People QuickFacts	Maricopa County	Arizona
Population, 2001 estimate	3,194,798	5,307,331
Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001	4.0%	3.4%
Population, 2000	3,072,149	5,130,632
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	44.8%	40.0%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	7.9%	7.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	27.0%	26.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	11.7%	13.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.0%	50.1%
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	77.4%	75.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.7%	3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.8%	5.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)	0.1%	0.1%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	11.9%	11.6%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.9%	2.9%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	24.8%	25.3%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	66.2%	63.8%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000	41.6%	44.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	14.4%	12.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	24.1%	25.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	82.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	25.9%	23.5%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	504,992	902,252
Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000	26.1	24.9
Housing units, 2000	1,250,231	2,189,189
Homeownership rate, 2000	67.5%	68.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	26.6%	22.1%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$129,200	$121,300
Households, 2000	1,132,886	1,901,327
Persons per household, 2000	2.67	2.64
Median household money income, 1999	$45,358	$40,558
Per capita money income, 1999	$22,251	$20,275
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	11.7%	13.9%