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Maricopa County, AZ

4,551,524 Population
9,202 square miles 494.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$42,976 ±$653 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $39,819 ±$529
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$83,747 ±$1,352 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $74,568 ±$932
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

10.8% ±0.5% (483,305  ±22,521) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 897,852 (±0.4% / ±29,780)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25.3 minutes ±0.2 (44,227,616  ±699,216) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 24.9 68,618,530 (±0.3 / ±912,514)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,726,554 ±9,366 Number of households
  • Arizona: 2,850,377 ±11,519
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0 (4,479,734  ±1,460) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,204,265
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.1% ±0.4% (55,526  ±4,644) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 5.2% 86,548 (±0.4% / ±6,251)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,877,560 ±625 Number of housing units
  • Arizona: 3,186,554 ±496
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$466,700 ±$3,791 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $402,800 ±$3,573
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.7% ±0.5% (618,778  ±23,786.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 14% 1,020,384 (±0.4% / ±30,088.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

89.5% ±0.9% (2,770,258  ±28,158) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.2% 4,505,408 (±0.7% / ±36,168.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
36.1% ±0.6% (1,118,210  ±17,394.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 33% 1,666,139 (±0.4% / ±21,410.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

26.5% ±0.5% (1,137,451  ±20,979.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 26.2% 1,822,947 (±0.3% / ±23,994.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

14.5% (660,381  ±17,900) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.1% 962,688
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.7% ±0.2% (235,324  ±7,121) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 454,620 (±0.2% / ±10,778)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
235,324 Total veterans ±7,121 209,263 Male ±6,341 26,061 Female ±2,662

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