Metro Phoenix has grown a lot over the decades. See it from an aerial view Aerial photographs, starting in 1987, show the tremendous growth metro Phoenix has seen in nearly 40 years. Take a look.

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As the cities expanded further east and west, the population of the area continued to boom. Between 1950 and 2000, the city of Phoenix’s population ballooned from about 105,000 to about 1.3 million.