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Tucson, AZ

546,598 Population
241.8 square miles 2,260.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,456 ±$1,812 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $37,595 ±$1,296
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $39,819 ±$529
$51,281 ±$1,867 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $64,014 ±$2,028
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $74,568 ±$932

19.2% ±2.2% (100,563  ±11,573) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 14.5% 148,963 (±1.3% / ±13,501)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 897,852 (±0.4% / ±29,780)

21.8 minutes ±0.6 (4,859,840  ±211,802) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 24.3 9,825,685 (±0.5 / ±296,209)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 24.9 68,618,530 (±0.3 / ±912,514)

Families

228,268 ±4,024 Number of households
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 436,469 ±4,503
  • Arizona: 2,850,377 ±11,519
2.3 ±0 (522,644  ±664) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 2.4 1,029,702 (±0 / ±745)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,204,265

4.3% ±1% (6,141  ±1,431) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 4.9% † 11,677 (±0.9% / ±2,078)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arizona: 5.2% 86,548 (±0.4% / ±6,251)

Housing

249,788 ±3,747 Number of housing units
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 479,654 ±320
  • Arizona: 3,186,554 ±496

$268,000 ±$6,500 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $317,000 ±$5,731
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $402,800 ±$3,573

19.6% ±1.8% (105,976  ±9,869.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 16.2% 169,555 (±1.3% / ±13,415.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 14% 1,020,384 (±0.4% / ±30,088.7)

Social

88% ±2.6% (308,439  ±9,877.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 90.3% 651,397 (±1.9% / ±13,395.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.2% 4,505,408 (±0.7% / ±36,168.6)
31.7% ±1.6% (111,038  ±5,715.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 37.1% 267,349 (±1.1% / ±8,025)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 33% 1,666,139 (±0.4% / ±21,410.2)

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

13.7% ±1.2% (74,996  ±6,662) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 11.8% 124,989
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.1% 962,688

8% ±0.7% (34,482  ±3,209) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 9.5% 80,132 (±0.5% / ±4,500)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 454,620 (±0.2% / ±10,778)
34,482 Total veterans ±3,209 28,748 Male ±2,806 5,734 Female ±1,486

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