2. Arizona Facts
The Grand Canyon State
48th State
Population is 6,482,505
State Capital is Phoenix
The State’s official neckwear is a bola tie
There is a fountain in Fountain Hills that is believed to be
the tallest in the world
Arizona is one of the four corner states
3. The Arizona Landscape
The Grand Canyon
Carved by the Colorado River
It is about 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide.
Home to approximately 70 species of mammals, 250 species
of birds, 25 types of reptiles and five species of amphibians.
Painted desert
A big area of land where erosion has caused layers of
sediment that looks like rainbows
Petrified Forest National Park
One of the biggest areas of petrified wood in the world
4. Arizona’s Climate
Arizona is dry and has little rainfall
Temperatures vary a lot due to Arizona’s size and
differences in elevation
One third of Arizona is a plateau which has higher
altitudes than the lower desert, and is much cooler
climate
80% sunshine for the state
86% sunshine for Phoenix
Gets 12 inches of rainfall a year
5. Arizona’s Resources
Renewable resources
Crops: hay , cotton, melon , lettuce
Livestock: 1,000,000 cattle for making beef and milk
165,000 hogs for pork
Nonrenewable resources
Minerals: copper and garnet
Commodities: oil and gas , carbon dioxide , helium , and
geothermal resources
Flow Resources
Sunlight
Watersheds
Water
6. Resources Continued
Capital Resources
Mining equipment to support the mining industry
Copper ore crusher
Farming equipment
Tractors, combine harvester
Human Resources
The workforce is approx.
Top 5 industries
Real estate, manufacturing, government, finance and
insurance, and professional and technical services
7. What is Arizona Known
for?
Specialization
Manufacturing
Manufactures lots of products including food and
computer chips
Mining
In 2007 over 60% of all U.S. copper was mined in AZ
Tourism
More than 37,000,000 tourists visit AZ a year
