Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area
The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area is made up of 2 counties in Arizona: Maricopa and Pinal. About 5,228,938 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 7.8% more than in April 2020.
- Population, July 2025
- 5,228,938 7.8% more than in April 2020
- Type
- Metropolitan statistical area
- Counties
- 2, both central
- Land area
- 14,569 sq mi (37,733 km²)
- Time zone
- Mountain TimeUTC-07:00
- State
- Arizona
- Combined statistical area
- Phoenix-Mesa, AZ
- CBSA code
- 38060
Counties in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area, largest first
| County | Role | Population, July 2025 | Share of the area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa County | Central | 4,689,558 | 89.7% |
| Pinal County | Central | 539,380 | 10.3% |
A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.
Principal cities, largest first
- Phoenix1,642,323 people
- Mesa511,764 people
- Gilbert280,262 people
- Chandler280,136 people
- Scottsdale243,821 people
- Tempe188,065 people
- Casa Grande60,905 people
OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.
Part of the Phoenix-Mesa, AZ combined statistical area
OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is
- Payson, AZ Micro Area53,801 people
Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first
Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.
- Payson, AZ Micro Area64 mi northeast
- Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Metro Area72 mi north
- Tucson, AZ Metro Area121 mi southeast
- Safford, AZ Micro Area147 mi east
- Yuma, AZ Metro Area159 mi southwest
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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.
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