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The Census
So Phoenix is officially the nation's fifth most populous city, surpassing Philadelphia in the 2020 Census. Much information and analysis is awaiting unpacking.
Phoenix grew 11.2% over the decade, the largest increase of the 10 largest cities. Yet this was the second-slowest growth rate in the city's history; only the 9.4% from 2000 to 2010, hobbled by the housing bust was slower. By contrast, the city grew by more than 34% in the 1990s.
The contest with the City of Brotherly Love was close. Phoenix clocked in with 1,608,139 vs. Philly's 1,603,797. The latter also continued to reverse its population loss, growing at 5.1 percent. Philadelphia benefited from the "back to the city" movement, where talented millennials and empty nest boomers chose vibrant, high-quality cities and corporate headquarters followed.
In Phoenix, the expected growthgasm was don't-wake-the-children muted. It's hard to know why, except Phoenix has been expecting the official word for years. I remember when, as an Arizona Republic columnist, I traveled with a Phoenix delegation in the mid-2000s to Philly when we had temporarily become No. 5. The Philadelphians were most gracious, the cheese steaks divine..."
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Maps of Phoenix
When I was a child, I loved to get the maps from my Great Aunt's monthly National Geographic magazines. And the Arizona Room at the Phoenix Public Library had more maps, but of the state and city.
Now Phoenix is the nation's fifth most populous city and runs nearly into Yavapai County. Here's a snapshot of how it got there (click on the map for a larger image).
1867: No Phoenix yet, and no railroads. The Overland Mail Route follows rugged country to the south past Maricopa Wells.
1881: The original. township. with two public squares. The north-south streets are named, not numbered.
1892: The Salt River Valley with platted land and canals (Mostly Hohokam).
1884: Phoenix in the center of a multi-county map. The Gila and Salt River Base Line is prominent. It governed the surveys of Arizona Territory and became Baseline Road.
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