The Phoenix metropolitan area has about 4.95 million people, making it the 5th largest city in the United States. The city of Phoenix itself has about 1.65 million people, but surrounding areas contain the rest.
The 10 largest suburbs of Phoenix are:
Mesa (520k people), Chandler (291k), Gilbert (289k), Glendale (254), Scottsdale (242k), Peoria (194k), Tempe (181k), Surprise (160k), Goodyear (121k), and Buckeye (109k).
In this guide we'll look into these areas, plus a few more.