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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 1960.1 Cities in the Phoenix metropolitan area
- Apache Junction
- Avondale
- Chandler
- Fountain Hills
- Gilbert
- Glendale
- Goodyear
- Litchfield Park
- Mesa
- Paradise Valley
- Phoenix
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Phoenix metropolitan areaPhoenix 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
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