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Tucson, AZ

547,232 Population
242.2 square miles 2,259.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$32,983 ±$1,177 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $39,723 ±$1,071
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $41,290 ±$524
$55,708 ±$2,811 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $69,758 ±$2,409
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $77,315 ±$931

18.6% ±1.8% (97,352  ±9,558) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 13.7% 141,769 (±1.2% / ±12,043)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 905,418 (±0.5% / ±32,734)

22.1 minutes ±0.5 (5,295,630  ±206,124) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 24.5 10,399,680 (±0.7 / ±369,198)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 25.7 73,541,830 (±0.2 / ±972,021)

Families

233,257 ±5,096 Number of households
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 445,471 ±3,708
  • Arizona: 2,907,014 ±12,227
2.2 ±0.1 (521,089  ±1,484) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 2.3 1,032,908 (±0 / ±1,520)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,268,616

6% ±1.5% (8,543  ±2,170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 5.3% † 12,764 (±1.1% / ±2,543)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 87,133 (±0.4% / ±6,032)

Housing

250,561 ±4,966 Number of housing units
  • the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 484,385 ±664
  • Arizona: 3,239,474 ±370

$284,200 ±$7,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: $337,800 ±$5,172
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $411,200 ±$3,380

19.3% ±1.5% (104,609  ±8,166.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 15.8% 166,825 (±1.1% / ±11,347.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arizona: 14% 1,026,747 (±0.4% / ±29,187.6)

Social

88.1% ±2.5% (318,318  ±10,409.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 90.1% 662,529 (±1.9% / ±13,985.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,603,089 (±0.7% / ±37,471.7)
31.3% ±1.6% (113,027  ±5,921.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 36.8% 270,309 (±1.1% / ±8,304.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 33.5% 1,726,116 (±0.4% / ±21,546.2)

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

13.9% ±1.3% (76,000  ±7,265) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 12.2% 130,006
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 980,927

7.3% ±0.8% (31,993  ±3,331) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tucson, AZ Metro Area: 9% 76,630 (±0.6% / ±4,635)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 7.5% 434,487 (±0.2% / ±11,101)
31,993 Total veterans ±3,331 27,972 Male ±2,756 4,021 Female ±1,206

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