Arizona · 85 places

Cities and towns in Arizona

Short answer

Arizona has 85 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 6,076,568 residents in 2024. Phoenix is the largest with 1,673,164.
Places 1,000+
85
5,000+
57
Share of state
80%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is El Mirage with 36,468 people, and the smallest in that group is Cave Creek with 5,177. 46 of the 57 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 4 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Arizona

  1. 01Phoenix1,673,164
  2. 02Tucson554,013
  3. 03Mesa517,151
  4. 04Gilbert288,790
  5. 05Chandler281,231
  6. 06Glendale258,143
  7. 07Scottsdale246,170
  8. 08Peoria199,924
  9. 09Tempe190,114
  10. 10Surprise167,564
  11. 11Goodyear118,186
  12. 12Buckeye114,334
  13. 13Yuma103,559
  14. 14Avondale96,609
  15. 15Queen Creek83,781
  16. 16Flagstaff77,539
  17. 17Maricopa76,654
  18. 18Casa Grande68,927
  19. 19Marana62,380
  20. 20Lake Havasu City59,037
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Coolidge (+46.5%), Queen Creek (+37.6%), Maricopa (+30.2%). Largest decline: Florence (-8.8%).

All 85 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Arizona?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 85 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Arizona, and 57 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Arizona?

Phoenix, with 1,673,164 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Arizona town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Coolidge grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +46.5%, to 19,674.

What share of Arizona lives in incorporated places?

80%: 6,076,568 of the state's 7,582,384 residents live in the 85 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.