Cochise County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 131,346 at the 2010 census.[1] The county seat is Bisbee.
Cochise County comprises the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county borders southwestern New Mexico and northwestern Mexico's Sonora state.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 6,219 square miles (16,110 km2), of which 6,166 square miles (15,970 km2) is land and 53 square miles (140 km2) (0.9%) is water.[5] Cochise County is closely the size of the States of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined.
Visit southern Arizona's Cochise County, the “Land of Legends.” Cochise County is where you can find out about Tombstone and the Old West, learn about military history at Fort Huachuca, go birding and hiking in our high deserts, visit mining towns like Bisbee, taste wine from local vineyards and visit U-Picks farms in Willcox, go underground at Kartchner Caverns State Park, and see the historic Gadsden Hotel in Douglas.