Chandler, Arizona

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The city of Chandler is located in Maricopa County.

Chandler is 360 feet [109.73 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Chandler lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Chandler can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Chandler had a population of 176,581 people^<3> (or 5.7% of the total population of Maricopa County). The population of Chandler represented 3.44% of the total of Arizona, making it the state's 6th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Chandler had a population of 247,140 people. This is an increase of 39.96% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Chandler.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Apache Junction	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	32,776	3.02% increase
	Corona Village	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	El Mirage	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	24,751	225.29% increase
	Gilbert	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	216,449	97.32% increase
	Guadalupe	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	5,948	13.77% increase
	Maricopa	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Chandler.

Websites for Chandler

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The Commemorative Quarter for Arizona<5>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Chandler. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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