Arizona · Census place 0465000
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona with an estimated 246,170 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 7th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 246,170
- #7 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- +1.8%
- +4,302 people
- Land area
- 184.0 sq mi
- + 0.44 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,338 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Scottsdale population, 2020 to 2024
Scottsdale added 4,302 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +934. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Scottsdale is 6.8 times that size.
Scottsdale covers 184.00 square miles of land and 0.44 of water, for 1,338 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Scottsdale is denser than the typical town.
What county Scottsdale is in
All of Scottsdale's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Scottsdale holds 5.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Scottsdale
10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Scottsdale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85250, 85251, 85254, 85255, 85257, 85258, 85259, 85260, 85262, 85266. 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 Scottsdale is
The Census internal point of Scottsdale is at 33.684300, -111.861400. Phoenix, the capital, is 20.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Phoenix, AZ (1,673,164 people), 15.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 742 m (2,434 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.684300, -111.861400
- DMS
- 33°41'3.48"N 111°51'41.04"W
- UTM
- 12N 420157.3E 3727485.6N
- Geohash
- 9tbrws112
- Plus code
- 855CM4MQ+PC
- Time zone
- America/Phoenix
Daylight in Scottsdale
At 33.68° N, Scottsdale gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 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 Scottsdale daylight page.
Places near Scottsdale
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Fountain Hills, 8.8 miles away, with 23,696 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Scottsdale, AZ?
246,170 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,302 (1.8%) from 241,868 in July 2020.
What county is Scottsdale in?
Maricopa County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Scottsdale?
10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 85250, 85251, 85254, 85255, 85257, 85258, 85259, 85260, 85262, 85266.
How far is Scottsdale from Phoenix?
20.4 miles (32.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Scottsdale.
What is the nearest larger city to Scottsdale?
Phoenix, AZ, with 1,673,164 residents, 15.3 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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