Arizona · Census place 0414870

Colorado City, Arizona

Colorado City is a town in Mohave County, Arizona with an estimated 3,317 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 71st largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,317
#71 of 85 in Arizona
Change since 2020
+33.9%
+839 people
Land area
8.9 sq mi
Density
372 / sq mi
State median 980
Orange pin: Colorado City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Phoenix.

Colorado City population, 2020 to 2024

Colorado City added 839 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +33.9%. In the latest year it moved by +603.

2,47820202,51520212,52920222,71420233,3172024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,476. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Colorado City covers 8.92 square miles of land, for 372 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Colorado City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Colorado City is in

All of Colorado City's residents live in Mohave County, which had 226,479 residents in 2024. Colorado City holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Colorado City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Colorado City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 86021. 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 Colorado City is

The Census internal point of Colorado City is at 36.970100, -112.985300. Phoenix, the capital, is 248.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is La Verkin, UT (4,529 people), 23.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. George, UT, 33.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.970100, -112.985300
DMS
36°58'12.36"N 112°59'7.08"W
UTM
12N 323276.8E 4093397.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
8589X2C7+2V

Daylight in Colorado City

At 36.97° N, Colorado City gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Colorado City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Fredonia, 25.9 miles away, with 1,290 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Colorado City, AZ?

3,317 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 839 (33.9%) from 2,478 in July 2020.

What county is Colorado City in?

Mohave County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Colorado City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 86021.

How far is Colorado City from Phoenix?

248.7 miles (400.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Colorado City.

What is the nearest larger city to Colorado City?

La Verkin, UT, with 4,529 residents, 23.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.