How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26; names, ids and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19 and from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_admin_0_countries_lakes.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 112.4°W, standard parallels 32.3°N and 36.1°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf; public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/)
How it works
This Arizona blank map shows all 15 counties of Arizona, from Apache to Yuma, with Phoenix, the capital, in Maricopa County.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 15 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Apache and 15 on Yuma, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
Arizona on the map
Coconino County, which holds most of the Grand Canyon and Flagstaff, is the largest county in Arizona. Its neighbors, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Mexico, are drawn around it without numbers.
Fifteen counties make a quick sheet: print Blank, then have students add the Grand Canyon in Coconino County.
Questions and answers
How many counties does Arizona have?
Fifteen in the Census Bureau count, from Apache County to Yuma County in alphabetical order.
What county is Phoenix in?
Phoenix stands in Maricopa County, which is number 8 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Phoenix beside it.
Which Arizona county has the most people?
Maricopa County, around Phoenix, which holds more than half of all Arizonans. Pima County, around Tucson, is second.
Which county of Arizona has the most people?
Maricopa County, around Phoenix, has more people than any other county in Arizona, and it holds the capital too.