252,013 people (2024 Census estimate, +6.2% since 2020)
8,123 square miles of land · 31 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.
106 active community water systems list Yavapai County in the area they serve, reporting 198,578 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| TOWN OF PRESCOTT VALLEY groundwater · local government · AZ0413048 | 57,048 served |
| PRESCOTT CITY OF groundwater · local government · AZ0413045 | 42,217 served |
| COTTONWOOD MUNICIPAL WATER CW1 groundwater · private · AZ0413025 | 11,288 served |
| BIG PARK WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · AZ0413012 | 7,392 served |
| TOWN OF CAMP VERDE UTILITIES groundwater · local government · AZ0413015 | 5,380 served |
| CLARKDALE MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · AZ0413024 | 5,201 served |
| COTTONWOOD MUNICIPAL WATER VV6 groundwater · public/private · AZ0413106 | 4,518 served |
| CORDES LAKES WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · AZ0413023 | 4,425 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 527 people were held in Yavapai County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 399 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 561.
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 Yavapai County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $58.2 million — $51.8 million to run schools, about $9,235 per student, plus $5.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22.8 million local (mostly property tax), $31.9 million state, $10.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $21.2 million.
Spent $44.4 million — $38.8 million to run schools, about $9,818 per student, plus $5.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $25.8 million local (mostly property tax), $11.8 million state, $8.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.1 million.
Spent $30.7 million — $24.9 million to run schools, about $10,209 per student, plus $5.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.6 million local (mostly property tax), $18.9 million state, $5.1 million federal.
Spent $22 million — $21.3 million to run schools, about $11,662 per student, plus $691,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.4 million local (mostly property tax), $9.8 million state, $8 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.3 million.
Spent $17.6 million — $16 million to run schools, about $10,112 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.4 million local (mostly property tax), $11.4 million state, $4 million federal.
Spent $15.9 million — $14.2 million to run schools, about $11,496 per student, plus $1.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.8 million local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.8 million.
Spent $8.3 million — $7.5 million to run schools, about $13,058 per student, plus $745,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.8 million local (mostly property tax), $4.8 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $715,000.
Spent $8.9 million — $7.3 million to run schools, about $14,322 per student, plus $1.6 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $7.2 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $531,000 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 Yavapai County about $107.8 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.
543 bridges in Yavapai County: 343 in good condition, 198 fair, and 2 poor (0.4%). “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 169 over Ash Creek · built 1977 | 5,844 vehicles a day |
| Perknsvle-WMS Road over Verde River · built 1934 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $125.5 million of work in Yavapai County in fiscal 2025, about $531 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: Maricopa County (89 mi) · Coconino County (94 mi) · Mohave County (100 mi) · La Paz County (104 mi) · Gila County (116 mi) · Pinal County (137 mi).