Tucson ranks low nationally and among its Western peers for its labor participation rate, an indicator of workers' confidence in finding a good job and a key gauge of an economy's health and output and an indicator, according to the Making Action Possible Dashboard, a project of the Economic and Business Research Center the University of Arizona Eller College of Management.
Tucson economy: Low labor-participation rate expected to worsen amid pandemic
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 …
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-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.
Tucson's voter registration rate surged during the 2020 presidential election, according to the University of Arizona's Economic and Business …
