Tempe, Arizona

Tempe population, 2020 to 2024

Tempe added 4,801 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -537. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Tempe is 5.2 times that size.

Tempe covers 39.98 square miles of land and 0.21 of water, for 4,755 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Tempe is denser than the typical town.

What county Tempe is in

All of Tempe's residents live in Maricopa County, which had 4,673,096 residents in 2024. Tempe holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tempe

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tempe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85281, 85282, 85283, 85284. 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 Tempe is

The Census internal point of Tempe is at 33.388400, -111.931800. Phoenix, the capital, is 9.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chandler, AZ (281,231 people), 8.6 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 360 m (1,181 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Tempe

At 33.39° N, Tempe gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 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 Tempe daylight page.

Places near Tempe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Guadalupe, 2.4 miles away, with 5,197 people.