People QuickFacts	Peoria	Arizona
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	156,637	6,467,315
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	154,067	6,392,015
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	1.7%	1.2%
 	Population, 2010    	154,065	6,392,017
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.4%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	26.0%	25.5%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	14.3%	13.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.0%	50.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	82.2%	73.0%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.4%	4.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	4.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.2%	2.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.1%	3.4%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	18.6%	29.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	72.2%	57.8% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	84.9%	80.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	8.7%	13.9%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	13.2%	27.1%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	90.9%	85.2%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	26.6%	26.4%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	13,929	536,449
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	27.6	24.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	64,818	2,844,526
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	75.6%	66.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	13.7%	20.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$216,800	$197,400
 	Households, 2007-2011    	55,585	2,344,215
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.71	2.64
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$29,352	$25,784
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$64,270	$50,752
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	8.4%	16.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Peoria	Arizona
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	11,223	491,529
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.5%	2.0%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	1.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.0%	3.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	S
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	9.2%	10.7%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	27.3%	28.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	267,830	57,977,827
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	251,210	57,573,459
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	2,340,433	86,758,801
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$15,135	$13,637
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	258,496	13,268,514

   	Geography QuickFacts	Peoria	Arizona
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	174.40	113,594.08
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	883.4	56.3
 	FIPS Code    	54050	04
 	Counties    	Maricopa County
 Yavapai County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts