Tucson, Arizona

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The city of Tucson is located in Pima County and is the county seat.

Tucson is 810 feet [246.89 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Ohio has a community that is also named Tucson.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Tucson had a population of 486,699 people^<2> (or 57.35% of the total population of Pima County). The population of Tucson represented 9.49% of the total of Arizona, making it the state's 2nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Tucson had a population of 541,811 people. This is an increase of 11.32% 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 Tucson.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Catalina Foothills	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Drexel Heights	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Flowing Wells	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Oro Valley	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	43,465	46.35% increase
	Pascua Yaqui Indian Village	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Polo Village	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Tucson.

Websites for Tucson

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The Commemorative Quarter for Arizona<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Tucson. 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.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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