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Phoenix, AZ

1,626,085 Population
517.7 square miles 3,141.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,999 ±$574 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $31,096 ±$317
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $29,420 ±$258
$56,696 ±$959 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $61,506 ±$523
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $56,581 ±$516

16.8% ±1% (268,855  ±15,614) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 13.3% 620,578 (±0.5% / ±22,016)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,018,935 (±0.4% / ±28,419)

26.3 minutes ±0.5 (19,324,435  ±441,893) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 26.8 54,488,350 (±0.2 / ±639,682)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.6 73,987,970 (±0.2 / ±716,753)

Families

559,155 ±6,855 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,675,676 ±9,015
  • Arizona: 2,552,972 ±11,005
2.9 ±0 (1,607,169  ±3,805) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 2.8 4,658,143 (±0 / ±4,743)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.7 6,861,127 (±0)

6% ±0.6% (24,754  ±2,431) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 5.5% 61,290 (±0.4% / ±4,372)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 88,721 (±0.3% / ±4,401)

Housing

618,561 ±8,332 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 1,911,877 ±1,750
  • Arizona: 2,999,185 ±422

$231,000 ±$3,867 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: $246,900 ±$2,423
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $223,400 ±$1,876

15.2% ±0.8% (242,947  ±12,824.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 17.2% 805,979 (±0.5% / ±22,374.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 17.6% 1,218,169 (±0.4% / ±26,600.2)

Social

82.1% ±1.2% (853,385  ±15,069.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 87.3% 2,760,765 (±0.8% / ±25,278.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 87.2% 4,106,464 (±0.6% / ±30,444.3)
28.5% ±0.7% (295,559  ±8,123.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 31.1% 981,863 (±0.5% / ±14,901.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 29.4% 1,383,092 (±0.4% / ±17,701.8)

37.5% ±1% (565,243  ±15,708.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 26.7% 1,185,255 (±0.4% / ±19,708.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 27.4% 1,802,937 (±0.4% / ±23,729.4)

19.3% ±0.8% (313,486  ±12,170) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 14.2% 673,330 (±0.3% / ±15,040)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 924,900 (±0.3% / ±18,307)

5.9% ±0.4% (71,234  ±4,619) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area: 7.8% 280,731 (±0.2% / ±7,671)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 9% 480,778 (±0.2% / ±9,881)
71,234 Total veterans ±4,619 63,856 Male ±4,347 7,378 Female ±1,425

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