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Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is a prominent suburb of the Phoenix, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). It is bordered to the north and west by Tempe, to the north by Mesa, to the west by Phoenix, to the south by the Gila River Indian Community, and to the east by Gilbert. The population was 240,595 according to the Census Bureau's 2006 estimate. It also has satellite locations for the technology companies Intel and Orbital Sciences Corporation.

Chandler Culture
Chandler is noted for its annual Ostrich Festival. Initially, agriculture was the primary business in Chandler, based on cotton, corn, and alfalfa. During the 1910s, there were ostrich farms in the area, catering to the demand for plumes used in women's hats of the era. This demand ebbed with the increasing popularity of the automobile, but the legacy of the ostrich farms would be commemorated by the Ostrich Festival. The Chandler Center for the Arts, a 1,500-seat regional performing arts venue, is located downtown, and the Arizona Railway Museum is at Tumbleweed Park.

Chandler Economy
Computer chip manufacturer Intel has an influential role in city growth strategies with four locations in the municipal area, including its first factory to be designated "environmentally sustainable" under current Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design criteria. Other high-technology manufacturing firms have partnerships with the local government, their operations employing approximately twenty-five percent of non-government workers in 2007. Although per capita employment growth in the sector has been in decline in Arizona since 2000, semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing was largely unaffected; a series of customized grants for the training of net new employees, incorporating the Phoenix urbanized area (twenty-seven thousand workers now commute to work in other communities), resulted in a larger market share of (Californian) industry.

Since 2003, more than 2,900 jobs and investments totalling $3 billion have been created along the Price and Santan freeways, between Arizona Avenue and Gilbert Road in the so-called South Arizona Avenue Corridor. Three shopping malls provide a "strong attraction" to such an open-ended, high exposure trade area: the 1,300,000-square-foot Chandler Fashion Center, opened in 2001, has spurred on several courts and laneway developments. In the southern end of the Corridor, Wal-Mart is expected to draw business from as far south as the Hunt Highway, bringing with it a "large consumer population" which will improve "the image and perception of the area" in the mindset of many Greater Phoenix residents and state commercial retailers. The northern portion is "attractive and possesses the historic character" for success, which "can be grown to the south".

Chandler Education
Elementary and secondary Most of Chandler is served by the Chandler Unified School District. Chandler west of Loop 101 is served by the Kyrene Elementary School District and the Tempe Union High School District. The area east of Loop 101 and north of Warner Road is served by Mesa Public Schools. The San Vincente neighborhood in Chandler is served by Gilbert Public Schools.

Education alternatives include charter schools, Christian schools, parochial schools, magnet schools, as well as "traditional" academies.

Post-secondary The two-year Chandler-Gilbert Community College, serving 13,000 students, is located in the east of the city near the Gilbert border. Private educational institutions Western International University and Apollo Group subsidiary University of Phoenix have locations here. Arizona State University is located 14 miles from downtown in Tempe.

Chandler AZ Area Information

Chandler AZ Community Characteristics and Facts

Total Crime Risk: 121.0 (100 = National Average)
Population: 273,584
Population Growth Since 2000: 54.93%
Annual Max Avg. Temperature: 86 F
Annual Min Avg. Temperature: 59 F
Male Median Age: 31.6 years
Female Median Age: 33 years
Median Household Income: $75,381
Highest Education Level Attained: High School 18.58%, Bachelors 24.7%, Grad School 12.43%

Community Demographics

Chandler AZ Demographics Summary

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2010 Population Growth and Population Statistics	Chandler, AZ		Arizona
Total Population	273,584		6,647,504
Square Miles	70.86		113,634.57
Population Density	3,860.90		58.50
Population Change Since 1990	208.00%		81.42%
Population Change Since 2000	54.93%		29.57%
Forecasted Population Change by 2014	16.93%		7.93%
Population Male	136,938	50.05%	3,338,427	50.22%
Population Female	136,646	49.95%	3,309,077	49.78%
Median Age	32.30		34.50

Chandler AZ Population Growth and Population Statistics

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2010 Weather Summary	Chandler, AZ	Arizona
Weather Index	197	171
Annual Maximum Avg. Temperature	86.0 °F	78.0 °F
Annual Minimum Avg. Temperature	59.0 °F	50.0 °F
Annual Avg. Temperature	72.6 °F	63.8 °F
Annual Heating Degree Days (Tot Degrees < 65)	1,350	3,069
Annual Cooling Degree Days (Tot Degrees > 65)	4,162	2,665
Percent of Possible Sunshine	86	85
Mean Sky Cover (Sunrise to Sunset - Out of 10)	3	4
Mean Number of Days Clear (Out of 365 Days)	211	197
Mean Number of Days Rain (Out of 365 Days)	37	47
Mean Number of Days Snow (Out of 365 Days)	0	5
Avg. Annual Precipitation (Total Inches)	8.00"	10.00"
Avg. Annual Snowfall (Total Inches)	0.00"	19.00"