By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services via Arizona Capitol Times
If you’re wondering where Arizona is putting all of its new residents, look to the far suburbs.
New figures from the state’s Office of Economic Opportunity find the biggest bumps in population were in places like Queen Creek, Buckeye, Florence and Sahuarita.
But there may be less to some of those numbers than it seems.
Take Queen Creek.
On paper, the town that covers portions of two counties grew by more than 9,000 residents between July 1, 2017, and a year later. That’s enough to compute out to an astounding 22.5 percent year-over-year growth.
But here’s the thing.
