Yuma, Arizona

Yuma population, 2020 to 2024

Yuma added 6,217 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1,924. Among 57 Arizona places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +4.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Arizona has 36,468 people, so Yuma is 2.8 times that size.

Yuma covers 121.08 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 855 people per square mile of land. The median Arizona place of 5,000+ has 980, so Yuma is less dense than the typical town.

What county Yuma is in

All of Yuma's residents live in Yuma County, which had 220,310 residents in 2024. Yuma holds 47.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Yuma

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Yuma by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 85364, 85365. 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 Yuma is

The Census internal point of Yuma is at 32.516300, -114.521800. Phoenix, the capital, is 155.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Buckeye, AZ (114,334 people), 126.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 77 m (253 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Yuma

At 32.52° N, Yuma gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 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 Yuma daylight page.

Places near Yuma

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arizona, measured between internal points. The closest is Somerton, 11.8 miles away, with 14,902 people.