A profile of Arizona, site of a Republican presidential primary on Tuesday:
NUMBERS:
Population: 6.482 million (2011 estimate)
AGE:
Median age: 35.9
Percentage of population 65 and over: 13.8 percent
RACE:
57.8 percent white, 29.6 Hispanic or Latino origin, 4.6 American Indian, 4.1 percent black, 2.8 percent Asian
LANGUAGE:
Language other than English spoken at home: 27.1 percent
EDUCATION:
High school graduate or higher: 85 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 26.3 percent
MONEY:
Median household income: $50,448
People below poverty level: 15.3 percent
Housing units occupied by owners: 66 percent
Housing units occupied by renters: 34 percent
2008 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS:
John McCain, 53.6; Barack Obama, 45.1 percent
REGISTERED VOTERS:
Total: 3,134,124
Republicans: 1,124,726
Independents: 1,030,643
Democrats: 951,359
ARIZONA QUICK FACTS:
? The Grand Canyon State celebrated its centennial on Feb. 14. It was the 48th state overall and the last in the contiguous 48 states.
? Arizona has three national parks: Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest and Saguaro.
? The state’s public higher education system includes three state universities ? the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona ? and 21 community colleges.
? Arizona’s state quarter depicts the Grand Canyon and a saguaro cactus. The saguaro cactus blossom is the state flower and the cactus wren is the state bird.
? There are 21 federally recognized Indian tribes in Arizona.
? There’s only one place in the United States where four states touch each other. The “Four Corners” states are Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
? The economic mainstays in Arizona in the 1950s were described as the Five C’s: copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate.
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Sources: 2010 and 2011 U.S. Census data, Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, Navajo Nation, University of Arizona Economic Development and Research Program.
