Tucson is a large city located in the state of Arizona. With a population of 486,591 people and 94 constituent neighborhoods, Tucson is the second largest community in Arizona.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tucson is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tucson is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tucson who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.06%), sales jobs (11.14%), and management occupations (6.82%).

Also of interest is that Tucson has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Tucson also has a very large population of students, making it a major college town. As is often the case, having so many students around has a strong influence on the local culture. In fact, Tucson is one of only a few big cities that are also major college towns, making it one of the nation's prominent intellectual centers. In addition, the presence of thousands of college students gives Tucson a sophisticated style, and provides lots of diversions and entertainment for students. Being a big "college town" not only means that Tucson has a burgeoning arts, music, and nightclub scene, but the innovation sector of the local economy receives a great boost from both the intellectual output of the faculty and the thousands of enthusiastic students who graduate every spring.

Not only is Tucson a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Tucson is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

Tucson Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Tucson who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 22.88% of adults in Tucson have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Tucson in 2000 was $16,322, which is upper middle income relative to Arizona, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $65,288 for a family of four.

Tucson is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tucson home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Tucson is White, followed by African-American. Tucson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.83% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Tucson include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Tucson is English. Some people also speak Spanish.