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04-55000. GNIS feature ID. 44784. Website. www.phoenix.gov. Phoenix (/ ˈfiːnɪks / ⓘ FEE-niks[8][9]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. [10] It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
The Phoenix Metropolitan Area comprises Maricopa County (2020 population: 4,420,568) and Pinal County (2020 population: 425,264). It is officially designated by the US Census Bureau as the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area. The total population for metropolitan Phoenix at the 2020 Census was 4,845,832.
The history of Phoenix, Arizona, goes back millennia, beginning with nomadic paleo-Indians who existed in the Americas in general, and the Salt River Valley in particular, about 7,000 BC until about 6,000 BC. Mammoths were the primary prey of hunters. As that prey moved eastward, they followed, vacating the area. [ 1 ]
Contents. Demographics of Arizona. Pop. As of the 2020 United States census, Arizona had a population of 7,151,502. [ 2 ] A past census found that the population had seen a natural increase since the last census of 297,928 people (that is 564,062 births minus 266,134 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 745,944 people into the state ...
February 12: Maricopa County is broken out of Yavapai County, Phoenix becomes the county seat. [13][15] July 4: First wheat ground in Valley at Birchard's Mill. [10] First permanent building, the Hancock residence, is constructed at Washington and First Streets. [10] The second building, a brewery, is constructed.
480 602. FIPS code. 04-46000. GNIS feature ID. 2411087 [1] Website. www.mesaaz.gov. Mesa (/ ˈmeɪsə / MAY-sə) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is the third-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson, the 36th-most populous city in the U.S., and the most populous city that is not a county seat (except for ...
Kenny Hyslop, 73, Scottish drummer (Slik, Zones, Simple Minds). [49] (death announced on this date) Rise Kagona, 62, Zimbabwean musician (Bhundu Boys). [50] Neil King Jr., 65, American journalist and author, complications from esophageal cancer.
The population of metropolitan Phoenix increased by 45% from 1991 through 2001, helping to make Arizona the second fastest-growing state in the U.S. in the 1990s (the fastest was Nevada). [ 79 ] According to the 2010 United States census, Arizona had a population of 6,392,017.