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La Paz County, AZ

16,664 Population
4,496.6 square miles 3.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,376 ±$3,175 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,478 ±$4,006 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.5% ±2.8% (2,883  ±460) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.3 minutes ±1.3 (64,065  ±8,843) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,959 ±382 Number of households
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.1 (16,545  ±216) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±2.3% (101  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,672 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$135,800 ±$31,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±2.6% (2,096  ±428.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±5.4% (11,435  ±741.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.5% ±2.3% (1,808  ±315.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.8% (1,632  ±265) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

17.8% ±2.1% (2,518  ±300) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,518 Total veterans ±300 2,291 Male ±305 227 Female ±128

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