Maricopa County Facts

Census Statistics

	Maricopa County	Arizona
Population, 2003 estimate	3,389,260	5,580,811
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	10.3%	8.8%
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%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	77.4%	75.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.7%	3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.8%	5.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	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%?
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 (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	26.1	24.9?
Housing units, 2002	1,344,487	2,328,720
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	1,132,886	1,901,327
Persons per household, 2000	2.67	2.64
Median household income, 1999	$45,358	$40,558
Per capita money income, 1999	$22,251	$20,275
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.7%	13.9%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	73,102	116,304
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	1,377,298	1,941,599
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.7%	1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	167,922	268,969
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	32,782,122	43,030,348
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	29,331,041	43,960,933
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,870	$9,657
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	11.1%	13.2%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.3%	27.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	43,422	66,031
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	17,294,614	34,761,140
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	9,203	113,635
Persons per square mile, 2000	333.8	45.2
Metropolitan Area	Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA	?
FIPS Code	013	04

Some random places: Urice and Kerns Cemetery Oglala BW and H Mine TE Cow Camp Ukak