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University of Arizona

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Metropolitan Areas in Arizona (definition of metropolitan) with links to the local Cooperative Extension office:

Notes:
MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area
(#) = Rural-Urban Continuum Code

 

Greater than 1 million population (1)

MSA: Phoenix – Mesa – Chandler

Principal Cities: Phoenix
MSA Counties: Maricopa, Pinal, Gila

MSA: Tucson – Nogales

Principal Cities: Tucson
MSA Counties: Pima, Santa Cruz

250,000 to 1 million population (1)

MSA: Prescott Valley – Prescott

Principal Cities: Prescott
MSA Counties: Yavapai

Fewer than 250,000

MSA: Yuma

Principal Cities: Yuma
MSA Counties: Yuma

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