Navajo County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Arizona and is one of the ten largest counties in Arizona. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 9,960 square miles, of which 9,950 square miles is land and 9.3 square miles is water. As of 2017, Navajo County, AZ had a population of 108k people with a median age of 35.9.
Almost 66 percent of Navajo County’s 9,949 square miles is Indian reservation land (the third most of any county in the United States). Individual and corporate ownership accounts for 18 percent; the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Bureau of Land Management together control 9 percent; and the state of Arizona owns 5.9 percent.
Navajo County offers not only the Monument Valley, but Keams Canyon, part of the Petrified Forest National Park, and one of the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in North America. The county also features areas like the Painted Desert; a desert canyon that stretches 7,500 square miles and features thousands of fossilized dunes, scenic horizons, and challenging hiking trails.
The economy of Navajo County, AZ employs 33,200 people. The largest industries in Navajo County, AZ are Health Care & Social Assistance (5,316 people), Retail Trade (4,470 people), and Educational Services (4,020 people). Navajo County’s principal industries are tourism, coal mining, manufacturing, timber production and ranching. Crops like wheat and hay are the main focus of farms located in Navajo County.