Mohave County is in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of

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. As of the 2020 census, its population was 213,267. The

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is Kingman, and the largest city is Lake Havasu City. It is the fifth largest county in the United States (by area). Mohave County includes the Lake Havasu City–Kingman, Arizona

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, which is also included in the

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-Arizona

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. Mohave County contains parts of Grand Canyon National Park and Lake Mead National Recreation Area and all of the

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. The Kaibab,

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and Hualapai Indian Reservations also lie within the county.

History

Mohave County was the one of four original Arizona Counties created by the 1st Arizona Territorial Legislature. The county territory was originally defined as being west of longitude 113° 20' and north of the Bill Williams River.

Pah-Ute County Pah-Ute County is a former county in the northwest corner of Arizona Territory that existed from 1865 until 1871, at which point most of the area was transferred to Nevada. The remainder was merged into Mohave County. The majority of the territ ...

was created from it in 1865 and was merged back into Mohave County in 1871 when much of its territory was ceded to

in 1866. The county's present boundaries were established in 1881. The county is also notable for being home to a large polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints sect located in Colorado City. Mohave County has had five county seats: Mohave City (1864–1867), Hardyville (1867–1873), Cerbat (1873–1877), Mineral Park (1877–1887), and Kingman (1887–present).

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.1%) is water. It is the second-largest county by area in Arizona and the fifth-largest in the

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. The county consists of two sections divided by the Grand Canyon, with no direct land communication between them. The northern section, smaller and less populated, forms the western part of the Arizona Strip, bordering

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and Nevada. The larger southern section borders Nevada and California across the

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, which forms most of the county's western boundary. The southern section includes Kingman, the county seat, and other cities, as well as part of the

Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily ...

Adjacent counties

* Washington County, Utah – north * Kane County, Utah – northeast *

Coconino County Coconino County is a county in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. Its population was 145,101 at the 2020 census. The county seat is Flagstaff. The county takes its name from ''Cohonino'', a name applied to the Havasupai ...

– east * Yavapai County – east * La Paz County – south * San Bernardino County, California – southwest * Clark County, Nevada – west * Lincoln County, Nevada – northwest Mohave County and its adjacent counties form the largest such block of counties outside of Alaska. Their combined land area is , or larger than that of the state of

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. They include the #1 (San Bernardino), #2 (Coconino), #5 (Mohave), and #7 (Lincoln) largest counties outside of Alaska. If Nye County, Nevada- which is #3 for total county area that does not border Mohave but borders neighboring Lincoln and Clark counties is included, then the combined land area would be 107,726.34 squard miles or larger than the state of

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National protected areas

* Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge (part) * Grand Canyon National Park (part) *

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California. It preserves habitat for desert bighorn sheep, the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher, and other animals. The refu ...

(part) * Kaibab National Forest (part) * Lake Mead National Recreation Area (part) * Pipe Spring National Monument There are 18 official wilderness areas in Mohave County that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Most of these are managed by the

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, but some are integral parts of the preceding protected areas, or have shared jurisdiction with the BLM. Some extend into neighboring counties (as indicated below) All wilderness areas within Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument are managed by BLM, although the National Monument shares management with the

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: *

Arrastra Mountain Wilderness Arrastra Mountain Wilderness is a protected wilderness area centered around the Poachie Range, a northwest–southeast trending mountain range that rises to almost . Established in 1990 under the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act, the area is manage ...

(BLM) partly in Yavapai County, Arizona, and La Paz County, Arizona *

Aubrey Peak Wilderness The Aubrey Peak Wilderness is a wilderness administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The wilderness is located in northwest Arizona in the southwest of Mohave County, Arizona, Mohave County, a region of the southeastern Mojave Desert' ...

(BLM) *

Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness The Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness is a wilderness area located in northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah, USA, within the arid Colorado Plateau region. The jagged mountains and gently sloping alluvial plain of the Beaver Dam Mountains stra ...

(BLM) partly in Washington County, Utah * Cottonwood Point Wilderness (BLM) * Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness (Grand Canyon–Parashant NM) managed by BLM * Havasu Wilderness (Havasu NWR) partly in San Bernardino County, California * Kanab Creek Wilderness (Kaibab NF / BLM) mostly in Coconino County, Arizona *

Mount Logan Wilderness The Mount Logan Wilderness is a 14,650 acre (59 km2) U.S. wilderness area on the Arizona Strip and is part of the Uinkaret Mountains, a small regional range. It is located about seven miles south of the Mount Trumbull Wilderness. The wild ...

(Grand Canyon–Parashant NM) managed by BLM *

Mount Nutt Wilderness Mount Nutt Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the central part of the Black Mountains in the U.S. state of Arizona. It was established in 1990 under the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act, and it is managed by the Bureau of Land Manageme ...

(BLM) *

Mount Tipton Wilderness The Mount Tipton Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is located in northwestern Arizona and comprises the north portion of the Cerbat Mountains; the Cerbat Mountains extend northwesterly from the northern edge of ...

(BLM) * Mount Trumbull Wilderness (Grand Canyon–Parashant NM) managed by BLM * Mount Wilson Wilderness (BLM) *

Paiute Wilderness The Paiute Wilderness is an 87,900 acre (355 km²) wilderness area located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. The wilderness is administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The southern section of the wilderness lies w ...

(partly in Grand Canyon–Parashant NM) managed by BLM *

Rawhide Mountains Wilderness Rawhide may refer to: Entertainment * ''Rawhide'' (1926 film), a Western directed by Richard Thorpe * ''Rawhide'' (1938 film), a Western starring baseball player Lou Gehrig * ''Rawhide'' (1951 film), a Western starring Tyrone Power and Susan Haywa ...

(BLM) mostly in La Paz County, Arizona *

Swansea Wilderness Swansea Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the central portion of the Buckskin Mountains divided by a large gorge formed by the Bill Williams River in the U.S. state of Arizona. Established in 1990 under the Arizona Desert Wilderne ...

(BLM) mostly in La Paz County, Arizona * Upper Burro Creek Wilderness (BLM) mostly in Yavapai County, Arizona * Wabayuma Peak Wilderness (BLM) *

Warm Springs Wilderness The Warm Springs Wilderness makes up the entirety of the Black Mesa (western Arizona) and parts of the surrounding foothills, washes, alluvial fans, and valleys. The Black Mesa is the southernmost section of the Black Mountains of western Mohav ...

(BLM)

Demographics

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 155,032 people, 62,809 households, and 43,401 families living in the county. The

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was 12 people per square mile (4/km²). There were 80,062 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile (2/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 90.1%

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, 0.5%

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, 2.4% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1%

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, 4.0% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. 11.1% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 62,809 households, out of which 25.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were

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living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.87. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.80 males. The median income for a household in the county was $31,521, and the median income for a family was $36,311. Males had a median income of $28,505 versus $20,632 for females. The

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for the county was $16,788. About 9.8% of families and 13.9% of the population were below the

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, including 20.4% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the

of 2010, there were 200,186 people, 82,539 households, and 54,036 families living in the county. The population density was . There were 110,911 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 86.9% white, 2.2% American Indian, 1.1% Asian, 0.9% black or African American, 0.2% Pacific islander, 6.0% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 14.8% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 23.1% were

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, 16.2% were Irish, 15.6% were

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, 5.7% were Italian, and 4.5% were

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. Of the 82,539 households, 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.5% were non-families, and 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age was 47.6 years. The median income for a household in the county was $39,785 and the median income for a family was $47,530. Males had a median income of $36,222 versus $28,060 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,523. About 11.6% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the

, including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

Politics, government, and infrastructure

Since 2008, Mohave has taken over from

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and Yavapai as the “reddest” county in the state, and in 2016 it stood as such by twenty percentage points. No Democratic presidential nominee has carried Mohave County since Lyndon Johnson, who, despite the

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of Arizona native Barry Goldwater, did so in 1964, by a margin of only 152 votes. (In the 1990s,

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came very close to winning this county, if not because of a combination of significant nationwide rural appeal and third-party candidate Ross Perot's Western appeal himself.) In recent elections it has become common for Democratic nominees to receive less than thirty percent of the county's vote, and

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in 2016 received less than 22 percent. In 2020 Donald Trump received nearly 75% of the vote in Mohave County. The Mohave County Administration Building is located in downtown Kingman at 700 West Beale Street. The old County Complex, which the Administration Building replaced, was located adjacent to the courthouse on Spring Street and 4th Street. The Mohave County Superior Courthouse, built in 1915, is an

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building on the

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. The county jail is adjacent to the County Administration Building at 501 S. Highway 66.

Arizona State Prison – Kingman Arizona State Prison – Kingman is a privately run minimum/medium-security prison designed to hold 3500 prisoners. It is located in unincorporated Mohave County, Arizona, in Golden Valley. When the idea of the prison was being sold to the r ...

, a privately run prison of the

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, is located in unincorporated Mohave County near Golden Valley and Kingman.

Education

K-12 school districts

The following school districts serve Mohave County: ;Unified school districts *

Colorado City Unified School District Colorado City Unified School District No. 14 is a school district headquartered in Colorado City, Arizona, serving students in the towns of Colorado City, Centennial Park and part of Cane Beds in rural Mohave County, and in Hildale, Utah. It op ...

* Fredonia-Moccasin Unified District * Kingman Unified School District * Lake Havasu Unified School District *

Littlefield Unified School District Littlefield Unified School District is a PK-12 grade school district headquartered in Beaver Dam, Arizona. Littlefield Unified's District covers a large geographical area in Mohave County, located in the extreme northwest corner of the state. T ...

Peach Springs Unified School District The Peach Springs Unified School District is the school district in Peach Springs, Arizona. It consists of one elementary and middle school; there is no high school in the district, though Peach Springs once did have its own public high school, M ...

– While it is a USD, it sends its high school students to other districts ;High school districts * Colorado River Union High School District ;Elementary school districts * Bullhead City Elementary School District * Hackberry School District * Mohave Valley Elementary School District * Owens-Whitney Elementary School District * Topock Elementary School District *

Valentine Elementary School District Valentine Elementary School District 22 is a public school district based in Mohave County, Arizona. It consists of a single K-8 school, Valentine Elementary School, in Truxton, with a Peach Springs postal address. its student body was fewer ...

* Yucca Elementary School District Additionally there is a charter school: * Kingman Academy of Learning

Colleges

Mohave Community College Mohave Community College (MCC) is a public community college with campuses in Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, and Colorado City, serving Mohave County, Arizona and the surrounding communities. MCC is accredited by the Higher Learnin ...

* Arizona State University Lake Havasu City Campus

Public libraries

The Mohave County Library has ten branches. The branches in Bullhead City, Kingman and Lake Havasu City are open 56 hours a week. The branch in Mohave Valley is open 40 hours a week. Branches in Chloride, Dolan Springs, Golden Shores, Golden Valley, Meadview and Valle Vista are open 15 hours a week.

Transportation

Major highways

* Interstate 15 * Interstate 40 * Historic U.S. Route 66 *

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* State Route 66 *

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* State Route 95 * State Route 389

Airports

The following public use airports are located in Mohave County: *

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–

Eagle Airpark Eagle Airpark is a public use airport in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is located south of the central business district of Bullhead City. Facilities and aircraft Eagle Airpark covers an area of at an elevation of above mean s ...

(A09) * Bullhead City – Laughlin-Bullhead International Airport (IFP) * Bullhead City – Sun Valley Airport (A20) * Colorado City –

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(AZC) * Kingman – Kingman Airport (IGM) * Lake Havasu City – Lake Havasu City Airport (HII) * Meadview – Pearce Ferry Airport (L25) * Peach Springs –

Grand Canyon West Airport Grand Canyon West Airport is a public airport northwest of Peach Springs, in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is owned and operated by the Hualapai tribe and is on the Hualapai Indian Reservation. Federal Aviation Administration ...

(1G4) * Temple Bar –

Temple Bar Airport Temple Bar Airport is a public use airport in Mohave County, Arizona, United States. It is southwest of the Temple Bar Marina, located on Lake Mead's Temple Basin. The airport is owned by the U.S. National Park Service. Facilities and air ...

(U30)

Communities

Cities

* Kingman (county seat) * Lake Havasu City

Towns

* Colorado City

Census designated places

* Antares * Arizona Village * Beaver Dam * Cane Beds * Centennial Park *

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* Clacks Canyon * Crozier * Crystal Beach * Desert Hills * Dolan Springs * Fort Mohave * Golden Shores * Golden Valley * Grand Canyon West * Hackberry * Kaibab * Katherine * Lazy Y U * Littlefield * McConnico * Meadview * Mesquite Creek *

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Mohave Valley The Mohave Valley is a valley located mostly on the east shore of the south-flowing Colorado River in northwest Arizona. The valley extends into California's San Bernardino County; the northern side of the valley extends into extreme southeast ...

* Mojave Ranch Estates * New Kingman-Butler * Oatman * Peach Springs * Pine Lake * Pinion Pines *

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* So-Hi * Topock * Truxton * Valentine * Valle Vista * Walnut Creek * White Hills * Wikieup * Willow Valley *

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Ghost towns

* Alamo Crossing * Aubrey Landing *

Camp Beale Springs Camp Beale Springs, near Kingman, Arizona, also known as Fort Beale, was a historic military facility that dates from 1857. Camp Beale Springs was established and became official in 1871. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...

* Cedar * Cerbat * Cottonia * Cyclopic * Fort Mohave * Frisco * Germa *

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* Gold Basin * Goldflat * Goldroad * Grand Gulch * Grasshopper Junction * Greenwood City * Hardyville * Henning * Lincolnia * Liverpool Landing * Lost Basin * Macnab * McCracken * Mellen * Mineral City * Mineral Park * Mockingbird * Mohave City * Mount Trumbull * Nothing * Old Trails *

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* Polhamus Landing * Powell *

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* Signal *

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* Stockton * Tuweep * Virginia City * Vivian * Willow Ranch * Wolf Hole

Indian communities

Fort Mojave Indian Reservation The Fort Mohave Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation along the Colorado River, currently encompassing in Arizona, in California, and in Nevada. The reservation is home to approximately 1,100 members of the federally recognized Fort Moj ...

* Kaibab Indian Reservation * Hualapai Indian Reservation

County population ranking

The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Mohave County. † county seat

References

External links

*
Mohave County Government

Mohave County Political Information
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