Apache Junction, Arizona

Apache Junction population, 2020 to 2024

Apache Junction added 5,574 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.4%. In the latest year it moved by +2,961. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Apache Junction is 1.2 times that size.

Apache Junction covers 45.45 square miles of land, for 975 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Apache Junction is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Apache Junction spans

Apache Junction crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 44,309 residents as follows; Pinal County holds 99.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Apache Junction

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Apache Junction by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85119, 85120. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Apache Junction is

The Census internal point of Apache Junction is at 33.382800, -111.540500. Phoenix, the capital, is 31.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mesa, AZ (517,151 people), 10.3 miles away.

Daylight in Apache Junction

At 33.38° N, Apache Junction gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Apache Junction

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Mesa, 10.2 miles away, with 517,151 people.