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Quick Facts
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General Facts About the Tucson Region:
• Tucson-area businesses can serve more than 34 million people within 500 miles and more than 55 million people within a 1,000 mile radius.
• Proximity to the I-10 (east/west) and I-19 (north/south) interstate highway system provides timely access to suppliers and markets in other southern states. Additionally, the area’s rail/truck intermodal (Port of Tucson) and international airport facilities provide supplementary, highly-efficient methods for people and product movement.
• Southern Arizona is blessed with very few natural disasters. The stable climate is ideal for many types of business systems and testing environments.
• Since 1975, Metro Tucson has grown by an average of 2.4% per year. There have been only two instances within the reported time period where population growth fell below 1%. By 2019, the Tucson region will be home to nearly 1.24 million people.
• Historically, employment growth in the Tucson region has outpaced the nation as a whole by a factor of between 1.6 and 1.8.
• Greater Tucson is comparable to some of the most affordable markets west of the Mississippi.
• Over half of Pima County's population is in the prime working age range of 18 to 54. Arizona itself is the 11th youngest state in the U.S. Almost 24.7% of the working age population speaks Spanish, making Tucson a center for bilingual opportunities.
• In June 2009, Charter school Basis Tucson ranked No. 5 and University High School ranked No. 21 on Newsweek's list of the top 100 high schools in the country. In addition, Basis Tucson was lauded as a national model in education in the acclaimed documentary called “Two Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution” in 2009.
• Tucson is home to the world's largest gem, mineral and fossil show, the Accenture Match Play and the International Mariachi Festival.
• As the 34th largest city in the U.S., Tucson offers all the amenities of a big city. The Wall Street Journal has characterized the Tucson region is a “mini-mecca” for the arts, as its one of only 14 U.S. cities to have professional opera, symphony, orchestra, ballet and theatre companies.
• Within 100 kilometers of Tucson, there are more square centimeters of astronomical glass pointed out toward the universe -- including the recent $80 million Mount Graham International Observatory -- than at any other location on earth.
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