Arizona · Census place 0410180
Carefree, Arizona
Carefree is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona with an estimated 3,657 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 67th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,657
- #67 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- -0.9%
- -32 people
- Land area
- 8.8 sq mi
- Density
- 415 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Carefree population, 2020 to 2024
Carefree lost 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Carefree covers 8.81 square miles of land, for 415 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Carefree is less dense than the typical town.
What county Carefree is in
All of Carefree's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Carefree holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Carefree
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carefree by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85377. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Carefree is
The Census internal point of Carefree is at 33.823200, -111.913300. Phoenix, the capital, is 27.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cave Creek, AZ (5,177 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Scottsdale, AZ, 10.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.823200, -111.913300
- DMS
- 33°49'23.52"N 111°54'47.88"W
- UTM
- 12N 415483.0E 3742928.0N
- Geohash
- 9w02mm74r
- Plus code
- 855CR3FP+7M
Daylight in Carefree
At 33.82° N, Carefree gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Carefree
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Cave Creek, 4.0 miles away, with 5,177 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Carefree, AZ?
3,657 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 32 (0.9%) from 3,689 in July 2020.
What county is Carefree in?
Maricopa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Carefree?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85377.
How far is Carefree from Phoenix?
27.5 miles (44.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Carefree.
What is the nearest larger city to Carefree?
Cave Creek, AZ, with 5,177 residents, 4.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.