Community Trends and Profile
| Incorporated | 1881 |
| Form of government | Council-Manager |
| Population (fifth largest city in United States) | 1,421,298 (as of Sept. 30, 2004) |
| Area (in square miles) | 514 (larger than Los Angeles) |
| Average annual temperature (Fahrenheit) | 72.6 |
| Average precipitation in inches | 7.66 |
| Average number of days of sunshine per year | 325 |
| Moody's (bond rating) | Aa1 |
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| Bonds and Taxes | |
| Standard & Poor's (bond rating) | AA+ |
| City sales tax rate | 1.8% |
| City property tax rate (Per $100 of assessed valuation) |
$1.82 |
| Aviation | |
| Number of airports | 3 |
| Passengers enplaned and deplaned | 35,500,000 |
| Takeoffs and landings 2001 (includes general aviation) | 561,000 |
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| Fire and Police | |
| Sworn Firefighters | 1,375 |
| Fire stations (Includes temporary station 49) |
47 |
| Sworn Police officers | 2,734 |
| Police briefing stations | 8 |
| Housing/Human Services | |
| Federally assisted housing units | 7,364 |
| Senior centers | 17 |
| Reserve-a-Ride transportation (elderly and disabled clients served) |
162,139 |
| Family service centers | 5 |
| Head Start classroom sites | 74 |
| Head Start classrooms | 163 |
| Senior Companions | 94 |
| Phoenix Workforce Connection employment and training placements (2003-04 figures) |
1783 |
| Libraries | |
| Libraries | 14 |
| Library books and audio visual materials | 2,178,625 |
| Library card holders | 977,507 |
| Annual circulation | 12,264,467 |
| Annual visitors | 4,276,266 |
| Parks and Recreation | |
| Total acreage (includes Mountains Preserve) | 37,188 |
| Parks cleaned and maintained | 207 |
| Mountain parks | 7 |
| Municipal golf courses (five 18-hole/ three 9-hole) | 8 |
| Miles of bicycle pathways | 412 |
| Municipal swimming pools | 29 |
| Municipal tennis courts | 136 |
| Public Transit | |
| Bus fleet | 464 |
| Average daily ridership | 118,225 |
| Miles of ServiceAnnually | 15,792,000 |
| Dial-a-Ride vehicles | 113 |
| Dial-a-Ride service hours annually | 295,000 |
| Solid Waste Management | |
| Residences served | 294,291 |
| Residential solid waste collected annually (tons) | 567,000 |
| Residential solid waste disposed at city landfills (tons) | 519,755 |
| Material collected through recycling program (tons) (100,000 participating households) |
436,383 |
| Street Transportation | |
| Miles of street | 4,675 |
| Signalized intersections | 974 |
| Left-turn arrows | 1,163 |
| Water Services | |
| Number of water connections | 363,000 |
| Water production (billion gallons annually) | 103.1 |
| Water treatment plants | 5 |
| Wastewater treatment (billion gallons annually) (Total treated for Phoenix and surrounding areas) |
66.2 |
| Wastewater treatment plants | 2 |
| Water reclamation plants | 1 |
| Other | |
| Civic Plaza Convention Center, 340,000-square-feet Theater-style seating in Ballroom for 3,800 Symphony Hall, 2,500 seating capacity |
1 |
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| Orpheum Theatre, 1,400 seating capacity | 1 |
| Cricket Pavilion (year-round open-air amphitheater capacity) |
1 18,000 |
| Phoenix Zoo more than 300 species more than 1,300 animals more than 150 endangered animals |
1 |
| Hotels and resorts with 21,272 rooms first-class/full service facilities with 40 or more rooms |
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