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Phoenix, AZ

1,650,051 Population
518.3 square miles 3,183.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$41,364 ±$948 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $43,862 ±$609
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $41,290 ±$524
$79,664 ±$2,258 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $85,700 ±$1,382
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $77,315 ±$931

13.6% ±1% (220,087  ±15,375) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 10.9% 544,729 (±0.5% / ±23,259)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 905,418 (±0.5% / ±32,734)

25.7 minutes ±0.6 (18,191,976  ±541,136) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.7 53,605,284 (±0.3 / ±892,106)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 25.7 73,541,830 (±0.2 / ±972,021)

Families

621,234 ±7,614 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,922,068 ±9,012
  • Arizona: 2,907,014 ±12,227
2.6 ±0 (1,619,855  ±945) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,981,057 (±0 / ±1,694)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 † 7,268,616 (±,191.1 / ±-555,555,600)

4.5% ±0.6% (19,318  ±2,775) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5% 59,793 (±0.4% / ±5,034)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 87,133 (±0.4% / ±6,032)

Housing

667,691 ±7,924 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,103,658 ±706
  • Arizona: 3,239,474 ±370

$441,300 ±$7,487 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $457,400 ±$3,684
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $411,200 ±$3,380

14.4% ±1% (234,973  ±15,685.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.7% 685,954 (±0.5% / ±23,197.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 14% 1,026,747 (±0.4% / ±29,187.6)

Social

85.1% ±1.4% (935,086  ±18,183.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.8% 3,133,395 (±0.9% / ±30,872.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,603,089 (±0.7% / ±37,471.7)
33.5% ±1% (368,043  ±11,709.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 35.5% 1,238,689 (±0.5% / ±18,283.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 33.5% 1,726,116 (±0.4% / ±21,546.2)

35.4% ±1.3% (550,821  ±20,282.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 25.5% 1,219,777 (±0.5% / ±23,351.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 25.9% 1,826,507 (±0.4% / ±26,441.8)

19.6% ±0.9% (323,289  ±14,117) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% † 720,728 (±1,557.6% / ±17,746)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 13.2% † 980,927 (±,986.8% / ±22,875)

4.9% ±0.3% (62,455  ±4,197) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 6.5% 255,483 (±0.2% / ±9,007)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 7.5% 434,487 (±0.2% / ±11,101)
62,455 Total veterans ±4,197 55,285 Male ±3,934 7,170 Female ±1,719

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