page_title: Surprise, Arizona
hierarchical_section_title: Surprise, Arizona
caption_attribution_description: English: The image represents the new City Hall of the City of Surprise, Arizona, the United States of America. All the buildings, as the entire absolutely new Civic Center of the City of Surprise, were dedicated in October 2009.
context_page_description: Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 30,848 at the 2000 census; however, rapid expansion has boosted the city's population to 117,517 at the 2010 census, an increase of 281%. As such, it is the second-fastest-expanding municipality in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area and, between 1990 and 2000, it was the sixth-fastest-expanding place among all cities and towns in Arizona. Census estimates in 2019 continue this accelerated growth pattern, with the population now estimated at 141,664.
  The city has a 10,562-square-foot Aquatics Center and Maricopa County's northwest regional library, a $5.5 million, 20,000-square-foot library, along with a 100.3 cost of living index.
context_section_description: Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 30,848 at the 2000 census; however, rapid expansion has boosted the city's population to 117,517 at the 2010 census, an increase of 281%. As such, it is the second-fastest-expanding municipality in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area (after Gilbert) and, between 1990 and 2000, it was the sixth-fastest-expanding place among all cities and towns in Arizona. Census estimates in 2019 continue this accelerated growth pattern, with the population now estimated at 141,664.
  The city has a 10,562-square-foot (981.2 m²) Aquatics Center and Maricopa County's northwest regional library, a $5.5 million, 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m²) library, along with a 100.3 cost of living index.
caption: The Surprise City Hall in January 2010
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