How does Pinal County’s employment targets compare to Maricopa and Pima Counties?
Unfortunately, we’ve found that Pinal County has less than a third of the jobs per capita than both Pima and Maricopa Counties (based on total number of jobs per capita from the 2000 US Census). More recent figures developed by the Central Arizona Association of Governments and its consultants show the employment situation in Pinal County has worsened between 2000 and 2007 due to population growth outpacing job growth. The employment numbers that have been used throughout the Pinal County Comprehensive Plan process have been total employment numbers inclusive of all jobs (commercial, industrial, etc.). That is consistent with the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) and Pima Association of Governments (PAG) numbers.
