What are the demographics of Yuma, Arizona?
Yuma is now the metropolitan division (along with El Centro, California) of a MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area), one of three in Arizona. There are 160,000 people in the Yuma MSA. This number rose by fifty percent between 1990 and 2000. The MSA also includes Imperial County, California. Over 85,000 winter visitors make Yuma their annual winter residence, making Yuma one of North America’s premier winter vacation spots. As of the census of 2000, there were 77,515 people, 26,649 households, and 19,613 families residing in the city. The population density was 280.6/km sq (726.8/mi sq). There were 34,475 housing units at an average density of 124.8/km sq (323.3/mi sq). The racial makeup of the city was 68.33% Race (United States Census)White, 3.21% Race (United States Census)Black or Race (United States Census)African American, 1.51% Race (United States Census)Native American, 1.50% Race (United States Census)Asian, 0.19% Race (United States Census)Pacific Islander, 21.36% from Race (Uni