Maricopa County, AZ Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Arizona



Maricopa County, Arizona

People QuickFactsMaricopa CountyArizona
Population, 2005 estimate 3,635,5285,939,292
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 18.3%15.8%
Population, 2000 3,072,1495,130,632
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 8.2%7.7%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 27.4%26.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 11.1%12.8%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.7%49.9%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)89.0%87.4%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)4.3%3.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)2.2%5.1%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)2.7%2.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.2%0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.6%1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)29.0%28.5%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 61.5%60.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 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 504,992902,252
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 26.124.9
Housing units, 2005 1,481,4312,544,806
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
Households, 2000 1,132,8861,901,327
Persons per household, 2000 2.672.64
Median household income, 2003 $46,322$41,963
Per capita money income, 1999 $22,251$20,275
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 12.8%13.9%
Business QuickFactsMaricopa CountyArizona
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 79,345125,6931
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 1,411,8022,044,1341
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 4.2%6.5%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 212,638334,683
Total number of firms, 2002 239,517381,180
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.0%1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.9%1.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.1%2.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.1%0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 7.5%9.2%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 28.3%28.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 30,480,77941,910,739
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 53,315,08060,976,999
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 37,448,11756,457,863
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,370$10,380
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 5,440,1078,612,730
Building permits, 2005 50,82390,851
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 21,299,64341,979,3031
Geography QuickFactsMaricopa CountyArizona
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 9,203113,634
Persons per square mile, 2000 333.845.2
FIPS Code 01304
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:03:34 EST
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