Pinal County - One of the Fastest Growing Counties in the Country

According to the Census Bureau, Pinal County, Arizona is among the fastest growing in the nation. Pinal County is south and east of downtown Phoenix, and includes such cities as: Apache Junction, Gold Canyon, Queen Creek, Florence.

Population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show Pinal County grew by nearly 67 percent between the years 2000 and 2007.

The fastest-growing county was Kendall county in Illinois with a population growth of 77.5 percent.

Maricopa county saw strong growth too, as the population rose by 26 percent. Maricopa County includes Phoenix, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Scottsdale, Buckeye and more. It's a large county.

Pinal County - Population in April 2000 - 179,715

Pinal County - Population in July 2007 - 299,246, an increase of 66.5% and ranks 4th in the country

Maricopa County - Population in April 2000 - 3,072,161

Maricopa County - Population in July 2007 - 3,880,181 an increase of 26%.3 and ranks 118 in the country.

While I realize many are moving here from everywhere, it's amazing to see on paper. In the past month, I've worked with someone from Northern California, from Canada, from Connecticut and from Michigan. It seems that the property taxes (which are about 1% here - compared to much more in the east) is one of the draws to our state as well as our climate and lower prices for housing. We welcome everyone from those colder climates to come to our beautiful and warm and sunny state, Arizona! ;-)

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