Aztec, Arizona
{{Short description|CDP in Yuma County, Arizona}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Aztec, Arizona
|settlement_type = Census designated place
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|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.
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Arizona
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Yuma
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|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_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 2
|population_density_sq_mi = 0.31
|population_density_km2 = 0.12
|timezone = Mountain (MST)
|utc_offset = -7
|timezone_DST = MST
|utc_offset_DST = -7
|elevation_ft = 509
|coordinates = {{coord|32|48|27|N|113|26|33|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|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{{GNIS|2582734}}
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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.{{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 }} It is located along Interstate 8 to the west of Tenmile Wash.
Demographics
{{US Census population
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|1920= 62
|1930= 296
|1940=31
|1960= 65
|2010= 47
|2020= 2
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{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}}
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Aztec first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as the Aztec Precinct of Yuma County.{{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}} It appeared again in 1930, and recorded having a Spanish/Hispanic majority{{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}} (the census would not separately feature that racial demographic again until 1980). Aztec's population was 31 in 1940.{{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}} The population was 65 in the 1960 census.{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1960 |title=Arizona |encyclopedia=World Book Encyclopedia |publisher=Field Enterprises Educational Corporation |location=Chicago |volume=A |page=557}} In 2010, it was made a census-designated place (CDP).
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