Arizona QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

People QuickFacts

Arizona

USA

Population, 2004 estimate

5,743,834

293,655,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2004

12.0%

4.3%

Population, 2000

5,130,632

281,421,906

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

40.0%

13.1%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000

7.5%

6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000

26.6%

25.7%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000

13.0%

12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2000

50.1%

50.9%

White persons, percent, 2000 (a)

75.5%

75.1%

Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)

3.1%

12.3%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)

5.0%

0.9%

Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)

1.8%

3.6%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)

0.1%

0.1%

Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)

11.6%

5.5%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000

2.9%

2.4%

White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000

63.8%

69.1%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)

25.3%

12.5%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000

44.3%

54.1%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

12.8%

11.1%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

25.9%

17.9%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

81.0%

80.4%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

23.5%

24.4%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

902,252

49,746,248

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000

24.9

25.5

Housing units, 2002

2,328,720

119,302,132

Homeownership rate, 2000

68.0%

66.2%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

22.1%

26.4%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$121,300

$119,600

Households, 2000

1,901,327

105,480,101

Persons per household, 2000

2.64

2.59

Median household income, 1999

$40,558

$41,994

Per capita money income, 1999

$20,275

$21,587

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

13.9%

12.4%

Business QuickFacts

Arizona

USA

Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001

116,304

7,095,302

Private nonfarm employment, 2001

1,941,599

115,061,184

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001

1.2%

0.9%

Nonemployer establishments, 2000

268,969

16,529,955

Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)

43,030,348

3,842,061,405

Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)

43,960,933

2,460,886,012

Retail sales per capita, 1997

$9,657

$9,190

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

13.2%

14.6%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

27.0%

26.0%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002

66,031

1,747,678

Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)

34,761,140

1,901,247,889

Geography QuickFacts

Arizona

USA

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

113,635

3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000

45.2

79.6

FIPS Code

04