Tucson, Arizona

Tucson population, 2020 to 2024

Tucson added 11,364 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +4,081. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Tucson is 15.2 times that size.

Tucson covers 242.20 square miles of land and 0.32 of water, for 2,287 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Tucson is denser than the typical town.

What county Tucson is in

All of Tucson's residents live in Pima County, which had 1,080,149 residents in 2024. Tucson holds 51.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tucson

24 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tucson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85701, 85705, 85706, 85707, 85708, 85709, 85710, 85711, 85712, 85713, 85714, 85715, 85716, 85719, 85721, 85723, 85724, 85726, 85730, 85734, 85745, 85747, 85748, 85756. 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 Tucson is

The Census internal point of Tucson is at 32.153000, -110.870800. Phoenix, the capital, is 113.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Phoenix, AZ (1,673,164 people), 120.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Gilbert, AZ, 94.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 821 m (2,694 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Tucson

At 32.15° N, Tucson gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 13 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 Tucson daylight page.

Places near Tucson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is South Tucson, 6.5 miles away, with 4,535 people.