For some it’s the climate, others are chasing decrease house costs or
relocating for higher job alternatives. These are among the many components
that made Maricopa County the fastest-growing county within the nation final
yr.

Maricopa County added 56,831 residents between July 2021 and June
2022, the most important inhabitants development for a county within the nation,
based on the U.S. Census Bureau, which stated the county had an
estimated 4.5 million residents final yr. It was the second straight
yr the county led the nation in inhabitants development. Maricopa added
46,866 folks in 2021.

“It’s an exquisite valley, not vulnerable to too many pure
disasters, not in a twister zone or an earthquake zone,” stated Clint
Hickman, chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. “I believe
(the inhabitants development) is pushed by the chance to begin a brand new life
in a incredible local weather.”

Census Bureau information confirmed that a lot of the inhabitants enhance got here
from home migration, or folks transferring into the county from different
locations in the US.

Of the 56,831 new residents of Maricopa County, solely 7,806 had been
attributed to pure change, which is the distinction between births and
deaths. The remainder had been home or worldwide migrants.

Many new residents are nonetheless coming from California, based on
Scott Wilken, information advisory program supervisor for the Maricopa Affiliation
of Governments.

“We’re seeing extra households coming from California than every other
single state,” Wilken stated. “The newest information exhibits that between 20% and
25% of individuals transferring to the Phoenix metro space have come from
California. That’s an unbelievable quantity simply from one state alone.”

There’s not one place in Maricopa County experiencing considerably extra development than every other, Wilken stated.

Chris Camacho, president and CEO of the Higher Phoenix Financial
Council, stated a rising variety of youthful residents are calling Maricopa
County house. Many are transferring right here for jobs in expertise, engineering
and insurance coverage, he stated.

“The migration sample of individuals feeds the financial growth
potential as a result of we’re capable of help the expansion of latest firms,”
Camacho stated.

Alternative is a crucial a part of the job market. Large expertise
and engineering firms have a tendency to have a look at markets which have development and
comply with it, he stated. These firms can then draw workers from the
native markets they’re serving whereas additionally figuring out there’s a robust
pipeline of individuals deciding to maneuver there.

“Inhabitants tendencies inward are a really wholesome and good factor. It
drives extra housing demand. It drives extra shopper purchases, which
results in a broader tax base. And it leads GDP development in a extra various
financial base as a result of we’re capable of put these new residents into the
jobs that we’ve been rising and cultivating within the area,” Camacho
stated.

Maricopa County remained the fourth-largest county within the nation final
yr, after Los Angeles County, with 9.72 million residents; Prepare dinner
County, Illinois, with 5.11 million; and Harris County, Texas, with 4.78
million. Los Angeles County remained No. 1 regardless of additionally seeing the
greatest decline final yr, when it misplaced 90,704 residents.

Of the ten counties with the largest inhabitants features, six had been in
Texas and three had been in Florida. Maricopa County was the one one from
Arizona.

Whereas no different Arizona county got here near Maricopa’s numeric development
final yr, Pinal County noticed the quickest development fee for the second yr
in a row. Pinal County added 16,010 folks, a 3.6% development fee that
introduced its complete inhabitants to 464,154. Maricopa County grew at a fee
of 1.3%.

Twelve of the 15 counties within the state noticed inhabitants development final
yr, based on the Census Bureau. The remaining three noticed inhabitants
declines: Greenlee County misplaced 75 residents, Cochise County misplaced 100
and Graham County’s inhabitants fell by 103.