Arizona · Census place 0474400

Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona with an estimated 1,382 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 83rd largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,382; #83 of 85 in Arizona
Change since 2020: +5.7%; +74 people
Land area: 9.3 sq mi
Density: 149 / sq mi; State median 980

Orange pin: Tombstone. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Phoenix.

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Tombstone population, 2020 to 2024

Tombstone added 74 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.7%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,308. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tombstone covers 9.25 square miles of land, for 149 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Tombstone is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tombstone is in

All of Tombstone's residents live in Cochise County, which had 125,773 residents in 2024. Tombstone holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tombstone

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tombstone by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85638. 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 Tombstone is

The Census internal point of Tombstone is at 31.720800, -110.076700. Phoenix, the capital, is 166.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Huachuca City, AZ (1,604 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tucson, AZ, 55.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 31.720800, -110.076700
DMS: 31°43'14.88"N 110°04'36.12"W
UTM: 12N 587475.6E 3509859.8N
Geohash: 9t9srnse4
Plus code: 853FPWCF+88

Daylight in Tombstone

At 31.72° N, Tombstone 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 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tombstone

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Huachuca City, 16.8 miles away, with 1,604 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tombstone, AZ?

1,382 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 74 (5.7%) from 1,308 in July 2020.

What county is Tombstone in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tombstone?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85638.

How far is Tombstone from Phoenix?

166.6 miles (268.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Tombstone.

What is the nearest larger city to Tombstone?

Huachuca City, AZ, with 1,604 residents, 16.8 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.

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