On February 14, 2020, Arizona will celebrate 108 years as the 48th state admitted to the union. To celebrate, we used Data-Z to find fun facts about Arizona and to learn more about the Grand Canyon State.
Arizona is ranked 19th in our 2019 Financial State of the States report. The state needs $5.2 billion to pay its bills, but the state earned 84/100 points on our Financial Transparency Report.
Arizona has a Taxpayer Burden of $2,500, which means each taxpayer would have to pay an extra $2,500 to fully pay Arizona's bills.
Arizona has an unemployment rate of 4.7 percent, which is higher than the 50 state average of 3.79 percent.
In 2017, the Grand Canyon State spent $280 million on parks and recreation. This is divided between the 31 state parks.
The state also spent $2.2 billion on its 919 miles of highways that same year.
Fifty percent of the population is female, but in Maricopa County, no more than six girls may live in the same house.
In Arizona, the median value for a home is $241,100 which is $32,000 lower than the 50-state average.
Arizona spent $280 million on police protection expenditures in 2017.
In 2018, the poverty rate in AZ was 11 percent higher than the national average. Arizona has 13.8 percent more children in poverty than the 50-state average.
While Arizona is the sixth largest state in landmass, it has the 14th largest population.
You can learn more about Arizona and make your own charts using Data-Z. And we at Truth in Accounting wish Arizona a very happy 108th birthday!