2024 population: 5,186,958 ( 335,636 from 2020)
Land area: 14567.8 square miles
Population density: 356.1 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,713,569	52.32%	1.5%
Black:	322,287	6.21%	15.8%
Indian:	99,712	1.92%	6.8%
Asian:	268,255	5.17%	23.4%
2+ races:	133,256	2.57%	16.7%
Hispanic:	1,649,879	31.81%	11.9%

Total non-White:	2,473,389	47.68%	13.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	234,105	12.1
Deaths:	191,265	9.9
Net Migration:	173,602	8.9
Net Immigration:	119,768	6.2

Change in White population:	39,765	0.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	295,871	6.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
4,851,322
2,673,804	55.11%
278,216	5.73%
93,344	1.92%
217,392	4.48%
114,144	2.35%
1,474,422	30.39%
2,177,518	44.89%

2010
4,192,887
2,460,541	58.68%
193,497	4.61%
76,662	1.83%
142,627	3.40%
77,847	1.86%
1,235,718	29.47%
1,732,346	41.32%

2000
3,251,876
2,140,171	65.81%
113,179	3.48%
58,122	1.79%
69,399	2.13%
49,738	1.53%
817,012	25.12%
1,111,705	34.19%

1990
2,238,480
1,709,722	76.38%
75,335	3.37%
42,640	1.90%
36,508	1.63%
n/a
374,275	16.72%
528,758	23.62%

1980
1,599,970
1,279,370	79.96%
49,671	3.10%
27,359	1.71%
15,309	0.96%
n/a
226,194	14.14%
320,600	20.04%

1970
1,035,438
815,942	78.80%
30,120	2.91%
14,745	1.42%
4,194	0.41%
n/a
165,420	15.98%
219,496	21.20%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
540,924	12.9
293,715	7.0
398,715	9.5
106,785	2.5

213,263	5.1
445,172	10.6

Number	Rate
2000's
599,688	18.4
243,463	7.5
543,409	16.7
220,456	6.8

320,370	9.9
620,641	19.1

Number	Rate
1990's
469,010	21.0
206,972	9.2
428,320	19.1
70,070	3.1

430,449	19.2
582,947	26.0

Number	Rate
1980's
348,652	21.8
144,528	9.0
441,261	27.6
n/a

430,352	26.9
208,158	13.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
425,995	41.1
n/a

463,428	44.8
101,104	9.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
37.9
1,125,166	21.7%
4,061,792	78.3%
843,850	16.3%

1,892,613
2.61

1,238,557	65.4%
903,261	72.9%
114,447	9.2%
654,056	34.6%

2010
Number	Percent
69.6
-1,977,765	-47.2%
6,170,652	147.2%
1,029,424	24.6%

3,074,346
2.68

2,049,942	66.7%
1,490,326	72.7%
222,754	10.9%
1,024,404	33.3%

2000
Number	Percent
33.4
870,308	26.8%
2,381,568	73.2%
388,075	11.9%

1,194,461
2.67

814,264	68.2%
632,485	77.7%
75,947	9.3%
380,197	31.8%

1990
Number	Percent
32.2
589,225	26.3%
1,649,255	73.7%
280,381	12.5%

847,343
2.60

582,829	68.8%
468,945	80.5%
51,483	8.8%
264,514	31.2%

1980
Number	Percent
29.9
454,005	28.4%
1,145,965	71.6%
183,979	11.5%

574,008
2.75

423,233	73.7%
359,153	84.9%
31,276	7.4%
150,775	26.3%

2024 Housing Data for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	82,617	4.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	41,235	2.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	41,506	2.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	46,148	2.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	52,215	2.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	53,767	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	56,251	3.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	62,177	3.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	63,600	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	124,492	6.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	178,440	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	259,375	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	217,512	11.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	156,498	8.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	198,896	10.5%
$200,000 or more	257,884	13.6%

Median Household Income	88,527
Per Capita Income	45,317

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	101

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	66,788	3.5%
Public Assistance	40,610	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	187,124	9.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,591,923	73.6%
Unemployed	76,762	3.5%
In Armed Forces	6,187	0.3%

Total Labor Force	1,674,872	77.4%
Not in Labor Force	487,742	22.6%

Real Unemployment Rate		26.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	989,127	762,601	56.5%
Non-Profit	61,645	108,357	36.3%
Self-Employed	146,244	93,592	61.0%

Local Government	60,453	92,353	39.6%
State Government	36,844	53,253	40.9%
Federal Government	28,337	19,812	58.9%

Total Private + Self	1,135,371	856,193	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	187,279	273,775	40.6%
Total	1,322,650	1,129,968	53.9%

Pct. Govt.	11.9%
Pct. Private + Self	81.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	469,076	19.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	546,400	22.2%
Professional, Technical	578,328	23.5%
Service Occupations	385,001	15.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	6,759	0.3%
All others	478,478	19.5%

White Collar		64.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	311,158	12.7%
Retail trade	290,323	11.8%
Educational services	203,490	8.3%
Manufacturing	196,919	8.0%
Construction	194,640	7.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	193,010	7.9%
Finance and insurance	188,618	7.7%
Accommodation and food services	167,247	6.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	127,952	5.2%
Transportation and warehousing	127,130	5.2%
Other services	107,913	4.4%
Public administration	97,199	4.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	62,054	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	54,229	2.2%
Wholesale trade	52,608	2.1%
Information	42,057	1.7%
Utilities	20,743	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	11,283	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	5,195	0.2%
Management	3,515	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,322,316	26.30%
Puerto Rican	37,011	0.74%
Cuban	19,511	0.39%
Dominican	6,238	0.12%

Total Central American	56,759	1.13%
Costa Rican	2,362	0.05%
Guatemalan	22,669	0.45%
Honduran	5,810	0.12%
Nicaraguan	4,199	0.08%
Panamanian	2,737	0.05%
Salvadoran	18,718	0.37%
Other Central American	264	0.01%

Total South American	30,232	0.60%
Argentinean	3,479	0.07%
Bolivian	776	0.02%
Chilean	2,088	0.04%
Colombian	10,290	0.20%
Ecuadorian	3,248	0.06%
Paraguayan	216	0.00%
Peruvian	6,467	0.13%
Uruguayan	286	0.01%
Venezuelan	2,832	0.06%
Other South American	550	0.01%

Other Hispanic	90,163	1.79%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	61,713	1.23%
Filipino	37,796	0.75%
Chinese	35,230	0.70%
Vietnamese	26,456	0.53%
Korean	15,006	0.30%
Japanese	8,504	0.17%
Burmese	3,216	0.06%
Cambodian	2,734	0.05%
Taiwanese	2,634	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	3,545,200	74.7%
Spanish	903,307	19.0%
Other Indo-European	62,105	1.3%
Other	45,287	1.0%
Other Asian	42,844	0.9%
Chinese	28,286	0.6%
Tagalog	21,737	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	20,875	0.4%
Arabic	20,824	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	631,060	12.5%
English	493,087	9.8%
Irish	443,588	8.8%
Italian	220,488	4.4%
American	209,311	4.2%
Polish	110,797	2.2%
French	86,954	1.7%
Scottish	84,783	1.7%
European	83,140	1.7%
Norwegian	82,809	1.6%
Swedish	66,165	1.3%
Dutch	45,080	0.9%
Russian	31,106	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	29,805	0.6%
Danish	27,034	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,652,659	92.5%
Not a citizen	376,095	7.5%

Native	4,325,409	86.0%
Foreign-born	703,345	14.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
159,126	4.6%	195,888	5.7%	783,512	22.7%	1,090,706	31.7%	755,720	21.9%	461,090	13.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	159,126	4.6%
9-12 Years	195,888	5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	783,512	22.7%
Some College	1,090,706	31.7%
Bach. Degree	755,720	21.9%
Grad Degree	461,090	13.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,320,732	2,219,652	101,080	4.4%
1991	2,328,994	2,209,728	119,266	5.1%
1992	2,388,626	2,231,822	156,804	6.6%
1993	2,463,880	2,338,482	125,398	5.1%
1994	2,668,512	2,545,576	122,936	4.6%
1995	2,857,580	2,754,248	103,332	3.6%
1996	2,974,046	2,863,486	110,560	3.7%
1997	3,024,944	2,933,026	91,918	3.0%
1998	3,169,320	3,080,352	88,968	2.8%
1999	3,306,724	3,204,168	102,556	3.1%

2000	3,336,326	3,226,066	110,260	3.3%
2001	3,466,902	3,320,838	146,064	4.2%
2002	3,587,462	3,381,450	206,012	5.7%
2003	3,646,226	3,452,972	193,254	5.3%
2004	3,733,424	3,566,494	166,930	4.5%
2005	3,859,058	3,700,732	158,326	4.1%
2006	4,019,774	3,869,954	149,820	3.7%
2007	4,093,778	3,960,558	133,220	3.3%
2008	4,175,844	3,959,556	216,288	5.2%
2009	4,188,576	3,809,054	379,522	9.1%

2010	4,155,414	3,758,770	396,644	9.5%
2011	4,108,810	3,755,884	352,926	8.6%
2012	4,122,938	3,818,954	303,984	7.4%
2013	4,158,198	3,878,184	280,014	6.7%
2014	4,256,722	4,005,400	251,322	5.9%
2015	4,383,074	4,153,862	229,212	5.2%
2016	4,506,312	4,293,402	212,910	4.7%
2017	4,636,300	4,436,338	199,962	4.3%
2018	4,801,144	4,599,636	201,508	4.2%
2019	4,977,288	4,765,986	211,302	4.2%

2020	5,045,404	4,671,882	373,522	7.4%
2021	5,027,738	4,794,546	233,192	4.6%
2022	5,159,824	4,985,404	174,420	3.4%
2023	5,290,560	5,106,788	183,772	3.5%
2024	5,419,786	5,246,766	173,020	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,068,985
Median Value	$443,536

Occupied	1,892,613	91.5%
Vacant	176,372	8.5%

Owned	1,260,206	66.6%
Rented	632,407	33.4%
Median Rent	$1,693

Single-Family Units	1,460,688	70.6%
Detached	1,351,075	65.3%
Attached	109,613	5.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	394,705	19.1%
Mobile Homes	115,395	5.6%

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area