Arizona
State Government
Governor
Katie Hobbs (D)
State Senate
14
Democrats,
16
Republicans
State House
29
Democrats,
31
Republicans
Arizona
Economic well-being - Arizona
Extreme poverty rate
0.1
Food insecurity
0.1
Minimum wage
14.7
Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line
0.3
Poverty rate
11.7%
Unemployment rate
4.1
Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Percent of individuals who are uninsured
10.3
January 24, 2024
Preschool is expensive. An Arizona county is trying to do something about it
January 5, 2024
Valley nonprofits open doors for low-income, first-generation students
May 15, 2023
Construction begins on hotel turned low-income housing for homeless in Phoenix
February 24, 2021
House Bill 2015 aims at funding high-quality preschool for low-income families
June 5, 2020
Economic pain of COVID-19 increases need for school finance reform
December 22, 2019