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Ongoing: 2025 Arizona wildfires [1] February 10 – One person is killed when a Learjet 35A aircraft veers off the runway and crashes into a Gulfstream G200 aircraft at Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale. [2]
Phoenix (/ ˈ f iː n ɪ k s / ⓘ FEE-niks [8] [9]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,662,607 residents as of 2024.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. [10]
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Gallego, an incumbent congressman in a Phoenix-area district since 2015, and Lake, a former local news anchor who previously ran for governor, faced off for the seat Democrat-turned-independent ...
The 2026 Arizona gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Arizona. Incumbent Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs is eligible to seek re-election to a second term, but has not yet stated whether she will do so.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and four micropolitan statistical areas in Arizona. [1] As of 2023, the most populous of these is the Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Combined Statistical Area , encompassing the area around Arizona's capital and largest city, Phoenix .