Phoenix, the state capital and largest city, is a shipping point for truck crops, cotton, fruits, and beef and an important industrial city. The second largest city, Tucson is a manufacturing and resort center in the cotton and mining area.

Of the next seven cities in size, six of them are in the Maricopa County area surrounding Phoenix. They are Mesa, Tempe, Glendale, Scottsdale, Chandler, and Peoria. The Sun Cities are large retirement communities. The northern city of Flagstaff is an educational and cultural center.

 

Apache Junction
Arizona Traditions
Avondale
Buckeye
Cave Creek / Carefree
Chandler
Corte Bella
El Mirage
Fountain Hills
Gilbert
Glendale
Goodyear
Litchfield Park
Mesa
Metro Phoenix & The Valley of the Sun
Paradise Valley
Pebble Creek
Peoria
Phoenix
Queen Creek
Scottsdale
Sun City
Sun City Grand
Sun City West
Sun Village
Surprise
Tempe
Trilogy at Vistancia
Valley of the Sun
Westbrook Village