125,773 people (2024 Census estimate, +0.2% since 2020)
6,210 square miles of land · 20 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
53 active community water systems list Cochise County in the area they serve, reporting 119,361 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BELLA VISTA CITY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · AZ0402010 | 20,045 served |
| DOUGLAS CITY OF groundwater · local government · AZ0402014 | 16,656 served |
| US ARMY FORT HUACHUCA groundwater · federal · AZ0402078 | 15,603 served |
| PUEBLO DEL SOL WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · AZ0402044 | 12,804 served |
| ARIZONA WATER CO - SIERRA VISTA groundwater · private · AZ0402004 | 9,233 served |
| ARIZONA WATER CO - BISBEE groundwater · public/private · AZ0402001 | 8,590 served |
| BENSON, CITY OF WATER SYSTEM groundwater · local government · AZ0402005 | 5,355 served |
| CITY OF WILLCOX groundwater · local government · AZ0402035 | 3,236 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 189 people were held in Cochise County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2020), or 255 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2015 it was about 220.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
22 school districts have their office in Cochise County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $57.2 million — $50.2 million to run schools, about $10,542 per student, plus $5.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $19.1 million local (mostly property tax), $25.8 million state, $13.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.4 million.
Spent $54.5 million — $41.6 million to run schools, about $10,792 per student, plus $12.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.1 million local (mostly property tax), $38.4 million state, $12.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.9 million.
Spent $17 million — $14.8 million to run schools, about $10,766 per student, plus $1.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.7 million local (mostly property tax), $9.5 million state, $3.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.3 million.
Spent $17.7 million — $13 million to run schools, about $12,122 per student, plus $4.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.4 million local (mostly property tax), $11 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.1 million.
Spent $16.1 million — $13 million to run schools, about $14,242 per student, plus $370,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.7 million local (mostly property tax), $7.9 million state, $1.8 million federal.
Spent $15.2 million — $10.9 million to run schools, about $12,515 per student, plus $4.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.9 million local (mostly property tax), $9 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $667,000.
Spent $13.9 million — $11.9 million to run schools, about $15,614 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $171,000 local (mostly property tax), $6.2 million state, $9.6 million federal.
Spent $8.8 million — $8.2 million to run schools, about $11,918 per student, plus $440,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3.7 million state, $731,000 federal.
And 14 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Cochise County about $90.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Relatively High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
501 bridges in Cochise County: 275 in good condition, 216 fair, and 10 poor (2.0%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SR 80 over San Pedro River · built 1960 | 6,156 vehicles a day |
| ALLISON & WINROW over SOLDIER CREEK · built 1986 | 1,500 vehicles a day |
| FAS 460;Airport Rd over I-10 · built 1965 | 1,068 vehicles a day |
| Arizona Street over Black Knob Drainage · built 1917 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| Douglas Road over Mule Gulch · built 1920 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
| Arizona Street over Drain Ditch · built 1933 | 1,000 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $518 million of work in Cochise County in fiscal 2025, about $4,130 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-07 to 2026-10-30. Last day to request a ballot by mail: 2026-10-23. Last suggested day to mail your ballot back: 2026-10-27. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Arizona Secretary of State, Sept. 4, 2026 · Arizona Secretary of State — 2025–2026 master elections calendar (PDF) · Arizona Secretary of State — election calendar
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Nearby counties: Hidalgo County, NM (60 mi) · Santa Cruz County (66 mi) · Graham County (76 mi) · Greenlee County (101 mi) · Grant County, NM (102 mi) · Pinal County (119 mi).