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Arizona At A Glance
Last Updated July 8, 2003
The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 113,998 square miles
- Population in 2000: 5,130,632; 88.2% urban; 11.8% rural
- Population in 1990: 3,665,228
- Population Change: Up
40.0% 1990-2000; Up
34.8% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 20th of 50; 1.8% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Phoenix (1,321,045);
Tucson (486,699);
Mesa (396,375);
Glendale (218,812);
Scottsdale (202,705)
- Registered Voters:
799,653 D
(35.9%);
925,485 R
(41.5%);
504,042 unaffiliated and minor parties
(22.6%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 17 R 13 D
- State House: 39 R 21 D
- State Legislative Term Limits: Yes
Key Elected Officials:
The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
3,274,258 (63.8%) white;
149,941 (2.9%) black;
89,315 (1.7%) Asian;
233,370 (4.5%) American Indian;
5,639 (0.1%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
76,372 (1.5%) two-plus races;
6,120 (0.1%) other;
1,295,617 (25.3%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
12.2% German,
8.1% English,
8.0% Irish,
3.7% USA,
3.4% Italian
- State Natives: 34.7% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 9.0% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 73.6% English;
18.5% Spanish;
3.4% Other Eur.
- Education:
81.0% high school graduates;
23.5% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
562,916 (14.9%);
WWII: (21.3%);
Korea: (14.7%);
Vietnam: (30.7%);
First Gulf War: (10.4%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
1.5% agriculture;
8.7% construction;
7.9% finance;
2.8% information;
15.2% manufacturing;
28.3% professional;
5.4% public administration;
15.6% trade;
14.7% other
- Work Force: 21.9% blue collar; 61.2% white collar; 16.9% gray collar
- Work Sector: 78.1% private; 15.2% government; 6.4% self-employed; 0.3% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 5.6% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$40,558
- 13.9% are below the poverty line
- 14.9% less than $15,000
- 27.9% $15-35,000
- 17.5% $35-50,000
- 28.9% $50-100,000
- 6.9% $100-150,000
- 3.9% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $109,400
- 13.0% less than $50,000
- 31.4% $50-100,000
- 39.7% $100-200,000
- 9.5% $200-300,000
- 4.5% $300-500,000
- 1.9% more than $500,000
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