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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arizona. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 141 law enforcement agencies employing 14,591 sworn police officers, about 224 for each 100,000 residents.
Clickable map of Arizona area codes in blue (and border states) The U.S. state of Arizona is served by five telephone area codes in three numbering plan areas: Area codes 602, 480, and 623 serve the Phoenix metropolitan area. The three area codes were recombined in 2023 into an overlay complex after a 1999 split:
The United States Penitentiary, Tucson (USP Tucson) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Arizona. It is part of the Tucson Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Tucson) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has a satellite prison camp ...
Most of the Arizona Sun Corridor is in the Sonoran Desert. To the south of the region is the border between the United States and Mexico, and to the north and east is the Arizona transition zone and the Mountains of Arizona. The Southern California Megaregion is to the west and is the nearest other Megaregion to the Arizona Sun Corridor.
There are 15 counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. [1] Four counties (Mohave, Pima, Yavapai and Yuma) were created in 1864 following the organization of the Arizona Territory in 1862. The now defunct Pah-Ute County was split from Mohave County in 1865, but merged back in 1871. All but La Paz County were created by the time Arizona was granted ...
On January 27, 2008, a Native American human rights delegation in the United States, which included Margo Tamez (Lipan Apache-Jumano Apache) and Teresa Leal (Opata-Mayo) reported the removal of the official International Boundary obelisks of 1848 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the Las Mariposas, Sonora-Arizona sector of the ...
Sierra Vista. Total Monthly Expenditures: $1,574.69 Livability Score: 79 Sierra Vista offers the highest livability score on this list, so retirees are sure to enjoy themselves and live well.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and four micropolitan statistical areas in Arizona. [1] As of 2023, the most populous of these is the Phoenix-Mesa, AZ Combined Statistical Area , encompassing the area around Arizona's capital and largest city, Phoenix .