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  The population of Maricopa county is estimated at 4,233,383 where 2,661,566 speak English exclusively and 42,431 speak primarily in another language. In 2017 there were 55,050 births and 31,286 deaths in Maricopa county. Maricopa county has 707,409 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 202,911 that are owned free and clear and 501,263 that are renter occupied.


  The residents of Maricopa County filed 1,846,890 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 62.7% of all Arizona filings and 1.239% of the entire nation. Maricopa had an astronomical combined total federal tax liability of $20,584,981,000 on earned income of $123,856,256,000. Other notable statistics from Maricopa County were 38,880 unemployment claims which collected a total of $132,911,000 and 497,430 charitable contributions valued at $2,672,203,000. 508,020 filings from Maricopa County paid a combined total of $1,459,452,000 in property taxes and 455,240 filings paid $4,153,111,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Maricopa county had 2,299 religious congregations with an estimated 1,491,480 members.

31.4% of the Maricopa population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


About 28% of Maricopa County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 14,926 votes.

At $62,221 the median income is 110.1% of the Arizona average. An estimated 89,102 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Maricopa, the equivalant of around 4.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.6%.


Top 15 Industries in Maricopa County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
199,139Health care and social assistance
183,609Retail trade
168,026Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
163,802Administrative and support services
159,029Accommodation and food services
132,665Food services and drinking places
118,909Restaurants and other eating places
110,759Finance and insurance
91,348Manufacturing
90,488Professional, scientific, and technical services
84,951Employment services
77,029Ambulatory health care services
63,161Transportation and warehousing
62,982Full-service restaurants
58,354Credit intermediation and related activities


In 2018 the average price reduction was 1.60% in Maricopa County (averaging across 110 zip codes a sample of which are; 85387, 85340, 85042 and 85382).

In 2018 19.38% of listings in Maricopa County (averaging across 118 zip codes a sample of which are; 85210, 85383, 85045, 85297 and 85022) dropped their price.


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