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 2024, Pima County's retail sales were up 0.3%, following growth of 16.6% in 2021, 5.9% in 2022, and 3.3% in 2023. 
• Restaurant & bar sales were up 1.8% in 2024 after increasing 23.8% in 2021, 15.9% in 2022, and 7.9% in 2023 (following a COVID-related drop of 14.3% in 2020, the first year of the pandemic). 
• Pima County's hotel/motel receipts were up 3.1% in 2024 after gains of 35.3% in 2021, 37.6% in 2022, and 5.1% in 2023 (after falling 33.0% in 2020 due to the pandemic).
• Pima County sales across retail, restaurant/bar, and lodging were at record highs in 2024. Growth rates are not adjusted for inflation; annual sales are based on tax processing month, not sales month. 

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

• In 2023, Pima County produced $62.2 billion in current-dollar total Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This GDP ranked 2nd in the state (of Arizona's 15 counties, behind just Maricopa County) and accounted for 11.9% of the state total. From 2022 to 2023, Pima County real GDP grew 4.6%; for all Arizona, real GDP grew 3.0%. 
• Back in 2013, the total GDP of Pima County was $36.9 billion and ranked 2nd in the state. The 2013–2023 compound annual growth rate for Pima County real GDP was 2.5%; the compound annual growth rate for the state was 3.5%.

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 2024, pedestrian crossings into the United States at the Lukeville Port of Entry in Pima County totaled 76,611, up 6.7% from the year prior. That followed annual growth of 68.1% in 2021, 102.2% in 2022, and 0.1% in 2023 (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 2024 were up 47.5% from 2019, the year prior to the pandemic. At the much smaller Sasabe Port of Entry, also in Pima County, pedestrian crossings into the United States totaled 406 in 2024, down 6.2% from the year prior. That followed annual declines of 7.2% in 2022 and 44.7% in 2023 (after growth of 6.5% in 2020 and 77.7% in 2021 during the COVID pandemic). Pedestrian crossings through the Sasabe port in 2024 were down 9.0% from 2019.
• Vehicle passenger crossings: The number of vehicle passengers entering the United States through the Lukeville port in 2024 totaled 916,315 in 2024, down 1.8% from the year prior. That followed growth of 55.4% in 2021 and 18.2% in 2022, along with a drop of 4.6% in 2023 (that was after a COVID-related decline of 52.3% in 2020). Despite strong growth in 2021 and 2022, and after declines in 2023 and 2024, vehicle passenger crossings through the Lukeville port in 2024 remained down 17.9% from 2019, the year prior to the pandemic. Vehicle passenger crossings at the Sasabe port totaled 16,723 in 2024, down 64.3% from the year prior. That was after increasing 21.7% in 2021 and 3.8% in 2022, then falling 9.0% in 2023 (that followed a COVID-related decline of 26.5% in 2020). Vehicle passenger crossings through the Sasabe port in 2024 were down 69.8% from the pre-COVID year of 2019.

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 2024, the value of international trade (imports and exports) passing through Pima County's Lukeville and Sasabe ports of entry totaled $5.5 million, down 35.1% from 2023. Exports totaled $3 million, down 47.9%, while imports came in at $2.5 million, down 7.9%. 
• In 2024, the Sasabe port was closed to commercial traffic with the exception of the month of April, which saw the port open for exports only. As a result, the vast majority of exports and all imports through Pima County's land ports in 2024 entered through Lukeville.  

See downloadable spreadsheets below for current and historical international trade data (imports, exports, and total trade) for the Lukeville and Sasabe ports of entry.