,479 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 13,332.1 square miles of land. It ranks 5th of 15 in Arizona by population and 2nd by land area. That works out to 17.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

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

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $56,302 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Mohave County's population changed since 2020

Mohave County gained 12,306 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 5.7%. That ranks 5th 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, Mohave County recorded 7,255 births and 17,690 deaths, a natural change of -10,435. Net international migration added +719 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +22,912. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 22,912 people.

Where Mohave County is

The Census internal point of Mohave County is at 35.717700, -113.749700. 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 Mohave County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Mohave County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Mohave County, 141,003 people together, or 62% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Mohave County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Lake Havasu City with 59,037.

Counties bordering Mohave County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Mohave County, including 5 across a state line. The most populous is Clark County, NV, with 2,398,871 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• NV

  Clark County, NV

  2,398,871 people

  79 mi WNW

• CA

  San Bernardino County, CA

  2,214,281 people

  149 mi WSW

• Yavapai County

  252,013 people

  100 mi SE

• UT

  Washington County, UT

  207,943 people

  108 mi N

• Coconino County

  145,161 people

  111 mi E

• La Paz County

  16,992 people

  138 mi S

• UT

  Kane County, UT

  8,525 people

  152 mi NE

• NV

  Lincoln County, NV

  4,345 people

  146 mi NNW

Distance to Phoenix and the nearest big city

Phoenix is 183.5 miles SSE of Mohave County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Henderson, NV (population 350,039), 74.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Kingman, AZ (population 35,383), 37.6 miles away.

Mohave County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Mohave County is 04015: state code 04 for Arizona plus county code 015. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $56,302.