Prescott, Arizona

Prescott population, 2020 to 2024

Prescott added 2,149 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +322. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 27th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Prescott is 1.3 times that size.

Prescott covers 49.23 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 980 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Prescott is close to the typical town.

What county Prescott is in

All of Prescott's residents live in Yavapai County, which had 252,013 residents in 2024. Prescott holds 19.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Prescott

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Prescott by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 86301, 86303, 86305, 86313. 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 Prescott is

The Census internal point of Prescott is at 34.592200, -112.446700. Phoenix, the capital, is 81.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Prescott Valley, AZ (51,440 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, AZ, 56.2 miles away.

Daylight in Prescott

At 34.59° N, Prescott gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Prescott

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Prescott Valley, 7.3 miles away, with 51,440 people.