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Maricopa County / Phoenix, AZ

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Maricopa County is the fourth most populous in the country. Arizona rejected daylight saving time by statute, so the clocks here never change. The county has a mild, bright nine months, a metro-scale hospital and arts base, and housing that is expensive by national standards and cheap by coastal ones. The other three months are hot enough to reorganise the day around.

Sunny Days: 299: 299 sunny days a year, a figure only three counties beat. Heat, not rain or cloud, is what cancels outdoor plans here, so people plan around the summer instead of the winter. >99% of 3,143 counties
Hospitals: 25: Twenty-five hospitals with emergency departments, a count only three counties beat. One of them is publicly governed and holds the only burn centre in Arizona verified by the American Burn Association. >99% of 3,143 counties
Population Growth: ↑1.3%: The county's population grew 1.3% in 2025, faster than in 81% of counties. New houses in the city of Phoenix are charged a fee that pays for the water supply they need. >81% of 3,143 counties
Top School Rating: 99.9⁶: The county's best-rated public high school scores 99.9 in state ratings, ahead of the top school in 99% of counties. An address does not settle where a child goes to school: every Arizona school district has to take pupils from outside it, so long as the school has room. >99% of 3,028 counties
The trade-off — Summer Heat: 103 °F: A typical summer high of 103 degrees, exceeded by only three counties. In the city of Phoenix a broken air conditioner in a rented home is treated as an emergency. >99% of 3,143 counties

Maricopa County is in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 4,420,568, making it the state's most populous county, and the fourth-most populous in the United States.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
ACT/SAT Scores: #38
Air Quality: 9.5¹
Alcohol Regulation: #48
All Occupations: $72K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-0.3%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-1.5%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 10m
Any Natural Disaster: High³
Architecture & Engineering: $92K¹⁰
Art Museums: 11
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $59K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑2.8%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑1.7%
Avalanche: none³
Average School Rating: 47.6⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 45
Bike Score: 56
Blacks/African Americans: ↓-3.5%
Boating: 20
Broadband Internet: 86%
Buddhists: ↑0.3%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $35K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $77K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Legal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 61%
Catholics: ↑0.1%⁷
City Population: 1.61M
Climate Change Risk: 5.5
Coastal Flooding: none³
Cold Wave: none³
Community & Social Service: $51K¹⁰
Commute Time: 27
Computer & Mathematical: $98K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $52K¹⁰
County Population: 4.50M
Cuisine Diversity: 44
Cycling: 28
Dentists: 6.8
Dog Friendly Rentals: 71%
Drought: Very Low³
Earthquakes: Medium³
Education, Training, & Library: $54K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 31%
Elevation: 1,804'⁸
English Speakers: ↓-5.4%
Farmers Markets: 35
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $35K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 1
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 46
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $37K¹⁰
Forests: 1%
Freshwater Access: 66
Gluten-Free Options: 13
Golf: 68
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Legal (Unrestricted)
Hail: High³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $93K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $36K¹⁰
Heat Wave: High³
High School Graduation Rate: 78%¹
Hiking: 289
Hindus: ↑0.7%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↑21.6%
History Museums: 16
Home Ownership Rate: 62%
Homelessness: 83
Homicide Rate: 6¹
Hospitals: 25
Hurricanes: Low³
Ice Storms: none³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑0.9%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $53K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 43 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.6%⁷
Jews: ↑0.2%⁷
Landslide: Low³
LDS / Mormons: ↑4.1%⁷
Legal: $104K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 81¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $72K¹⁰
Lightning: High³
Live Music: 107
Major Airport: 0h 10m
Major City Proximity: Major City
Major League Baseball: 0h 01m
Major League Soccer: 6h 11m
Management: $116K¹⁰
Median Age: 36 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $477K⁴
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $1,822
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $2,117
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $2,848
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $3,185
Median Rental - Room: $1,088
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $2,193⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $1,661
Mental Health Providers: 14.3
Meth Labs: 4
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 5h 31m
Mountains: 7,415'⁸
Multiracials: ↑0.4%
Muslims: ↓-0.0%⁷
National Parks: 1h 59m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: ↑0.1%
NBA Basketball: 0h 01m
NFL Football: 0h 22m
NHL Hockey: 0h 22m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑6.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 27%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $44K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↑13.1%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑0.9%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 50%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↑1.1%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↑0.9%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑2.1%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑1.9%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↑1.2%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-1.6%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-2.9%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-1.6%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-1.1%
Performing Arts: 7
Personal Care & Service: $38K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 60% Dems
Population Density: 480
Population Growth: ↑1.3%
Poverty Rate: 11.6%
Primary Care Physicians: 6.9¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #50
Production: $45K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 3,315
Property Tax: 0.59%
Protective Service: $51K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-17.9%⁷
Rain: 9"
Regional Theatre: 3
River Flooding: High³
Sales & Related: $49K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 9.8%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.2%
Scenic Beauty: #9
Seacoast Proximity: 5h 59m
Seasons: 39 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↑0.6%
Skiing: 3h 04m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 10m
Smokers: 15%¹
Snow: 0"
Spanish Speakers: ↑13.9%
State Income Tax: 4.5%
Strong Wind: High³
Summer Heat: 103 °F
Summer Mugginess: Comfy
Sunny Days: 299
Termite Infestation: Moderate
Tobacco Regulation: #26
Top School Rating: 99.9
Tornadoes: Medium³
Traffic: 1.05M
Transit Score: 36
Transportation & Material Moving: $43K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $110K⁵
Typical Expenses: $102K⁵
Typical Expenses: $51K⁵
Typical Expenses: $70K⁵
Typical Expenses: $142K⁵
Typical Expenses: $144K⁵
Typical Expenses: $83K⁵
Typical Expenses: $120K⁵
Typical Expenses: $93K⁵
Typical Expenses: $70K⁵
Typical Expenses: $97K⁵
Typical Expenses: $88K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 7.4%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 14
Violent Crime Rate: 409²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 41
Water Quality: 2/4
Whites: ↓-21.2%
Wildfires: High³
Windiness: 17 mph
Wineries: 18
Winter Cold: 64 °F
Winter Weather: Very Low³

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