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Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force

Phoenix, AZ had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2015, at 744,827. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 3,689. The median was 22,803. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest744,827Phoenix, AZ
Lowest3,689Florence, AZ
Median22,80332 cities

All cities, 2015

Phoenix, AZ: 744,827 personsPhoenix, AZ744,827Tucson, AZ: 246,396 personsTucson, AZ246,396Mesa, AZ: 221,258 personsMesa, AZ221,258Chandler, AZ: 141,375 personsChandler, AZ141,375Gilbert, AZ: 129,534 personsGilbert, AZ129,534Scottsdale, AZ: 126,916 personsScottsdale, AZ126,916Glendale, AZ: 112,192 personsGlendale, AZ112,192Tempe, AZ: 99,780 personsTempe, AZ99,780Peoria, AZ: 84,042 personsPeoria, AZ84,042Surprise, AZ: 51,024 personsSurprise, AZ51,024Yuma, AZ: 41,414 personsYuma, AZ41,414Flagstaff, AZ: 39,638 personsFlagstaff, AZ39,638Avondale, AZ: 39,562 personsAvondale, AZ39,562Goodyear, AZ: 35,843 personsGoodyear, AZ35,843Buckeye, AZ: 23,940 personsBuckeye, AZ23,940Maricopa, AZ: 23,125 personsMaricopa, AZ23,125Lake Havasu City, AZ: 22,480 personsLake Havasu City, AZ22,480Casa Grande, AZ: 21,340 personsCasa Grande, AZ21,340Marana, AZ: 20,292 personsMarana, AZ20,292Prescott Valley, AZ: 19,272 personsPrescott Valley, AZ19,272San Luis, AZ: 18,793 personsSan Luis, AZ18,793Oro Valley, AZ: 18,391 personsOro Valley, AZ18,391Sierra Vista, AZ: 18,084 personsSierra Vista, AZ18,084Prescott, AZ: 16,615 personsPrescott, AZ16,615Queen Creek, AZ: 16,316 personsQueen Creek, AZ16,316Bullhead City, AZ: 15,398 personsBullhead City, AZ15,398El Mirage, AZ: 14,986 personsEl Mirage, AZ14,986Apache Junction, AZ: 13,365 personsApache Junction, AZ13,365Kingman, AZ: 12,285 personsKingman, AZ12,285Fountain Hills, AZ: 11,647 personsFountain Hills, AZ11,647Sahuarita, AZ: 11,386 personsSahuarita, AZ11,386Florence, AZ: 3,689 personsFlorence, AZ3,689Phoenix, AZ: 744,827 personsPhoenix, AZ744,827Tucson, AZ: 246,396 personsTucson, AZ246,396Mesa, AZ: 221,258 personsMesa, AZ221,258Chandler, AZ: 141,375 personsChandler, AZ141,375Gilbert, AZ: 129,534 personsGilbert, AZ129,534Scottsdale, AZ: 126,916 personsScottsdale, AZ126,916Glendale, AZ: 112,192 personsGlendale, AZ112,192Tempe, AZ: 99,780 personsTempe, AZ99,780Peoria, AZ: 84,042 personsPeoria, AZ84,042Surprise, AZ: 51,024 personsSurprise, AZ51,024Yuma, AZ: 41,414 personsYuma, AZ41,414Flagstaff, AZ: 39,638 personsFlagstaff, AZ39,638Avondale, AZ: 39,562 personsAvondale, AZ39,562Goodyear, AZ: 35,843 personsGoodyear, AZ35,843Buckeye, AZ: 23,940 personsBuckeye, AZ23,940Maricopa, AZ: 23,125 personsMaricopa, AZ23,125Lake Havasu City, AZ: 22,480 personsLake Havasu City, AZ22,480Casa Grande, AZ: 21,340 personsCasa Grande, AZ21,340Marana, AZ: 20,292 personsMarana, AZ20,292Prescott Valley, AZ: 19,272 personsPrescott Valley, AZ19,272San Luis, AZ: 18,793 personsSan Luis, AZ18,793Oro Valley, AZ: 18,391 personsOro Valley, AZ18,391Sierra Vista, AZ: 18,084 personsSierra Vista, AZ18,084Prescott, AZ: 16,615 personsPrescott, AZ16,615Queen Creek, AZ: 16,316 personsQueen Creek, AZ16,316Bullhead City, AZ: 15,398 personsBullhead City, AZ15,398El Mirage, AZ: 14,986 personsEl Mirage, AZ14,986Apache Junction, AZ: 13,365 personsApache Junction, AZ13,365Kingman, AZ: 12,285 personsKingman, AZ12,285Fountain Hills, AZ: 11,647 personsFountain Hills, AZ11,647Sahuarita, AZ: 11,386 personsSahuarita, AZ11,386Florence, AZ: 3,689 personsFlorence, AZ3,689
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

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Phoenix, AZ744,827+2.4%
2Tucson, AZ246,396+0.2%
3Mesa, AZ221,258+2.3%
4Chandler, AZ141,375+3.5%
5Gilbert, AZ129,534+4.4%
6Scottsdale, AZ126,916+3.8%
7Glendale, AZ112,192+1.8%
8Tempe, AZ99,780+2.6%
9Peoria, AZ84,042+3.4%
10Surprise, AZ51,024+2.4%
11Yuma, AZ41,414+0.5%
12Flagstaff, AZ39,638+2.3%
13Avondale, AZ39,562+1.9%
14Goodyear, AZ35,843+5.3%
15Buckeye, AZ23,940+4.8%
16Maricopa, AZ23,125+3.1%
17Lake Havasu City, AZ22,480+0.7%
18Casa Grande, AZ21,340+0.5%
19Marana, AZ20,292+3.2%
20Prescott Valley, AZ19,272+2.8%
21San Luis, AZ18,793+0.5%
22Oro Valley, AZ18,391+3.4%
23Sierra Vista, AZ18,084-1.5%
24Prescott, AZ16,615+2.5%
25Queen Creek, AZ16,316+8.5%
26Bullhead City, AZ15,398+0.4%
27El Mirage, AZ14,986+1.6%
28Apache Junction, AZ13,365+1%
29Kingman, AZ12,285+2.8%
30Fountain Hills, AZ11,647+2.3%
31Sahuarita, AZ11,386+0.1%
32Florence, AZ3,689+1.7%

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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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arizona-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arizona-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arizona-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Phoenix, AZ, with 744,827 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Florence, AZ, with 3,689 in 2015.

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