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Yuma, Arizona

More About U.S. News & World Report's Top Ten Bargain Retirement Spots

 

Emily Brandon, writing for U.S. News & World Report, says, "Yuma, Ariz., has more sunny days than any other place on Earth, according to the World Almanac Book of Records -a phenomenon that brings thousands of "snowbird" retirees to Yuma for the winter. Of course, many of them flee for colder climates before the sweltering summers."

 

 

Links:

Airport

Yuma Desert

Real Estate & Realtors

Newspaper

Balloon Festival

Yuma, AZ website

 

 

 

Yuma, Arizona Statistics:

Population:

84,187

Median home value:

$197,400

Age 65 or over:

14 percent

Cost of living:

2.2 percent below the U.S. average

Maximum state income tax:

4.57 percent

State sales tax:

5.6 percent

*Data from U.S. News & World Report article published June 3, 2007

The Other Nine U.S. & World Report Best Retirement Spots:

 

Boone, North Carolina | Dahlonega, Georgia | Fredericksburg, Texas | Kennebunk, Maine | Melbourne Beach, Florida | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Salida, Colorado | Sandpoint, Idaho | Yucca Valley, California

 

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