Maricopa County boomed in 2016, but Pinal benefited from the echo
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A house that sold in Jan. 2017 in Casa Grande for $244,900/Zillow
Maricopa County added more people last year than any other county in the nation, but it was neighboring Pinal County that posted the fastest growth rate in the state, a beneficiary of overflow from its neighbor to the north.
The Census Bureau said in a late March population report that Arizona added 113,506 people from July 2015 to July 2016, with 81,360 of those people moving to Maricopa County – more than 222 per day to boost the county’s population to 4.2 million.
But Maricopa County’s 2 percent growth rate trailed Pinal County, which added 12,320 people for a 3 percent jump during the year, the fastest growth rate in the state.