Phoenix[3][4] (English Phoenix, American pronunciation: [ˈfiːnɪks] (Sound to listen); in translation - Phoenix, oodham: S-ki: kigk; Yavapai: Wathinka or Wakatehe; Zap.ap.: Fiinigis; Navajo: Hoozdoh; Mojave: 'Anya Nyava) [5] - the administrative center and largest city of the US state of Arizona. With a population of 1,660,272 (2018), Phoenix is ​​the largest administrative center among all in the United States, including the federal capital of Washington, and also the 5th most populous city in the country (after New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston[6] ).

Phoenix is ​​the seat of Maricopa County and one of the largest cities in the United States by area.[7]

The Phoenix agglomeration[en] (also known as Sun Valley - part of the Salt River Valley[en]) with a population of 4,857,962 (2018) is the 11th in the United States[en][8][9].

Population growth in the Phoenix metropolitan area over the past 40 years has averaged 24% per decade. Although Phoenix's population growth has abated, since 2008 it has begun to recover as more immigrants, mostly from Mexico, began to arrive in the city due to the 2008 mortgage crisis and falling home prices.