Payson, AZ Micro Area
The Payson, AZ micro area is one county in Arizona: Gila County. About 53,801 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.0% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 53,801 1.0% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Micropolitan statistical area
- County
- Gila County
- Land area
- 4,758 sq mi (12,322 km²)
- Time zone
- Mountain TimeUTC-07:00
- State
- Arizona
- Combined statistical area
- Phoenix-Mesa, AZ
- CBSA code
- 37740
The county in the Payson, AZ micro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Gila County | Central | 53,801 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal city
- Payson16,622 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Phoenix-Mesa, AZ combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area5,228,938 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area62 mi northwest
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area64 mi southwest
- Flagstaff, AZ Metro Area67 mi north
- Show Low, AZ Micro Area73 mi east
- Safford, AZ Micro Area135 mi southeast
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