Arizona

Congressional Races:
Districts 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Population (1994): 4,075,000 (up 11.2% from 1990); 1.6% of U.S. total

Voting-age population: 2,923,000; 1994 turnout, 37%

Median age: 32.2 years

Median household income: $31,293 ($971 below U.S. median)

Unemployment: 4.9% (0.7% below U.S. average, March 1996)

Last presidential election:

Clinton (D): 37%

Bush (R): 38%

Perot (I): 24%

Congressional delegation: One Democrat, seven Republicans

Arizona is the third fastest-growing state in the nation, with a Latino population that has nearly doubled and an economy--lightly regulated--that seems to be keeping pace. But growth has brought increased crime, especially in urban areas, along with the question of how to allocate water cost efficiently. One thing that hasn't changed: conservative politics. The home of Barry Goldwater, the G.O.P.'s 1964 presidential candidate, Arizona gave Ross Perot a quarter of its vote in 1992 and is still the only state in the Union to have voted Republican in every presidential election since 1948.

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