Snapshot Report for Southern Arizona Cities, Towns, and Census-Designated Places The Southern Arizona communities snapshot provides an overview of how the 41 largest cities, towns, and census-designated places (CDPs) within Cochise, Pima, Pinal, Greenlee, Graham, Santa Cruz, and Yuma counties...
The MAP Dashboard reports voter turnout rates for each presidential and mid-term election. The voter turnout rate for the state of Arizona during the 2024 presidential election was 57.6% (Figure 1). That was 2.7 percentage points lower than the rate...
Did you know that the Economic and Business Research Center (EBRC), which houses the MAP Dashboard, celebrated its 75th anniversary this year? Tucson was a very different place 75 years ago. For one, there were far fewer people here. The...
The foreign-born population in the U.S. has steadily increased over the past 50 years. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the foreign-born population in 1970 was 9.6 million, representing 4.7% of the total U.S. population. The latest data from...
Framework of Food Insecurity in Tucson, Arizona MSA The most recent State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, released by five United Nations specialized agencies, indicates that global hunger and the prevalence of moderate or severe...
Watch the Recorded MAP Talk: Disability and Employment in Tucson List of Speakers: Natalya Brown, CEO, Beacon Group, Inc. Jim Click, Jim Click Automotive Beatriz Del Campo-Carmona, Research Economist, Economic and Business Research Center, Eller College of Management, University of...
Watch the Recorded MAP Talk: Heat-Related Health Impacts View the PowerPoint Slides: Heidi E. Brown, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, PowerPoint Slides Jeremiah Dean, Lead Planner, SPACE...
Heat Waves: Reaching Record Highs in Tucson, Arizona MSA According to a Brookings Institute article , and backed by reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , heat waves are increasingly frequent and severe throughout the nation, primarily...
Poverty Report for Southern Arizona Cities, Towns, and Census-Designated Places In 2022, the poverty rate varied substantially for communities located in Southern Arizona. Of the 41 Southern Arizona communities explored, 16 reported poverty rates below the U.S. rate of 12.5%...
Why Has Arizona's Heat-Related Death Rate Increased Tenfold in Twenty Years? The heat-related death rate in Arizona has increased roughly tenfold in the last twenty years. In Maricopa County, which is home to about 60 percent of the state’s population...
