An Introduction to Maricopa

The City of Maricopa is a community with a “Proud History and a Prosperous Future.” Strategically located between the metropolitan areas of Phoenix and Tucson, Maricopa is a city poised for success.

Maricopa became Arizona’s 88^th municipality when it was incorporated in October 2003. Since that time, the community experienced an extreme amount of growth that catapulted it from a community of less than 5,000 residents to a bustling city of more than 43,000 almost overnight. Census 2010 numbers showed that Maricopa saw an increase of 4081 percent over the previous census numbers. As such, Maricopa has had to operate efficiently and in a forward thinking manner since its inception.

Historically an agricultural community, Maricopa’s business base has translated those ties into the AgriTech, renewable energy and research and development fields. The United States Department of Agriculture Arid Land Research Facility, one of only five federal biomass research facilities in the country and the University of Arizona Agriculture Center are located here as well as private industries such as Yulex Corporation, a company that applies intelligent crop science and proprietary clean technology to create medical and biobased industrial products from guayule plant. Maricopa is home to the state’s first ethanol plant, the only Amtrak station in Arizona and the North American proving grounds for both Volkswagen and Nissan.

Maricopa offers residents and businesses the experience of a small-town, rural atmosphere that is within a short distance to two major metropolitan areas, Phoenix and Tucson.

• The City of Maricopa is approximately 45 square miles in size
• The average household income in the City of Maricopa is $75,000; this is among the highest in the state
  of Arizona.
• Approximately 61 percent of City residents hold a bachelors degree or graduate degree.
• Annual Events: Founder's Day, Salsa Festival, Holiday Homes on Parade, Stagecoach Days, Parent-Child Fishing Derby and Great American Barbecue