Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix population, 2020 to 2024

Phoenix added 60,571 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +16,933. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Phoenix is 45.9 times that size.

Phoenix covers 518.33 square miles of land and 1.00 of water, for 3,228 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Phoenix is denser than the typical town.

What county Phoenix is in

All of Phoenix's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Phoenix holds 35.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Phoenix

53 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Phoenix by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85003, 85004, 85006, 85007, 85008, 85009, 85012, 85013, 85014, 85015, 85016, 85017, 85018, 85019, 85020, 85021, 85022, 85023, 85024, 85026, 85027, 85028, 85029, 85031, 85032, 85033, 85034, 85035, 85037, 85040, 85041, 85042, 85043, 85044, 85045, 85048, 85050, 85051, 85053, 85054, 85083, 85085, 85086, 85087, 85254, 85266, 85304, 85306, 85307, 85308, 85310, 85331, 85353. 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 Phoenix is

The Census internal point of Phoenix is at 33.572200, -112.090100. Phoenix, the capital, is 8.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Los Angeles, CA (3,878,704 people), 364.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Glendale, AZ, 6.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 380 m (1,247 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Phoenix

At 33.57° N, Phoenix 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 28 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 Phoenix daylight page.

Places near Phoenix

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Glendale, 6.3 miles away, with 258,143 people.