Photo via the City of Tolleson
By Howard Fischer | Tucson.com
Bet you can’t guess which city in Arizona grew faster last year than any other, percentage-wise.
In fact, unless you’re familiar with the area, you may not be able to point to that six-square-mile city on a map.
It’s Tolleson.
And not by a little.
New figures Thursday from the U.S. Census Bureau show Tolleson grew by nearly 30% between 2023 and 2024. Only Colorado City, on the border with Utah, came close at 22%.
For pretty much everywhere else — particularly outside the two major metropolitan areas — the year-over-year change was a percentage point, or less.
And 28 communities lost residents rather than growing.
Overall, Arizona’s population grew an average of 1.3% during the period.
