Tucson, AZ Metro Area
The Tucson, AZ metro area is one county in Arizona: Pima County. About 1,074,685 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 3.0% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 1,074,685 3.0% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- County
- Pima County
- Land area
- 9,189 sq mi (23,799 km²)
- Time zone
- Mountain TimeUTC-07:00
- State
- Arizona
- Combined statistical area
- Tucson-Nogales, AZ
- CBSA code
- 46060
The county in the Tucson, AZ metro area
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pima County | Central | 1,074,685 |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 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
- Tucson547,073 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 Tucson-Nogales, 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
- Nogales, AZ Micro Area50,020 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.
- Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area52 mi southeast
- Nogales, AZ Micro Area55 mi south
- Safford, AZ Micro Area83 mi northeast
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area121 mi northwest
- Yuma, AZ Metro Area215 mi west
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