Arizona · Census place 0449640
Nogales, Arizona
Nogales is a city in Santa Cruz County, Arizona with an estimated 19,965 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 33rd largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 19,965
- #33 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- +1.1%
- +215 people
- Land area
- 20.8 sq mi
- Density
- 959 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Nogales population, 2020 to 2024
Nogales added 215 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +64. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Nogales is 55% of it.
Nogales covers 20.82 square miles of land, for 959 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Nogales is close to the typical town.
What county Nogales is in
All of Nogales's residents live in Santa Cruz County, which had 50,508 residents in 2024. Nogales holds 39.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nogales
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nogales by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85621. 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 Nogales is
The Census internal point of Nogales is at 31.361900, -110.934800. Phoenix, the capital, is 158.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sierra Vista, AZ (44,710 people), 39.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tucson, AZ, 54.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.361900, -110.934800
- DMS
- 31°21'42.84"N 110°56'5.28"W
- UTM
- 12N 506200.8E 3469712.5N
- Geohash
- 9t947t78r
- Plus code
- 853F9368+Q3
Daylight in Nogales
At 31.36° N, Nogales gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Nogales
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Sierra Vista, 39.2 miles away, with 44,710 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nogales, AZ?
19,965 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 215 (1.1%) from 19,750 in July 2020.
What county is Nogales in?
Santa Cruz County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nogales?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85621.
How far is Nogales from Phoenix?
158.7 miles (255.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Nogales.
What is the nearest larger city to Nogales?
Sierra Vista, AZ, with 44,710 residents, 39.1 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.