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Coconino County, Arizona

Democratic +19.8 (2024)
County seat
Flagstaff
Judicial district
Coconino County Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
144,368
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 144,508.

At a glance

Coconino County is a 144,368-person venue. The county population is 56% White (Census race-alone categories). 15% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $74,564, $6,840 below the AZ state median of $81,404; 40.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 22.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most often one of the other and unspecified languages the Census does not break out (12.9%), then Spanish. The largest published sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 27.5% of covered employment, average pay $36,365/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.21%, above the 4.61% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 56% to 61% of the vote across the three.

Population
144,508
Median household income
$72,966
Unemployment
5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 56% / 1%.

Coconino County has a population of 144,508, with a median age of 32.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 56.0%; Black residents 1.4%. Independently, 15.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $74,564; 40.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 75,379 52.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22,327 15.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,995 1.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,516 1.7%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,526 4.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 34,936 24.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 166 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 663 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 32.8

  • Under 18 28,234 19.5%
  • 18–24 28,078 19.4%
  • 25–44 36,851 25.5%
  • 45–64 30,385 21.0%
  • 65 and over 20,960 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$74,564
90% interval $68,432–$80,696
−$6,840 vs AZ · 4th of 15
Below poverty line
15.2%
90% interval 12.8%–17.6%
+3.3 pp vs AZ · 8th of 15

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by hospitality and healthcare & education

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Leisure & hospitality about 18,200, Education & health services about 16,670.

Leisure & hospitality is the largest published sector at 27.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.21%, above the Arizona state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.2%
+0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP
$10.7B
1.87% of state
Avg. annual pay
$56,915
Establishments
4,163

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Leisure & hospitality 18,205 27.5%
  • Education & health services 14,376 21.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 9,842 14.8%
  • Professional & business services 4,318 6.5%
  • Manufacturing 3,829 5.8%
  • Public administration 3,664 5.5%
  • Construction 3,114 4.7%
  • Other services 1,680 2.5%
  • Financial activities 1,586 2.4%
  • Information 470 0.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 416 0.6%
  • Unclassified 15 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 92.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
59.7%
−7.7 pp vs AZ · 14th of 15
Median gross rent
$1,473
−$70 vs AZ · 3rd of 15
Owner-occupied
32,909
Renter-occupied
22,209

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 2.3× the lowest ($83,516 vs $36,365/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 59%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Coconino County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 59.2% in 2024, 60.9% in 2020, 56.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 70,067 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201636.9%56.3%
202036.9%60.9%
202439.4%59.2%
  • Democratic 41,504 59.2%
  • Republican 27,576 39.4%
  • Other / third-party 987 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 58% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 22.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

22.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest group speaks a language the Census does not name separately (12.9%); the most common named are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 5.8% of the adult civilian population (6,716 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

77.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 9,634 7.0%
  • German or other West Germanic 441 0.3%
  • Chinese 412 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 346 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 273 0.2%
  • Korean 181 0.1%
  • Arabic 134 0.1%
  • Tagalog 94 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 64 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
55,118
Family households
31,749
57.6% of households
Married couples w/ children
7,566
23.8% of families
Single-mother families
3,208
10.1% of families
Veterans
6,716
5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

32.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 17,327 11.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 16,731 11.5%
  • Evangelical Protestant 10,327 7.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,325 1.6%
  • Orthodox 200 0.1%
  • Black Protestant 166 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.0%
±0.9 pp
Uninsured
11.0%
±0.9 pp
5th of 15
With a disability
13.4%
±0.8 pp
12th of 15
Bachelor's or higher
40.3%
±1.7 pp
+7.0 pp vs AZ · 1st of 15
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
12.7%
90% interval 11.5%–13.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Coconino County Superior Court
Judges
6 (Superior Court judges + commissioners; vintage 2026 azcourts.gov roster)
Court seats
Flagstaff
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Coconino totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
64
55.04 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
52

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Coconino County, Arizona to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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