Arizona · Census place 0453070

Parker, Arizona

Parker is a town in La Paz County, Arizona with an estimated 3,456 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 69th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,456
#69 of 85 in Arizona
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+35 people
Land area
22.0 sq mi
Density
157 / sq mi
State median 980
Orange pin: Parker. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Phoenix.

Parker population, 2020 to 2024

Parker added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +36.

3,42120203,34220213,37020223,42020233,4562024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,412. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Parker covers 21.98 square miles of land, for 157 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Parker is less dense than the typical town.

What county Parker is in

All of Parker's residents live in La Paz County, which had 16,992 residents in 2024. Parker holds 20.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Parker

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Parker by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 85344. 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 Parker is

The Census internal point of Parker is at 34.034000, -114.228100. Phoenix, the capital, is 130.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lake Havasu City, AZ (59,037 people), 32.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buckeye, AZ, 100.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.034000, -114.228100
DMS
34°02'2.40"N 114°13'41.16"W
UTM
11N 755914.5E 3769392.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
85672QMC+HQ

Daylight in Parker

At 34.03° N, Parker gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Parker

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Quartzsite, 25.3 miles away, with 2,425 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Parker, AZ?

3,456 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (1.0%) from 3,421 in July 2020.

What county is Parker in?

La Paz County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Parker?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85344.

How far is Parker from Phoenix?

130.2 miles (209.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Parker.

What is the nearest larger city to Parker?

Lake Havasu City, AZ, with 59,037 residents, 32.6 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.