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3-481234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829Geographic RegionTable 3-10. Per Capita Personal IncomePer Capita PersonalIncome (PCPI) 2008StateRankPercentStateAveragePercentNationalAverageAverage AnnualGrowth Rate1998-2008(%)Cochise County $33,259 5 97 83 6.2State of Arizona (Average) $34,339 NA 100 85 3.8Nation (Average) $40,166 NA NA 100 4.0Source: BEA 2010aNA=Not ApplicableTotal personal income (TPI) includes net earnings by place of residence; dividends, interest, andrent; and personal current transfer receipts received by the residents within Cochise County. In2008, the TPI of Cochise County was $4,271,255 (Table 3-11). This TPI ranked 8 th in the stateand accounted for 1.9 percent of the state total. In 1998, the TPI of Cochise County was$2,107,533 and ranked 8 th in the state (BEA 2010a).Geographic RegionTable 3-11. Total Personal IncomeTotal Personal Income 2008State Rank1998 2008PercentState TotalAverage AnnualGrowth Rate1995-2005(%)Cochise County $2,107,533 $4,271,255 8 1.9 7.3State of Arizona $115,841,358 $223,184,451 NA 100 6.8Source: BEA 2010a and 2010bNA=Not ApplicableThe total number of jobs in Cochise County was 63,411 for 2009 (Table 3-12). The number ofjobs has increased by 5 percent from the number of jobs in 2008 (U.S. Census Bureau 2010c). In2009, the largest employment classification was educational services, followed by health careand social assistance, public administration, professional, scientific, administrative, wastemanagement, retail trade, and construction (U.S. Census Bureau 2009g). The 2010unemployment rate in Cochise County was at 8.3 percent with an unemployment level of 5,259.In 2010, the unemployment rate of the State of Arizona was as at 9.2 with an unemploymentlevel of 292,616 and ranked 33 rd in the United States (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2010a).Table 3-12. Jobs in 2009Geographic Area Labor Force EmployedUnemploymentLevel RateCochise County 63,234 57,975 5,259 8.3State of Arizona 3,165,552 2,872,936 292,616 9.2Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2010a and 2010bIn 2009, 121,616 people living in Cochise County were classified, and 19,830 of these peoplelived below the poverty level. This accounts for 16.3 percent of the population in CochiseCounty (Table 3-13). This percentage is greater than the percentage of people below the povertyDouglas FOB EADraftAugust 2011