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 Center at the University of Arizona Eller College of Management.
David Wichner
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Tucson economy: GDP growth improves but still lags peers
Tucson's rate of job growth still trails most peer cities and the U.S., UA researchers found
Historically, Tucson's voter turnout has exceeded the state’s rate, but in 2016, both lagged the national rate, according to the Making Action…
Tucson saw improvement in employment growth in 2017 but still lags behind Phoenix and other Western peers,
Tucson is middling among its peer Western metro areas for the percentage of people who carpool to work, UA economists find.
Indicator tracks residents who reported good or excellent health in nationwide survey.
In 2018, Tucson ranked seventh among 12 peer metro areas in the West for high-speed Internet access, according to the MAP Dashboard, a project…
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…
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 …
But Tucson fared better at keeping jobs than the nation overall, according to the University of Arizona's MAP Dashboard.
