Maricopa County Gained 313 People A Day Since 2000...

Maricopa County gained 313 people a day since 2000, from the Arizona Republic reports that Maricopa County is home to 3.7 million people and has been growing an average of 313 people a day since the 2000 census. Based on an $8.1 million survey, the figures released Monday by the Maricopa Association of Governments are the first official population calculations in 5 1/2 years. The county has added 628,367 residents in that time, for an increase of 20.5 percent. The figures will be the basis in the next five years for the county, its cities and towns to receive their share of about $1.7 billion a year in taxes distributed by the state largely on the basis of population. Phenomenal growth swept some of the Valley's smaller cities and towns. The state Department of Economic Security's estimate for the county, dated three months earlier, was short of actual growth by 52,000 people, or 8.3 percent.


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