226,479 people (2024 Census estimate, +5.7% since 2020)
13,332 square miles of land · 17 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.
59 active community water systems list Mohave County in the area they serve, reporting 219,495 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| LAKE HAVASU CITY OF groundwater · local government · AZ0408022 | 54,610 served |
| KINGMAN MUNICIPAL WATER groundwater · local government · AZ0408020 | 45,000 served |
| BULLHEAD CITY MOHAVE groundwater · private · AZ0408032 | 36,330 served |
| BERMUDA WATER COMPANY INC groundwater · public/private · AZ0408063 | 25,000 served |
| VALLEY PIONEERS WATER COMPANY INC groundwater · private · AZ0408038 | 6,263 served |
| NORTH MOHAVE VALLEY groundwater · private · AZ0408068 | 5,190 served |
| EPCOR - LAKE HAVASU groundwater · private · AZ0408015 | 4,712 served |
| GOLDEN SHORES WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · AZ0408024 | 3,970 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 428 people were held in Mohave County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 355 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 546.
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.
14 school districts have their office in Mohave County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $74.8 million — $68 million to run schools, about $9,479 per student, plus $3.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $28 million local (mostly property tax), $42.9 million state, $14.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $29.1 million.
Spent $57.5 million — $47.7 million to run schools, about $8,705 per student, plus $8.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $35.4 million local (mostly property tax), $20.2 million state, $8.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $27 million.
Spent $28.8 million — $24.3 million to run schools, about $10,168 per student, plus $3.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6 million local (mostly property tax), $16.5 million state, $9.5 million federal.
Spent $22.7 million — $18.8 million to run schools, about $9,882 per student, plus $2.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $15.1 million local (mostly property tax), $7.7 million state, $4.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $27.6 million.
Spent $13 million — $11.9 million to run schools, about $9,902 per student, plus $1.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.7 million local (mostly property tax), $7.3 million state, $3.3 million federal.
Spent $11.7 million — $8 million to run schools, about $12,819 per student, plus $2.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.2 million local (mostly property tax), $6.8 million state, $5 million federal.
Spent $4.8 million — $4.5 million to run schools, about $12,575 per student, plus $277,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.3 million local (mostly property tax), $3 million state, $1.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $195,000.
Spent $8.5 million — $7.6 million to run schools, about $42,469 per student, plus $732,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $1.3 million state, $2.9 million federal.
And 6 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 High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Mohave County about $104.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
640 bridges in Mohave County: 462 in good condition, 174 fair, and 4 poor (0.6%). “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.
| I 15 over Virgin River · built 1967 | 32,192 vehicles a day |
| I 15; NB over Virgin River · built 1972 | 17,105 vehicles a day |
| I 15; SB over Virgin River · built 1973 | 14,906 vehicles a day |
| I 40; EB over Willow Creek · built 1976 | 8,689 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $199.3 million of work in Mohave County in fiscal 2025, about $935 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: Clark County, NV (79 mi) · Yavapai County (100 mi) · Washington County, UT (108 mi) · Coconino County (111 mi) · La Paz County (138 mi) · Lincoln County, NV (146 mi).