About Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, Arizona, is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of approximately 1.64 million as of 2022. The city is located in Maricopa County, the 10th most populated metropolitan area in the U.S., with a regional population of 5 million. Phoenix is known for its sunny climate, with an average year-round temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit and 7.22 inches of annual rainfall.
The city is in the Sonoran Desert, one of North America's wettest and greenest deserts, thanks to 3 and 15 inches of annual rainfall. Phoenix has a diverse population, with 13.4% foreign-born residents, primarily from Latin America and Asia. The median age of Phoenix residents is 34.5 years, which is lower than the Arizona median age of 38.6 years. The city's estimated per capita income in 2021 was $35,073, up from $19,833 in 2000. The median house or condo value in 2021 was $352,600, and the median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021 were $1,692 (0.5%).
Phoenix is a hub for tourism, with 19.5 million people visiting the city in 2022, including overnight and day trip visitors and one million international visitors. Estimated direct spending by these visitors in the city exceeded $4.4 billion. When considering indirect and induced spending, the total economic impact from visitors to Phoenix in 2022 was more than $7.5 billion. Visitor spending impacted nearly 53,000 jobs in Phoenix in 2022, and the total estimated state and local taxes generated through direct, indirect, and induced impacts from Phoenix visitors in 2022 were over $626 million.
