In 2023, the population of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metropolitan area in the United States was about 5.1 million people. This is a slight increase from the previous year, when the population was about 5.02 million people.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Phoenix metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Resident Population in Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (MSA) (PHXPOP) from 2000 to 2024 about Phoenix, AZ, residents, population, and USA.

About this dataset

Context

The dataset tabulates the Phoenix population over the last 20 plus years. It lists the population for each year, along with the year on year change in population, as well as the change in percentage terms for each year. The dataset can be utilized to understand the population change of Phoenix across the last two decades. For example, using this dataset, we can identify if the population is declining or increasing. If there is a change, when the population peaked, or if it is still growing and has not reached its peak. We can also compare the trend with the overall trend of United States population over the same period of time.

Key observations

In 2023, the population of Phoenix was 1.65 million, a 0.38% increase year-by-year from 2022. Previously, in 2022, Phoenix population was 1.64 million, an increase of 1.15% compared to a population of 1.63 million in 2021. Over the last 20 plus years, between 2000 and 2023, population of Phoenix increased by 322,874. In this period, the peak population was 1.68 million in the year 2019. The numbers suggest that the population has already reached its peak and is showing a trend of decline. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP).

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP).

Data Coverage:

• From 2000 to 2023

Variables / Data Columns

• Year: This column displays the data year (Measured annually and for years 2000 to 2023)
• Population: The population for the specific year for the Phoenix is shown in this column.
• Year on Year Change: This column displays the change in Phoenix population for each year compared to the previous year.
• Change in Percent: This column displays the year on year change as a percentage. Please note that the sum of all percentages may not equal one due to rounding of values.

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

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This dataset is a part of the main dataset for Phoenix Population by Year. You can refer the same here

These data represent a geospatial analysis of Hispanic population as percentage of total population, population density for 2000 within the Greater Phoenix Area.

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Phoenix metro area from 1950 to 2025.

These data provide a spatial representation of the population change 1980 - 2000. Map Shows the census tracts that have experienced a doubling of population between 1980 and 1990 and between 1990 and 2000 in the central Arizona-Phoenix area.

Graph and download economic data for Employed Persons in Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (MSA) (LAUMT043806000000005) from Jan 1990 to May 2025 about Phoenix, AZ, household survey, employment, persons, and USA.

Population Density per square mile - 2000. Visit https://dataone.org/datasets/knb-lter-cap.20.6 for complete metadata about this dataset.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate in Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (MSA) (LAUMT043806000000003A) from 1990 to 2024 about Phoenix, AZ, household survey, unemployment, rate, and USA.

These data represent the general age distribution of the population for the greater Phoenix area, central Arizona, based on the 2000 Census.

These data represent individuals admitted to non-federal health facilities and discharged with primary diagnosis of asthma. The data are presented as a percentage of population by zip code for the year 1999.

About this dataset

Context

The dataset presents the median household income across different racial categories in Phoenix. It portrays the median household income of the head of household across racial categories (excluding ethnicity) as identified by the Census Bureau. The dataset can be utilized to gain insights into economic disparities and trends and explore the variations in median houshold income for diverse racial categories.

Key observations

Based on our analysis of the distribution of Phoenix population by race & ethnicity, the population is predominantly White. This particular racial category constitutes the majority, accounting for 79.08% of the total residents in Phoenix. Notably, the median household income for White households is $52,127. Interestingly, despite the White population being the most populous, it is worth noting that Some Other Race households actually reports the highest median household income, with a median income of $98,682. This reveals that, while Whites may be the most numerous in Phoenix, Some Other Race households experience greater economic prosperity in terms of median household income.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.

Racial categories include:

• White
• Black or African American
• American Indian and Alaska Native
• Asian
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
• Some other race
• Two or more races (multiracial)

Variables / Data Columns

• Race of the head of household: This column presents the self-identified race of the household head, encompassing all relevant racial categories (excluding ethnicity) applicable in Phoenix.
• Median household income: Median household income, adjusting for inflation, presented in 2023-inflation-adjusted dollars

Good to know

Margin of Error

Data in the dataset are based on the estimates and are subject to sampling variability and thus a margin of error. Neilsberg Research recommends using caution when presening these estimates in your research.

Custom data

If you do need custom data for any of your research project, report or presentation, you can contact our research staff at research@neilsberg.com for a feasibility of a custom tabulation on a fee-for-service basis.

Inspiration

Neilsberg Research Team curates, analyze and publishes demographics and economic data from a variety of public and proprietary sources, each of which often includes multiple surveys and programs. The large majority of Neilsberg Research aggregated datasets and insights is made available for free download at https://www.neilsberg.com/research/.

Recommended for further research

This dataset is a part of the main dataset for Phoenix median household income by race. You can refer the same here

Wildlife communities are structured by numerous ecological filters in cities that influence their populations, and some species even manage to thrive in urban landscapes. CAP researchers were the first to observe “the luxury effect”, the hypothesis that biodiversity is positively related to income of residents. The luxury effect is still being tested worldwide twenty years later and has led to important new research on other socio-demographic factors that shape biodiversity but are vastly understudied, such as race and ethnicity, as well as the interaction of these factors with urban structural inequalities that may be hidden by income. This research aims to unpack the luxury effect by considering other landscape and socio-demographic factors that may influence wildlife communities across neighborhoods of metro Phoenix. Specifically, we are investigating if neighborhood income and ethnicity independently influence mammal occupancy in neighborhoods across the CAP ecosystem. To answer this question, we leveraged a wildlife camera array across CAP within community parks, in which cameras are placed across a gradient of average median household income and percent Latinx of residents. Incorporating socioeconomic data into urban mammal research will allow for the advancement in the understanding of socio-ecological patterns.

The goal of this research project was to evaluate how scorpion populations responded to the gradient of urbanization. We conducted 50 night-time walking transects across the gradient of urbanization from downtown Phoenix to nearby wildland areas during Summer 2019. We commonly documented three scorpion species. Data present whether a species was detected at a site during this time period.

Distribution of Ragweed pollen sampled in Greater Phoenix

These data represent the spatial distribution of median single-family home sale prices for new and resale homes for the period 2001.

Over the past half-century, the greater Phoenix metropolitan area (GPMA) has been one of the fastest growing regions in the US, experiencing rapid urban expansion in addition to urban intensification. This backdrop provides an ideal setting to monitor biodiversity changes in response to urbanization, and the CAP LTER has been using a standardized point-count protocol to monitor the bird population throughout the GPMA and surrounding Sonoran desert region since 2000. A subset of these bird-monitoring sites are located in riparian areas, and additional riparian-area monitoring locations centered on the Salt River as it runs through the GPMA were added in 2013 and 2014. In May and June of 2013, the CAP LTER surveyed the vegetation in 6,400 square meter plots around all of these riparian-area sites as part of an analysis of change in bird abundance and community composition. This dataset catalogs the results of vegetation surveys at nineteen bird-monitoring sites in riparian areas of the GPMA.

This dataset contains Community Statistical Areas (CSAs) boundaries created by the Arizona Department of Health Services to represent Arizona communities while maintaining population numbers sufficient for statistical analysis. Using census tracts as the base geography, CSAs are updated every Census using a repeatable rule based methodology intended to preserve community boundaries, provide population numbers conducive to statistical analysis, and account for demographic variation.Summary:139 Community Statistical Areas56 in metro Phoenix area20 in metro Tucson areaPopulations of 10,000-200,000 (except tribal areas)Areas no greater than 7,500 square miles (except tribal areas)Reflect existing communities, including cities, towns, municipal planning areas (i.e. City of Phoenix Villages), and Tribal lands (reservations) A crosswalk between Census 2020 Tracts and CSAs is available here.Update Frequency: Every 10 Years (Decennial census)

These data provide a spatial representation of the morning commute time in minutes from areas outside of Maricopa county, central Arizona-Phoenix research area, 2000.