Editing Quechan (section)

==Population==
[[File:Quechans c 1875.jpg|thumb|Two Quechans in about 1875]]
Estimates for the pre-contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially (see [[population of Native California]]). [[Alfred L. Kroeber]] (1925:883) put the 1770 population of the Quechan at 2,500. Jack D. Forbes (1965:341–343) compiled historical estimates and suggested that before they were first contacted, the Quechan had numbered 4,000 or a few more.

Kroeber estimated the population of the Quechan in 1910 as 750. By 1950, there were reported to be just under 1,000 Quechan living on the reservation and more than 1,100 off it (Forbes 1965:343). The [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]] reported a resident population of 2,376 persons on the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation. As of 2023, there are about 4,000 active members of the tribe living on or near the reservation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe |url=https://tentribespartnership.org/tribes/fort-yuma-quechan-indian-tribe/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Keepers of the River |language=en-US}}</ref>