Internal data from Lands of America shows $438 million in land and rural property for sale for sale in the Copper State. This represents some 362,645 acres of Arizona land for sale. The most expensive piece of land listed for sale on Lands of America recently was $24 million, though the median price for land for sale in Arizona came in at $219,543. The average price of land, homesites and other rural acreage for sale in Arizona was $445,087. There was 1,478 acres of sold land in Arizona recorded last month through the Lands of America sales program. This reflects a 23 percent decrease in sales activity over the previous month. The total value of this sold land and rural real estate was $8.4 million. Home to the Grand Canyon and a number of other epic desert landscapes, land in Arizona is ripe for exploration, with popular outdoor recreation activities including hiking, climbing and canyoneering. Big game here includes antelope, black bear, buffalo, javelina and mountain lions, along with other small-game species like blue grouse, cottontail rabbit and dove and pheasant. Fishing is another popular pastime in Arizona. As befits a state with excellent hunting for big and small game like deer, waterfowl and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in Arizona. The financial publication Kiplinger has ranked the state among the ten best states for retirees based on factors including property and income taxes, health care and cost of living. Of the 15 counties in the state, Apache County had the most land and acreage for sale. Arizona ranks among the country's top ten biggest states in terms of size, covering an area of 114,006 square miles (73 million acres). Of this area, 113,594 square miles (100 percent) is land, while the remaining 396 square miles comprises water.