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Credit unions in Arizona

At the December 1994 cycle, Arizona had 74 credit unions with $3.77B in assets. By the December 2025 cycle that was 33 institutions and $34.52B. The latest filing cycle in the panel for Arizona is 2026Q1. Dollar amounts are whole US dollars as filed on the 5300 Call Report; annual series use December cycles only (see the methodology).

33
credit unions filing
Mar 2026 cycle
$35.34B
total assets
Mar 2026 cycle
2,036,097
members
Mar 2026 cycle
71.7%
loans to shares
Mar 2026 cycle

Arizona, December cycles 19942025

One point per December cycle. The loans-to-shares ratio is the state’s total loans outstanding over total shares and deposits: a rough read on how fully member savings are lent back out rather than parked in investments.

Credit unions filing

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Total assets (whole USD)

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Loans to shares

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Source: NCUA, 5300 Call Report quarterly data Sums over every credit union with FOICU home state AZ at each December cycle. Nominal whole dollars, as filed. Methodology

Largest credit unions in Arizona, Mar 2026 cycle

#Credit unionTotal assets (whole USD)MembersShare of state
1DESERT FINANCIAL #68713$9,791,191,351511,36927.7%
2ONEAZ #61315$4,485,923,885237,71412.7%
3ARIZONA FINANCIAL #68730$3,886,854,387178,80911.0%
4VANTAGE WEST #68558$3,299,088,967214,9569.3%
5HUGHES #7531$2,637,787,289188,0257.5%
6TRUWEST #63832$1,715,186,30590,5294.9%
7PIMA #7316$1,681,441,09474,4224.8%
8CREDIT UNION WEST #68421$1,452,911,01497,1484.1%
9TUCSON #2157$971,411,40852,0732.7%
10FIRST #68444$785,762,02144,4012.2%
11ARIZONA CENTRAL #62881$733,736,99446,7682.1%
12COPPER STATE #68502$672,090,60037,8041.9%
13SUNWEST #2226$530,381,53043,4501.5%
14AMERICAN SOUTHWEST #68567$437,289,64833,5741.2%
15AVENIR FINANCIAL #4915$394,997,45833,2931.1%

Source: NCUA, 5300 Call Report quarterly data Up to 15 institutions, ranked by total assets at the 2026Q1 cycle. #N is the NCUA charter number. Share of state uses the state's all-filer asset total for the same cycle. Methodology

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