comprise what is locally known as the "Quad-City"
area. This also sometimes refers to central Yavapai County in general, which
would include the towns of: Mayer, Paulden, Wilhoit, and Williamson Valley.
Combined with these smaller communities the area had a population of 103,260 as
of 2007. Prescott is the center of the Prescott Metropolitan Area, defined by
the U.S. Census Bureau as all of Yavapai County. In 2010 Yavapai County had
211,073 residents according to the U.S. Census Bureau, making Metro Prescott
the third-largest metropolitan area in Arizona, after Phoenix (4.2 million) and
Tucson (1 million). Metro Prescott will eventually become part of the Arizona
Sun Corridor megaregion, with a total estimated megapolitan population of 7.4
million people in 2025.
The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
reservation is located adjacent to and partially within the borders of
Prescott
