Phoenix metropolitan area: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, is a metropolitan area that includes Phoenix, Arizona. The population of the Phoenix metropolitan area has increased by 54% from 1990 through 2000, compared to the average United States rate of only 15%, making Arizona the second fastest growing state in the nation throughout the 1990’s (The fastest was Nevada). In 1950 the population of the Phoenix metropolitan area stood at 332,000 (one-tenth of the 2000 figure), a figure that doubled by 1960.

Cities in the Phoenix metropolitan area

• Apache Junction
• Avondale
• Chandler
• Fountain Hills
• Gilbert
• Glendale
• Goodyear
• Litchfield Park
• Mesa
• Paradise Valley
• Phoenix
• Peoria
• Scottsdale
• Sun City
• Tempe
• Surprise
• Queen Creek