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Maricopa County, AZ

4,673,096 Population
9,202 square miles 507.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,255 ±$684 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $43,676 ±$521
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$90,967 ±$1,185 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $81,486 ±$684
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.2% ±0.5% (470,150  ±22,782) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 11.7% 866,882 (±0.4% / ±31,738)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.1 minutes ±0.3 (52,327,516  ±848,496) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 26.4 78,897,560 (±0.3 / ±1,104,235)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,795,830 ±9,222 Number of households
  • Arizona: 2,982,475 ±11,520
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (4,594,516  ±651) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,416,987
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±0.4% (53,203  ±4,876) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 4.6% 80,240 (±0.3% / ±5,916)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

1,955,018 ±417 Number of housing units
  • Arizona: 3,299,178 ±852
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$482,800 ±$3,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $426,000 ±$2,728
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14% ±0.6% (647,844  ±25,872.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 13.8% 1,032,583 (±0.4% / ±31,511.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±0.9% (2,899,674  ±29,793.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.7% 4,728,815 (±0.7% / ±37,719.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.6% ±0.6% (1,242,474  ±18,821.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 34.7% 1,830,412 (±0.4% / ±23,225.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

26.6% ±0.5% (1,175,443  ±22,154.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 25.9% 1,859,744 (±0.4% / ±28,215.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

15.1% (707,507  ±18,511) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 1,017,951
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.3% ±0.2% (228,334  ±6,967) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 7.4% 442,479 (±0.2% / ±9,993)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
228,334 Total veterans ±6,967 204,153 Male ±6,679 24,181 Female ±2,828

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