Benson, Arizona

Benson population, 2020 to 2024

Benson added 99 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +101. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Benson is 15% of it.

Benson covers 41.64 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 132 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Benson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Benson is in

All of Benson's residents live in Cochise County, which had 125,773 residents in 2024. Benson holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Benson

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Benson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85602, 85630. 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 Benson is

The Census internal point of Benson is at 31.914500, -110.328600. Phoenix, the capital, is 146.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sierra Vista, AZ (44,710 people), 24.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tucson, AZ, 35.8 miles away.

Daylight in Benson

At 31.91° N, Benson gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Benson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Huachuca City, 19.6 miles away, with 1,604 people.