How goes Maricopa's growth? There are 375 answers a day, or one for every person arriving throughtout the year. Census estimates released today rank the county Number 1 nationally in population gains for the year ending July, 1, 2005, and since the 2000 census. |
61.2% of the state's population lives in Maricopa County. |
| 3rd largest county in nation Soon to be, if not already, the third largest U.S. county behind Los Angeles and Cook (Chicago). |
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Estimated Maricopa County Population
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3,635,528 
Estimated population July 2005 Think that's a lot? Let's put it this way: the equivalent of the entire state's population in 1990.
563,193
The largest increase of any county in the United States since the 2000 census. That's more than the combined populations of Scottsdale, Tempe, and Gilbert.
136,941
people in a year. That's enough to fill up Sun Devil Stadium twice.
Compiled by Jon Kamman/The Arizona Republic March 16, 2006
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375 new people per day.
That's like having more than six busloads of people coming into the county every day. |
23.3 percent from foreign countries.
46.1 percent from within U. S.
31.6 percent from births minus deaths.
*Figures don't add up to 100% because of rounding.
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