In 2018, 66.2 percent of single-family homes sold in Tucson were affordable to a family earning the median income. That ranked Tucson second among peer western metropolitan areas in housing affordability, just below Albuquerque but better than Phoenix. This is...
The Making Action Possible Dashboard launched in 2014 with the mission to measurably improve Southern Arizona through data driven collective civic action and education. The MAP was formed through a unique partnership between the University of Arizona, Community Foundation for...
In 2017, 47.1% of college graduates in the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) reported a science and engineering or related field as their college major. This ranked Tucson third out of 12 comparable western MSAs. Choice of college major can...
The partial federal government shutdown has focused attention on the federal workforce. According to the MAP Dashboard, state, local, and federal government jobs accounted for 20.0 percent of Tucson’s employment in 2017. Federal civilian employees represented 3.3 percent of total...
In 2017, the Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) posted a four-year educational attainment rate of 31.6%. Tucson ranked seventh when compared to the 12 MSAs explored on the MAP Dashboard. Tucson’s educational attainment rate increased by 4.9 percentage points since...
As poverty numbers swell year-to-year -- a 2016 United States Census Bureau report suggested nearly 18 percent of Arizonans live in poverty, which is the fifth highest rate of poverty in the nation - is the good done by local...
In 2017, the growth rate in national park visits within the Tucson MSA was 16.2 percent, double the previous year’s growth. Tucson ranked second among peer western MSAs behind El Paso. Colorado Springs and Portland posted a decline in the...
The Tucson Metropolitan Statistical Area economy is back on track and growing at a solid rate. Click the link below to read the full article. View Article
The voter turnout rate in the state of Arizona was 49.9 percent for the 2016 presidential election. That was 5.6 percentage points lower than the national rate. Voter turnout in Arizona is relatively low when compared to other western states...
In 2017, business growth in the Tucson MSA accelerated to 0.5 percent. This ranked Tucson 10th among peer western MSAs. Despite Tucson’s low ranking this was a considerable improvement over the substantial decline during the Great Recession and the previous...
