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Phoenix, AZ

1,624,539 Population
518.3 square miles 3,134.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,073 ±$861 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $38,713 ±$487
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $36,295 ±$370
$68,435 ±$1,626 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $75,731 ±$741
  • about the same as the amount in Arizona: $69,056 ±$686

14.9% ±1.1% (239,428  ±17,528) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 11.1% 539,178 (±0.5% / ±22,748)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 908,961 (±0.4% / ±26,990)

24.5 minutes ±0.3 (15,063,540  ±404,283) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 25.6 45,789,380 (±0.2 / ±654,265)
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 24.8 64,431,888 (±0.2 / ±752,153)

Families

602,039 ±7,755 Number of households
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 1,863,195 ±7,438
  • Arizona: 2,817,723 ±10,850
2.7 ±0 (1,601,571  ±5,087) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2.6 4,869,169 (±0 / ±5,045)
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,130,607 (±0)

5.4% ±0.7% (22,170  ±2,723) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 4.9% 57,546 (±0.5% / ±5,419)
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 5% 83,599 (±0.4% / ±6,586)

Housing

644,625 ±7,668 Number of housing units
  • the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 2,028,321 ±1,976
  • Arizona: 3,138,685 ±419

$352,600 ±$5,172 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: $374,100 ±$3,136
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $336,300 ±$2,390

13.6% ±0.8% (218,812  ±13,074) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 14.6% 712,488 (±0.5% / ±24,421.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.7% 1,058,700 (±0.4% / ±30,534.7)

Social

83.7% ±1.5% (891,584  ±17,200) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 89.3% 3,002,815 (±0.9% / ±29,585.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 89% 4,430,934 (±0.7% / ±35,283.3)
32.8% ±1% (349,369  ±10,449.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 34.6% 1,162,438 (±0.5% / ±17,048.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 32.4% 1,615,081 (±0.4% / ±20,542.9)

36.7% ±1.2% (558,829  ±18,673.1) 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% 1,189,215 (±0.5% / ±22,202.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 26.1% 1,791,313 (±0.3% / ±22,810.4)

18.6% ±0.8% (301,289  ±12,775) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 13.4% 664,841 (±0.3% / ±15,677)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 12.6% 915,934 (±0.3% / ±17,998)

5% ±0.3% (60,681  ±3,657) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area: 7.1% 271,428 (±0.2% / ±8,372)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 454,375 (±0.2% / ±12,115)
60,681 Total veterans ±3,657 54,821 Male ±3,376 5,860 Female ±1,135

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