ZIP codes with highest rates of lottery winners in fiscal 2009

by Adnan Alam

By Cronkite News Service

Here are ZIP codes with the highest rates of big Arizona Lottery winners _ $599 or more _ in fiscal 2009. Demographic data comes from ESRI. Cronkite News Service limited its review to ZIP codes with 10,000 or more residents:

85218
_ Where: Gold Canyon
_ Winners: 28
_ Population: 11,360
_ Median Income: $74,574
_ Median Age: 54

85735
_ Where: Just southwest of Tucson
_ Winners: 20
_ Population: 10,658
_ Median Income: $48,063
_ Median Age: 41

85051
_ Where: Phoenix, on the near west side
_ Winners: 77
_ Population: 41,941
_ Median Income: $50,523
_ Median Age: 33

85381
_ Where: Peoria
_ Winners: 44
_ Population: 25,655
_ Median Income: $88,544
_ Median Age: 38

85730
_ Where: Southeast Tucson
_ Winners: 67
_ Population: 40,118
_ Median Income: $50,523
_ Median Age: 35

86404
_ Where: Lake Havasu City
_ Winners: 28
_ Population: 17,172
_ Median Income: $42,693
_ Median Age: 52

85219
_ Where: Apache Junction
_ Winners: 29
_ Population: 18,044
_ Median Income: $50,268
_ Median Age: 54

85024
_ Where: North Phoenix
_ Winners: 34
_ Population: 21,804
_ Median Income: $78,913
_ Median Age: 36

85310
_ Where: Glendale
_ Winners: 38
_ Population: 24,485
_ Median Income: $107,464
_ Median Age: 28

85306
_ Where: Glendale
_ Winners: 42
_ Population: 27,151
_ Median Income: $63,511
_ Median Age: 35