ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥-area unemployment surged in April amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but some Western metro areas have been hit harder, according to the MAP Dashboard, a project of the Economic and Business Research Center at the University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Eller College of Management.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ economy: Jobless rate surges amid pandemic
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ added just over 7,000 jobs last year, but the COVID-19 pandemic will reverse that trend, according to the UA's MAP Dashboard.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s GDP growth of 3.6% in 2018 outpaced the nation, according to the MAP Dashboard, a project of the Economic and Business Research Cente…
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s business growth was flat in 2018 — but that was an improvement, University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ economists found.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ and ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ lagged the nation and most Western states in voter turnout in 2016, according to the University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s MAP Dashboard.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ had the second-highest ranking for home affordability among peer Western cities in 2019, though the pandemic has affected affordability…
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ boasts more patents by population than the state, nation and most of its Western peers, according to University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ economists.
After improving since 2014, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ ranks ahead of the U.S. and in the middle of peer cities for educational attainment, according to the UA's …
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ ranks low nationally and among its Western peers for its labor participation rate, University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ economists note.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s voter registration rate surged during the 2020 presidential election, according to the University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s Economic and Business …
But ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ fared better at keeping jobs than the nation overall, according to the University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s MAP Dashboard.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ lags among most of its peers in college attainment but has a high rate of women with degrees, according to the University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s …
