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Phoenix metropolitan area
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The Phoenix metropolitan area, situated in the Valley of the Sun, is a metropolitan area that includes Phoenix, Arizona.
The population of the Phoenix metropolitan area increased by 54% from 1990 through 2000, compared to the average United States rate of only 15%, helping to make Arizona the second fastest growing state in the nation in the 90s (the fastest was Nevada). In 1950 the population of the Phoenix metropolitan area was 332,000 (one-tenth of the 2000 total), and had doubled by 1960.
Cities in the Phoenix metropolitan area
- Apache Junction
- Anthem
- Avondale
- Black Canyon City
- Buckeye
- Carefree
- Cave Creek
- Chandler
- El Mirage
- Fountain Hills
- Gilbert
- Glendale
- Gold Canyon
- Goodyear
- Guadalupe
- Litchfield Park
- Mesa
- New River
- Paradise Valley
- Phoenix
- Peoria
- Rio Verde
- Queen Creek
- San Tan
- Scottsdale
- Sun City
- Sun City West
- Sun Lakes
- Surprise
- Tempe
- Tolleson
- Wickenburg
- Youngtown
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