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Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

4,860,338 Population
14,567.8 square miles 333.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,378 ±$230 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Arizona: $32,340 ±$182
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$67,068 ±$362 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $61,529 ±$286
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

12.7% ±0.2% (604,753  ±10,759) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.1% 990,528 (±0.2% / ±12,842)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

26.9 minutes ±0.2 (54,986,805  ±402,390) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.8 74,646,265 (±0.1 / ±443,232)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,745,219 ±4,293 Number of households
  • Arizona: 2,643,430 ±6,290
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.7 ±0 (4,779,596  ±2,352) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Arizona: 2.7 7,016,130 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.5% ±0.2% (63,603  ±2,277) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 5.5% 89,575 (±0.2% / ±2,739)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,943,813 ±1,056 Number of housing units
  • Arizona: 3,040,595 ±794
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$269,300 ±$1,332 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arizona: $242,000 ±$963
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

16.7% ±0.3% (799,681  ±12,885) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 17% 1,202,434 (±0.2% / ±15,058.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

88.3% ±0.4% (2,880,573  ±13,959.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 87.9% 4,258,137 (±0.4% / ±16,948.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
32.2% ±0.3% (1,051,665  ±8,247) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 30.3% 1,468,698 (±0.2% / ±9,585.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

14.2% ±0.2% (690,389  ±9,455) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 13.2% 947,611 (±0.2% / ±10,597)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.9% ±0.1% (290,631  ±3,621) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 8.9% 491,239 (±0.1% / ±4,620)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
290,631 Total veterans ±3,621 264,665 Male ±3,410 25,966 Female ±1,275

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