Arizona Relocation GuideArizona covers 114,006 square miles and has a population of 5,130,632 people. Arizona's capital is
Phoenix, which has a population of 1,321,045. Other important cities are
Tucson (pop. 486,699),
Mesa (pop. 396,375),
Scottsdale (pop. 202,705),
Glendale (pop. 218,812),
Yuma
(pop. 77,515),
Chandler(pop. 176,581),
Gilbert
(pop. 109,697),
Casas Adobes (pop. 54,011), and
Flagstaff (pop. 52,894).
Arizona was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912 as the 48th state. The state flower is the "Saguaro Cactus Blossom" and it's nickname is "The Grand
Canyon State". Arizona's economy is broken into two categories; agriculture and industry. Cattle, cotton, dairy products, lettuce, nursery stock and hay provide for the agricultural side. While copper and other mining, electric equipment, transportation equipment, machinery, printing and publishing, food processing, electronics and tourism provide for the industrial side.