2024 population: 6,040,844 ( 370,311 from 2020)
Land area: 80306.2 square miles
Population density: 75.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	3,272,707	54.18%	1.6%
Black:	331,736	5.49%	15.9%
Indian:	205,280	3.40%	2.2%
Asian:	281,367	4.66%	23.3%
2+ races:	150,497	2.49%	16.0%
Hispanic:	1,799,257	29.78%	12.1%

Total non-White:	2,768,137	45.82%	13.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	264,901	11.7
Deaths:	244,535	10.8
Net Migration:	225,684	9.9
Net Immigration:	124,933	5.5

Change in White population:	52,221	0.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	318,090	5.6

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
5,670,533
3,220,486	56.79%
286,272	5.05%
200,801	3.54%
228,170	4.02%
129,756	2.29%
1,605,048	28.31%
2,450,047	43.21%

2010
4,965,719
2,985,988	60.13%
199,675	4.02%
179,447	3.61%
150,055	3.02%
90,399	1.82%
1,353,506	27.26%
1,979,731	39.87%

2000
3,901,301
2,594,712	66.51%
117,458	3.01%
155,621	3.99%
73,506	1.88%
58,271	1.49%
897,009	22.99%
1,306,589	33.49%

1990
2,702,562
2,038,417	75.43%
78,192	2.89%
124,859	4.62%
39,243	1.45%
n/a
421,851	15.61%
664,145	24.57%

1980
1,937,965
1,512,625	78.05%
52,500	2.71%
90,592	4.67%
16,615	0.86%
n/a
263,264	13.58%
425,340	21.95%

1970
1,250,232
955,618	76.44%
32,475	2.60%
50,782	4.06%
4,645	0.37%
n/a
200,418	16.03%
294,614	23.56%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
618,196	12.4
375,898	7.6
453,629	9.1
108,696	2.2

234,498	4.7
470,316	9.5

Number	Rate
2000's
688,947	17.7
309,684	7.9
634,728	16.3
230,408	5.9

391,276	10.0
673,142	17.3

Number	Rate
1990's
551,849	20.4
259,769	9.6
542,485	20.1
73,720	2.7

556,295	20.6
642,444	23.8

Number	Rate
1980's
423,269	21.8
178,120	9.2
507,604	26.2
n/a

525,792	27.1
238,805	12.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
511,992	41.0
n/a

557,007	44.6
130,726	10.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Phoenix, AZ Market 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
39.3
1,279,179	21.2%
4,761,665	78.8%
1,073,195	17.8%

2,249,865
2.56

1,460,749	64.9%
1,068,787	73.2%
130,980	9.0%
789,116	35.1%

2010
Number	Percent
35.9
1,281,043	25.8%
3,684,676	74.2%
662,712	13.3%

1,838,490
2.65

1,222,401	66.5%
892,602	73.0%
129,144	10.6%
616,089	33.5%

2000
Number	Percent
34.2
1,039,155	26.6%
2,862,146	73.4%
494,252	12.7%

1,439,575
2.66

985,047	68.4%
767,818	77.9%
91,356	9.3%
454,528	31.6%

1990
Number	Percent
32.4
718,741	26.6%
1,983,821	73.4%
351,571	13.0%

1,013,679
2.61

704,268	69.5%
570,112	81.0%
60,934	8.7%
309,411	30.5%

1980
Number	Percent
29.9
562,260	29.0%
1,375,705	71.0%
221,207	11.4%

685,750
2.78

510,499	74.4%
435,496	85.3%
36,887	7.2%
175,251	25.6%

2024 Housing Data for Phoenix, AZ Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	105,516	4.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	55,267	2.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	54,971	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	61,463	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	68,188	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	69,954	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	70,904	3.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	76,999	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	77,332	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	152,830	6.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	215,740	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	308,491	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	249,650	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	177,578	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	222,397	9.9%
$200,000 or more	282,585	12.6%

Median Household Income	84,627
Per Capita Income	43,928

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	86,784	3.9%
Public Assistance	49,121	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	234,068	10.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,831,441	71.9%
Unemployed	93,300	3.7%
In Armed Forces	6,565	0.3%

Total Labor Force	1,931,306	75.8%
Not in Labor Force	616,140	24.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,099,116	852,987	56.3%
Non-Profit	70,673	124,396	36.2%
Self-Employed	167,702	110,293	60.3%

Local Government	73,960	109,694	40.3%
State Government	45,239	62,834	41.9%
Federal Government	34,536	25,631	57.4%

Total Private + Self	1,266,818	963,280	56.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	224,408	322,555	41.0%
Total	1,491,226	1,285,835	53.7%

Pct. Govt.	12.7%
Pct. Private + Self	80.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	514,390	18.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	616,425	22.2%
Professional, Technical	647,492	23.3%
Service Occupations	452,990	16.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	8,840	0.3%
All others	551,443	19.8%

White Collar		63.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	358,254	12.9%
Retail trade	329,610	11.8%
Educational services	236,641	8.5%
Construction	223,081	8.0%
Manufacturing	214,967	7.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	209,388	7.5%
Finance and insurance	198,639	7.1%
Accommodation and food services	197,290	7.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	141,328	5.1%
Transportation and warehousing	139,506	5.0%
Other services	123,098	4.4%
Public administration	117,061	4.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	69,647	2.5%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	66,268	2.4%
Wholesale trade	56,864	2.0%
Information	45,885	1.6%
Utilities	24,492	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	15,383	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	11,579	0.4%
Management	3,759	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,435,315	24.47%
Puerto Rican	40,662	0.69%
Cuban	21,266	0.36%
Dominican	6,506	0.11%

Total Central American	59,834	1.02%
Costa Rican	2,546	0.04%
Guatemalan	23,781	0.41%
Honduran	6,406	0.11%
Nicaraguan	4,519	0.08%
Panamanian	2,806	0.05%
Salvadoran	19,512	0.33%
Other Central American	264	0.00%

Total South American	32,695	0.56%
Argentinean	3,854	0.07%
Bolivian	918	0.02%
Chilean	2,134	0.04%
Colombian	11,009	0.19%
Ecuadorian	3,483	0.06%
Paraguayan	216	0.00%
Peruvian	7,186	0.12%
Uruguayan	316	0.01%
Venezuelan	3,010	0.05%
Other South American	569	0.01%

Other Hispanic	105,914	1.81%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	62,564	1.07%
Filipino	40,914	0.70%
Chinese	36,540	0.62%
Vietnamese	26,947	0.46%
Korean	15,864	0.27%
Japanese	9,346	0.16%
Burmese	3,245	0.06%
Thai	3,144	0.05%
Cambodian	2,893	0.05%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,218,919	76.0%
Spanish	964,025	17.4%
Other	96,325	1.7%
Other Indo-European	64,672	1.2%
Other Asian	44,641	0.8%
Chinese	29,325	0.5%
Tagalog	23,684	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	22,377	0.4%
Arabic	21,389	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	758,738	12.9%
English	606,520	10.3%
Irish	537,057	9.2%
Italian	252,692	4.3%
American	247,745	4.2%
Polish	125,707	2.1%
Scottish	107,143	1.8%
French	106,671	1.8%
Norwegian	97,677	1.7%
European	96,853	1.7%
Swedish	77,159	1.3%
Dutch	55,728	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	38,933	0.7%
Russian	35,464	0.6%
Danish	32,772	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,470,123	93.2%
Not a citizen	396,651	6.8%

Native	5,119,083	87.3%
Foreign-born	747,691	12.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
179,558	4.4%	237,536	5.9%	957,481	23.6%	1,317,210	32.5%	845,309	20.8%	519,683	12.8%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	179,558	4.4%
9-12 Years	237,536	5.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	957,481	23.6%
Some College	1,317,210	32.5%
Bach. Degree	845,309	20.8%
Grad Degree	519,683	12.8%
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	1,357,749	1,294,245	63,504	4.7%
1991	1,368,563	1,294,088	74,475	5.4%
1992	1,411,658	1,311,633	100,025	7.1%
1993	1,461,392	1,377,881	83,511	5.7%
1994	1,584,329	1,500,786	83,543	5.3%
1995	1,693,186	1,620,065	73,121	4.3%
1996	1,751,297	1,673,880	77,417	4.4%
1997	1,776,525	1,711,054	65,471	3.7%
1998	1,852,825	1,790,430	62,395	3.4%
1999	1,928,772	1,859,717	69,055	3.6%

2000	1,953,885	1,885,012	68,873	3.5%
2001	2,027,190	1,938,839	88,351	4.4%
2002	2,101,419	1,979,302	122,117	5.8%
2003	2,137,569	2,022,317	115,252	5.4%
2004	2,187,052	2,086,311	100,741	4.6%
2005	2,257,344	2,161,501	95,843	4.2%
2006	2,350,638	2,259,371	91,267	3.9%
2007	2,390,268	2,309,036	81,232	3.4%
2008	2,440,335	2,309,047	131,288	5.4%
2009	2,450,742	2,222,083	228,659	9.3%

2010	2,421,888	2,183,118	238,770	9.9%
2011	2,390,452	2,176,814	213,638	8.9%
2012	2,395,290	2,209,982	185,308	7.7%
2013	2,411,980	2,240,894	171,086	7.1%
2014	2,465,510	2,313,312	152,198	6.2%
2015	2,531,072	2,392,169	138,903	5.5%
2016	2,597,849	2,469,563	128,286	4.9%
2017	2,667,661	2,547,901	119,760	4.5%
2018	2,756,409	2,636,103	120,306	4.4%
2019	2,850,798	2,724,918	125,880	4.4%

2020	2,884,489	2,665,966	218,523	7.6%
2021	2,866,936	2,731,387	135,549	4.7%
2022	2,941,230	2,838,979	102,251	3.5%
2023	3,010,956	2,903,566	107,390	3.6%
2024	3,067,679	2,966,791	100,888	3.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,509,805
Median Value	$423,574

Occupied	2,249,865	89.6%
Vacant	259,940	10.4%

Owned	1,517,426	67.4%
Rented	732,439	32.6%
Median Rent	$1,602

Single-Family Units	1,758,544	70.1%
Detached	1,636,418	65.2%
Attached	122,126	4.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	424,692	16.9%
Mobile Homes	204,165	8.1%

Phoenix, AZ Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Phoenix, AZ Market Area

2024 Housing Data for Phoenix, AZ Market Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Phoenix, AZ Market Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Phoenix, AZ Market Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Phoenix, AZ Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Phoenix, AZ Market Area