Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety26#38/51
Economy32#35/51
Housing28#37/51
Health40#31/51
Healthcare24#39/51
Environment15#42/49
Education16#43/51
Infrastructure54#24/51
Community36#33/51
Leisure & amenities2#50/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Arizona ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.48%
94/100United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · high31.6%
92/100United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · high6.3 /1k
86/100United States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Depression · low20.0%
86/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · low2,070 /100k
84/100United States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New business applications · high17.8 /1k
80/100United States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
0/100United States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Median Air Quality Index · high64
0/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
High ozone days · high27 days
2/100United States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · low6.4 /10k
3/100United States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Social associations · low5.7 /10k
4/100United States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drinking water violations · high1
4/100United States 02023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
7,186,647 (2020) → 7,623,818 (2025)
+6.1%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureImproving
92% (2021) → 73% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−19 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
12.5 /1k (2020) → 17.8 /1k (2025)
+42%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
151 /100k (2021) → 208 /100k (2025)
+38%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.1% (2015-2019) → 91.5% (2020-2024)
+7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High ozone daysWorsening
20 days (2017) → 27 days (2022)
+35%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Arizona improved on 16 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 5 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved16

Child poverty−4 points19.2% → 15.2%
Poverty−1.6 points13.5% → 11.9%
Arts & recreation+29%3.3 /10k → 4.2 /10k
Students / teacher−1.6×19.2× → 17.6×
Household income+31%$62,027 → $81,404

Declined7

Rent / income+1.7 points29.1% → 30.8%
Price / income+1.1×3.8× → 4.9×
Traffic deaths+21%13.7 /100k → 16.6 /100k
Rent burden+3.5 points47.9% → 51.4%
Overdose deaths+6.2%33.8 /100k → 35.9 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Arizona between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	+29%	Improved	99%
Average commute time	25.7 min2015-2019	25.4 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Little change	62%
Average weekly wage	$1,1242020	$1,4022025	+25%	Improved	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%2015-2019	33.3%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Improved	79%
Broadband subscriptions	84.1%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Improved	34%
Child poverty rate	19.2%2019	15.2%2024	−4 points	Improved	99%
Distance to an airport	30 mi2020	30 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	51%
Drug overdose deaths	33.8 /100k2020	35.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+6.2%	Declined	19%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.48%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	70%
Firearm deaths	17.6 /100k2020	18.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.8%	Within the margin of error	26%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−2.3%	Within the margin of error	32%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	91%
High school diploma or higher	87.1%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	79%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	4.9×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	9%
Homicide rate	7.3 /100k2020	5.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−27%	Improved	30%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,8022019	$65,3562024	+34%	Improved	66%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4662015-2019	0.4642020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	88%
Median household income	$62,0272019	$81,4042024	+31%	Improved	95%
New business applications	12.5 /1k2020	17.8 /1k2025	+42%	Improved	72%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−5.6%	Within the margin of error	66%
Poverty rate	13.5%2019	11.9%2024	−1.6 points	Improved	93%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−4.7%	Within the margin of error	28%
Public transit commuters	1.8%2015-2019	1.0%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Declined	38%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	30.8%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Declined	8%
Rent-burdened households	47.9%2015-2019	51.4%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Declined	7%
Restaurants and bars	6.1 /10k2020	6.5 /10k2025	+5.1%	Improved	74%
Students per teacher	19.2×2019	17.6×2024	−1.6×	Improved	91%
Suicide rate	19.0 /100k2020	20.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.5%	Declined	21%
Traffic deaths	13.7 /100k2015-2019	16.6 /100k2020-2024	+21%	Declined	5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%2020	4.3%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.6%2019	12.9%2024	−0.7 points	Improved	50%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Arizona five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Arizona in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Arizona itself moved +0.9 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,378,838 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,856,081 households (±6,374)

Arizona
United States share

Under $25k13%384,330
$25k–50k17%488,306
$50k–75k17%472,147

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,856,081 households (±6,374)

Arizona
United States share

Own67%1,924,098
Rent33%931,983

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.9 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,379,754 workers (±9,945)

Arizona
United States share

Drive alone67%2,259,212
Carpool9.8%330,476
Public transit1.1%35,482

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Arizona employ 773,440 people. 9 pay a median above the US median and 1 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Arizona by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
General and Operations Managers110,480 jobs	110,480	$94,800US $105,770	−10%	1.51×
Retail Salespersons93,920 jobs	93,920	$35,720US $35,410	+1%	1.16×
Customer Service Representatives87,020 jobs	87,020	$45,690US $44,770	+2%	1.61×
Fast Food and Counter Workers77,210 jobs	77,210	$34,230US $31,200	+10%	0.96×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides74,540 jobs	74,540	$36,420US $35,800	+2%	0.83×
Registered Nurses73,150 jobs	73,150	$99,500US $97,550	+2%	1.04×
Cashiers72,570 jobs	72,570	$34,600US $32,880	+5%	1.13×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand71,090 jobs	71,090	$44,290US $40,240	+10%	1.16×
Stockers and Order Fillers57,510 jobs	57,510	$37,500US $37,330	0%	0.97×
Waiters and Waitresses55,950 jobs	55,950	$43,950US $35,230	+25%	1.18×

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Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Arizona.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Arizona has 162,845 employer establishments, 219 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248), with 2,890,429 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,860. The Census Bureau also counts 626,658 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 162,845; 626,658 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 219; US 248
Paid employees: 2,890,429
Average annual pay: $61,860; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Arizona by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	16,780	22.5	1.08×About typical	188,985	$71,124	33,441
Restaurants and other eating places	11,974	16.1	0.87×About typical	262,256	$25,093	3,036
Lessors of real estate	11,501	15.4	1.25×More than typical	47,109	$71,164	65,081
Specialty trade contractors	10,521	14.1	0.91×About typical	142,590	$66,804	37,272
Real estate agents and brokers	6,269	8.4	1.73×More than typical	12,144	$87,465	24,226
Limited-service restaurants	5,713	7.7	0.96×About typical	120,520	$21,951	1,235
Offices of physicians	5,309	7.1	1.10×About typical	54,888	$105,220	6,017
Management, scientific and technical consulting	5,178	6.9	1.04×About typical	41,238	$77,658	24,787
Offices of other health practitioners	5,093	6.8	1.12×About typical	29,760	$48,892	14,628
Services to buildings and dwellings	4,764	6.4	0.95×About typical	50,372	$38,966	36,700
Full-service restaurants	4,464	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	115,968	$29,312	1,157
Building equipment contractors	4,409	5.9	0.98×About typical	64,403	$72,120	7,757

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,452,073 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $29.4B on contracts performed in Arizona: $3,861 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $29.4B; +26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,861; US $1,994
Sole-source: 44%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$6.3B21%
Defense Health Agency$4.9B17%
Department of the Air Force$4.4B15%
Department of the Navy$4.2B14%
Department of the Army$3.5B12%
Missile Defense Agency$1.7B5.9%
Defense Contract Management Agency$1.6B5.3%
Public Buildings Service$443.3M1.5%

Top recipients

RAYTHEON COMPANY$10.8B37%
TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP$4.9B16%
FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO$4.5B15%
THE BOEING COMPANY$2.5B8.3%
SLS FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$1.3B4.5%

Spending by fiscal year

14BFY2017
16.1BFY2018
16.4BFY2019
27.8BFY2020
16.5BFY2021
15.3BFY2022
19.8BFY2023
18B

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$11.1B38%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$6.7B23%
Insurance carriers · 5241$4.9B16%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$2B6.9%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$1.1B3.6%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

TRICARE MANAGED CARE SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT, 5TH GENERATION WEST REGION$9.8B
TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP· Maricopa County, AZ· Health & medical· Dec 22, 2022 – Jun 11, 2026· HT940223C0002
W58RGZ-16-C-0023 IS FOR THE AWARD OF ADVANCE PROCUREMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $184,930,000.00 TO SUPPORT LOT 7 FULL RATE PRODUCTION LONG LEAD ITEMS.$4.3B
THE BOEING COMPANY· Maricopa County, AZ· Other equipment & supplies· Oct 18, 2016 – Jun 4, 2026· W58RGZ16C0023
CONSTRUCT VERTICAL BORDER BARRIER$2.8B
FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO· Santa Cruz County, AZ· Construction & real property· Dec 17, 2025 – Jul 27, 2026· 70B01C26F00000017
SM-3 BLK IIA RDT&E GUIDED MISSILE ROUNDS

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $90.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Arizona: $11,850 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $90.3B; +1.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $11,850; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.6B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$30.2B33%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$18.3B20%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$15.5B17%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$4.9B5.4%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2.7B3.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.3B2.5%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$1.8B2.0%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$1B1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM$18.9B21%
PHOENIX, AZ
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY$2.1B2.3%
PHOENIX, AZ
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$1.3B1.5%
PHOENIX, AZ
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARIZONA$1B1.1%
PHOENIX, AZ
THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, INC.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$36.1B40%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$35.8B40%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$5.6B6.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$3B3.3%
Food and Nutrition Service$1.9B

Assistance by fiscal year

102.1BFY2021
91.2BFY2022
90.6BFY2023
80.7BFY2024
88.8BFY2025
90.3BFY2026

County aggregates

65%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Arizona, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Arizona
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arizona and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arizona	United States
FY2017	$1,989	$1,436
FY2018	$2,241	$1,552
FY2019	$2,247	$1,654
FY2020	$3,863	$1,880
FY2021	$2,263	$1,810
FY2022	$2,081	$1,917
FY2023	$2,652	$2,079
FY2024	$2,388	$2,047
FY2025	$3,058	$2,165
FY2026	$3,861 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arizona and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arizona	United States
FY2017	$68.41	$93.28
FY2018	$72.61	$105
FY2019	$336	$128
FY2020	$623	$145
FY2021	$79.21	$117
FY2022	$138

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arizona and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arizona	United States
FY2021	$6,370	$5,748
FY2022	$5,751	$5,221
FY2023	$6,387	$5,364
FY2024	$5,730	$5,501
FY2025	$6,433	$5,732
FY2026	$7,300

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arizona and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arizona	United States
FY2021	$276	$298
FY2022	$238	$357
FY2023	$247	$301
FY2024	$227	$319
FY2025	$254	$360
FY2026	$220 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arizona and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arizona	United States
FY2021	$139	$239
FY2022	$86.74	$185
FY2023	$137	$229
FY2024	$120	$229
FY2025	$130	$249
FY2026	$102 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arizona and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arizona	United States
FY2021	$2,701	$2,304
FY2022	$2,732	$2,197
FY2023	$2,885	$2,274
FY2024	$2,372	$2,267
FY2025	$2,427	$2,397
FY2026	$2,753 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Arizona and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Arizona	United States
FY2021	$813	$1,186
FY2022	$324	$465
FY2023	$78.87	$76.52
FY2024	$115	$120
FY2025	$137	$148
FY2026	$120 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Arizona
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Arizona and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	2.1%	2.0%
2015	2.8%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Arizona whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

La Paz County, AZTransportation grants · FY2023$2,457 (7.5×)
Coconino County, AZFederal contracts · FY2023$2,730 (4.4×)
Coconino County, AZConstruction contracts · FY2023$2,099 (7.3×)
Apache County, AZFederal contracts · FY2022$2,569 (2.5×)
La Paz County, AZFederal contracts · FY2022$1,940 (2.4×)
Gila County, AZ

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/04

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Arizona is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Counties of Arizona

All 15 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Arizona

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Arizona, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Arizona

By population.

All 467 cities and towns in Arizona

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	−3.3%	−4.2%
2015	−1.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+3.3%
2018	+6.9%	+6.8%
2019	+10.9%	+10.5%
2020	+20.5%	+19.4%
2021	+27.2%	+26.1%
2022	+33.4%	+30.6%
2023	+38.5%	+35.0%
2024	+45.1%	+41.0%
2025	+50.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	−7.1%	−5.5%
2015	−3.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.1%	+4.1%
2018	+10.0%	+8.9%
2019	+15.9%	+13.5%
2020	+26.5%	+20.8%
2021	+38.9%	+32.1%
2022	+43.4%	+35.4%
2023	+53.1%	+42.9%
2024	+59.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	4.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	5.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	5.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	5.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	6.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	8.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	9.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	8.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	7.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	7.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	6.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	−6.4%	−6.9%
2015	−3.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.7%	+4.7%
2018	+10.5%	+7.5%
2019	+16.0%	+14.0%
2020	+20.9%	+16.9%
2021	+29.0%	+21.0%
2022	+39.0%	+29.7%
2023	+44.3%	+34.9%
2024	+52.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	−13.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.3% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+15.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+23.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+40.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+80.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+92.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+91.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+91.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+86.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	6.8%	6.2%
2015	6.1%	5.3%
2016	5.5%	4.9%
2017	5.0%	4.4%
2018	4.8%	3.9%
2019	4.8%	3.7%
2020	7.8%	8.1%
2021	5.0%	5.4%
2022	3.8%	3.7%
2023	3.7%	3.6%
2024	3.7%	4.0%
2025	4.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	18.2%	15.5%
2015	17.4%	14.7%
2016	16.4%	14.0%
2017	14.9%	13.4%
2018	14.1%	13.1%
2019	13.5%	12.3%
2020	12.8%	11.9%
2021	12.9%	12.8%
2022	12.5%	12.6%
2023	12.6%	12.5%
2024	11.9%	12.1%

Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	16.1%	13.5%
2015	12.8%	10.9%
2016	11.9%	10.0%
2017	12.1%	10.2%
2018	12.8%	10.4%
2019	13.6%	10.8%
2020	13.5%	10.4%
2021	13.1%	10.2%
2022	12.7%	9.5%
2023	12.4%	9.5%
2024	12.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Arizona	United States
2014	8.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	12.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	15.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	15.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	16.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	16.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	17.8/1k	16.6/1k

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