Arizona Fact Sheet

Database: USA State Land Area

Record Name State Country Rank Land Area
Arizona Land Area Arizona United States 6 114,006 square miles

Database: Miss America Winners by State

Record Name Year City State
Jacque Mercer 1949 Litchfield Park Arizona
Vonda Kay Van Dyke 1965 Phoenix Arizona

Database: World's Busiest Airports

Record Name Year City Country Region State Province Source Airport Passenger Traffic Rank
PHOENIX, AZ (PHX) Airport Traffic 2006 Phoenix United States North America Arizona Airport Council International PHOENIX, AZ (PHX) 41 436 737 18

Database: USA City Population

Record Name City State Country Source Population Year
Phoenix, Arizona City Population Phoenix Arizona United States US Census Bureau 2007 1,512,986 2007
Tucson, Arizona City Population Tucson Arizona United States US Census Bureau 2007 518,956 2007
Mesa, Arizona City Population Mesa Arizona United States US Census Bureau 2007 447,541 2007
Glendale, Arizona City Population Glendale Arizona United States US Census Bureau 2007 246,531 2007
Chandler, Arizona City Population Chandler Arizona United States US Census Bureau 2007 240,595 2007
Scottsdale, Arizona City Population Scottsdale Arizona United States US Census Bureau 2007 231,127 2007
Gilbert, Arizona City Population Gilbert Arizona United States US Census Bureau 2007 191,517 2007
Tempe, Arizona City Population Tempe Arizona United States US Census Bureau 2007 169,712 2007
Peoria, Arizona City Population Peoria Arizona United States US Census Bureau 2007 142,024 2007

Database: United States Minimum Wages By State

Record Name State Minimum Wage Notes Source
Minimum Wage for Arizona Arizona $6.90 Pursuant to Arizona Proposition 202. This rate will be automatically adjusted annually based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index. This rate increase did not affect student workers in places such as libraries and cafeterias because those positions are given by universities, which are State entities.[citation needed] Wikipedia

Database: United States Per Capita Electricity Use By State

Record Name State Country Year Population (thousands) kWh (millions) kWh per capita Source
Electricity Use for Arizona Arizona United States 2005 5,953 69,391 11,656 California Energy Comission

Database: USA State Motto List

Record Name State Country Motto Translation (if applicable) Source
State Motto for Arizona Arizona Ditat Deus (Latin, God enriches) Wikipedia

Database: Telephone area codes by State

Record Name State Country
480,520,602,623,928 Arizona United States

Database: Auto Theft Rate for American Cities

Record Name City State Country Number of Thefts Theft Rate Source
Auto theft rate for Phoenix Phoenix Arizona United States 35,161 1,081.25 National Crime Insurance Bureau
Auto theft rate for Tucson Tucson Arizona United States 7,189 852.03 National Crime Insurance Bureau
Auto theft rate for Little Rock Little Rock Arizona United States 3,345 572.93 National Crime Insurance Bureau
Auto theft rate for Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Arizona United States 459 544.63 National Crime Insurance Bureau

Database: Largest US School Districts

Record Name Primary City State Country Source Enrollment Expenditure (2003-2004) Expenditure per student (2003-2004)
Tucson Tucson Arizona United States American School and University 60,461 $438,681,000 $6,683

Database: Largest US universities by enrollment

Record Name State Country Source Enrollment
University of Phoenix-Online Campus Arizona United States National Center for Education Statistics 115,794
Arizona State University at Tempe Arizona United States National Center for Education Statistics 49,171

Database: Average Annual Rainfall for USA States

Record Name Country State Area (Square Miles) Rainfall (in./yr.) Rainfall (mi,/yr.) Rainfall (cu.mi,/yr.) Source
Average Annual Rainfall for Arizona United States Arizona 113,909 7.11 0.0001122 12.7824 The World Almanac (1988)

Database: Baseball World Series Winners

Record Name Year Winning Team Losing Team Winning City Losing City Sport Score
World Series 2001 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks New York Yankees Arizona NEW YORK Baseball 4 - 3

Database: Public Road Length by State

Record Name State Country Region Interstate (Miles) Other Principal and minor Arterials (Miles) Major and Minor Collectors (Miles) Local (Miles) Total (Miles) Source
Road Length for Arizona Arizona 1,168 4,869 8,487 42,638 57,162 Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Database: NCAA Basketball Tournament Champions

Record Name Year Sport City Location Winner Champion Opponent In Final 4 In Final 4
NCAA Tournament Champion (2001) 2001 Basketball Minneapolis Duke Duke (1) Arizona (2) Maryland (3) Michigan St. (1)
NCAA Tournament Champion (1997) 1997 Basketball Indianapolis Arizona Arizona (4) Kentucky (1) North Carolina (1) Minnesota (1)
NCAA Tournament Champion (1994) 1994 Basketball Charlotte Arkansas Arkansas (1) Duke (2) Arizona (2) Florida (3)
NCAA Tournament Champion (1988) 1988 Basketball Kansas City Kansas Kansas (6) Oklahoma (1) Duke (2) Arizona (1)

Database: US State Population

Record Name State Country Year Source Rank Population
Arizona Population Arizona United States 2000 US Census Bureau 20 5,130,632

Database: 3 Year Average Household Income By State

Record Name State Country Source Household Income
Arizona Household Income Arizona United States United States Census Bureau 42,590

Database: Highway Speed Limits for US States

Record Name Country State Source Rural Interstates (MPH) Urban Interstates (MPG) Other Limited (MPH) Other Roads (MPH)
Highway Interstate Freeway Speed Limits for Arizona United States Arizona Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 75 65 55 55

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