Arizona · Census place 0462350

St. Johns, Arizona

St. Johns is a city in Apache County, Arizona with an estimated 3,352 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 70th largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,352
#70 of 85 in Arizona
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-66 people
Land area
25.9 sq mi
+ 0.18 sq mi water
Density
129 / sq mi
State median 980
Orange pin: St. Johns. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Phoenix.

St. Johns population, 2020 to 2024

St. Johns lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -20.

3,41820203,39620213,40320223,37220233,3522024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,421. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. Johns covers 25.91 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 129 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so St. Johns is less dense than the typical town.

What county St. Johns is in

All of St. Johns's residents live in Apache County, which had 64,800 residents in 2024. St. Johns holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Johns

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. Johns by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85936. 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 St. Johns is

The Census internal point of St. Johns is at 34.500400, -109.376900. Phoenix, the capital, is 170.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eagar, AZ (4,438 people), 27.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Scottsdale, AZ, 152.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.500400, -109.376900
DMS
34°30'1.44"N 109°22'36.84"W
UTM
12N 649012.3E 3818837.3N
Geohash
9w4hr0d5m
Plus code
856GGJ2F+56

Daylight in St. Johns

At 34.50° N, St. Johns gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Johns

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Springerville, 23.0 miles away, with 1,723 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. Johns, AZ?

3,352 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 66 (1.9%) from 3,418 in July 2020.

What county is St. Johns in?

Apache County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover St. Johns?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85936.

How far is St. Johns from Phoenix?

170.8 miles (274.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from St. Johns.

What is the nearest larger city to St. Johns?

Eagar, AZ, with 4,438 residents, 27.5 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.