Arizona · Census place 0454050

Peoria, Arizona

Peoria is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona with an estimated 199,924 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 8th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
199,924
#8 of 85 in Arizona
Change since 2020
+4.1%
+7,935 people
Land area
176.7 sq mi
+ 3.17 sq mi water
Density
1,131 / sq mi
State median 980
Orange pin: Peoria. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Phoenix.

Peoria population, 2020 to 2024

Peoria added 7,935 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +275. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Peoria is 5.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 190,988. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Peoria covers 176.73 square miles of land and 3.17 of water, for 1,131 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Peoria is denser than the typical town.

What county Peoria is in

All of Peoria's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Peoria holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Peoria

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Peoria by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85324, 85345, 85373, 85381, 85382, 85383. 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 Peoria is

The Census internal point of Peoria is at 33.786200, -112.308000. Phoenix, the capital, is 27.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glendale, AZ (258,143 people), 18.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Surprise, AZ, 11.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 553 m (1,814 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
33.786200, -112.308000
DMS
33°47'10.32"N 112°18'28.80"W
UTM
12N 378903.2E 3739219.4N
Geohash
9w00hqefc
Plus code
8559QMPR+FR
Time zone
America/Phoenix

Daylight in Peoria

At 33.79° N, Peoria gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 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 Peoria daylight page.

Places near Peoria

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Surprise, 11.5 miles away, with 167,564 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Peoria, AZ?

199,924 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7,935 (4.1%) from 191,989 in July 2020.

What county is Peoria in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Peoria?

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 85324, 85345, 85373, 85381, 85382, 85383.

How far is Peoria from Phoenix?

27.0 miles (43.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Peoria.

What is the nearest larger city to Peoria?

Glendale, AZ, with 258,143 residents, 18.8 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.

  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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