Yuma County is ranked as one of the top places to live in the United States by Money magazine. Consisting of approximately 5,500 square land miles of desert and mountain terrain, nearly 135,000 people consider Yuma County their permanent home. The winter months see the population swell with an additional 80,000 residents. Clearly, Yuma County is a popular and desirable place to live.

Located in the south west corner of the state, this county is bordered by California and Mexico. The lower Colorado River and its lakes provide unlimited water recreation. Martinez and Mittry Lakes provide over 1,000 acres of beautiful waters and year-round water sports such as jet skiing, power boating, and fishing. It is not surprising that these lakes are considered a bass fisherman's dream.

The Kofa Mountain Range and Wildlife Refuge have over 665,000 acres of stunning yet rugged terrain, which is the perfect habitat for the desert bighorn sheep. Two distinct mountain ranges eclipse the Refuge: the Kofa Mountains and the Castle Dome Mountains. This Refuge offers camping facilities, hiking trails, and hunting grounds and is a perfect place to observe and photograph the abundant wildlife.

Two military bases are located in Yuma County: the U.S. Marine Corp Air Station and the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground. Due to Yuma County's clean skies and superb flying weather the Marine Corp Air Station is the fourth most active air station in the Navy and shares one of the longest runways in the nation with Yuma International Airport.

Yuma Proving Ground was created in 1943 as a desert training facility and an ammunitions testing and performance location. The YPG is also the winter training site for the Army?s Precision Parachute Team, the Golden Knights.

For post-high school educational opportunities, Yuma County residents attend Arizona Western College, a two-year community college. AWC shares a campus with a satellite campus of Northern Arizona University. College transfer courses, business, technical, and certification courses are available.

The county seat is the city of Yuma and has a population of approximately 78,000 full-time residents. This city is the third fastest-growing area in the United States.

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