In 2017, business growth in the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ MSA accelerated to 0.5 percent, according to the MAP Dashboard, a project of the Business Research Center of the University of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s Eller College of Management.
This ranked ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ 10th among peer western MSAs. Despite ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s low ranking this was a considerable improvement over the substantial decline during the Great Recession and the previous year.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ saw improvement in employment growth in 2017 but still lags behind Phoenix and other Western peers,
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ 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 2016, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ ranked first among peer western metropolitan areas in housing affordability, according to the Making Action Possible (MAP) Das…
Despite recent improvement, the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ area lags its peer metro areas in business growth, UA economists say.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ beats Phoenix, most peer metros for "good" air days
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ job growth ranks last among its Western peers, according to the UA's MAP Dashboard.
UA's MAP Dashboard: Nearly half of college grads in ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ majored in science or engineering fields
The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ metro area ranked second among its Western peers for national park visits in 2017, according to the MAP Dashboard, a project of the…
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ ranks high among its peers for the percentage of residents who graduated from college with science or and engineering majors, UA econom…
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥'s voter-turnout rate — a key indicator of civic engagement — beat the state and U.S. in 2018, according to the UA's MAP Dashboard.
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