Phoenix, Arizona 
Phoenix is the capital of the state of Arizona in the Southwestern United States. It is Arizona's largest city and the Phoenix metropolitan area is the largest metro area in the state, with well over half of the total state population. Phoenix is located in the center of the state, 118 miles (188 km) northwest of Tucson. It is the county seat of Maricopa County. It was incorporated as a city on February 25, 1881 and is called Hoozdo, or "the place is hot", in the Navajo language and Fiinigis in the Western Apache language. Phoenix is the sixth-largest city in the United States based on population. Census reported the Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as the fourteenth-largest in the U.S., with a population of 3,251,876. The city's MSA grew to an estimated 3,790,000 by 2004. Between 1990 and 2000, the metropolitan area grew by 34 percent, making it the eighth fastest-growing metropolitan area in the U.S.
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| Phoenix | AZ | U.S. | |
| Population | 1,321,045 | 5,130,632 | 281,421,906 |
| Median age | 30.7 | 34.2 | 35.3 |
| Male Median age | 30.1 | 32.9 | 34 |
| Female Median age | 31.5 | 35.5 | 36.5 |
| Households | 465,834 | 1,901,327 | 105,480,101 |
| Household population | 1,298,577 | 5,020,782 | 273,643,273 |
| Average household size | 2.79 | 2.64 | 2.59 |
| Families | 307,243 | 1,287,367 | 71,787,347 |
| Average family size | 3.39 | 3.18 | 3.14 |
| Housing units | 495,832 | 2,189,189 | 115,904,641 |
| Occupied units | 465,834 | 1,901,327 | 105,480,101 |
| Vacant units | 29,998 | 287,862 | 10,424,540 |
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These are actual success stories obtained from routine feedback from relocating home buyers who requested assistance from our program. We have removed the last names of the relocation counselors and their company names and the names of the individuals providing the information. This has been done for the purpose of confidentiality.

