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Welcome to Yavapai County ...

Time Zone: Yavapai County lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time.

The community of Prescott is the Seat for Yavapai County.

Yavapai County is one of the original counties of Arizona and was founded in 1864.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Yavapai had a population of 236,062 people. This is an increase of 11.86% since the last Census (which gave a population of 211,033 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Yavapai represented 3.3% of the total population of Arizona.

Below are some of the communities located in Yavapai County:

  • Camp Verde
    (32 miles [51.5 km] to the east)
  • Chino Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Clarkdale
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonwood
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jerome
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
    • Jerome is located in Yavapai County (AZ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jerome <2>
  • Prescott
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Prescott is located in Yavapai County (AZ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,837 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prescott <2>
  • Prescott Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sedona
    (40 miles [64.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedona
    • Sedona is located in Yavapai County (AZ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,328 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sedona <2>

Websites of Interest ...

Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
 

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This page was last modified/updated: 26 Feb 2024