{{Short description|CDP in Yuma County, Arizona}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Aztec, Arizona |settlement_type = Census designated place <!-- Images --> |image_skyline = |image_caption = <!-- Maps --> |pushpin_map = Arizona |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Aztec in Arizona |image_map = File:Yuma County Arizona Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Aztec Highlighted 0404930.svg |map_caption = Location of Aztec in Yuma County, Arizona. <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Arizona |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Yuma <!-- Government --> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area --> |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_sq_mi = 6.37 |area_land_sq_mi = 6.37 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 |area_total_km2 = 16.50 |area_land_km2 = 16.50 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 2 |population_density_sq_mi = 0.31 |population_density_km2 = 0.12 <!-- General information --> |timezone = Mountain (MST) |utc_offset = -7 |timezone_DST = MST |utc_offset_DST = -7 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 509 |coordinates = {{coord|32|48|27|N|113|26|33|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = |area_code = 520 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = US Census profile {{FIPS|04|04930}} |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2582734<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2582734}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Aztec''' is a census designated place situated in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It had a population of 47 as of the 2010 U.S. census. As of July 2015, Aztec had an estimated population of 52.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arizona.hometownlocator.com/az/yuma/aztec.cfm |publisher=AZ Hometown Locator |title=Aztec, AZ Profile: Facts, Map & Data |accessdate=January 24, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131082801/http://arizona.hometownlocator.com/az/yuma/aztec.cfm |archivedate=January 31, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is located along Interstate 8 to the west of Tenmile Wash.
==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=left |1920= 62 |1930= 296 |1940=31 |1960= 65 |2010= 47 |2020= 2 |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|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }} Aztec first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as the Aztec Precinct of Yuma County.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Bureau of the Census Library |title=Fourteenth Census of the United States - State Compendium - Arizona |url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/06229686v1-7ch02.pdf |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1924}}</ref> It appeared again in 1930, and recorded having a Spanish/Hispanic majority<ref>{{cite web |title=Arizona - Composition and Characteristics |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/10612963v3p1ch02.pdf |website=United States Census Bureau |pages=141{{endash}}163 |date=1930}}</ref> (the census would not separately feature that racial demographic again until 1980). Aztec's population was 31 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=85 |language=en}}</ref> The population was 65 in the 1960 census.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1960 |title=Arizona |encyclopedia=World Book Encyclopedia |publisher=Field Enterprises Educational Corporation |location=Chicago |volume=A |page=557}}</ref> In 2010, it was made a census-designated place (CDP).
==Education== It is in the Hyder Elementary School District<!--ELM 03900--> and the Antelope Union High School District<!--SEC 00720-->.<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st04_az/schooldistrict_maps/c04027_yuma/DC20SD_C04027.pdf|title=2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Yuma County, AZ|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|place=Suitland, Maryland|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=2025-11-23}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st04_az/schooldistrict_maps/c04027_yuma/DC20SD_C04027_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> {{clear left}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Yuma County, Arizona}}
Category:Census-designated places in Yuma County, Arizona Category:Census-designated places in Arizona