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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 72.56
The average living wage for the state of Arizona is $32.42/hr, while the states minimum wage is $12.15/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Arizona a minimum wage score of 81.18 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $9.15/hr, which gives Arizona a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 68.17 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Arizona is $240, resulting in a UI benefit score of 59.39 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 40.48

X Arizona does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Arizona does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Arizona does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Arizona does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Arizona does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Arizona does not provide some form of paid family leave.
✓ Arizona does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Arizona does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Arizona does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Arizona does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Arizona does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Arizona does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Arizona does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Arizona does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 30

X Arizona does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Arizona does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Arizona does protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Arizona does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
X Arizona does not provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Arizona does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Yuma County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 11.84% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 52.28%
Democratic: 46.09%
Libertarian: 1.63%
Green: 0%
Other: 0%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 85350
Latitude : 32.529962
Longitude : -114.714968
TimeZone : Mountain (GMT -07:00)
Daylight Saving : No
Region : West
Average Elevation : 155 ft.
Area Code(s) : 928

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 3.73
Male Population Estimate : 54.31%
Female Population Estimate : 45.69%
Median Age : 27.3
Male Median Age : 26.9
Female Median Age : 27.9

White Population Estimate : 65.14%
Black Population Estimate : 2.97%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 85.90%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.75%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.23%
Indian Population Estimate : 4.04%
Other Population Estimate : 29.87%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Somerton specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Yuma County: About 4 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Yuma County: About 330 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Yuma County is about 7% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 13% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.