Pima County economic data, statistics & info

Pima County's population as of Census 2020 was 1,043,433, up 6.4% from 2010. Pima County's population is expected to reach 1,129,414 in 2030 and 1,305,212 in 2060, according to projections by Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity.

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MAJOR INDUSTRY SALES

• In 2023, Pima County's retail sales were up 3.3%, following growth of 5.9% in 2022 and 16.6% in 2021. 
• Restaurant & bar sales were up 7.9% in 2023 after increasing 15.9% in 2022 and 23.8% in 2021 (following a COVID-related drop of 14.3% in 2020, the first year of the pandemic). 
• Pima County's hotel/motel receipts were up 5.1% in 2023, after rebounding 37.6% in 2022 and 35.3% in 2021 (from a COVID-related decline of 33.0% in 2020).
• Sales across retail, restaurant/bar, and lodging were at record highs in 2023.

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

• In 2022, Pima County produced 55,799,638 in current-dollar total GDP*. This GDP ranked 2nd in the state and accounted for 11.7% of the state total. In 2022, Pima County real GDP grew 1.9%; the 2021–2022 state change was 3.2%.

*GDP estimates are in thousands of dollars.

PERSONAL INCOME

• In 2023, Pima County had a per capita personal income (PCPI) of $58,232. This PCPI ranked 4th in the state and was 93.1% of the state average, $62,543, and 83.4% of the national average, $69,810. The 2023 PCPI reflected an increase of 6.3% from 2022. The 2022–2023 state change was 6.1% and the national change was 5.4%. 
• In 2013, the PCPI of Pima County was $36,562 and ranked 3rd in the state. The 2013–2023 compound annual growth rate of PCPI was 4.8%. The compound annual growth rate for the state was 5.4% and for the nation was 4.6%.

For more info on Pima County's personal income and GDP, check out the county's BEA Regional Fact Sheet (BEARFACTS)

HOME PRICES & DAYS ON MARKET

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NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION

In 2023, there were 3,688 building permits issued for new single-family residential homes in Pima County, down 1.3% from the year prior. That followed a 27.0% annual drop from 2021 to 2022 (in 2021, new single-family home permits in Pima County were at their highest level since 2006). The annual average SFR permit value in 2023 was $344,761 (does not include land), up 3.9% from 2022. (For the most recent monthly data, click here.) 

TOURISM VISITOR COUNTS

• In the first 6 months of 2024 (January through June), visits to Catalina State Park in Pima County were up 6.6% (after increasing 3.3% for all 2023 following an annual decline of 0.3% in 2022).
• In the first half of the year, visits to Pima County’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument were down by 1.9% after increasing 40.0% in 2023 (that followed annual declines of 30.1% in 2022, 0.3% in 2021, and 27.2% in 2020, the first year of the COVID pandemic). Visits in 2023 were down 29.1% from 2019, the year prior to the pandemic.
• Visits to Saguaro National Park in Pima County were down 13.6% in the first 6 months of 2024, after an annual increase of 11.3% in 2023 (that followed a 15.9% drop in 2022, after a 41.7% jump in 2021, rebounding from a COVID-related decline of 25.3% in 2020). Overall, annual visits in 2023 were down 0.9% from 2019, the year prior to the pandemic.

TRAVEL IMPACTS

According to research by Dean Runyan Associates for Arizona Office of Tourism, Pima County's travel industry (including business and leisure travel) generated $3.5 billion in direct spending countywide in 2023, up 5.5% from the year prior (that followed increases of 73.2% in 2021 and 17.6% in 2022, rebounding from a 49.5% COVID-related drop in 2020, the first year of the pandemic). Travel-related direct spending in 2023 was at a record high (with records back to 1998, not adjusted for inflation). Pima County's travel industry supported 23,000 jobs countywide in 2023 (up 6.0% from the year prior) with household earnings of $893.7 million (up 9.9% from 2022), according to the study.

BORDER CROSSINGS

• Pedestrian crossings: In 2023, pedestrian crossings into the United States were up 0.1% at the Lukeville Port of Entry. That followed annual growth of 68.1% in 2021 and 102.2% in 2022 (after a COVID-related drop of 59.4% in 2020, the first year of the pandemic). With strong increases in recent years, pedestrian crossings through the Lukeville port in 2023 were up 38.1% from 2019, the year prior to the pandemic. Pedestrian crossings at the Lukeville port in 2023 totaled 71,769. At the much smaller Sasabe Port of Entry, pedestrian crossings into the United States were down 44.7% in 2023. That followed an annual decline of 7.2% in 2022 after growth of 77.7% in 2021 and 6.5% in 2020 (the first year of the pandemic). Pedestrian crossings through the Sasabe port in 2023 were down 2.9% from 2019. Pedestrian crossings at the Sasabe port in 2023 totaled 433.
• Vehicle passenger crossings: The number of vehicle passengers entering the United States through the Lukeville port was down 4.6% in 2023 following growth of 55.4% in 2021 and 18.2% in 2022 (that was after a COVID-related decline of 52.3% in 2020). Vehicle passenger crossings through the Lukeville port in 2023 were down 16.4% from 2019, the year prior to the pandemic. Vehicle passenger crossings at the Lukeville port in 2023 totaled 933,047. Vehicle passenger crossings at the Sasabe port were down 9.0% in 2023, after increasing 21.7% in 2021 and 3.8% in 2022 (that was after a COVID-related decline of 26.5% in 2020). Vehicle passenger crossings through the Sasabe port in 2023 were down 15.5% from pre-COVID. Vehicle passenger crossings at the Sasabe port in 2023 totaled 46,829. 

See downloadable spreadsheets below for current and historical border crossing data for bus passengers, buses, pedestrians, personal vehicle passengers, personal vehicles, truck containers [empty and loaded], and trucks at the Lukeville and Sasabe ports of entry.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

In 2023, the value of international trade (imports and exports) passing through Pima County's Lukeville and Sasabe ports of entry totaled $8.5 million, up 4.4% from 2022. Exports totaled $5.8 million, up 14.9%, while imports came in at $2.7 million, down 12.6%. See downloadable spreadsheets below for current and historical international trade data (imports, exports, and total trade) for the Lukeville and Sasabe ports of entry.