Yuma County carries a year-round population of roughly 200,000 — then adds approximately 90,000 winter visitors each season, a 45% surge that imports significant portable wealth alongside RVs and snowbird households from Canada and colder U.S. states.
Agriculture and the military shape the base; seasonal migration layers a second economic cycle on top.
Yuma County ranked third nationally — among 2,831 counties — in combined sales of vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in 2022, per a University of Arizona Cooperative Extension study. From November through March, the county accounts for 90% of all leafy vegetables grown in the United States. A 2025 University of Arizona analysis put the agricultural and agribusiness contribution at $4.4 billion in Arizona economic activity and $3.9 billion in Yuma County specifically — equal to 14.5% of the county's total GDP for 2022.
That scale of production is backed by hard assets. Yuma agricultural producers managed more than $2 billion in farm assets in 2022, including over $1.8 billion in land and buildings and more than $231 million in machinery and equipment. Agricultural land here ranked 15th nationally for average cash rental rates on irrigated parcels in 2022, a direct signal of the ground's productivity relative to the rest of the country.
Two installations anchor the non-agricultural economy. Marine Corps Air Station Yuma supports 80% of the Corps' air-to-ground aviation training, drawing approximately 100 aviation units per year, around 14,000 personnel, and roughly 600 aircraft — making it the busiest air station in the Marine Corps. Yuma Proving Ground employs over 2,000 civilian personnel and generates an annual economic impact exceeding $1.1 billion through direct, indirect, and induced activity. The military ranks as the county's second-largest economic contributor after agriculture.
San Luis Port of Entry sits 23 miles from Yuma. In 2025, the San Luis port processed $4.1 billion in commercial trade, with agriculture accounting for 72% of that volume, per Port Authority Executive Director Buna George speaking to the Yuma County Board of Supervisors in June 2026. The San Luis II Commercial Port of Entry recorded 125,449 commercial crossings in 2024 — Arizona's second-busiest commercial port — reflecting a 52% increase in activity over the preceding five years.
The 90,000 winter visitors who arrive each season — roughly 20% of them Canadian — contributed approximately $450 million annually to Yuma's local economy, per Yuma County figures cited by KYMA in May 2026. That figure reflects spending on housing, services, and goods by a population that regularly arrives with watches, jewelry, and gold accumulated over careers in colder markets. Seasonal borrowers who need liquidity without selling an asset follow the same path as any other client.
The median sale price in Yuma reached $300,283 in Q1 2026, up 4.5% year-over-year and 8.6% from 2022, per Redfin data. The FHFA All-Transactions House Price Index for the Yuma MSA stood at 339.49 in Q4 2025 (base: 1995 Q1 = 100).
For context on Arizona property law: the homestead exemption under A.R.S. § 33-1101 shields up to $400,000 in residential equity from attachment, execution, and forced sale, with the cap adjusted annually for cost of living from January 1, 2024 forward. That protection runs against unsecured judgment creditors — it does not apply to a lender holding a consensual lien on the property itself. Collateral-backed loans against portable assets such as watches, jewelry, or gold are structured differently and do not implicate the homestead statute.
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Last reviewed October 8, 2026.
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