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Maricopa County

Also known as Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, AZ

county in Arizona, United States

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Maricopa County is a county located in Arizona that includes the state's largest city, Phoenix. It is significant as one of the most populous counties in the United States and a major economic and political center in the Southwest.

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Maricopa people
Country: United States
Located in: Arizona
Contains: El Mirage
Capital: Phoenix
Population: 4420568
Area: 23891
Shares border with: Yuma County
Headquarters: Phoenix
Official website: www.maricopa.gov
Image: Maricopa County Courthouse October 6 2013 Phoenix Arizona 2816x2112 Rear.JPG
Households: 1596784

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Commons category: Maricopa County, Arizona
topic's main category: Category:Maricopa County, Arizona
category for people born here: Category:Births in Maricopa County, Arizona
inception: 1871-02-14
category of associated people: Category:People from Maricopa County, Arizona
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Maricopa County, Arizona
water as percent of area: 0.3
native label: Maricopa County
different from: Maricopa
social media followers: 40501
per capita income: 35090

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Encyclopedic overview

Maricopa County (/ˌmærɪˈkoʊpə, ˌmɛərə-/ MA-rih-KOH-pə, MAIR-ə-) is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568, or about 62% of the state's total, making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and the most populous county in Arizona, and making Arizona one of the nation's most centralized states. The county seat is Phoenix, the state capital and fifth-most populous city in the United States.

Maricopa County is the central county of the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Office of Management and Budget renamed the metropolitan area in September 2018. Previously, it was the Phoenix–Mesa–Glendale metropolitan area, and in 2000, that was changed to Phoenix–Mesa–Scottsdale.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maricopa County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.