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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
