Census Data for Desert Wells

As far as we can tell, Desert Wells has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Desert Wells, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Bouse
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bouse
  • Bouse is located in La Paz County
  • Former name for Bouse:
  • Brayton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bouse <1>
• Quartzsite
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzsite
  • Quartzsite is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quartzsite <1>

La Paz County ...

Desert Wells is located in La Paz County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for La Paz County.

Miscellaneous Information for Desert Wells ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either La Paz County or the community of Desert Wells:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Desert Wells:
  • GNIS ID for Desert Wells: 3878
  • GNIS ID for La Paz County: 43540
  • GNIS ID for State of Arizona: 1779777

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 04 (Arizona)
  • County Code: 012 (La Paz County)
  • Place Code: 19095 (Desert Wells)
  • State & County Code: 04/012 (Arizona / La Paz County)
  • State & Place Code: 04/19095 (Arizona / Desert Wells)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Desert Wells is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Desert Wells.