La Paz County, Arizona

La Paz County, Arizona, has 16,711 residents (July 2025 estimate). Its county seat is Parker. It uses Mountain Time and covers 4,497 sq mi (11,646 km²) of land.

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La Paz County in Arizona
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Resident population, July 2025
16,711
Land area
4,497 sq mi (11,646 km²)
County seat or government
Parker
Time zone
Mountain TimeUTC-07:00
Median household income
$49,478 ± $4,006
Median home value
$135,800 ± $31,047
Median rent, with utilities
$802 ± $46
Homes lived in by their owners
72.1% ± 2.6 points
County type
County
Metro or micro area
Outside any metro or micro areaNext to: Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area, Yuma, AZ metro area, El Centro, CA metro area, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area, Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area, and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area
Water area
14.1 sq mi (36.5 km²)
State
Arizona
County code (FIPS)
04012
Coordinates (central point)
33.727610, -114.038806

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address. Income, home value, rent and homes lived in by their owners: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, ± margin at 90% confidence; checked on October 13, 2026.

Time zones in La Paz County

Time zoneLocal time and UTC offsetNext clock change
Mountain TimeAmerica/PhoenixUTC-07:00. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.

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ZIP Code areas, largest first

  1. 853449,433 people
  2. 853462,458 people
  3. 853482,112 people
  4. 853251,203 people
  5. 85334697 people
  6. 85357405 people
  7. 85328245 people
  8. 85371111 people

8 ZIP Code areas overlap La Paz County. People counts are 2020–2024 estimates for each whole ZIP area. Mailing ZIPs can differ; check an address with USPS ZIP Code Lookup.

Official county information

We don’t have a website for this county yet. The US government’s local-office directory ↗ lists its offices. A geographic lookup cannot determine eligibility, tax liability or a court obligation.

School districts in La Paz County, largest first

  1. Parker Unified School District9,544 people
  2. Bicentennial Union High School District7,120 people
  3. Quartzsite Elementary District3,400 people
  4. Salome Consolidated Elementary District2,065 people
  5. Bouse Elementary District1,203 people
  6. Wenden Elementary District452 people

Districts with land in the county; a district can cross county lines. People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. A district boundary doesn’t decide which school a student attends.

Tribal areas in La Paz County, largest first

  1. Colorado River Indian Reservation8,234 people

American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian areas as the Census Bureau maps them, with at least 2% of their area here, water included. These lines don’t decide membership, jurisdiction or land status.

Cities, towns and communities, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. Parker, Arizona (town)3,388 people
  2. Cienega Springs, Arizona (CDP)1,958 people
  3. Quartzsite, Arizona (town)1,877 people
  4. Bouse, Arizona (CDP)1,203 people
  5. Bluewater, Arizona (CDP)897 people
  6. Parker Strip, Arizona (CDP)861 people
  7. Brenda, Arizona (CDP)780 people
  8. Salome, Arizona (CDP)730 people
  9. Ehrenberg, Arizona (CDP)697 people
  10. La Paz Valley, Arizona (CDP)579 people
  11. Vicksburg, Arizona (CDP)555 people
  12. Wenden, Arizona (CDP)405 people
All 17
  1. Cibola, Arizona (CDP)245 people
  2. Poston, Arizona (CDP)105 people
  3. Sunwest, Arizona (CDP)45 people
  4. Alamo Lake, Arizona (CDP)0 people
  5. Utting, Arizona (CDP)0 people

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. Yuma County, Arizona66 mi south
  2. Imperial County, California90 mi southwest
  3. Maricopa County, Arizona93 mi east
  4. Yavapai County, Arizona104 mi northeast
  5. Riverside County, California113 mi west
  6. Mohave County, Arizona138 mi north
  7. San Bernardino County, California145 mi northwest

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Areas that only touch the edge

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