Signature · 8.2% SNAP (7th pct in AZ)
Yavapai County, AZ
Yavapai County sits in the upper national band on low-access (35.8%, +13.7 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 35.8%
- low-access pop.
- 11
- food-desert tracts
- 8.2%
- on SNAP
- 245K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Yavapai County, AZ
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 35.8% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +13.7 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 11 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 8.2% SNAP
- VEH-OK 3.8% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 26% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Santa Cruz County (+ 0.5 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Yavapai County sits in the upper national band (35.8%, #559 of 3,079) with 11 LILA tracts.
- #559
- national by low-access %
- #9
- in AZ
- 27
- low-access tracts
- 27K
- food-desert residents
Upper-band counties often pair elevated low-access with clustered LILA tracts. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural.
Signature read: 8.2% SNAP (7th pct in AZ) (-3.9 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Yavapai County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Yavapai County's 35.8% low-access share is elevated, higher than 82% of them and ranked #559 most-affected nationwide.
Yavapai County's elevated USDA tier split
42 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 11 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Yavapai County has 22 urban and 20 rural census tracts. The 1-mile (urban) vs 10-mile (rural) distance threshold above applies per tract, so a county's access rate reflects this mix.
Yavapai County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Arizona, not a full county-board reprint
- Apache
Apache 54.7%
54.7 % low-access
- Graham
Graham 39.6%
39.6 % low-access
- Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz 36.3%
36.3 % low-access
- Yavapai
Yavapai 35.8%
35.8 % low-access
- Greenlee
Greenlee 32.9%
32.9 % low-access
- Coconino
Coconino 32.5%
32.5 % low-access
- Maricopa 20.8
Maricopa 20.8%
20.8 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 42 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 211,033 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 27 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 11 |
| Low-Access Population | 75,445 |
| Low-Access Share | 35.8%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 27,392 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 245,480 |
| Median Household Income | $69,613 |
| Poverty Rate | 12.0%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 9,130 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 8.2%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 3.8%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.8% |
Thick SNAP store book in Yavapai County
Yavapai County has 152 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 8 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 65 locations (43% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 65
- 1 food store, clarkdale
- 76 gas station 6791, cottonwood
- arco am pm prescott, prescott
- beaver creek gas mart, rimrock
- blue ridge market 1, dewey
- circle k 2703491, prescott valley
- circle k 2709527, cottonwood
- circle k 2709530, prescott valley
- carioca shell 69, humboldt
- circle k 2700781, mayer
- circle k 2701389, sedona
- circle k 2701535, sedona
- circle k 2701840, prescott valley
- circle k 2701995, prescott
- circle k 2703489, camp verde
- circle k 2705326, chino valley
- circle k 2707929, prescott
- circle k 2709525, prescott
- circle k store 2701576, prescott
- corral mart, ash fork
- cottonwood chevron, cottonwood
- country corner, kirkland
- country market, black canyon city
- cstop, prescott
- dave's fast stop, prescott valley
- depot 89 marketplace, inc., paulden
- fuel up mini mart, cottonwood
- gilligan's mayer market, llc, mayer
- good 2 go store 507, camp verde
- good 2 go store 508, prescott
- good 2 go store 555, prescott
- grab n go cordes, mayer
- love's travel stop 722, cordes junction
- marios, prescott valley
- maverik inc 562, prescott
- maverik, inc 272, cottonwood
- maverik, inc 294, camp verde
- maverik, inc 350, chino valley
- maverik, inc 419, prescott
- maverik, inc 672, dewey
- mike's mini market, prescott
- mountain aire, peeples valley
- one9 484, ash fork
- pilot travel center 1175, cordes lake
- quick country store, cottonwood
- rick murphy's chevron, ash fork
- roberts market place inc, prescott valley
- roberts marketplace inc. 2, prescot valley
- route 66 chevron, seligman
- sheldon street gas & grill, prescott
- shell 47, cottonwood
- shell 48, camp verde
- shell 56, prescott
- shell 60, prescott valley
- shell 61, prescott
- shell 62, prescott valley
- shell 63, chino valley
- speedway 2881, sedona
- speedway 2883, cottonwood
- speedway 2888, sedona
- suzy q market, cottonwood
- ta express ash fork, ash fork
- village chevron, sedona
- yavapai-apache nation marketplace 09483645, camp verde
- yavapai-apache nation whitehills chevron 00358748, camp verde
Combination Grocery/Other · 45
- cvs 10147, prescott
- cvs pharmacy 10425, sedona
- cvs pharmacy 5983, prescott valley
- cvs pharmacy 9266, campe verde
- cvs pharmacy 9319, cottonwood
- cvs pharmacy 9343, prescott
- dollar general 18958, cordes lake
- dollar general 12053, cottonwood
- dollar general 12136, prescott valley
- dollar general 13047, prescott
- dollar general 13618, rimrock
- dollar general 16054, clarkdale
- dollar general 16629, yarnell
- dollar general 25554, congress
- dollar general 25558, camp verde
- dollar general 9943, chino valley
- dollar general store 17749, camp verde
- dollar tree 3176, prescott
- dollar tree 4458, cottonwood
- dollar tree 4951, prescott valley
- dollar tree 7205, chino valley
- dollar tree 9254, prescott
- family dollar 10273, paulden
- family dollar 11493, seligman
- family dollar 8845, dewey
- family dollar 9385, ash fork
- family dollar store 10406, mayer
- family dollar store 4151, chino valley
- family dollar store 5150, camp verde
- family dollar store 6076, prescott valley
- family dollar store 6861, congress
- family dollar store 6862, mayer
- family dollar store 6880, lake montezuma
- family dollar store 6924, black canyon city
- family dollar store 7851, cornville
- leverone family farm market (the market), ash fork
- mount hope foods, cottonwood
- the honeyman, prescott
- walgreens 04065, sedona
- walgreens 06666, prescott valley
- walgreens 09292, prescott
- walgreens 09571, chino valley
- walgreens 12385, camp verde
- walgreens 2555, prescott
- walgreens 5567, cottonwood
Super Store · 16
- bashas' 28, sedona
- bashas' 49, camp verde
- bashas' 91, bagdad
- clark's market inc 10, sedona
- costco wholesale 0466, prescott
- fry's 116, prescott
- fry's 63, prescott valley
- fry's 77, prescott
- food city 37, cottonwood
- fry's 103, cottonwood
- target store t-0884, prescott
- walmart 1299, cottonwood
- walmart 1417, prescott
- walmart 5303, prescott
- walmart supercenter 3730, prescott valley
- whole foods market 10583, sedona
Supermarket · 11
- natural grocers by vitamin cottage u058, prescott
- natural grocers by vitamin cottage u060, sedona
- safeway 1055, prescott valley
- safeway 1207, sedona
- safeway 1747, chino valley
- safeway 2052, cottonwood
- safeway 245, prescott
- safeway 274, prescott
- sprouts farmers market 28, prescott valley
- sprouts farmers market 36, prescott
- trader joe's 283, prescott
Medium Grocery Store · 8
- azteca market, prescott valley
- big country market 01, paulden
- carniceria azteca, prescott valley
- duke's black canyon market, black canyon city
- mayas mercado, prescott valley
- mercado del pueblo llc, prescott valley
- rinzai's market, sedona
- seligman grocery market, seligman
Bakery Specialty · 3
- papa murphy's az006, prescott
- papa murphy's az020, cottonwood
- papa murphy's az053, prescott valley
Farmers' Market · 2
- prescott farmers market inc, prescott
- prescott farmers market, inc. 3, chino valley
Small Grocery Store · 2
- holly's market, mayer
- the honeyman, prescott valley
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Arizona
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Counties near Yavapai County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
SNAP-led peer set first for Yavapai County (8.2%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Arizona.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside AZ (35.8% here).
- Norfolk County, MA · 35.7% low-access
- St. Clair County, MI · 35.7% low-access
- Greenville County, SC · 35.7% low-access
- Calhoun County, AL · 35.9% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside AZ (8.2% here).
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · 8.2% SNAP
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · 8.2% SNAP
- Gibson County, IN · 8.2% SNAP
- Gibson County, IN · 8.2% SNAP
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Peers floor at 10,000 residents so stub counties cannot own the match.
Yavapai County inside a higher low-access state context
Yavapai County sits inside Arizona (ringed). Each state is colored by population-weighted low-access; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Yavapai County, AZ are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 04025. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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