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Arizona border count

Monthly

Border Patrol encounters in Arizona’s two sectors — Tucson and Yuma — every month since October 2019, against the southwest-border total. CBP’s own numbers, nothing added.

Arizona encounters · July 2026
1,703
Tucson + Yuma sectors · 87,328 at the Dec 23 peak · -237 vs Jun 26 · +923 vs a year ago
monthly encounters since Oct 2019
Tucson Sector
1,544
-214 month over month
since Oct 2019
Yuma Sector
159
-23 month over month
since Oct 2019
Southwest border total
12,730
Arizona’s share: 13.4%
all sectors + ports, since Oct 2019
MonthTucsonYumaArizonaSouthwestAZ share
July 20261,5441591,70312,73013.4%
June 20261,7581821,94012,90715.0%
May 20261,9382162,15413,53815.9%
April 20261,6882011,88912,85514.7%
March 20261,4701701,64011,73414.0%
February 20261,0201391,1599,61312.1%
January 20261,0181491,1679,72912.0%
December 20251,0621401,2029,99212.0%
November 20251,3681421,51010,96013.8%
October 20251,7401611,90111,70416.2%
September 20251,7532031,95611,64716.8%
August 20251,0671941,2619,73113.0%

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s nationwide encounters data. Sector figures are U.S. Border Patrol encounters between ports of entry; the southwest total also includes port-of-entry encounters, matching how CBP cites it. CBP publishes about six weeks after each month ends — July 2026 is the newest month it has released.