Arizona · Census place 0422220
El Mirage, Arizona
El Mirage is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona with an estimated 36,468 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 36,468
- #29 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +515 people
- Land area
- 9.9 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,684 / sq mi
- State median 980
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El Mirage population, 2020 to 2024
El Mirage added 515 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +455. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so El Mirage is 1.0 times that size.
El Mirage covers 9.90 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 3,684 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so El Mirage is denser than the typical town.
What county El Mirage is in
All of El Mirage's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. El Mirage holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in El Mirage
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps El Mirage by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85335. 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 El Mirage is
The Census internal point of El Mirage is at 33.590200, -112.327100. Phoenix, the capital, is 17.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glendale, AZ (258,143 people), 8.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.590200, -112.327100
- DMS
- 33°35'24.72"N 112°19'37.56"W
- UTM
- 12N 376855.5E 3717508.8N
- Geohash
- 9tbp5fvvh
- Plus code
- 8559HMRF+35
Daylight in El Mirage
At 33.59° N, El Mirage gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near El Mirage
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Youngtown, 1.3 miles away, with 7,062 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of El Mirage, AZ?
36,468 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 515 (1.4%) from 35,953 in July 2020.
What county is El Mirage in?
Maricopa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover El Mirage?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85335.
How far is El Mirage from Phoenix?
17.6 miles (28.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from El Mirage.
What is the nearest larger city to El Mirage?
Glendale, AZ, with 258,143 residents, 8.8 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.