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Tucson, AZ

554,011 Population
242.2 square miles 2,287.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 39.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,970 ±$1,307 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $41,015 ±$913
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $43,676 ±$521
$60,483 ±$2,076 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $72,067 ±$1,874
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $81,486 ±$684

18.1% ±1.8% (95,745  ±9,644) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 13.5% 142,454 (±1.2% / ±12,918)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 11.7% 866,882 (±0.4% / ±31,738)

21.7 minutes ±0.6 (5,166,395  ±213,250) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 24.8 10,576,680 (±0.5 / ±316,576)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arizona: 26.4 78,897,560 (±0.3 / ±1,104,235)

Families

233,314 ±4,795 Number of households
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 453,787 ±4,080
  • Arizona: 2,982,475 ±11,520
2.3 ±0.1 (528,874  ±627) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 2.3 1,051,332 (±0 / ±619)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,416,987

3.5% ±1% (5,087  ±1,435) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 4.3% † 10,623 (±0.8% / ±2,022)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 4.6% 80,240 (±0.3% / ±5,916)

Housing

251,448 ±4,460 Number of housing units
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 490,150 ±288
  • Arizona: 3,299,178 ±852

$299,700 ±$9,164 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $349,500 ±$5,762
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $426,000 ±$2,728

19.7% ±1.8% (108,057  ±9,831.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 15% 160,647 (±1.2% / ±12,311.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 13.8% 1,032,583 (±0.4% / ±31,511.1)

Social

88.9% ±2.5% (322,978  ±10,264.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 91.5% 682,851 (±1.9% / ±14,164.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.7% 4,728,815 (±0.7% / ±37,719.5)
33.1% ±1.7% (120,391  ±6,496.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 37.9% 283,042 (±1.2% / ±8,588)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 34.7% 1,830,412 (±0.4% / ±23,225.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.2% ±1.3% (84,304  ±7,005) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 12.8% 138,395
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.4% 1,017,951

7.1% ±0.7% (31,603  ±3,137) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 8.6% 74,859 (±0.5% / ±4,168)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 7.4% 442,479 (±0.2% / ±9,993)
31,603 Total veterans ±3,137 28,989 Male ±2,898 2,614 Female ±745

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