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Welcome to Pinal County ...

Time Zone: Pinal County lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time.

The community of Florence is the Seat for Pinal County.

Pinal County was founded in 1875. Pinal was created by taking area from Maricopa and Pima Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Pinal had a population of 462,789 people. This is an increase of 22.08% since the last Census (which gave a population of 379,094 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Pinal represented 5.93% of the total population of Arizona.

Below are some of the communities located in Pinal County:

  • Casa Grande
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Coolidge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Eloy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eloy
    • Eloy is located in Pinal County (AZ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,279 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eloy <2>
  • Florence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kearny
    (34 miles [54.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearny
    • Kearny is located in Pinal County (AZ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,206 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kearny <2>
  • Mammoth
    (52 miles [83.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
    • Mammoth is located in Pinal County (AZ)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,717 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mammoth <2>
  • Superior
    (32 miles [51.5 km] to the northeast)

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
 

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