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Maricopa County, AZ

4,496,588 Population
9,202 square miles 488.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$39,537 ±$534 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $36,295 ±$370
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$76,247 ±$734 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $69,056 ±$686
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

11.2% ±0.5% (496,359  ±21,645) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 908,961 (±0.4% / ±26,990)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

25 minutes ±0.2 (41,165,976  ±608,623) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 24.8 64,431,888 (±0.2 / ±752,153)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

1,708,034 ±7,178 Number of households
  • Arizona: 2,817,723 ±10,850
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.6 ±0 (4,435,558  ±5,794) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,130,607 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.8% ±0.5% (52,269  ±5,048) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 5% 83,599 (±0.4% / ±6,586)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

1,849,103 ±2,270 Number of housing units
  • Arizona: 3,138,685 ±419
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$383,500 ±$3,380 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $336,300 ±$2,390
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

14.6% ±0.5% (647,890  ±23,145.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 14.7% 1,058,700 (±0.4% / ±30,534.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.4% ±0.9% (2,721,870  ±27,557.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89% 4,430,934 (±0.7% / ±35,283.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
36.1% ±0.5% (1,098,940  ±15,887.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 32.4% 1,615,081 (±0.4% / ±20,542.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

26.2% ±0.5% (1,110,879  ±22,085) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 26.1% 1,791,313 (±0.3% / ±22,810.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

13.9% ±0.3% (623,981  ±13,727) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.6% 915,934 (±0.3% / ±17,998)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.8% ±0.2% (235,609  ±8,090) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 454,375 (±0.2% / ±12,115)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
235,609 Total veterans ±8,090 213,181 Male ±7,447 22,428 Female ±2,557

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