Gila County, Arizona

Gila County population, land area and income

Gila County had 54,073 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 4,757.6 square miles of land. It ranks 11th of 15 in Arizona by population and 11th by land area. That works out to 11.4 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Arizona has 125,773 residents, so Gila County has 43% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $55,804 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Gila County's population changed since 2020

Gila County gained 718 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.3%. That ranks 11th of 15 in Arizona for growth. The median Arizona county changed by +3.3%, and the state as a whole by +5.5%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Gila County recorded 1,936 births and 4,051 deaths, a natural change of -2,115. Net international migration added +23 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,897. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 2,897 people.

Where Gila County is

The Census internal point of Gila County is at 33.789600, -110.811900. It sits in UTM zone 12N. The map shades Arizona's 15 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Gila County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Gila County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Gila County, 28,016 people together, or 52% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Gila County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Payson with 16,762.

Counties bordering Gila County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Gila County. The most populous is Maricopa County, AZ, with 4,673,096 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Maricopa County

  4,673,096 people

  102 mi WSW

• Pinal County

  513,862 people

  68 mi SSW

• Yavapai County

  252,013 people

  116 mi WNW

• Coconino County

  145,161 people

  151 mi NNW

• Navajo County

  109,516 people

  114 mi NNE

• Graham County

  40,242 people

  80 mi SE

Distance to Phoenix and the nearest big city

Phoenix is 76.4 miles WSW of Gila County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Mesa, AZ (population 517,151), 58.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Payson, AZ (population 16,762), 42.8 miles away.

Gila County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Gila County is 04007: state code 04 for Arizona plus county code 007. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $55,804.