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ARIZONA FACTS
ARIZONA – Overall
Arizona has been recognized as the Top State for starting and growing business ventures (Entrepreneur Magazine, October 2005).
Arizona ranked 17th in the 2004 Milken Institute National State Technology & Science Index.
Arizona ranks as the 6th most livable state (Harris Interactive, 2003)
Arizona has been recognized as Top Digital State Government (Center for Digital Government, 2002)
Arizona has the highest number of charter schools, with 490 as the Arizona Department of Education reported in July 2004. (Center for Education Reform, Education Week, 2004)
Arizona is the nation’s 8th most urban state. (How Arizona Compares, Morrison Institutes for Public Policy, January 2005)
Arizona ranks 4th in the nation for overall biodiversity (How Arizona Compares, Morrison Institutes for Public Policy, January 2005)
Arizona with 19 has more national monuments than any other state (How Arizona Compares, Morrison Institutes for Public Policy, January 2005)
Arizona was the 48th state in the Union and is now second among the 10-fastest growing states (US Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Its population is 5,832,150 and its available civilian workforce is 2,671,705 (US Census Bureau, 2001).
The median age is lower than the national average at 34.2 years (Department of Economic Security, 2002 Preliminary Average).
ARIZONA – Northern Arizona
Flagstaff has been recognized as one of the Top-20 Best Small Cities for Entrepreneurs (Entrepreneur Magazine, October 2005).
Milken Institute ranked Flagstaff 1st in terms of its 5-yr Relative High Tech GDP 1998-2003 and 2nd in terms of its high-tech GDP Location Quotient.
In 2004, Flagstaff was ranked 7th in Best Performing Cities in the US: Creating and Sustaining Jobs (Milken Institute).
Flagstaff was designated “5 Star Business Opportunity Metro” by Expansion Management in 2005.
Flagstaff ranked 2nd Best Place to Live in Men’s Journal.
National Geographic included Flagstaff in its Top 10 Places to Keep You Feeling Young.
ARIZONA – Central Arizona
Fast Company magazine sought out cities that in recent years have evolved into centers for the so-called creative class, the combination of scientists, engineers, artists and professions that create urban success, and has recognized Phoenix as one of the Top 10 “Fast Cities”. (November 05)
Phoenix was recognized as the Best Place For Business, based on measures for new business formation and business growth (Entrepreneur Magazine, 2005).
Greater Phoenix ranked 1st (for the fifth straight year) in Cognetics Inc.’s “Annual Index of US Entrepreneurial Hot Spots”
Greater Phoenix ranked 2nd in Expansion Management’s list of “America’s Hottest Cities” (Jan 06)
Greater Phoenix ranked 3rd in the Milken Institute Institute’s “Best Performing Cities in US” index (Nov 04)
Greater Phoenix ranked 12th in Forbes’ “Best Places for Business and Careers” index (May 05)
Site Selection Magazine ranked Greater Phoenix as one of its 60 “Cybercities” in 2002 based on 6 factors ranging from university research and development to quality of life.
Greater Phoenix has the 14th largest US Gross Metro Product (total annual value of goods and services produced by a metro area). The Metro’s GM Product at $129.1 billion is ranked ahead of San Diego and San Francisco and is larger than the GDPs of Israel, Malaysia and Singapore. (US conference of Mayors and The National Association of Counties)
ARIZONA – Southern Arizona
Fast Company magazine in its November 05 edition names Tucson to its Top 10 Fast Cities list - U.S. cities that offer the "most potent mix of talent, technology and tolerance."
Tucson was ranked 11th in Expansion Management’s list of “America’s Hottest Cities” (Jan 06)
Tucson was recognized the Second Best Place For Business for midsize cities according to the Entrepreneur Magazine (October 2005).
Between 1990 and 2001, Pima County high-tech employment rose 63%, almost double the national high-tech employment growth rate of 33% (Carey/ASU High-Technology Activities in Arizona study, September 2003).
Tucson ranked 5th nationally in five-year relative high-tech GDP growth from 1998 to 2003 (Milken Institute’s 2004 study of the 200 largest metropolitan areas).
Phoenix and Tucson are among Top 25 Cities for “Doing Business in America” according to Inc. Magazine (March, 2004)
Tucson ranked 8th as the best medium-sized metropolitan area in America for doing business (INC Magazine, 2004).
Tucson was ranked best in the West and 2nd best national in providing digital government services (Center for Digital Government).
The U of A Science & Technology Park was named by the Association of University Research Parks as the Outstanding Research Park of 2001.
Yuma was recently recognized as the 4th Best City for Entrepreneurs according to Entrepreneurs Magazine (October 2005).
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