Arizona · Census place 0427820

Glendale, Arizona

Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona with an estimated 258,143 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
258,143
#6 of 85 in Arizona
Change since 2020
+3.7%
+9,205 people
Land area
67.3 sq mi
+ 0.41 sq mi water
Density
3,839 / sq mi
State median 980
Orange pin: Glendale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Phoenix.

Glendale population, 2020 to 2024

Glendale added 9,205 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +3,142. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Glendale is 7.1 times that size.

248.9k2020249.8k2021252.2k2022255.0k2023258.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 248,399. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Glendale covers 67.25 square miles of land and 0.41 of water, for 3,839 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Glendale is denser than the typical town.

What county Glendale is in

All of Glendale's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Glendale holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Glendale

11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Glendale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85301, 85302, 85303, 85304, 85305, 85306, 85307, 85308, 85309, 85310, 85355. 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 Glendale is

The Census internal point of Glendale is at 33.533100, -112.189900. Phoenix, the capital, is 8.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Phoenix, AZ (1,673,164 people), 6.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 352 m (1,155 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
33.533100, -112.189900
DMS
33°31'59.16"N 112°11'23.64"W
UTM
12N 389514.7E 3711022.8N
Geohash
9tbnz09b3
Plus code
8559GRM6+62
Time zone
America/Phoenix

Daylight in Glendale

At 33.53° N, Glendale gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Glendale daylight page.

Places near Glendale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Phoenix, 6.3 miles away, with 1,673,164 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Glendale, AZ?

258,143 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 9,205 (3.7%) from 248,938 in July 2020.

What county is Glendale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Glendale?

11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 85301, 85302, 85303, 85304, 85305, 85306, 85307, 85308, 85309, 85310, 85355.

How far is Glendale from Phoenix?

8.9 miles (14.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Glendale.

What is the nearest larger city to Glendale?

Phoenix, AZ, with 1,673,164 residents, 6.3 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)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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