Chandler, Arizona

Chandler, Arizona
City
Aerial view of Chandler
Location in Maricopa County, Arizona
Chandler
Location in Arizona
Chandler
Location in the contiguous United States
Coordinates: 33°18′N 111°50′W / 33.300°N 111.833°W / 33.300; -111.833
CountryUnited States
State Arizona
CountyMaricopa
FoundedMay 17, 1912
Government
  TypeCouncil-Manager
  MayorKevin Hartke
Area
  City
65.55 sq mi (169.77 km2)
  Land65.48 sq mi (169.58 km2)
  Water0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation
1,211 ft (370 m)
Population
 (2020)
  City
275,987
  Estimate 
(2022)
280,711
  RankUS: 79th
  Density4,226.4/sq mi (1,627.45/km2)
  Metro
4,948,203
  Demonym
Chandlerite
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST (no DST))
ZIP Codes
85224-85226, 85244, 85246, 85248-85249, 85286
Area code480
FIPS code04-12000
GNIS feature ID2409433
Websitewww.chandleraz.gov

Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the fourth-most populous city in Arizona, after Mesa, Tucson, and Phoenix. Chandler is considered to be a part of the East Valley.

As of the 2020 census, the population of Chandler was 275,987, up from 236,123 at the 2010 census. Chandler is a commercial and tech hub for corporations like Intel, Northrop Grumman, Wells Fargo, PayPal and Boeing.