Tucson-area unemployment surged in April amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but some Western metro areas have been hit harder, according to the MAP Dashboard, a project of the Economic and Business Research Center at the University of Arizona Eller College of Management.
Tucson economy: Jobless rate surges amid pandemic
Tucson added just over 7,000 jobs last year, but the COVID-19 pandemic will reverse that trend, according to the UA's MAP Dashboard.
Tucson's GDP growth of 3.6% in 2018 outpaced the nation, according to the MAP Dashboard, a project of the Economic and Business Research Cente…
Tucson's business growth was flat in 2018 — but that was an improvement, University of Arizona economists found.
Arizona and Tucson lagged the nation and most Western states in voter turnout in 2016, according to the University of Arizona's MAP Dashboard.
Tucson had the second-highest ranking for home affordability among peer Western cities in 2019, though the pandemic has affected affordability…
Tucson boasts more patents by population than the state, nation and most of its Western peers, according to University of Arizona economists.
After improving since 2014, Tucson ranks ahead of the U.S. and in the middle of peer cities for educational attainment, according to the UA's …
Tucson ranks low nationally and among its Western peers for its labor participation rate, University of Arizona economists note.
Tucson's voter registration rate surged during the 2020 presidential election, according to the University of Arizona's Economic and Business …
But Tucson fared better at keeping jobs than the nation overall, according to the University of Arizona's MAP Dashboard.
Tucson lags among most of its peers in college attainment but has a high rate of women with degrees, according to the University of Arizona's …
