Greenlee County, Arizona

Greenlee County population, land area and income

Greenlee County had 9,410 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,842.8 square miles of land. It ranks 15th of 15 in Arizona by population and 14th by land area. That works out to 5.1 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 Greenlee County has 7% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $71,273 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Greenlee County's population changed since 2020

Greenlee County lost 121 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.3%. That ranks 14th 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, Greenlee County recorded 508 births and 379 deaths, a natural change of +129. Net international migration added +163 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -436. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 436 people.

Where Greenlee County is

The Census internal point of Greenlee County is at 33.238900, -109.242300. 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 Greenlee County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Greenlee County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Greenlee County, 3,815 people together, or 41% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Greenlee County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Clifton with 3,815.

Counties bordering Greenlee County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Greenlee County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Cochise County, AZ, with 125,773 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Cochise County

  125,773 people

  102 mi SSW

• Apache County

  64,800 people

  149 mi N

• Graham County

  40,242 people

  42 mi WSW

• NM

  Grant County, NM

  27,541 people

  61 mi SE

• NM

  Hidalgo County, NM

  3,966 people

  97 mi SSE

• NM

  Catron County, NM

  3,795 people

  67 mi NE

Distance to Phoenix and the nearest big city

Phoenix is 164.1 miles W of Greenlee County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Tucson, AZ (population 554,013), 120.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Safford, AZ (population 10,257), 38.5 miles away.

Greenlee County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Greenlee County is 04011: state code 04 for Arizona plus county code 011. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $71,273.