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Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force

Phoenix, AZ had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2016, at 779,041. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 4,899. The median was 23,664. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest779,041Phoenix, AZ
Lowest4,899Florence, AZ
Median23,66432 cities

All cities, 2016

Phoenix, AZ: 779,041 personsPhoenix, AZ779,041Tucson, AZ: 254,891 personsTucson, AZ254,891Mesa, AZ: 233,458 personsMesa, AZ233,458Chandler, AZ: 142,149 personsChandler, AZ142,149Gilbert, AZ: 129,650 personsGilbert, AZ129,650Scottsdale, AZ: 119,134 personsScottsdale, AZ119,134Glendale, AZ: 114,586 personsGlendale, AZ114,586Tempe, AZ: 100,201 personsTempe, AZ100,201Peoria, AZ: 84,173 personsPeoria, AZ84,173Surprise, AZ: 57,312 personsSurprise, AZ57,312Yuma, AZ: 43,733 personsYuma, AZ43,733Avondale, AZ: 41,828 personsAvondale, AZ41,828Flagstaff, AZ: 39,462 personsFlagstaff, AZ39,462Goodyear, AZ: 38,076 personsGoodyear, AZ38,076Buckeye, AZ: 30,144 personsBuckeye, AZ30,144Maricopa, AZ: 25,590 personsMaricopa, AZ25,590Lake Havasu City, AZ: 21,738 personsLake Havasu City, AZ21,738Casa Grande, AZ: 21,362 personsCasa Grande, AZ21,362Marana, AZ: 21,195 personsMarana, AZ21,195Queen Creek, AZ: 20,213 personsQueen Creek, AZ20,213San Luis, AZ: 18,789 personsSan Luis, AZ18,789Prescott Valley, AZ: 18,374 personsPrescott Valley, AZ18,374Oro Valley, AZ: 18,301 personsOro Valley, AZ18,301Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,183 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,183El Mirage, AZ: 17,062 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,062Prescott, AZ: 16,626 personsPrescott, AZ16,626Apache Junction, AZ: 14,830 personsApache Junction, AZ14,830Bullhead City, AZ: 14,600 personsBullhead City, AZ14,600Sahuarita, AZ: 12,573 personsSahuarita, AZ12,573Kingman, AZ: 12,364 personsKingman, AZ12,364Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,001 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,001Florence, AZ: 4,899 personsFlorence, AZ4,899Phoenix, AZ: 779,041 personsPhoenix, AZ779,041Tucson, AZ: 254,891 personsTucson, AZ254,891Mesa, AZ: 233,458 personsMesa, AZ233,458Chandler, AZ: 142,149 personsChandler, AZ142,149Gilbert, AZ: 129,650 personsGilbert, AZ129,650Scottsdale, AZ: 119,134 personsScottsdale, AZ119,134Glendale, AZ: 114,586 personsGlendale, AZ114,586Tempe, AZ: 100,201 personsTempe, AZ100,201Peoria, AZ: 84,173 personsPeoria, AZ84,173Surprise, AZ: 57,312 personsSurprise, AZ57,312Yuma, AZ: 43,733 personsYuma, AZ43,733Avondale, AZ: 41,828 personsAvondale, AZ41,828Flagstaff, AZ: 39,462 personsFlagstaff, AZ39,462Goodyear, AZ: 38,076 personsGoodyear, AZ38,076Buckeye, AZ: 30,144 personsBuckeye, AZ30,144Maricopa, AZ: 25,590 personsMaricopa, AZ25,590Lake Havasu City, AZ: 21,738 personsLake Havasu City, AZ21,738Casa Grande, AZ: 21,362 personsCasa Grande, AZ21,362Marana, AZ: 21,195 personsMarana, AZ21,195Queen Creek, AZ: 20,213 personsQueen Creek, AZ20,213San Luis, AZ: 18,789 personsSan Luis, AZ18,789Prescott Valley, AZ: 18,374 personsPrescott Valley, AZ18,374Oro Valley, AZ: 18,301 personsOro Valley, AZ18,301Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,183 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,183El Mirage, AZ: 17,062 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,062Prescott, AZ: 16,626 personsPrescott, AZ16,626Apache Junction, AZ: 14,830 personsApache Junction, AZ14,830Bullhead City, AZ: 14,600 personsBullhead City, AZ14,600Sahuarita, AZ: 12,573 personsSahuarita, AZ12,573Kingman, AZ: 12,364 personsKingman, AZ12,364Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,001 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,001Florence, AZ: 4,899 personsFlorence, AZ4,899
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

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Phoenix, AZ779,041+4.6%
2Tucson, AZ254,891+3.4%
3Mesa, AZ233,458+5.5%
4Chandler, AZ142,149+0.5%
5Gilbert, AZ129,650+0.1%
6Scottsdale, AZ119,134-6.1%
7Glendale, AZ114,586+2.1%
8Tempe, AZ100,201+0.4%
9Peoria, AZ84,173+0.2%
10Surprise, AZ57,312+12.3%
11Yuma, AZ43,733+5.6%
12Avondale, AZ41,828+5.7%
13Flagstaff, AZ39,462-0.4%
14Goodyear, AZ38,076+6.2%
15Buckeye, AZ30,144+25.9%
16Maricopa, AZ25,590+10.7%
17Lake Havasu City, AZ21,738-3.3%
18Casa Grande, AZ21,362+0.1%
19Marana, AZ21,195+4.5%
20Queen Creek, AZ20,213+23.9%
21San Luis, AZ18,789-0%
22Prescott Valley, AZ18,374-4.7%
23Oro Valley, AZ18,301-0.5%
24Sierra Vista, AZ17,183-5%
25El Mirage, AZ17,062+13.9%
26Prescott, AZ16,626+0.1%
27Apache Junction, AZ14,830+11%
28Bullhead City, AZ14,600-5.2%
29Sahuarita, AZ12,573+10.4%
30Kingman, AZ12,364+0.6%
31Fountain Hills, AZ10,001-14.1%
32Florence, AZ4,899+32.8%

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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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Phoenix, AZ, with 779,041 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Florence, AZ, with 4,899 in 2016.

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