The largest county in Arizona

There are two right answers. By land area it is Coconino County; by population it is Maricopa County. Which one you want depends on what you meant by largest.

Largest by land area

Coconino County

18,616 sq mi

16.4% of Arizona's land

Largest by population

Maricopa County

4,689,558 people

61.5% of Arizona's population

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

By land area

The ten largest counties of Arizona by land area. Land area excludes inland and coastal water.
RankNameLand areaPopulation
1Coconino County18,616 sq mi144,368
2Mohave County13,332 sq mi228,102
3Apache County11,198 sq mi64,445
4Navajo County9,949 sq mi109,946
5Maricopa County9,202 sq mi4,689,558
6Pima County9,189 sq mi1,074,685
7Yavapai County8,123 sq mi252,552
8Cochise County6,210 sq mi126,332
9Yuma County5,514 sq mi224,449
10Pinal County5,367 sq mi539,380

By population

The ten most populous counties of Arizona, from the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimates.
RankNamePopulationDensity
1Maricopa County4,689,558510 per sq mi
2Pima County1,074,685117 per sq mi
3Pinal County539,380101 per sq mi
4Yavapai County252,55231.1 per sq mi
5Mohave County228,10217.1 per sq mi
6Yuma County224,44940.7 per sq mi
7Coconino County144,3687.8 per sq mi
8Cochise County126,33220.3 per sq mi
9Navajo County109,94611.1 per sq mi
10Apache County64,4455.8 per sq mi

And the smallest

Smallest by land area

Santa Cruz County

1,236 sq mi

Least populous

Greenlee County

9,312 people

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Rebuilt from source data 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.