Quick Facts

• 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 highways provides easy access to suppliers and markets in other states and in Mexico. Additionally, the area’s rail/truck intermodal (Port of Tucson) and international airport facilities provide supplementary and highly efficient methods for people and product movement.

• Southern Arizona is virtually free from the threat of natural disasters. The stable climate is ideal for many types of business systems and testing environments.

• By 2019, the Tucson region will be home to nearly 1.24 million people.

• 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 7th youngest state in the U.S. Almost one quarter of the working age population speaks Spanish, making Tucson a center for bilingual opportunities.

• In June 2010, Charter school Basis Tucson ranked No. 6 and University High School ranked No. 25 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 2009 documentary, “Two Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution.”

• 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 as a “mini-mecca” for the arts as it is 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.