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Website: http://www.maricopa-az.gov/
 
Maricopa is a city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. According to county estimates, the population of the city was 33,923 as of July 1, 2007.
The city was officially incorporated on October 15, 2003, becoming the 88th incorporated city in Arizona. The city's first special census was completed Saturday, March 13, 2004, and showed a population of 4,998.
Maricopa was the subject of a major article in the New York Times on April 6, 2008 (see "Boomtown Mirage,") and the town was featured on ABC's Nightline on May 7, 2008, during its "Realty Check" segment.  The story dealt with the drastic effect of the subprime mortgage crisis and housing market correction on the city. In the story, Maricopa was referred to as the "poster child of the housing crisis".