Editing Yuma, Arizona

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Yuma, Arizona
| settlement_type        = [[City]]
| image_skyline          = {{Photomontage
| photo1a      = Old Yuma City Hall.jpg
| photo2a      = Yuma County Courthouse.jpg
| photo2b      = Yuma Theatre, Yuma, AZ.jpg
| photo3a      = Yuma Water Tower, Yuma, AZ, USA 10-31-15.jpg
| photo3b      = Gowan Company Building Yuma Arizona.jpg
| photo4a      = Ocean to Ocean Bridge, Yuma, AZ.jpg
| spacing      = 2
| position     = center
| color_border = white
| color        = white
| size         = 284
| foot_montage = Clockwise from top: Old Yuma City Hall, Yuma Theatre, Old Yuma Post Office, [[Ocean to Ocean Bridge]], Yuma water tower, Yuma County Courthouse
}}
| image_caption          = 
| image_flag             = Flag of Yuma, Arizona.svg
| image_seal             = Seal of Yuma, Arizona.svg
| image_shield           = 
| image_map              = File:Yuma County Arizona Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Yuma Highlighted 0485540.svg
| mapsize                = 250px
| map_caption            = Location of Yuma in Yuma County, Arizona
| pushpin_map            = USA Arizona#USA
| pushpin_label          = Yuma
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in the United States
| coordinates            = {{coord|32|40|00|N|114|34|20|W|region:US-AZ|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_name       = United States
| subdivision_type1      = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Arizona]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[List of counties in Arizona|County]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Yuma County, Arizona|Yuma]]
| established_title      = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date       = 1914
| government_type        = [[Council-manager government|Council-Manager]]
| governing_body         = Yuma City Council
| leader_title           = Mayor
| leader_name            = 
| total_type             = City
| unit_pref              = Imperial
| area_footnotes         = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_04.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2         = 312.97
| area_total_sq_mi       = 120.84
| area_land_km2          = 312.79
| area_land_sq_mi        = 120.77
| area_water_km2         = 0.18
| area_water_sq_mi       = 0.07
| area_water_percent     = 0.07
| elevation_footnotes    = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft           = 256
| population_footnotes   = 
| population_total       = 95548
| population_as_of       = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| pop_est_footnotes      = 
| population_est         = 
| pop_est_as_of          = 
| population_density_km2 = 305.47
| population_density_sq_mi = 791.18
| population_urban       = 135,717 (US: [[List of United States urban areas|253rd]])
| population_metro       = 203,247 (US: [[List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas|214th]])
| population_demonym     = Yuman
| timezone               = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|MST]]
| utc_offset             = −7
| postal_code_type       = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code            = 85364–85367, 85369, 85350
| area_code              = [[Area code 928|928]]
| blank_name_sec1        = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] code
| blank_info_sec1        = {{FIPS|04|85540}}
| blank1_name_sec1       = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] ID
| blank1_info_sec1       = 2412328<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2412328}}</ref>
| blank_name_sec2        = Major airport
| blank_info_sec2        = [[Yuma International Airport]]
| website                = [http://www.YumaAZ.gov/ www.yumaaz.gov]
}}

'''Yuma''' is a city in and the [[county seat]]<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> of [[Yuma County, Arizona]], United States. The city's population was 95,548 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], up from the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] population of 93,064.<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=June 3, 2015 }}</ref>

Yuma is the [[principal city]] of the Yuma, Arizona, [[Yuma metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which consists of Yuma County. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the 2020 estimated population of the Yuma MSA is 203,247.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2020/index.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2020|author=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 3, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510012957/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2014/index.html|archive-date=May 10, 2015|author-link=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> According to ''[[Guinness World Records]]'', Yuma is the "Sunniest City on Earth," promising "sunshine and warm weather at least 91% of the year."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yuma|url=https://www.visitarizona.com/places/cities/yuma/|access-date=October 10, 2021|website=Visit Arizona|language=en-US}}</ref> Anywhere from 70,000 to over 85,000 out-of-state visitors make Yuma their winter residence.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 10, 2019|title=ASU Tourism Study|url=https://assets.simpleviewinc.com/simpleview/image/upload/v1/clients/yumaaz/2017_2018_Yuma_Winter_Visitors_Report_ASU_FINAL1_86d07d78-ec55-4768-b980-be322a74ecf1.pdf|archive-date=|access-date=October 10, 2021|publisher=ASU}}</ref>

Yuma's weather also makes it an agricultural powerhouse, growing over 175 types of crops, the largest of which is lettuce. Yuma County provides 90% of all leafy vegetables grown from November to March in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 8, 2020|title=Agriculture in Yuma County, Arizona|url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6a7d930a95f7419ba026e1ed07f837fc|access-date=October 10, 2021|website=ArcGIS StoryMaps|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 5, 2015|title=This Is Where America Gets Almost All Its Winter Lettuce|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yuma-lettuce_n_6796398|access-date=October 27, 2022|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref> Yuma is also known for its large military population due to several military bases, including the [[Marine Corps Air Station Yuma|Marine Corps Air Station]].

Yuma is in the state's southwestern corner, in the [[Sonoran Desert]], [[Yuma Desert]] sub-region.

==History==
[[File:Fort Yuma California 1875.jpg|thumb|left|Fort Yuma, California, c. 1875]]
[[File:YumaLanding1885.jpg|thumb|left|Steamboats on the Colorado River at Yuma, c. 1880]]
[[File:Yuma Crossing and RR bridge in 1886.jpg|thumb|left|Yuma Crossing in 1886.  The railway bridge over the Colorado River was built in 1877.]]
The area's first settlers for thousands of years were [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] cultures and historic tribes. Their descendants now occupy the [[Cocopah]] and [[Quechan]] [[Indian reservation|reservations]].

In 1540, Spanish colonial expeditions under [[Hernando de Alarcón]] and [[Melchior Díaz]] visited the area and immediately recognized the natural crossing of the Colorado River as an ideal spot for a city. The [[Colorado River]] narrows to slightly under {{Convert | 1000 | ft}} wide in one area. Military expeditions that crossed the Colorado River at the [[Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area|Yuma Crossing]] include [[Juan Bautista de Anza]] (1774), the [[Mormon Battalion]] (1848) and the [[California Column]] (1862).

During and after the [[California Gold Rush]] to the late 1870s, the Yuma Crossing was known for its ferry crossings for the [[Southern Emigrant Trail]]. This was considered the gateway to California and the "Great Southwest,"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area |url=https://www.yumaheritage.com/history.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area |language=en}}</ref> as it was one of the few natural spots where travelers could cross the otherwise very wide Colorado River.

===First settlements===

Following the United States establishing [[Fort Yuma]], two towns developed one mile downriver. The one on the California side was called [[Jaeger City, California|Jaeger City]], named after the owner of Jaeger's Ferry, which crossed the river there.  It was for a time the larger of the two, with the [[Butterfield Overland Mail]] office and station, two blacksmiths, a hotel, two stores, and other dwellings.<ref name="Lingenfelter">{{Cite book| publisher = University of Arizona Press| isbn = 978-0-8165-0650-7| last = Lingenfelter| first = Richard E.| title = Steamboats on the Colorado River, 1852-1916| location = Tucson| date = 1978|url= http://www.ansac.az.gov/UserFiles/PDF/08182014/X028_FMIBurtellLingenfelterSteamboats/FMI%20Lingenfelter%20Steamboats/Steamboats%20on%20the%20Colorado%20River%201852-1916.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118031332/http://www.ansac.az.gov/UserFiles/PDF/08182014/X028_FMIBurtellLingenfelterSteamboats/FMI%20Lingenfelter%20Steamboats/Steamboats%20on%20the%20Colorado%20River%201852-1916.pdf |archive-date= January 18, 2016|via=Arizona Navigable Stream Adjudication Commission}}, p.15</ref>

The other was called '''[[Colorado City, Yuma County, Arizona|Colorado City]].''' Developed on the south side of the river in what is now Arizona by speculator [[Charles Debrille Poston|Charles Poston]], it was the site of the [[custom house]]. When started, it was just north of the border between Mexican-ruled Sonora, Mexico and California.  After the [[Gadsden Purchase]] by the United States, the town bordered on the [[Territory of New Mexico]]. This area was designated as the [[Territory of Arizona]] in 1863.  The Colorado City site at the time was duly registered in [[San Diego]]; both banks of the Colorado River just below its [[confluence]] with the [[Gila River|Gila]] were recognized as being within the jurisdiction of California.  The [[county of San Diego]] collected taxes from there for many years.<ref name="Farish">{{Cite book| publisher = Second Legislature of the State of Arizona| volume = 1| pages = 319–326| last = Farish| first = Thomas Edwin| title = History of Arizona| chapter = Early Settlements And First Attempts At Organization Of Territory| location = Phoenix, Ariz| date = 1915|chapter-url=https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/asabooks/id/207|via=Arizona Memory Project|access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref>

From 1853 a smaller settlement, '''[[Arizona City (Yuma, Arizona)|Arizona City]]''', grew up on the high ground across from the fort and was organized under the name of its post office in 1858.  It had adobe dwellings, two stores and two saloons. Colorado City and Jaeger City were almost completely destroyed by the [[Great Flood of 1862]] and had to be rebuilt on higher ground. At that time Colorado City became part of Arizona City,<ref name="Lingenfelter"/><ref>
{{Cite book| publisher = Second Legislature of the State of Arizona| volume = 1| pages = 252–253| last = Farish| first = Thomas Edwin| title = History of Arizona|  location = Phoenix, Ariz| date = 1915|url=https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/asabooks/id/188/rec/8|via=Arizona Memory Project|access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref>  later on taking the name '''Yuma''' in 1873.

===Early development===

From 1854, Colorado City was the major steamboat stop for traffic up and down the Colorado River.  After the 1862 flood, it became part of Arizona City.  The steamboats transported passengers and equipment for the various mines and military outposts along the Colorado; Colorado City was the terminus of wagon traffic up the Gila River into New Mexico Territory.  They offloaded the cargo from ships at the mouth of the Colorado River at [[Robinson's Landing]] and from 1864 at [[Port Isabel, Sonora|Port Isabel]].  From 1864, the [[Yuma Quartermaster Depot]], today a state historic park, supplied all forts in present-day Arizona, as well as large parts of Colorado and New Mexico. After Arizona became a separate territory, Yuma became the county seat for Yuma County in 1871, replacing [[La Paz, Arizona|La Paz]], the first seat.

The [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] bridged the river in 1877, and acquired [[George Alonzo Johnson]]'s [[Colorado Steam Navigation Company]], the only steamboat company on the river.  Yuma became the new base of navigation on the river, ending the need for Port Isabel, which was abandoned in 1879.  The warehouses and shipyard there were moved to Yuma.

==Geography==
Yuma is near the borders of [[California]] to the west and [[Mexico]] to the south, and just west of the [[Gila River]]'s confluence with the [[Colorado River|Colorado]]. The city is approximately {{Convert|60|mi|round = 10}} from the [[Gulf of California]] (Sea of Cortez), a branch of the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|106.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|106.6|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (0.07%) is water.

===Climate===
Yuma is noted for its weather extremes.  Of any populated place in the contiguous United States, Yuma is the driest, the sunniest, and the least humid, has the lowest frequency of precipitation, and has the highest number of sunny days per year—175—with a daily maximum temperature of {{convert|90|°F|0}} or higher.<ref>{{cite web | title = Mean Number of Days Maximum Temperature 90 Deg. F or Higher | work = Comparative Climatic Data for the United States Through 2012 | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: U.S. Dept. often Commerce | year = 2013 | url = http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ccd-data/mxge9012.txt | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131106025131/http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ccd-data/mxge9012.txt | archive-date = November 6, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="Extremes">{{cite web | title = Extremes in U.S. Climate | publisher = National Climate Data Center | url = http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/extreme-us-climates.php#SUN-CLOUD }}</ref>

Yuma features a [[hot desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''BWh''), with extremely hot summers and warm winters. Atmospheric humidity is usually very low, except during what are called "[[Gulf surge]]s", when a maritime tropical air mass from the [[Gulf of California]] is drawn northward, usually in connection with the [[North American Monsoon|summer monsoon]] or the passage of a tropical storm to the south.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-21/hurricanes-here-the-cordonazo-that-lashed-los-angeles|title=Could a hurricane lash Los Angeles? 80 years ago, this deadly storm came close|last=Duginski|first=Paul|date=August 22, 2019|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref>

The sun is said to shine during about 90% of the daylight hours, making Yuma one of the sunniest places in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/s/m/factsheet09.pdf|title=Fact sheet No. 9 – Weather extremes|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604050938/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/s/m/factsheet09.pdf|archive-date=June 4, 2016|access-date=May 16, 2016}}</ref> The city receives the most recorded mean sunshine of anywhere on Earth,<ref name="Extremes"/><ref>{{cite web | last = Osborn | first = Liz | title = Sunniest Places and Countries in the World | publisher = Current Results Nexus | url = http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/sunniest-places-countries-world.php }}</ref> although the equipment used by the United States tends to provide higher sunshine estimates than the traditional [[Campbell–Stokes recorder]].<ref>{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1007/s00704-014-1125-z| issn = 1434-4483| volume = 119| issue = 3| pages = 401–406| last = Matuszko| first = Dorota| title = A comparison of sunshine duration records from the Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder and CSD3 sunshine duration sensor| journal = Theoretical and Applied Climatology| date = February 1, 2015| bibcode = 2015ThApC.119..401M| doi-access = free}}</ref>

On average, Yuma receives {{convert|3.36|in|mm}} of rain annually. Even in the wettest year of 2005, only {{convert|7.39|in|abbr=on}} fell. The driest year at Yuma Airport was 2007, with only {{convert|0.15|in|abbr=on}} recorded. On average, the wettest months of the year are during the monsoon months of August and September, and December, when moisture from winter storms arrives from the Pacific Ocean. June is the driest month, with drought virtually absolute.

In 1995, Yuma recorded its all-time high temperature of {{convert|124|°F|0}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intellicast.com/Local/History.aspx?location=USAZ0275|title=Intellicast – Yuma Historic Weather Averages in Arizona (85365)|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref> The lowest recorded temperature was in the Yuma-Mesa area in January 2007. The temperature fell to {{convert|-6|C|abbr=on||order=flip}} for approximately two hours, harming many crops grown in and around Yuma. [[Citrus]] suffered the most, particularly the lemon crop. According to an Arizona Department of Agriculture report in February 2007, there was a 75% to 95% loss of crop and trees. On average (according to the 1991-2020 climate period), the temperature reaches freezing point in one year in fifteen, and there are 117 days per year during which the temperature reaches or exceeds {{convert|100|°F|0}}, usually from April through October.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=psr|title = Climate}}</ref> During July and August, the temperature fails to reach {{cvt|100|F|C}} on only one and two days on average, respectively.<ref name="auto"/>

In 1997, the desert city sustained a full [[tropical storm]] after [[Hurricane Nora (1997)|Hurricane Nora]] made [[landfall (meteorology)|landfall]] at the mouth of the Colorado River and quickly moved due north along it. This rare event cut power to 12,000 customers in Yuma, and dropped {{convert|3.59|in|mm}} of rain at [[Marine Corps Air Station Yuma]]. The last time a hurricane had hit near Yuma was in mid-August 1977, when similar rainfalls were recorded.

{{Yuma, Arizona weatherbox}}

Snow in Yuma has only been recorded on December 12, 1932, when a light coating of snow covered the city for the first and only time in its history. A few flakes fell in January 1937 and December 1967, mixed with rain.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GydMDoHandAC&q=snow+Yuma+december+1932&pg=RA4-PA65 | title=Climatological Data: Arizona section| year=1929}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 130
| 1870 = 1144
| 1880 = 1200
| 1890 = 1773
| 1900 = 1519
| 1910 = 2914
| 1920 = 4237
| 1930 = 4892
| 1940 = 5325
| 1950 = 9145
| 1960 = 23974
| 1970 = 29007
| 1980 = 42481
| 1990 = 54923
| 2000 = 77515
| 2010 = 93064
| 2020 = 95548
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 100858
| estref = <ref>https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/yumacityarizona/PST045223</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
Yuma first appeared on the 1860 U.S. Census as the village of "Arizonia" (Arizona City) in what was then Arizona County, New Mexico Territory (see [[Arizona City (Yuma, Arizona)]] for details). It returned as Arizona City in 1870 and then became Yuma in 1873. On April 12, 1902, the village of Yuma was incorporated as a town.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.apnews.com/0d0b43a5cabb41739fa0a52a5f2b7265 |title = Today in Arizona History|website = [[Associated Press]]|date = April 3, 2019}}</ref> It formally incorporated as a city on April 7, 1914.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.westernoutdoortimes.com/story/2014/03/15/events/yuma-marks-100th-birthday-next-week/1186.html?m=true |title = Yuma Marks 100th Birthday Next Week}}</ref>

===2022 American Community Survey===
{{As of|2022|pre=the}} [[American Community Survey]] estimates, there were {{formatnum:98517}} people and {{formatnum:39210}} households.<ref name=DP02>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP1Y2022.DP02?g=160XX00US0485540 | title= 2022 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimate: Selected Social Characteristics in the United States for Yuma city, AZ | access-date = 2024-06-20 | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=DP05>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP1Y2022.DP05?g=160XX00US0485540 | title= 2022 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimate: Demographic and Housing Estimates for Yuma city, AZ | access-date = 2024-06-20 | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The [[population density]] was {{convert|813.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were {{formatnum:45408}} housing units at an average density of {{convert|375.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}.<ref name=B25001>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2022.B25001?g=160XX00US0485540 | title= 2022 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimate: Housing Units for Yuma city, AZ | access-date = 2024-06-20 | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=Gaz2023>To calculate density we use the land area figure from the places file in {{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html | title = The 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files}}</ref><ref name=DP05/> The racial makeup of the city was 39.7%&nbsp;White, 27.9%&nbsp;some other race, 2.4%&nbsp;Black or African American, 1.5%&nbsp;Asian, and 0.8%&nbsp;Native American or Alaskan Native, with 27.7%&nbsp;from two or more races.<ref name=DP05/> [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics or Latinos]] of any race were 66.5%&nbsp;of the population.<ref name=DP05/>

Of the {{formatnum:39210}} households, 37.8%&nbsp;had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.2%&nbsp;had seniors 65 years or older living with them, 48.2%&nbsp;were married couples living together, 6.8%&nbsp;were couples cohabitating, 17.4%&nbsp;had a male householder with no partner present, and 27.6%&nbsp;had a female householder with no partner present.<ref name=DP02/> The median household size was {{formatnum:2.45}} and the median family size was {{formatnum:2.96}}.<ref name=DP02/>

The age distribution was 26.3%&nbsp;under 18, 12.9%&nbsp;from 18 to 24, 26.5%&nbsp;from 25 to 44, 16.7%&nbsp;from 45 to 64, and 17.7%&nbsp;who were 65 or older. The median age was {{formatnum:33.6}} years.<ref name=S0101>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2022.S0101?g=160XX00US0485540 | title= 2022 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimate: Age and Sex for Yuma city, AZ | access-date = 2024-06-20 | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

The median income for a household was ${{formatnum:58043}}, with family households having a median income of ${{formatnum:65926}} and non-family households ${{formatnum:32347}}. The [[per capita income]] was ${{formatnum:31467}}.<ref name=S1902>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2022.S1902?g=160XX00US0485540 | title= 2022 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimate: Mean Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2022 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars) for Yuma city, AZ | access-date = 2024-06-20 | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref><ref name=S1901>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2022.S1901?g=160XX00US0485540 | title= 2022 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimate: Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2022 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars) for Yuma city, AZ | access-date = 2024-06-20 | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> Out of the {{formatnum:96149}} people with a determined poverty status, 9.8%&nbsp;were below the [[poverty line]]. Further, 10.5%&nbsp;of minors and 11.6%&nbsp;of seniors were below the poverty line.<ref name=S1701>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2022.S1701?g=160XX00US0485540 | title= 2022 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimate: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months for Yuma city, AZ | access-date = 2024-06-20 | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

In the survey, residents self-identified with various ethnic ancestries. People of [[English American|English]] descent made up 5.6%&nbsp;of the population of the town, followed by [[German American|German]] at 5.0%, [[American ancestry|American]] at 3.4%, [[Irish American|Irish]] at 3.1%, [[Sub-Saharan Africa]]n at 1.4%, [[Swedish American|Swedish]] at 1.4%, [[Italian American|Italian]] at 1.3%, [[French American|French]] at 0.9%, [[Norwegian American|Norwegian]] at 0.7%, [[Scottish American|Scottish]] at 0.6%, and [[Scotch-Irish American|Scotch-Irish]] at 0.5%.<ref name=DP02/>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Yuma, Arizona – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Yuma city, Arizona |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0485540&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Yuma city, Arizona |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0485540&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Yuma city, Arizona|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0485540&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|36,784
|35,306
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29,815
|47.45%
|37.94%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |31.20%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|2,220
|2,532
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,069
|2.86%
|2.72%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.17%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|747
|992
|style='background: #ffffe6; |843
|0.96%
|1.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.88%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|1,086
|1,561
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,786
|1.40%
|1.68%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.87%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|105
|143
|style='background: #ffffe6; |135
|0.14%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|100
|136
|style='background: #ffffe6; |362
|0.13%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.38%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,073
|1,361
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,318
|1.38%
|1.46%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.43%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|35,400
|51,033
|style='background: #ffffe6; |58,220
|45.67%
|54.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |60.93%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''77,515'''
|'''93,064'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''95,548'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|-
|}

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], there were 93,064 people. There were 38,626 housing units in Yuma city, 79.5% of which were occupied housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 37.9% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 1.6% from two or more races. 54.8% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212055711/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=American FactFinder – Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>

===2000 Census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 77,515 people, 26,649 households, and 19,613 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|726.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|adj=off}}. There were 34,475 housing units at an average density of {{convert|323.3|/sqmi|/km2|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 47.5% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.9% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 1.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.4% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. 45.7% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 26,649 households, out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.4% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.6% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.

According to the 2006 American Community Survey estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $39,885, and the median income for a family was $41,588. Males had a median income of $35,440 versus $27,035 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,393. About 14.1% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.4% of those under age 18 and 13.9% of those age 65 or over.

High unemployment remains an issue in Yuma. Citing April 2014 data, the [[Bureau of Labor Statistics]] ranked Yuma as having the highest unemployment rate in the United States at 23.8 percent, above the 21.6 percent in [[El Centro, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm |title=Unemployment Rates for Metropolitan Areas |publisher=Bls.gov |access-date=June 25, 2014}}</ref> Yuma's agricultural workforce, which adjusts to the picking season, is cited by the Arizona Department of Commerce as the reason for the apparent high unemployment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2009/02/09/20090209yumaunemploy020909-CR.html|title=Yuma unemployment rate among nation's highest|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:Yuma arizona map.jpg|thumb|right|An aerial photo showing how the area around Yuma is highly agricultural in nature]]
[[File:NRCSAZ02027 - Arizona (337)(NRCS Photo Gallery).tif|thumb|right|Farming near Yuma in 2011]]

The Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area has the highest unemployment rate in the United States as of 2018 at 20.9%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm|title=Unemployment Rates for Metropolitan Areas|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref> A large percentage of the work force is employed seasonally in agriculture, contributing to apparent unemployment.

Yuma is colloquially referred to as the "Winter Lettuce Capital of the World".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yumachamber.org/agriculture.html|title=Agriculture – Yuma County Chamber of Commerce|website=www.yumachamber.org|access-date=July 15, 2019|archive-date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715114638/https://www.yumachamber.org/agriculture.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2019 ''Comprehensive Annual Financial Report'',<ref>{{cite web|year=2019|title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report|url=https://www.yumaaz.gov/documents/finance-department/comprehensive-annual-financial-report-cafr/COY_FY19_CAFR.pdf|publisher=City of Yuma, Arizona|access-date=August 29, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017132401/https://www.yumaaz.gov/documents/finance-department/comprehensive-annual-financial-report-cafr/COY_FY19_CAFR.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> the top employers in the Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2018 were:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
| 1
|[[Marine Corps Air Station Yuma]]
|5,568
|-
|2
|[[Yuma Union High School District]]
|3,100
|-
|3
|U.S. Army [[Yuma Proving Ground]]
|2,382
|-
|4
|[[Yuma Regional Medical Center]]
|2,300
|-
|5
|Yuma County
|1,437
|-
|6
|[[Yuma Elementary School District]]
|1,400
|-
|7
|City of Yuma
|1,274
|-
|8
|TRAX
|1,125
|-
|9
|[[United States Border Patrol]]
|1,000
|-
|10
|[[Arizona Western College]]
|987
|}

Other large employers include [[Bose Corporation|Bose]], [[Dole Food Company|Dole]] Fresh Vegetables and [[Shaw Industries]].<ref>[http://www.greateryuma.org/yumaareaemployers.html Yuma Area Employers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405163558/http://www.greateryuma.org/yumaareaemployers.html |date=April 5, 2011 }}, Greater Yuma website</ref>

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Downtown Yuma Arizona (3).jpg|thumb|Downtown Yuma with a [[List of diplomatic missions of Mexico#Americas)|Mexican Consulate]] on the left]]
[[File:E.F. SANGUINETTI HOME - YUMA.jpg|thumb|right|E.F. Sanguinetti Home, a museum run by the [[Arizona Historical Society]]]]

Yuma contains the historical [[Yuma Territorial Prison]], the [[Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park]] (formerly known as the Yuma Crossing Historic Park), and a historic downtown area. Yuma is an ''Arizona Main Street City.'' Because of budget cutbacks at the state level, Arizona State Parks no longer operates the Territorial Prison and Quartermaster Depot. They are now operated by the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area and the City of Yuma. The Yuma Visitors' Bureau oversees the Welcome Center at the Quartermaster Depot and is the official visitors' center for the Yuma Community.

Near Yuma are the Kofa Mountain Range and wildlife refuge, [[Martinez Lake|Martinez]] and [[Mittry Lake|Mittry]] Lakes, and the [[Algodones Dunes]].

The city is the location of the [[Marine Corps Air Station Yuma]], which conducts an annual air show and many large-scale military exercises. There is also the [[Yuma Proving Ground]], an Army base that tests new military equipment. Yuma Proving Ground is also home to the Special Operations Free Fall School, which provides training in free-fall parachute operations to Special Forces units in all branches of service, as well as those of other nations.

The [[Colorado River]] runs along the north and west side of town, serving as the border between Arizona and California. Yuma is an important station for trucking industry movement of goods between California, Arizona and Mexico.

The Rialto movie theater once owned a Kilgen pipe organ, one of the most expensive pipe organs to have been made. Originally played as accompaniment to silent films, it has been moved to the Yuma Theatre.

Every February residents and visitors enjoy the annual rodeo, the Yuma Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo. A parade opens the events. Cowboys and cowgirls from all over the country compete in the festivities.

The Yuma County Fair takes place annually in the spring at the fairgrounds in Yuma.

On New Year's Eve 2018, the town of Yuma dropped a head of iceberg lettuce from the town's water tower, to symbolize the beginning of the new year, much like the ball drop in [[New York City|New York City's]] [[Times Square Ball|Times Square]]. This is known as the "Iceberg Drop".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visityuma.com/lettuce-drop.html|title=Lettuce Drop – Welcome To Yuma, Arizona – On The River's Edge|website=www.visityuma.com|language=en|access-date=July 15, 2019|archive-date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715114633/https://www.visityuma.com/lettuce-drop.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Sports==
Yuma has a soccer-specific stadium, [[Desert Sun Stadium]], which hosted Frontera United of the [[United Premier Soccer League]] from 2015 to 2017.  Previously a baseball facility, Desert Sun Stadium was home to the [[Yuma Desert Rats]] of the [[North American League (baseball)|North American League]] and site of home games of four teams for the [[Arizona Winter League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenbaseball.com/Yuma |title=Yuma Scorpions |publisher=Goldenbaseball.com |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211230736/http://www.goldenbaseball.com/Yuma/ |archive-date=February 11, 2011 }}</ref> The [[San Diego Padres]] used the field as a spring training facility from 1969 until 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070324&content_id=1858369&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=sd|title=Padres still enjoy their time in Yuma|author=<nowiki>Amanda Branam&nbsp;/&nbsp;Special to MLB.com</nowiki>|date=March 24, 2007|publisher=Mlb.mlb.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201202/http://m.padres.mlb.com/news/article/1858369|archive-date=October 28, 2017|access-date=March 27, 2011}}</ref> and a [[Japanese baseball]] team, the [[Yakult Swallows]], used the field for spring training from 1995 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caballeros.org/spring.htm |title=SD Padres Spring Training in Yuma |publisher=Caballeros.org |date=March 22, 2008 |access-date=March 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725122504/http://www.caballeros.org/spring.htm |archive-date=July 25, 2011 }}</ref> Many local club sports exist in the area as well, including the Yuma Sidewinders Rugby Football Club. The rugby team participates in the Division III Arizona Men's [[Rugby league]], and travels throughout Arizona, California and Nevada, as well as playing home games in Yuma.

==Government==
[[File:Yuma, AZ - City Hall 02.jpg|thumb|Yuma City Hall]]
===Organization===
The city of Yuma operates as a [[charter city]] under the Charter of the City of Yuma.<ref name=CHARTER>{{cite web |url=http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Arizona/yuma/yumacitycodeyumaarizona?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:yuma_az|title=Yuma City Code: Yuma, Arizona|website=American Legal Publishing Corporation |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> The elected government of the city is the City Council which follows the [[Mayor–council government|mayor–council government system]] and whose members include:

===Mayor===
{{see also|List of mayors of Yuma, Arizona}}
The Mayor of the City of Yuma acts as the [[chief executive officer]] of the city, and is elected for a period of four years.  The mayor is elected from the city at large. The mayor has the following powers and responsibilities: act as an ex officio chairman of the city council (ensuring all ordinances thereof are enforced), call and preside over meetings, administer oaths and issue proclamations. The mayor is also recognized as the official head of the city by the courts and has the power to take command of the police and govern the city by proclamation during times of great danger.<ref name=CHARTER />

===City Council===
The City of Yuma City Council is the governing body of the City of Yuma and is vested with all powers of legislation in municipal affairs. The council is composed of six council members elected from the city at large for four-year terms, as well as the Mayor of Yuma. A deputy mayor is also elected by the Council who shall act as Mayor during the temporary absence of the mayor. Karen Watts became the most recent Deputy Mayor in 2020. The current council members are Gary Knight, Leslie McClendon, Chris Morris, Ema Lea Shoop, Mike Shelton, and Karen Watts. The next election is the August 2022 Primary for the three city council seats that are currently held by Watts, Knight, and McClendon. Former Deputy Mayor Karen Watts announced her bid for Mayor in 2022.
<ref name=CHARTER />

===City Administrator===
The City Council appoints a [[City manager|city administrator]] who acts as the [[chief administrative officer]] of the city. The city administrator is directly responsible to the City Council for the administration of all city affairs placed in his charge by the City Charter, or by ordinances passed by the council. Some of the administrator's duties include: see that all laws and provisions of the City Charter are faithfully executed, prepare and submit the annual budget and capital program to the City Council and keep the City Council fully advised as to the financial condition and future needs of the city.<ref name=CHARTER />

==Education==
[[File:4th avenue high school, yuma..jpg|thumb|right|4th Avenue Junior High School]]
[[File:Mls-yuma-az-property-listings-16.png|thumb|right|[[Carpe Diem e-Learning Community]], now Desert View Middle & High School]]
The city is zoned to the [[Yuma Union High School District]]. Yuma has five public high schools: [[Yuma Union High School]], [[Kofa High School]], [[Cibola High School (Yuma, Arizona)|Cibola High School]], [[Gila Ridge High School]], Vista Alternative High School; and the private [[Yuma Catholic High School]] and Calvary Baptist School. Yuma also has three charter high schools: [[Carpe Diem e-Learning Community|Desert View Middle & High School]], Harvest Preparatory Academy, and YPIC Charter High School.

Yuma has two main elementary school districts, [[Yuma Elementary School District|District One]] and [[Crane Elementary School District (Arizona)|Crane District]], which include several schools as well as junior high schools. Yuma has four charter elementary school: AmeriSchools Academy North and South, Harvest Preparatory Academy, and Desert View Academy.

Additionally, Yuma has  six private elementary schools: Yuma Lutheran School, Yuma Adventist Christian School, Immaculate Conception School, St. Francis of Assisi School, Calvary Baptist School and Southwestern Christian School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yumasupt.org/schools-calendar.html|title=Schools & School Calendar |publisher=Yuma County Superintendent's Office|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>

[[Arizona Western College]] is Yuma's community college, serving primarily as a choice for transfer students and those with shorter career goals.

All three public state universities offer undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the AWC Yuma campus. [[Northern Arizona University]] has a branch campus, [[Arizona State University]] operates an ASU Local site, and the [[University of Arizona]] has a facility adjacent to the campus.

Yuma is served by the [[Yuma County Library District]] which consists of a Main Library and several branches, including sites in [[Somerton, Arizona|Somerton]], [[Wellton, Arizona|Wellton]], [[Fortuna Foothills]], and [[San Luis, Arizona|San Luis]]. A new main state-of-the-art library is now open.

==Media==
{{colbegin}}
* ''[[Yuma Sun]]'' newspaper
* [[KECY-TV]] FOX, ABC, CW and Telemundo Affiliate
* [[KYMA-DT]] NBC and CBS Affiliate
* [[KCFY]] 88.1 KCFY Christian Radio
* [[KAWC-FM]] 88.9 FM Public Radio (Arizona Western College)
* [[KYRM]] 91.9 FM Radio Manantial
* [[KLJZ]] 93.1 FM Adult Contemporary Radio
* [[KTTI]] 95.1 FM Country Radio
* [[XHMIX-FM|XHMIX]] 98.3 FM Top 40 Radio
* [[KQSR]] 100.9 FM Adult Contemporary Radio
* [[KCEC-FM|KCEC]] 104.5 FM Regional Mexican Radio
* [[KBLU (AM)|KBLU]] 560 AM Talk Radio
* [[KOFA (AM)|KOFA]] 1320 AM Public Radio (Arizona Western College)
* [[KCYK]] 1400 AM Country Radio
{{colend}}

==Infrastructure==
===Public Transportation===
* [[Yuma County Area Transit]]
* [[Yuma International Airport]]
* [[Yuma station (Arizona)|Yuma Station]] ([[Amtrak]])
* [[Greyhound Lines]]
* [[FlixBus]]
* Camel Express to [[Quartzsite, Arizona]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ci.quartzsite.az.us/index.php/departments/public-transportation|title=Public Transportation|website=ci.quartzsite.az.us|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>
===Roads===
* [[Interstate 8]]
** [[Business routes of Interstate 8#Winterhaven–Yuma loop|Business Loop 8]]
* [[U.S. Route 95 in Arizona|U.S. Route 95]]
* [[Arizona State Route 195]]

==Notable people==
* [[Alex Barrett]] (born 1994), American football player
* [[Ryan Bedford]], Olympic [[speed skater]]
* [[Darrell Bevell]], quarterbacks coach for the [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Charles Brinley]], actor of the silent era
* [[Cesar Chavez]], [[Mexican American]] civil rights leader
* [[Tom Childs]], miner and rancher
* [[Gabriel Claudio]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gabriel Claudio |url=https://unlvrebels.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/gabriel-claudio/14620 |access-date=April 12, 2025 |website=[[UNLV Rebels men's soccer|UNLV Rebels]]}}</ref>
* [[Curley Culp]], NFL player for [[Kansas City Chiefs]], member of [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]
* [[Jason DeCorse]], guitarist for [[The Icarus Line]]
* [[Efrain Escudero]], [[NCAA]] All-American [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestler]] and [[mixed martial artist]]
* [[Eduardo Franco (actor)|Eduardo Franco]] (born 1994), actor
* [[Edgar García (mixed martial artist)|Edgar Garcia]], [[mixed martial artist]], and [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]]
* [[Irving Garcia (soccer, born 1988)|Irving Garcia]], [[USL Pro]] player for [[Los Angeles Blues]]
* [[Kelvin Gastelum]], [[The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen|Ultimate Fighter 17]] reality TV show champion
* [[Bill Hudson (Alaska politician)|Bill Hudson]], Alaska state legislator
* [[Ron Jessie]], NFL wide receiver for [[Los Angeles Rams]]
* [[Robert Wilson Kennerly]], retired politician and community leader
* [[Curtis Lee]], singer
* [[Jonathan Lines]], businessman, former Chair of [[Arizona Republican Party]]
* [[Jose Maria Redondo]], entrepreneur and former mayor of Yuma
* [[Mike Marshall (outfielder)|Mike Marshall]], manager of [[Yuma Scorpions]], won two [[World Series ring]]s with [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
* [[Bengie Molina]], Major League Baseball catcher for the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
* [[Bobby Pacho]], 1930s professional [[boxing|boxer]] and [[Welterweight]] world title contender
* [[Bob Porter (baseball)|Bob Porter]], major league baseball player
* [[DeForest Porter]], mayor of Phoenix; Justice, Arizona Territory Supreme Court<ref>{{cite book |last=Goff |first=John S. |title=Arizona Territorial Officials Volume I: The Supreme Court Justices 1863–1912 |publisher=Black Mountain Press|location=Cave Creek, Arizona |year=1975 | oclc = 1622668 |page=65}}</ref>
* [[John Shanssey]], boxer, gambler, saloon owner, and Mayor of Yuma
* [[Cain Velasquez]], [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] heavyweight champion, All-American [[Collegiate wrestling|collegiate wrestler]]
* [[Roger L. Worsley]], educator; lived in Yuma, 1959 to 1963

==See also==
{{Portal|Arizona|Cities}}
* [[List of historic properties in Yuma, Arizona]]
* [[Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción]]
* [[Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer]]
* [[Redondo Reservoir]]
* [[West Wetlands Park]]
* [[Winterhaven, California]]

==Notes==
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==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Wikivoyage|Yuma|Yuma, Arizona}}
* [http://www.yumaaz.gov City of Yuma Website]
* [http://www.visityuma.com Yuma Convention and Visitors Bureau Website]

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