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Tucson, AZ Metro Area

1,052,030 Population
9,188.7 square miles 114.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Arizona: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,323 ±$941 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Arizona: $36,295 ±$370
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$60,667 ±$1,952 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arizona: $69,056 ±$686
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

14.6% ±1% (149,443  ±10,013) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 908,961 (±0.4% / ±26,990)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.1 minutes ±0.5 (9,336,570  ±308,987) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 24.8 64,431,888 (±0.2 / ±752,153)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

433,148 ±4,460 Number of households
  • Arizona: 2,817,723 ±10,850
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (1,024,806  ±3,025) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,130,607 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.2% ±0.8% (12,450  ±2,007) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Arizona: 5% 83,599 (±0.4% / ±6,586)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

474,804 ±1,282 Number of housing units
  • Arizona: 3,138,685 ±419
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$261,600 ±$4,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $336,300 ±$2,390
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

16% ±1.3% (166,220  ±13,186.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 14.7% 1,058,700 (±0.4% / ±30,534.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

90.4% ±1.8% (649,654  ±12,641.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89% 4,430,934 (±0.7% / ±35,283.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
34.9% ±1.1% (250,398  ±7,540.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 32.4% 1,615,081 (±0.4% / ±20,542.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

11.5% ±0.6% (120,426  ±6,582) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 12.6% 915,934 (±0.3% / ±17,998)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

9.8% ±0.5% (81,046  ±4,527) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 454,375 (±0.2% / ±12,115)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
81,046 Total veterans ±4,527 72,060 Male ±4,167 8,986 Female ±1,567

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