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Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the state of Arizona from 1900 to 2023. The population of Arizona in 2023 was 7,431,344, a 0.89% increase from 2022. The population of Arizona in 2022 was 7,365,684, a 1.28% increase from 2021.
- Arizona’s Native American History
- Spanish Explorers and Missionaries in Arizona
- Arizona Becomes A U.S. State
- Immigration to Arizona
- The 5 CS of Arizona
- The Grand Canyon State
- Interesting Facts
Indigenous hunter-gatherers arrived in the area now known as Arizona more than 12,000 years ago. Today, the state has 22 federally-recognized Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, Tohono O’odham Nation, Tonto Apache Tribe, and Pueblo of Zuni, among others. The Hopi people are one of the oldest living cultures, migrating t...
Spanish priest Fray Marcos de Niza’s 1539 expedition, which sought the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola, brought the first European explorers to the area now known as Arizona. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado’s 1540 expedition, also seeking the golden cities, was the next to pass through Arizona and the first to see the Grand Canyon. The Spanish only beg...
When Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, its territory included the area now called Arizona. In 1844, President James Polkpromoted the principle of Manifest Destiny—the idea that the United States was destined to occupy all of North America—leading to the Mexican-American War in 1846. In 1848, the war ended when Mexico signed the Treaty ...
In 1849, Arizona’s population began to grow with the California Gold Rush, which attracted miners to the area. The population continued to increase after the U.S. passed the Desert Land Act of 1877, which aimed to increase settlements in the southwestern U.S. by promising 640 acres of land to married couples who promised to tend to the land. Immigr...
For decades, Arizona’s economy was said to revolve around 5 Cs: 1. Copper attracted European settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries. One in four people living in the area in the mid-1800s mined for copper. 2. Cattle have long been raised in Arizona. Nearly 2 million Arizona cows fed Americans in the early 1900s. 3. Cotton, particularly “Pima cotto...
Arizona is home to 22 national parks welcoming more than 7 million visitors every year. The Grand Canyon, considered one of the seven great natural wonders of the world, earned Arizona the nickname the “Grand Canyon State.” Located mainly in Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park became one of the first national parks established in the United States ...
Arizona’s official state flower is the Saguaro Cactus Blossom. The flower blooms in May and June in the middle of the night and closes the next day—surviving only 18 hours for pollination by noctur...Navajo people from Arizona were enlisted to transmit secret communications for the U.S. Marines after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. Known as Navajo Code Talkers, these young men created...Arizona is one of only two U.S. states that do not observe Daylight Saving Time. The one exception is the area occupied by the Navajo Nation in the northeast region of the state.Arizona’s diverse climate and geography can yield both the highest and lowest temperatures in the country within the same day.Vor 2 Tagen · Arizona, constituent state of the United States of America. Arizona is the sixth largest state in the country in terms of area. Its population has always been predominantly urban, particularly since the mid-20th century, when urban and suburban areas began growing rapidly at the expense of the countryside. Some scholars believe that ...
10. Apr. 2024 · Arizona's population increased 11 out of the 12 years between year 2010 and year 2022. Its largest annual population increase was 1.8% between 2018 and 2019. The state ’s largest decline was between 2019 and 2020 when the population dropped 1.5%. Between 2010 and 2022, the state grew by an average of 1.2% per year.
Arizona was part of the state of Sonora, Mexico from 1822, but the settled population was small. In 1848, under the terms of the Mexican Cession the United States took possession of Arizona above the Gila River after the Mexican War, and became part of the Territory of New Mexico.
Demographics of Arizona. As of the 2020 United States census, Arizona had a population of 7,151,502. [2] A past census found that the population had seen a natural increase since the last census of 297,928 people (that is 564,062 births minus 266,134 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 745,944 people into the state.
Population: (2020) 7,151,502; (2023 est.) 7,431,344. Capital: Phoenix. Arizona is bordered by Mexico and the U.S. states of Utah, New Mexico, California, and Nevada. The highest point is Humphreys Peak, at 12,633 ft (3,850 m). The site of Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest national parks, Arizona also contains much of America’s Indian tribal lands.
