Aztec, Arizona Explained

Aztec, Arizona
Settlement Type:Census designated place
Pushpin Map:Arizona
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Aztec in Arizona
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Arizona
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Yuma
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:6.37
Area Land Sq Mi:6.37
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Area Total Km2:16.50
Area Land Km2:16.50
Area Water Km2:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:2
Population Density Sq Mi:0.31
Population Density Km2:0.12
Timezone:Mountain (MST)
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MST
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Elevation Ft:509
Coordinates:32.8075°N -113.4425°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Area Code:520
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:US Census profile
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2582734

Aztec is a census designated place situated in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It had a population of 47 as of the 2010 U.S. Census. As of July 2015, Aztec had an estimated population of 52.[2] It is located along Interstate 8 to the west of Tenmile Wash.

Demographics

Aztec first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as the Aztec Precinct of Yuma County.[3] It appeared again in 1930, and recorded having a Spanish/Hispanic majority[4] (the census would not separately feature that racial demographic again until 1980). Aztec's population was 31 in 1940.[5] The population was 65 in the 1960 census.[6] In 2010, it was made a census-designated place (CDP).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. October 29, 2021.
  2. Web site: Aztec, AZ Profile: Facts, Map & Data . AZ Hometown Locator . January 24, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131082801/http://arizona.hometownlocator.com/az/yuma/aztec.cfm . January 31, 2016 . live .
  3. Web site: Bureau of the Census Library . Fourteenth Census of the United States - State Compendium - Arizona . Government Printing Office . 1924.
  4. Web site: Arizona - Composition and Characteristics . United States Census Bureau . 141163 . 1930.
  5. Book: The Attorneys List . United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department . 1940 . 85 . en.
  6. Encyclopedia: 1960 . Arizona . World Book Encyclopedia . Field Enterprises Educational Corporation . Chicago . A . 557.