Arizona · Census place 0466820
Sierra Vista, Arizona
Sierra Vista is a city in Cochise County, Arizona with an estimated 44,710 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 44,710
- #24 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- -1.5%
- -690 people
- Land area
- 152.4 sq mi
- + 0.26 sq mi water
- Density
- 293 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Sierra Vista population, 2020 to 2024
Sierra Vista lost 690 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +135. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 52nd; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Sierra Vista is 1.2 times that size.
Sierra Vista covers 152.44 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 293 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Sierra Vista is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sierra Vista is in
All of Sierra Vista's residents live in Cochise County, which had 125,773 residents in 2024. Sierra Vista holds 35.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sierra Vista
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sierra Vista by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85613, 85635, 85650. 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 Sierra Vista is
The Census internal point of Sierra Vista is at 31.565400, -110.314500. Phoenix, the capital, is 165.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tucson, AZ (554,013 people), 52.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.565400, -110.314500
- DMS
- 31°33'55.44"N 110°18'52.20"W
- UTM
- 12N 565053.4E 3492468.9N
- Geohash
- 9t9e9dr3v
- Plus code
- 853FHM8P+55
Daylight in Sierra Vista
At 31.57° N, Sierra Vista gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sierra Vista
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Huachuca City, 4.8 miles away, with 1,604 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sierra Vista, AZ?
44,710 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 690 (1.5%) from 45,400 in July 2020.
What county is Sierra Vista in?
Cochise County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sierra Vista?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 85613, 85635, 85650.
How far is Sierra Vista from Phoenix?
165.6 miles (266.5 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Sierra Vista.
What is the nearest larger city to Sierra Vista?
Tucson, AZ, with 554,013 residents, 52.1 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.