Fastest-shrinking (2019–2023) in Arizona

Arizona counties and cities ranked by population change.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Arizona by population change — which have the steepest population decline since 2019, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, La Paz County leads at -20.1%.

Among cities & places, Cowlic leads at -100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Population change 2019–2023
1	La Paz County	-20.1%
2	Apache County	-8.2%
3	Navajo County	-1.4%
4	Yuma County	-0.9%
5	Greenlee County	-0.7%
6	Cochise County	-0.3%
7	Gila County	+0.1%
8	Pima County	+2.2%
9	Graham County	+2.3%
10	Coconino County	+2.4%
11	Santa Cruz County	+3.7%
12	Maricopa County	+3.8%
13	Pinal County	+3.8%
14	Mohave County	+4.7%
15	Yavapai County	+6.0%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Population change 2019–2023
1	Cowlic	-100.0%
2	El Capitan	-100.0%
3	Greer	-100.0%
4	Kaka	-100.0%
5	Nolic	-100.0%
6	Padre Ranchitos	-100.0%
7	Roosevelt	-100.0%
8	Tat Momoli	-100.0%
9	Utting	-100.0%
10	Woodruff	-100.0%
11	Rock House	-90.8%
12	Alamo Lake	-87.5%
13	Washington Park	-87.5%
14	Drysdale	-84.9%
15	Lupton	-78.9%
16	Pine Lake	-76.6%
17	Aguila	-76.6%
18	Tonopah	-76.3%
19	Moccasin	-71.3%
20	Oljato-Monument Valley	-68.3%
21	Littlefield	-68.0%
22	Campo Bonito	-68.0%
23	Elfrida	-67.5%
24	Charco	-66.7%
25	Oak Springs	-65.0%
26	Maish Vaya	-65.0%
27	Rye	-62.7%
28	Arlington	-62.5%
29	Oxbow Estates	-62.0%
30	Crozier	-61.2%
31	Clay Springs	-60.8%
32	Top-of-the-World	-60.3%
33	Chloride	-60.1%
34	Dudleyville	-57.1%
35	Wellton Hills	-56.2%
36	Kino Springs	-55.5%
37	Donovan Estates	-55.3%
38	Mayer	-54.2%
39	Kohls Ranch	-53.2%
40	Quartzsite	-51.4%
41	Dateland	-49.3%
42	Orange Grove Mobile Manor	-48.8%
43	Winslow West	-48.6%
44	Haigler Creek	-48.2%
45	Tonto Village	-48.2%
46	Arivaca Junction	-47.9%
47	Buckshot	-47.8%
48	Salome	-47.0%
49	Clacks Canyon	-46.5%
50	Summerhaven	-46.3%
51	Colorado City	-46.3%
52	Nelson	-46.2%
53	Dennehotso	-45.4%
54	Young	-44.2%
55	Freedom Acres	-43.3%
56	Cactus Forest	-41.9%
57	Why	-41.2%
58	Cottonwood	-41.1%
59	Wahak Hotrontk	-41.0%
60	Many Farms	-40.7%
61	Cibola	-40.0%
62	Arizona Village	-39.6%
63	Valentine	-39.4%
64	Burnside	-39.2%
65	Dolan Springs	-39.1%
66	Mammoth	-38.6%
67	Ganado	-37.2%
68	Hotevilla-Bacavi	-36.6%
69	York	-36.5%
70	Chuichu	-36.4%
71	Klagetoh	-35.7%
72	Red Rock	-35.6%
73	Stanfield	-34.4%
74	Second Mesa	-33.8%
75	Round Valley	-33.3%
76	Alpine	-33.1%
77	Shonto	-32.6%
78	Christopher Creek	-32.5%
79	Elephant Head	-32.2%
80	Peridot	-31.9%
81	Haivana Nakya	-31.9%
82	Rock Point	-31.7%
83	Arivaca	-31.7%
84	Miami	-31.4%
85	Greasewood	-31.1%
86	Ali Chuk	-30.9%
87	Ventana	-30.8%
88	Jerome	-30.6%
89	Poston	-30.6%
90	Tees Toh	-30.5%
91	Beaver Valley	-30.5%
92	East Fork	-29.5%
93	First Mesa	-28.7%
94	Tacna	-28.3%
95	South Komelik	-28.0%
96	Fort Thomas	-27.5%
97	Wikieup	-27.5%
98	El Prado Estates	-26.4%
99	Wide Ruins	-26.3%
100	Yucca	-26.2%

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