Arizona · Census place 0483090
Willcox, Arizona
Willcox is a city in Cochise County, Arizona with an estimated 3,217 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 72nd largest of 85 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,217
- #72 of 85 in Arizona
- Change since 2020
- -0.3%
- -11 people
- Land area
- 6.6 sq mi
- + 0.13 sq mi water
- Density
- 486 / sq mi
- State median 980
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Willcox population, 2020 to 2024
Willcox lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Willcox covers 6.62 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 486 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Willcox is less dense than the typical town.
What county Willcox is in
All of Willcox's residents live in Cochise County, which had 125,773 residents in 2024. Willcox holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Willcox
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Willcox by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85643. 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 Willcox is
The Census internal point of Willcox is at 32.251800, -109.835700. Phoenix, the capital, is 154.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Benson, AZ (5,499 people), 37.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tucson, AZ, 60.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.251800, -109.835700
- DMS
- 32°15'6.48"N 109°50'8.52"W
- UTM
- 12N 609676.0E 3568941.1N
- Geohash
- 9t9zkxk06
- Plus code
- 854G7527+PP
Daylight in Willcox
At 32.25° N, Willcox gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Willcox
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Benson, 37.1 miles away, with 5,499 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Willcox, AZ?
3,217 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.3%) from 3,228 in July 2020.
What county is Willcox in?
Cochise County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Willcox?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 85643.
How far is Willcox from Phoenix?
154.0 miles (247.8 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Willcox.
What is the nearest larger city to Willcox?
Benson, AZ, with 5,499 residents, 37.1 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.