Tucson economy: Arizona lags in voter turnout, but Tucson sees more at polls
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Tucson-area unemployment surged in April amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but some Western metro areas have been hit harder, according to the MAP D…
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.
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Tucson's business growth was flat in 2018 — but that was an improvement, University of Arizona economists found.
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Tucson had the second-highest ranking for home affordability among peer Western cities in 2019, though the pandemic has affected affordability…
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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 …
The Making Action Possible Dashboard is a project of the Economic and Business Research Center in the University of Arizona Eller College of M…
Graphic: Tucson-area median home prices remained among the lowest in the West in 2020 despite a surge in prices across the region, UA economists say.
Tucson home rental prices are expected to remain near the bottom among the city's Western peers in 2022, according to the Making Action Possib…
Tucson's median household income in 2019 lagged all but one of 11 Western peer cities, according to the Making Action Possible Dashboard, a pr…
Despite an increase in 2020, Tucson's median wage still lags most of its peer cities in the West, according to the University of Arizona's MAP…
Despite surging home prices, Tucson ranks among the most affordable places to own a home in the West, University of Arizona economists say.

