Arizona County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 15 counties in Arizona, scored 0–100 across five domains. A county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than; the average Arizona county scores 70.6. 10 counties score high, very high, or extreme.
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Urban Institute, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts | Scores as of Aug 2026
Arizona Snapshot
Arizona County Map
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All 15 Arizona counties colored by county distress score range. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.
Most & Least Distressed
Most Distressed
Least Distressed
Score Distribution
How Arizona's 15 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
All Arizona Counties
15 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Score Label | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | Apache County | 90 | extreme county distress | Labor |
| 2 | — | Navajo County | 89 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 3 | — | Santa Cruz County | 89 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 4 | — | Mohave County | 82 | very high county distress | Labor |
| 5 | — | Gila County | 79 | high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 6 | — | La Paz County | 74 | high county distress | Safety Net & Buffer |
| 7 | — | Pinal County | 72 | high county distress | Default & Legal |
| 8 | — | Yuma County | 72 | high county distress | Labor |
| 9 | — | Cochise County | 71 | high county distress | Labor |
| 10 | — | Pima County | 70 | high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 11 | — | Coconino County | 68 | moderate-high county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 12 | — | Graham County | 61 | moderate-high county distress | Labor |
| 13 | — | Maricopa County | 58 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 14 | — | Yavapai County | 50 | moderate county distress | Debt Burden (housing basis) |
| 15 | — | Greenlee County | 28 | low county distress | Delinquency |
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using five equal-weighted domains. Each domain averages its member indicators' county ranks, the domains are averaged, and that average is ranked against every U.S. county. So a county's score is the share of U.S. counties it is more distressed than. National ranks are shown only for the 100 most and 100 least distressed counties, because ranks in between move between updates. Counties with identical composite scores share a rank, marked T- for tied.