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Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force, 2025

Phoenix, AZ had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2025, at 927,815. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 4,858. The median was 41,630. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest927,815Phoenix, AZ
Lowest4,858Florence, AZ
Median41,63032 cities

All cities, 2025

Phoenix, AZ: 927,815 personsPhoenix, AZ927,815Mesa, AZ: 278,381 personsMesa, AZ278,381Tucson, AZ: 270,315 personsTucson, AZ270,315Chandler, AZ: 166,808 personsChandler, AZ166,808Gilbert, AZ: 163,336 personsGilbert, AZ163,336Scottsdale, AZ: 139,391 personsScottsdale, AZ139,391Glendale, AZ: 133,403 personsGlendale, AZ133,403Tempe, AZ: 121,561 personsTempe, AZ121,561Peoria, AZ: 103,202 personsPeoria, AZ103,202Surprise, AZ: 80,380 personsSurprise, AZ80,380Goodyear, AZ: 58,063 personsGoodyear, AZ58,063Avondale, AZ: 52,184 personsAvondale, AZ52,184Buckeye, AZ: 51,561 personsBuckeye, AZ51,561Yuma, AZ: 49,830 personsYuma, AZ49,830Flagstaff, AZ: 44,755 personsFlagstaff, AZ44,755Queen Creek, AZ: 43,724 personsQueen Creek, AZ43,724Maricopa, AZ: 39,535 personsMaricopa, AZ39,535Casa Grande, AZ: 31,731 personsCasa Grande, AZ31,731Marana, AZ: 30,020 personsMarana, AZ30,020Lake Havasu City, AZ: 25,081 personsLake Havasu City, AZ25,081Prescott Valley, AZ: 23,071 personsPrescott Valley, AZ23,071Oro Valley, AZ: 20,368 personsOro Valley, AZ20,368El Mirage, AZ: 19,412 personsEl Mirage, AZ19,412Apache Junction, AZ: 19,179 personsApache Junction, AZ19,179Prescott, AZ: 18,877 personsPrescott, AZ18,877San Luis, AZ: 18,320 personsSan Luis, AZ18,320Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,313 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,313Bullhead City, AZ: 16,689 personsBullhead City, AZ16,689Kingman, AZ: 15,316 personsKingman, AZ15,316Sahuarita, AZ: 15,278 personsSahuarita, AZ15,278Fountain Hills, AZ: 11,378 personsFountain Hills, AZ11,378Florence, AZ: 4,858 personsFlorence, AZ4,858Phoenix, AZ: 927,815 personsPhoenix, AZ927,815Mesa, AZ: 278,381 personsMesa, AZ278,381Tucson, AZ: 270,315 personsTucson, AZ270,315Chandler, AZ: 166,808 personsChandler, AZ166,808Gilbert, AZ: 163,336 personsGilbert, AZ163,336Scottsdale, AZ: 139,391 personsScottsdale, AZ139,391Glendale, AZ: 133,403 personsGlendale, AZ133,403Tempe, AZ: 121,561 personsTempe, AZ121,561Peoria, AZ: 103,202 personsPeoria, AZ103,202Surprise, AZ: 80,380 personsSurprise, AZ80,380Goodyear, AZ: 58,063 personsGoodyear, AZ58,063Avondale, AZ: 52,184 personsAvondale, AZ52,184Buckeye, AZ: 51,561 personsBuckeye, AZ51,561Yuma, AZ: 49,830 personsYuma, AZ49,830Flagstaff, AZ: 44,755 personsFlagstaff, AZ44,755Queen Creek, AZ: 43,724 personsQueen Creek, AZ43,724Maricopa, AZ: 39,535 personsMaricopa, AZ39,535Casa Grande, AZ: 31,731 personsCasa Grande, AZ31,731Marana, AZ: 30,020 personsMarana, AZ30,020Lake Havasu City, AZ: 25,081 personsLake Havasu City, AZ25,081Prescott Valley, AZ: 23,071 personsPrescott Valley, AZ23,071Oro Valley, AZ: 20,368 personsOro Valley, AZ20,368El Mirage, AZ: 19,412 personsEl Mirage, AZ19,412Apache Junction, AZ: 19,179 personsApache Junction, AZ19,179Prescott, AZ: 18,877 personsPrescott, AZ18,877San Luis, AZ: 18,320 personsSan Luis, AZ18,320Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,313 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,313Bullhead City, AZ: 16,689 personsBullhead City, AZ16,689Kingman, AZ: 15,316 personsKingman, AZ15,316Sahuarita, AZ: 15,278 personsSahuarita, AZ15,278Fountain Hills, AZ: 11,378 personsFountain Hills, AZ11,378Florence, AZ: 4,858 personsFlorence, AZ4,858
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Phoenix, AZ927,815+1.5%
2Mesa, AZ278,381+1.4%
3Tucson, AZ270,315+1.5%
4Chandler, AZ166,808+1.4%
5Gilbert, AZ163,336+1.4%
6Scottsdale, AZ139,391+1.3%
7Glendale, AZ133,403+1.6%
8Tempe, AZ121,561+1.5%
9Peoria, AZ103,202+1.5%
10Surprise, AZ80,380+1.5%
11Goodyear, AZ58,063+1.7%
12Avondale, AZ52,184+1.6%
13Buckeye, AZ51,561+1.8%
14Yuma, AZ49,830+2.3%
15Flagstaff, AZ44,755+1.9%
16Queen Creek, AZ43,724+1.6%
17Maricopa, AZ39,535+1.7%
18Casa Grande, AZ31,731+1.8%
19Marana, AZ30,020+1.4%
20Lake Havasu City, AZ25,081+1.8%
21Prescott Valley, AZ23,071+1%
22Oro Valley, AZ20,368+1.4%
23El Mirage, AZ19,412+1.7%
24Apache Junction, AZ19,179+1.7%
25Prescott, AZ18,877+1.1%
26San Luis, AZ18,320+3.8%
27Sierra Vista, AZ17,313-1.1%
28Bullhead City, AZ16,689+1.9%
29Kingman, AZ15,316+1.7%
30Sahuarita, AZ15,278+1.4%
31Fountain Hills, AZ11,378+1.3%
32Florence, AZ4,858+2%

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About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arizona-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arizona-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arizona-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Phoenix, AZ, with 927,815 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Florence, AZ, with 4,858 in 2025.

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