Arizona · Census place 0468080
Somerton, Arizona
Somerton is a city in Yuma County, Arizona with an estimated 14,902 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 14,902
- #38 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- +4.7%
- +667 people
- Land area
- 7.3 sq mi
- Density
- 2,050 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Somerton population, 2020 to 2024
Somerton added 667 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +138. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 26th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Somerton is 41% of it.
Somerton covers 7.27 square miles of land, for 2,050 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Somerton is denser than the typical town.
What county Somerton is in
All of Somerton's residents live in Yuma County, which had 220,310 residents in 2024. Somerton holds 6.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Somerton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Somerton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85350. 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 Somerton is
The Census internal point of Somerton is at 32.601800, -114.696300. Phoenix, the capital, is 162.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Luis, AZ (40,064 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Yuma, AZ, 11.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.601800, -114.696300
- DMS
- 32°36'6.48"N 114°41'46.68"W
- UTM
- 11N 716188.2E 3609486.3N
- Geohash
- 9my3qnbxq
- Plus code
- 8547J823+PF
Daylight in Somerton
At 32.60° N, Somerton gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Somerton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is San Luis, 8.2 miles away, with 40,064 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Somerton, AZ?
14,902 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 667 (4.7%) from 14,235 in July 2020.
What county is Somerton in?
Yuma County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Somerton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85350.
How far is Somerton from Phoenix?
162.8 miles (261.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Somerton.
What is the nearest larger city to Somerton?
San Luis, AZ, with 40,064 residents, 8.1 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.