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Population QuickFacts |
Maricopa County |
Arizona
(state wide) |
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 | Population, 2001 estimate | 3,194,798 | 5,307,331 |
 | Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1,
2001 | 4.0% | 3.4% |
 | Population, 2000 | 3,072,149 | 5,130,632 |
 | Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 | 44.8% | 40.0% |
 | Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 | 7.9% | 7.5% |
 | Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 | 27.0% | 26.6% |
 | Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 | 11.7% | 13.0% |
 | Female persons, percent, 2000 | 50.0% | 50.1% |
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 | White persons, percent, 2000 | 77.4% | 75.5% |
 | Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 | 3.7% | 3.1% |
 | American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent,
2000 | 1.8% | 5.0% |
 | Asian persons, percent, 2000 | 2.2% | 1.8% |
 | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent,
2000 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
 | Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 | 11.9% | 11.6% |
 | Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 | 2.9% | 2.9% |
 | Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000
(b) | 24.8% | 25.3% |
 | White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin,
percent, 2000 | 66.2% | 63.8% |
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 | Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+,
2000 | 41.6% | 44.3% |
 | Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 | 14.4% | 12.8% |
 | Language other than English spoken at home, pct
age 5+, 2000 | 24.1% | 25.9% |
 | High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+,
2000 | 82.5% | 81.0% |
 | Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age
25+, 2000 | 25.9% | 23.5% |
 | Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 | 504,992 | 902,252 |
 | Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes),
2000 | 26.1 | 24.9 |
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 | Housing units, 2000 | 1,250,231 | 2,189,189 |
 | Homeownership rate, 2000 | 67.5% | 68.0% |
 | Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent,
2000 | 26.6% | 22.1% |
 | Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 | $129,200 | $121,300 |
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 | Households, 2000 | 1,132,886 | 1,901,327 |
 | Persons per household, 2000 | 2.67 | 2.64 |
 | Median household money income, 1999 | $45,358 | $40,558 |
 | Per capita money income, 1999 | $22,251 | $20,275 |
 | Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
11.7% | 13.9% |