Bullhead City, Arizona

Bullhead City population, 2020 to 2024

Bullhead City added 1,772 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +288. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Bullhead City is 1.2 times that size.

Bullhead City covers 59.37 square miles of land and 0.78 of water, for 729 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Bullhead City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bullhead City is in

All of Bullhead City's residents live in Mohave County, which had 226,479 residents in 2024. Bullhead City holds 19.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bullhead City

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bullhead City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 86429, 86442. 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 Bullhead City is

The Census internal point of Bullhead City is at 35.127400, -114.556000. Phoenix, the capital, is 183.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lake Havasu City, AZ (59,037 people), 45.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Henderson, NV, 66.4 miles away.

Daylight in Bullhead City

At 35.13° N, Bullhead City gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bullhead City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Kingman, 31.4 miles away, with 35,383 people.