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Arizona population 2026

Q: What is the population of Arizona in 2026?

The latest official figure is 7,623,818, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Arizona would have about 7.7 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Arizona has 7,623,818 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 67,394 more than a year earlier (+0.89%). It is 14th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 2.2% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 7.7 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Arizona in numbers

Population: 7.6 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.89% +67,394 people
Change since 2020: +6.08% from 7.2 million
Share of the US: 2.2% 14th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 26per km² 294,366 km²
Births in the year: 79 thousand deaths: 71 thousand
International migration: +28 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +31 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 7,649, 28,219 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 31,107 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as Libya (7.5 million).

Population of Arizona by year

7.6M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	6,407,342
2011	6,473,416
2012	6,556,344
2013	6,634,690
2014	6,732,873
2015	6,832,810
2016	6,944,767
2017	7,048,088
2018	7,164,228
2019	7,291,843
2020	7,186,647
2021	7,274,022
2022	7,370,065
2023	7,452,073
2024	7,556,424
2025	7,623,818

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	7,623,818	+67,394	+0.89%
2024	7,556,424	+104,351	+1.40%
2023	7,452,073	+82,008	+1.11%
2022	7,370,065	+96,043	+1.32%
2021	7,274,022	+87,375	+1.22%
2020	7,186,647	−105,196	−1.44%
2019	7,291,843	+127,615	+1.78%
2018	7,164,228	+116,140	+1.65%
2017	7,048,088	+103,321	+1.49%
2016	6,944,767	+111,957	+1.64%
2015	6,832,810	+99,937	+1.48%
2014	6,732,873	+98,183	+1.48%
2013	6,634,690	+78,346	+1.19%
2012	6,556,344	+82,928	+1.28%
2011	6,473,416	+66,074	+1.03%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Arizona among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Arizona

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Phoenix1,650,070
Tucson542,629
Mesa471,825
Chandler260,828
Gilbert247,542
Glendale240,126

Air quality in Arizona today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Phoenix

Questions

What is the population of Arizona in 2026?

The latest official figure is 7,623,818, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Arizona would have about 7.7 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Arizona’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 67,394 people (+0.89%) in the latest year, and has changed +6.08% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 7,649, 28,219 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 31,107 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Arizona rank in the US?

Arizona is 14th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 2.2% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Arizona?

About 26 people per km², on 294,366 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Arizona?

Phoenix, with about 1.7 million people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Arizona population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/arizona/

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