On behalf of the Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Development (RCSED), University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, greetings and welcome to the Arizona Regional Economic Analysis Project. Using the interactive regional economic tools of analysis at your disposal on this website, we invite you to conduct your own research to examine and assess changing economic conditions and trends of your county or region of interest. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension The Regional Center for Sustainable Economic Development (RCSED) was established at the University of Arizona in 2009 as the state's Economic Development Administration-designated University Center. RCSED helps the University of Arizona to further its Land Grant mission by providing outreach across the state on a variety of economic development technical assistance, education and research projects. RCSED works directly with local communities to diversify their economies, recognize and utilize their strengths, as well as identify, promote, and grow sustainable industries and businesses, thereby facilitating job retention, expansion and creation. RCSED fosters a broader and stronger economic base, as well as an economic system that has a long-term view towards sustainability and consideration for social and environmental concerns. RCSED is housed within University of Arizona Cooperative Extension; additional financial support is provided by the Economic Development Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.   At your disposal are not only the 15 Arizona county and six metropolitan statistical area compilations of the data made available by BEA. To further enhance your investigation of the Arizona economy in a regional context, the data and analysis are assembled to demarcate Arizona's six Councils of Governments Regions as defined by the Arizona Councils of Governments.   A Council of Governments (COG), or Regional Council, is a public organization encompassing a multi-jurisdictional regional community. A COG serves the local governments and the citizens in the region by dealing with issues and needs that cross city, town, county and even state boundaries. If your interests align with examining broader trends across the Arizona's regional landscape, apply the interactive diagnostics available at the "click of a mouse" and select from among an assortment of principal indicators of major importance: Investigate a topic all too often overlooked relating to how the changing mix and role of property income, transfer payments, earned income, and their contributions to growth, have transformed the Arizona regional economy against the backdrop of changes nationwide. The cornerstone of the Arizona Regional Economic Analysis Project is the annual data compiled by the Regional Income Division of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce encompassing more than 4 decades−from 1969 to 2010. To compare and assess Arizona's economy in contrast with other states of your choosing, enlist the use of the "Comparative Trends Analysis" in the United States Regional Economic Analysis Project  |
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