Arizona
Arizona: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
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Arizona at a glance
Rolled up from the 25 regions inside Arizona on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population7,268,175
census
Places inside24
19 with a full /local page
Businesses on file191,923
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered237
in the company directory
Who represents them7
places with a /politics page
Property & employers7 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Arizona, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
- Katie Hobbs — Governor of Arizona (Democratic) since 2023-01 ↗
Economy & households
- Population
- 7,623,818 persons (resident population, July 1; FRED shows 7,623.818 thousand) (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 592,103 USD millions, current dollars (BEA GDP, all industry total) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 4.9 % (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 86,570 USD, current dollars (Census Bureau CPS ASEC state estimate) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 69.7 % (Census Bureau CPS/HVS) (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 70,850 USD per capita, total household debt balance (NY Fed Consumer Credit Panel / Equifax), Q4 (2025-Q4) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Phoenix ↗ | 475,000 USD | median sale (single-family, month of September; Phoenix REALTORS data) | 2026-09 |
| Phoenix (city) ↗ | 485,000 USD | median sale (September; Phoenix REALTORS data) | 2026-09 |
| Mesa ↗ | 492,500 USD | median sale (September; Phoenix REALTORS data) | 2026-09 |
| Gilbert ↗ | 599,000 USD | median sale (year-to-date Jan–Sep; Phoenix REALTORS data) | 2026-09 |
| Tucson (MLS of Southern Arizona area) ↗ | 356,000 USD | median sale (all MLSSAZ sales, July) | 2026-07 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language other than English ↗ | 25.9% | most often at home — % of population age 5+ speaking a language other than English at home (ACS, via USAFacts); 1.86M people | 2024 |
| Spanish ↗ | 73.9% | most often at home — % of non-English-at-home speakers age 5+ (1.37M people); NOT a share of total population | 2024 |
| Navajo ↗ | 70,700 people | most often at home — speakers age 5+ (source gives a count, not a share) | 2024 |
| Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) ↗ | 39,800 people | most often at home — speakers age 5+ (count) | 2024 |
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Largest companies in Arizona
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freeport-McMoRan (Phoenix) ↗ | revenue | 25.9 USD billions | 2025 |
| Avnet (Tempe) ↗ | revenue (Fortune 500 2025 list figure) | 23.757 USD billions | 2025 |
| Carvana (Tempe) ↗ | revenue | 20.3 USD billions | 2025 |
| Republic Services (Phoenix) ↗ | revenue | 16.03 USD billions | 2024 |
| Reliance, Inc. (Scottsdale) ↗ | revenue | 14.3 USD billions | 2025 |
| Insight Enterprises (Tempe) ↗ | revenue | 8.25 USD billions | 2025 |
| onsemi (Scottsdale) ↗ | revenue | 5.995 USD billions | 2025 |
| Microchip Technology (Chandler) ↗ | revenue | 4.4 USD billions | 2025 |
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Worth knowing
- 2026-11Katie Hobbs (D) was re-elected governor on November 3, 2026 with 55.64% (1,415,725 votes) to Andy Biggs's 42.50%, with 98% reporting. ↗
- 2026-11Arizona had no lieutenant governor until now; under 2022's Proposition 131 the office is filled for the first time in the 2026 election. Hobbs's running mate John Giles, former mayor of Mesa (2014–2025, Independent), was elected and takes office in 2027. ↗
- 2025-12Arizona's total household debt per capita was $70,850 in Q4 2025, up from $37,060 in Q4 2003 (NY Fed / Equifax). ↗
- 2026-09In Greater Phoenix, the September 2026 housing affordability index was 72, meaning the median household income was 72% of what it took to qualify for the median-priced home (74 a year earlier). Pending sales fell 40.1% year over year. ↗
- 2024Arizona is home to 51.8% of all US speakers of Navajo at home (70,700 people in 2024). ↗
- 2025-06Freeport-McMoRan was Arizona's highest-ranked company on the 2025 Fortune 500 (No. 169), and nine Arizona-based companies made the list. ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Median household income$76,872
Median rent$1,431/mo
Immigrants12.9%
Renters33%
Aged 65+18.6%
Unemployment5.1%
Low income12.8%
Speak a language other than English24.3%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Spanish1,322,111 · 18.2%
- Other and unspecified languages137,425 · 1.9%
- Other Indo-European languages72,556 · 1%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages49,071 · 0.7%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)32,218 · 0.4%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)26,922 · 0.4%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages26,690 · 0.4%
- Arabic23,374 · 0.3%
- Vietnamese22,623 · 0.3%
- German or other West Germanic languages19,774 · 0.3%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun19,504 · 0.3%
- Korean11,925 · 0.2%
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Largest places in Arizona
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Phoenix, Arizona full1,608,139
- 2.Tucson, Arizona full542,629
- 3.Mesa, Arizona full504,258
- 4.Chandler, Arizona full275,987
- 5.Glendale-Peoria, Arizona full248,325
- 6.Tempe, Arizona full180,587
- 7.Yuma, Arizona full95,548
- 8.Flagstaff, Arizona full76,831
- 9.Lake Havasu City, Arizona full57,144
- 10.Prescott, Arizona full45,827
- 11.Sierra Vista, Arizona full45,308
- 12.Bullhead City, Arizona full42,193
- 13.Apache Junction, Arizona full38,499
- 14.Kingman, Arizona full32,689
- 15.Nogales, Arizona full19,753
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Inside Arizona
22 regions have Arizona as their parent.
- Apache Junction, Arizona
- Bullhead City, Arizona
- Chandler, Arizona
- Flagstaff, Arizona
- Fort Mohave-Mohave Valley, Arizona
- Fountain Hills, Arizona
- Grand Canyon, Arizona region
- Kingman, Arizona
- Lake Havasu City, Arizona
- Meadview, Arizona town
- Mesa, Arizona
- Nogales, Arizona
- Page, Arizona
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Prescott, Arizona
- Sedona, Arizona
- Sierra Vista, Arizona
- Springerville, Arizona
- Tombstone, Arizona
- Tucson, Arizona
- Williams, Arizona
- Yuma, Arizona
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Companies based in Arizona
16 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 237 across Arizona and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Amigo Farms | 1992 | |
| AZ Pack | ||
| Barkley Co | Agribusiness | 1945 |
| Del Monte Fresh Produce | Food | 1991 |
| Doug Mellon Farms | Agribusiness | 1946 |
| Duncan Family Farms | 2007 | |
| Everkrisp Vegetables | 1972 | |
| Griffin Ranches | 1960 | |
| JMB Distributing | 1995 | |
| Martori Farms | 1947 | |
| Nakasawa Farms | 1991 | |
| Pasquinelli Produce | 1949 | |
| Rousseau Farming Co. | Agribusiness | 1986 |
| Santa Rosa Produce | 1982 | |
| Sunny Valley Organics | Agribusiness | 1989 |
| Waymon Farms | 1984 |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Arizona are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.