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By job gal | August 4, 2008
Arizona
Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Phoenix serves as the state’s capital and largest city. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states, as it borders New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, touches Colorado and borders Sonora and Baja California, Mexico.
In 1539, Spanish Franciscan Marcos de Niza explored the region. The state seceded from the Union in 1861. Arizona was admitted back into the Union in 1912, making it the 48th and last of the contiguous states. Cotton farming and copper mining, two of Arizona’s early important industries, suffered during the great depression, and tourism soon became the state’s thriving industry. During World War II, Arizona was the site of German and Italian Prisoner of War camps, and Japanese US-resident internment camps.
Following World War II, the state’s population began to grow. In the 1960s, Arizona saw the development of many retirement communities and special age-restricted areas catering only to senior citizens.
Arizona’s Job Market
In 2006, Arizona’s gross state product was $232 billion, making it the 21st largest economy in the country.
The state’s fastest growing industries include: service-providing industries, education and healthcare, leisure and hospitality and government.
Work Trends
Mean travel time to work: 24.9 minutes
Arizona unemployment rate: 4.8 percent
National unemployment rate: 5.7 percent
Arizona’s Largest Employers
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
1 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Avnet
2211 S. 47th St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
US Airways Group
111 W. Rio Salado Pkwy.
Tempe, AZ 85281
Allied Waste Industries
18500 N. Allied Way
Phoenix, AZ 85054
Insight Enterprises
1305 W. Auto Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85284
PetSmart
19601 N. 27th Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85027
Pinnacle West Capital
400 N. Fifth St.
Phoenix, AZ 85072
Amkor Technology
1900 S. Price Rd.
Chandler, AZ 85286
Apollo Group
4615 E. Elwood St.
Phoenix, AZ 85040
Meritage Homes
17851 N. 85 St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
Jobing
JobCentral
Craigslist
azstatejobs
Jobs.com
CareerBuilder
Government Job Search
Surrounding Area Job Search
Phoenix, AZ.
Flagstaff, AZ.
Scottsdale, AZ.
Chandler, AZ.
Tucson, AZ.
Tempe, AZ.
Las Vegas, NV.
Denver, CO.
Salt Lake City, UT.
San Diego, CA.
Continuing Education
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
Northern Arizona University
Arizona State University West Campus
Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus
Discovering Arizona
Arizona State Museum
International Wildlife Museum
Arizona State Fair
Arizona Renaissance Festival
Arizona National Stock Show
Grand Canyon
Arizona Cardinals
Arizona Diamondbacks
Phoenix Coyotes
Arizona Statistics
Population
Total population: 6,166,318
Persons under 5-years old: 7.8 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 26.4 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 12.8 percent
Female: 50 percent
White: 87.3 percent
Black: 3.8 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: 4.8 percent
Asian: 2.4 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .2 percent
Multi-racial: 1.6 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 29.2 percent
Non-Hispanic white: 59.7 percent
Education
High school graduates: 81 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 23.5 percent
Housing
Housing units: 2,605,283
Homeownership rate: 68 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 22.1 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $121,300
Households: 1,901,327
Persons per household: 2.64
Income
Median household income: $43,696
Per capita income: $20,275
Persons below poverty: 14.6 percent
Transportation
Airports: Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Tucson International, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Yuma International, Prescott Municipal, Flagstaff Pulliam, Grand Canyon National Park
Railroads: Amtrak
Public mass transit: Greyhound, public bus transit
Weather (Phoenix)
Average annual precipitation: 12.7 inches
Average low temp. in January: 41.2 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 105.9 degrees
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