Arizona · Census place 0414380
Clifton, Arizona
Clifton is a town in Greenlee County, Arizona with an estimated 3,815 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 66th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,815
- #66 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -97 people
- Land area
- 14.7 sq mi
- + 0.18 sq mi water
- Density
- 260 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Clifton population, 2020 to 2024
Clifton lost 97 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +27.
Clifton covers 14.67 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 260 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Clifton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Clifton is in
All of Clifton's residents live in Greenlee County, which had 9,410 residents in 2024. Clifton holds 40.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clifton
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clifton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85533, 85540. 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 Clifton is
The Census internal point of Clifton is at 33.029600, -109.284000. Phoenix, the capital, is 163.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Safford, AZ (10,257 people), 27.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tucson, AZ, 110.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.029600, -109.284000
- DMS
- 33°01'46.56"N 109°17'2.40"W
- UTM
- 12N 660257.8E 3655876.7N
- Geohash
- 9tf7chvg6
- Plus code
- 855G2PH8+RC
Daylight in Clifton
At 33.03° N, Clifton gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Clifton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Safford, 27.5 miles away, with 10,257 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clifton, AZ?
3,815 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 97 (2.5%) from 3,912 in July 2020.
What county is Clifton in?
Greenlee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clifton?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 85533, 85540.
How far is Clifton from Phoenix?
163.8 miles (263.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Clifton.
What is the nearest larger city to Clifton?
Safford, AZ, with 10,257 residents, 27.5 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.