Ah, the capital of Arizona, Phoenix! The largest city in the Southwestern State of Arizona, and the largest metro area of the state, Phoenix makes up well over 50% of the total population of Arizona.

Located nearly dead center in the state, Phoenix is listed as the sixth largest city in the United States as of 2000. The metropolitan area is listed as fourteenth largest in the country with over 4,000,000 people calling it home.

In the last ten years, the metropolitan area of Phoenix has grown over 30 per cent, making the eigth fastest growing metro area in the United States - this also, of course makes it an incredible investment market for short term buy-resell of real estate.

Phoneix is also listed as the most populous capital city in the United States, more people than any other state capital, or even Washington, D.C. call Phoenix home. Only Alaska and Oklahoma City are larger than Phoenix in physical size, and none in population.