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Phoenix, AZ

1,680,988 Population
517.7 square miles 3,247.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$30,686 ±$657 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $34,074 ±$387
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $32,173 ±$301
$60,931 ±$1,308 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $67,896 ±$986
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $62,055 ±$446

15.6% ±1.3% (258,625  ±20,768) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 12.1% 587,560 (±0.5% / ±25,225)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.5% 958,442 (±0.5% / ±33,279)

27.1 minutes ±0.4 (21,169,220  ±436,882) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 27.9 60,107,070 (±0.3 / ±745,188)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 26.6 80,588,860 (±0.2 / ±880,264)

Families

586,878 ±7,653 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,765,135 ±9,816
  • Arizona: 2,670,441 ±12,014
2.8 ±0 (1,661,489  ±2,002) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,863,677 (±0 / ±4,307)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,116,824 (±0)

5.8% ±0.9% (25,048  ±3,856) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 5.2% 61,234 (±0.5% / ±6,042)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.4% 89,019 (±0.4% / ±7,035)

Housing

637,511 ±7,460 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,970,654 ±1,544
  • Arizona: 3,076,048 ±708

$266,600 ±$4,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $283,500 ±$2,047
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $255,900 ±$2,295

16% ±0.9% (265,763  ±14,954.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 16.2% 790,145 (±0.5% / ±26,071.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 16.1% 1,161,844 (±0.4% / ±29,906.5)

Social

82.2% ±1.3% (903,460  ±16,649.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 88% 2,939,996 (±0.8% / ±28,017.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 87.6% 4,331,542 (±0.7% / ±34,029)
28.6% ±0.8% (313,899  ±8,879.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 32.2% 1,074,497 (±0.5% / ±15,824.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 30.2% 1,492,158 (±0.4% / ±18,805)

37.9% ±1.4% (593,247  ±21,516.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 26.5% 1,229,478 (±0.5% / ±24,263.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 27.2% 1,863,086 (±0.4% / ±29,851.7)

20.1% ±0.9% (337,352  ±15,665) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.3% 707,563 (±0.3% / ±16,744)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 976,301 (±0.3% / ±19,038)

5.3% ±0.4% (67,150  ±4,798) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.6% 288,643 (±0.2% / ±8,063)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 8.5% 478,354 (±0.2% / ±9,908)
67,150 Total veterans ±4,798 59,675 Male ±4,372 7,475 Female ±1,562

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