Aztec is a census designated place situated in
Yuma County,
Arizona
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, United States. It had a population of 47 as of the
2010 U.S. Census
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. As of July 2015, Aztec had an estimated population of 52. It has an estimated elevation of above sea level.
It is located along
Interstate 8 to the west of
Tenmile Wash
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.
Demographics
Aztec first appeared on the 1920 U.S. Census as the Aztec Precinct of Yuma County. It appeared again in 1930, and recorded having a Spanish/Hispanic majority (the census would not separately feature that racial demographic again until 1980). Aztec's population was 31 in 1940.The population was 65 in the 1960 census.
In 2010, it was made a census-designated place (CDP).
References
{{Yuma County, Arizona
Census-designated places in Yuma County, Arizona