Resource sites MLS Home Statistics and Data All MLS Data and Home Sales Maricopa County Census Data http://www.azcommerce.com/doclib/commune/maricopa.pdf ARIZONA FACTS The most definitive source for statewide population and economic data will be found at the following link. Arizona Public Service, a statewide utility company that services North Scottsdale, offers this information through their Economic Development Division. This is an impressive body of work that deserves your attention. It takes a little longer to access, but it is worth the wait. Just click on this link: http://www.move2az.com/ For ARIZONA FACTS
Visiting Scottsdale ~ Some Interesting Statistics
Population - 215,080 (July 2000)
Size - 184.5 square miles, stretching 31 miles from north to south
Elevation - Average is 1,248 feet above sea level
Climate - Average median temperature is 70.3 F degrees, average
precipitation is 7.05 inches per year, and average percentage of sunny
days per year is 86 percent
Size Rank - Fourth in total area and fifth in population within Arizona
(January 2000)
Number of Visitors Annually - 7.2 million visited Scottsdale during 1999
Unemployment rate - 2.0 percent (June 2000)
Property Tax Rate - Among the lowest city property tax rates in Maricopa
County, at $1.38 per $100 assessed valuation for Fiscal Year 2000.
Average Cost of Housing - Home prices range from $60,000 to $6+ million
with $228,000 as the median price (1998).
"Most Livable City" U.S. Conference of Mayors - 1993
**Statistics courtesy of City of Scottsdale**
Arizona History (courtesy of Bill Gray, owner AZ School of Real Estate) 1863 - Arizona becomes a Territory - Capital is Prescott 1867 - Arizona Capital moves to Tucson 1877 - Capital returns to Prescott 1889 - Capital moves to Phoenix 1900 - Population 122,391 1903 - Salt River Valley Water Users Association formed for irrigation 1907 - Gambling prohibited in Arizona 1910 - Population 204,354 1911 - Roosevelt Dam is completed as the highest masonry dam in the world. 1911 - Carl Hayden (our first Sheriff) was elected to the U.S. Congress as Territorial Congressman. 1912 - Statehood at the 48th State on February 14th, 1912 Women have the Right to vote in Arizona, 8 years before Federal government 1913 - Women can now work in Arizona - only 8 hours/day. 1917 - Goodyear Tire and Rubber buys 24,000 acres southwest of Phoenix as cotton is used in tires. Factories were converted, later, to manufacture airplanes for WW2. 1919 - Grand Canyon becomes a National Park. One had to take the train from Williams, Arizona to see it. 1920 - Federal government approves women Right to Vote. Population in Arizona is 334,162. 1921 - Arizona gets its Colorado River water allocation. It is much larger that NV. 1922 - KTAR begins broadcasting music, only. KTAR stands for "Keep Taking the Arizona Republic", as the Arizona Republic owned it. 1924 - Indians receive the Right to Vote. 1926 - Southern Pacific Railroad completes the loop around the Salt River Valley. 1927 - Air transportation arrives at Sky Harbor Airport with 3 flights/day. 1929 - "Westward Ho Hotel" becomes the first hotel in Arizona to have air conditioning. 1930 - Population 435,573. Del Webb moves to Arizona for health reasons and to build all of the military bases in Arizona (except Davis Monthan in Tucson). 1934 - Phoenix is called the "Valley of the Sun" 1937 - Phoenix North High School opens. 1940 - Salt River Project is created. 1941 - Battleship Arizona is sunk in Pearl Harbor on December 7th, killing 1200 sailors. 1941 - Goodyear creates the first large manufacturing plant in Arizona, manufacturing airplanes for the War. The next largest employer is Alcoa/Reynolds. 1942 - Internment Camps are established. 1942 - George Washington Carver High School created. 1943 - Construction begins on Luke, Williams and Davis Monthan air force bases to train pilots. 1944 - German prisoner of war camps created in Papago Park (where the Zoo is today) Arizona will receive Colorado River Water. 1946 - Arizona becomes a Right to Work State. 1949 - Motorola establishes electronics division in Phoenix because of the dry air (less corrosion) and Arizona is a Right to Work state. 1955 - Uptown Plaza at Central/Camelback becomes the largest single shopping center between Dallas and Los Angeles. 1959 - Beeline Highway is completed between Phoenix and Payson. 1960 - Population exceeds 1 million. Every 10 years, we add 1 million Arizona residents, until present day. 1964 - Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium opens. Barry Goldwater runs for President against LBJ. 1968 - Phoenix Suns play their first game. Construction begins on the Central Arizona Project (CAP). 1973 - Metro Center opens. 1978 - Ned Warren Sr. is convicted of land fraud. He died in prison. 1980 - Groundwater Management Act. 1981 - Sandra Day O'Conner becomes the first woman on the US Supreme Court. 1985 - CAP is in full operation. We get 1.9 M acre/ft of water per year. It takes 1 acre/ft for one home/year. We have plenty of water. 1987 - Pope John Paul II visits Phoenix. Sun Devil Stadium is re-named "Sun Angel Stadium" for the one day visit. 1988 - Fair Housing Title VIII includes families with children and the handicapped. Cardinals move the team to Phoenix. 1998 - Top five elected officials are women. 2000 - Population is 5 million. Arizona has 15 counties Maricopa County is the largest county State flower is the blossom of the saguaro cactus Arizona had the largest nuclear plant in the US at Palo Verde 400 people/day move to Arizona. 2.5% growth/year. 2001 - Population 5,130,632 Median Age 34.2 Male 49.9% Female 50.1% White 75.5% (Hispanic 25.3%) American Indian 5.1% Black 3.1% Asian 1.8% Other races 11.6% LAND OWNERSHIP in ARIZONA 2004 42% Federal 27% Indian Trust Lands 18% Private and local government 13% State Trust Lands *************************************** Did you know, via AZ PBS 2008 At 800 feet, Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly is taller than the Washington Monument, 555 ft. the St. Louis Gateway Arch, 630 ft the Seattle Space Needle, 605 ft. The worlds largest
continuously flowing fountain is in Fountain Hills, AZ
collection of optical telescopes is at Kitt Peak in Southern Arizona.
retirement community is Sun City, AZ The hottest day recorded in Arizona was...
in Lake Havasu City on June 29, 1994, 128 degrees
The coldest day in Arizona was Jan. 7, 1971 in Hawley Lake, minus 40 degrees
The Joshua Tree, Agave, and Yucca are not cactus. They are members of the lily family. The saguaro cactus
is one of worlds largest types of cactus
grows almost exclusively in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico
Blossom is Arizonas state flower Oraibi, a Hopi Indian village on Third Mesa, dates back to before A.D. 1200 and is believed to be the longest continuously inhabited community in the nation. There are over 330 dams in Arizona. Three of them are named for U.S. Presidents...
Roosevelt
Hoover
Coolidge
Movies shot in Arizona include
Bus stop starring Marilyn Monroe
Stay Away Joe, and Charro starring Elvis
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande, and Fort Apache starring John Wayne
The thirteen stripes on the Arizona flag represent the thirteen original colonies of the United States and the sun setting in the west. It is illegal in Arizona to refuse a person a glass of water. to drive in reverse in Glendale. for women to wear pants in Tucson The flags of Spain, Mexico, the Confederacy, and the United States have all flown over the territory known today as Arizona. Arizona is larger than Pennsylvania, Delaware, and all of New England. Maricopa County is larger than Massachusetts. Santa Cruz County is larger than seventeen nations.
The Lost Dutchman (Lost Dutchman Mine) was German. Cesar Chavez, was born in Yuma. Billy the Kid killed his first man in Arizona.
Arizona's state bird is the Cactus Wren. the state tree the Palo Verde Petrified wood is the official state fossil The Grand Canyon is more than 200 miles long 18 miles wide, and almost 2 billion years old. Arizona has more golf courses than Scotland more mountains than Switzerland. doubled its population every 20 years since 1900. *************************************** For More Information Contact:
Bill Duffey - Luxury Real Estate in Scottsdale, Carefree, Paradise Valley and Cave Creek, Arizona
Scottdale, Arizona
Tel: 480-585-2904
FAX: 480-585-0562
Internet: wmduffey@yahoo.com
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