Economic Contribution of Yuma County Agriculture

In February 2025, a new report was published by the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension titled: Economic Contribution of Yuma County Agriculture.  The 48 page publication includes an analysis and statistics for crop production, economic contributions and water productivity.

Our favorite findings from the report:

• Yuma's agriculture and agribusiness industries generated $4.4 billion in 2022

• Yuma's top 3 crops are iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce and processed lettuce

• Yuma accounted for 18% of crop sales in the Colorado River Basin, but consumed only 8% of the irrigation water

• Yuma is to agriculture what Hollywood is to movies, and what Silicon Valley is to computers

Read the full report and see more from the University of Arizona here