Salome (locally , Tolkepaya Yavapai: Wiltaika) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,530 at the 2010 census. It was established in 1904 by Dick Wick Hall, Ernest Hall and Charles Pratt, and was named after Pratt's wife, Grace Salome Pratt.
Salome is located in eastern La Paz County at 33°45′49″N 113°36′31″W (33.763728, -113.608555). U.S. Route 60 runs through the community, leading east 54 miles (87 km) to Wickenburg and west 25 miles (40 km) to Interstate 10 between Brenda and Quartzsite.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Salome CDP has a total area of 33.3 square miles (86.3 km2), all of it land.
Southwest of central Salome is Harcuvar (Mohave name implying 'there is little sweet water') which has a Kampgrounds of America and RV park.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,690 people, 780 households, and 502 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 61.6 people per square mile (23.8/km²). There were 1,176 housing units at an average density of 42.9 per square mile (16.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.12% White, 0.30% Black or African American, 2.66% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.24% Pacific Islander, 3.14% from other races, and 2.25% from two or more races. 18.52% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 780 households out of which 16.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 3.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families.
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