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Peoria

Also known as Peoria, Arizona, Peoria, AZ

city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States

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Peoria is a city located in Maricopa County in Arizona. It is part of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area in the United States.

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Official name: Peoria
Population: 190985
Area: 460.942279
Elevation: 348
Official website: www.peoriaaz.gov
Image: Peoria Collage Christian M Williams.JPG
Households: 62180

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Commons category: Peoria, Arizona
postal code: 85385
water as percent of area: 2.0042
native label: Peoria
water area: 9.238304
per capita income: 35936
date of incorporation: 1954-06-07

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Peoria (/piˈɔːriə/ pee-OR-ee-ə) is a city in Maricopa and Yavapai counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. Most of the city is located in Maricopa County, while a portion of it in the north is in Yavapai County. It is a major suburb of Phoenix. As of the 2020 census, the population of Peoria was 190,985, up from 154,065 in 2010. It is the sixth-largest city in Arizona in land area and the ninth-largest in population. It was named after Peoria, Illinois. The word peoria is a corruption of the Miami-Illinois word for "prairie fire". It is the spring training home of the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners, who share Peoria Sports Complex.

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