Arizona · Census place 0444410
Maricopa, Arizona
Maricopa is a city in Pinal County, Arizona with an estimated 76,654 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 17th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 76,654
- #17 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- +30.2%
- +17,798 people
- Land area
- 42.5 sq mi
- + 0.10 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,804 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Maricopa population, 2020 to 2024
Maricopa added 17,798 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +30.2%. In the latest year it moved by +5,292. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Maricopa is 2.1 times that size.
Maricopa covers 42.48 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,804 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Maricopa is denser than the typical town.
What county Maricopa is in
All of Maricopa's residents live in Pinal County, which had 513,862 residents in 2024. Maricopa holds 14.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Maricopa
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Maricopa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85138, 85139. 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 Maricopa is
The Census internal point of Maricopa is at 33.041900, -111.999300. Phoenix, the capital, is 28.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chandler, AZ (281,231 people), 18.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.041900, -111.999300
- DMS
- 33°02'30.84"N 111°59'57.48"W
- UTM
- 12N 406691.8E 3656375.7N
- Geohash
- 9tb7grhe5
- Plus code
- 855C22R2+Q7
Daylight in Maricopa
At 33.04° N, Maricopa 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 Maricopa
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Casa Grande, 16.5 miles away, with 68,927 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Maricopa, AZ?
76,654 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 17,798 (30.2%) from 58,856 in July 2020.
What county is Maricopa in?
Pinal County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Maricopa?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 85138, 85139.
How far is Maricopa from Phoenix?
28.4 miles (45.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Maricopa.
What is the nearest larger city to Maricopa?
Chandler, AZ, with 281,231 residents, 18.7 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.