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Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force

Phoenix, AZ had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2017, at 796,991. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 4,842. The median was 24,463. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest796,991Phoenix, AZ
Lowest4,842Florence, AZ
Median24,46332 cities

All cities, 2017

Phoenix, AZ: 796,991 personsPhoenix, AZ796,991Tucson, AZ: 257,223 personsTucson, AZ257,223Mesa, AZ: 240,225 personsMesa, AZ240,225Chandler, AZ: 146,768 personsChandler, AZ146,768Gilbert, AZ: 133,856 personsGilbert, AZ133,856Scottsdale, AZ: 122,084 personsScottsdale, AZ122,084Glendale, AZ: 116,574 personsGlendale, AZ116,574Tempe, AZ: 101,557 personsTempe, AZ101,557Peoria, AZ: 86,866 personsPeoria, AZ86,866Surprise, AZ: 58,739 personsSurprise, AZ58,739Yuma, AZ: 44,990 personsYuma, AZ44,990Avondale, AZ: 42,935 personsAvondale, AZ42,935Flagstaff, AZ: 40,459 personsFlagstaff, AZ40,459Goodyear, AZ: 39,533 personsGoodyear, AZ39,533Buckeye, AZ: 32,054 personsBuckeye, AZ32,054Maricopa, AZ: 26,102 personsMaricopa, AZ26,102Queen Creek, AZ: 22,823 personsQueen Creek, AZ22,823Lake Havasu City, AZ: 22,275 personsLake Havasu City, AZ22,275Marana, AZ: 22,006 personsMarana, AZ22,006Casa Grande, AZ: 21,870 personsCasa Grande, AZ21,870Prescott Valley, AZ: 19,153 personsPrescott Valley, AZ19,153Oro Valley, AZ: 18,678 personsOro Valley, AZ18,678San Luis, AZ: 17,751 personsSan Luis, AZ17,751El Mirage, AZ: 17,323 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,323Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,152 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,152Prescott, AZ: 16,854 personsPrescott, AZ16,854Apache Junction, AZ: 15,091 personsApache Junction, AZ15,091Bullhead City, AZ: 14,842 personsBullhead City, AZ14,842Sahuarita, AZ: 12,828 personsSahuarita, AZ12,828Kingman, AZ: 12,682 personsKingman, AZ12,682Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,178 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,178Florence, AZ: 4,842 personsFlorence, AZ4,842Phoenix, AZ: 796,991 personsPhoenix, AZ796,991Tucson, AZ: 257,223 personsTucson, AZ257,223Mesa, AZ: 240,225 personsMesa, AZ240,225Chandler, AZ: 146,768 personsChandler, AZ146,768Gilbert, AZ: 133,856 personsGilbert, AZ133,856Scottsdale, AZ: 122,084 personsScottsdale, AZ122,084Glendale, AZ: 116,574 personsGlendale, AZ116,574Tempe, AZ: 101,557 personsTempe, AZ101,557Peoria, AZ: 86,866 personsPeoria, AZ86,866Surprise, AZ: 58,739 personsSurprise, AZ58,739Yuma, AZ: 44,990 personsYuma, AZ44,990Avondale, AZ: 42,935 personsAvondale, AZ42,935Flagstaff, AZ: 40,459 personsFlagstaff, AZ40,459Goodyear, AZ: 39,533 personsGoodyear, AZ39,533Buckeye, AZ: 32,054 personsBuckeye, AZ32,054Maricopa, AZ: 26,102 personsMaricopa, AZ26,102Queen Creek, AZ: 22,823 personsQueen Creek, AZ22,823Lake Havasu City, AZ: 22,275 personsLake Havasu City, AZ22,275Marana, AZ: 22,006 personsMarana, AZ22,006Casa Grande, AZ: 21,870 personsCasa Grande, AZ21,870Prescott Valley, AZ: 19,153 personsPrescott Valley, AZ19,153Oro Valley, AZ: 18,678 personsOro Valley, AZ18,678San Luis, AZ: 17,751 personsSan Luis, AZ17,751El Mirage, AZ: 17,323 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,323Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,152 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,152Prescott, AZ: 16,854 personsPrescott, AZ16,854Apache Junction, AZ: 15,091 personsApache Junction, AZ15,091Bullhead City, AZ: 14,842 personsBullhead City, AZ14,842Sahuarita, AZ: 12,828 personsSahuarita, AZ12,828Kingman, AZ: 12,682 personsKingman, AZ12,682Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,178 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,178Florence, AZ: 4,842 personsFlorence, AZ4,842
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

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Phoenix, AZ796,991+2.3%
2Tucson, AZ257,223+0.9%
3Mesa, AZ240,225+2.9%
4Chandler, AZ146,768+3.2%
5Gilbert, AZ133,856+3.2%
6Scottsdale, AZ122,084+2.5%
7Glendale, AZ116,574+1.7%
8Tempe, AZ101,557+1.4%
9Peoria, AZ86,866+3.2%
10Surprise, AZ58,739+2.5%
11Yuma, AZ44,990+2.9%
12Avondale, AZ42,935+2.6%
13Flagstaff, AZ40,459+2.5%
14Goodyear, AZ39,533+3.8%
15Buckeye, AZ32,054+6.3%
16Maricopa, AZ26,102+2%
17Queen Creek, AZ22,823+12.9%
18Lake Havasu City, AZ22,275+2.5%
19Marana, AZ22,006+3.8%
20Casa Grande, AZ21,870+2.4%
21Prescott Valley, AZ19,153+4.2%
22Oro Valley, AZ18,678+2.1%
23San Luis, AZ17,751-5.5%
24El Mirage, AZ17,323+1.5%
25Sierra Vista, AZ17,152-0.2%
26Prescott, AZ16,854+1.4%
27Apache Junction, AZ15,091+1.8%
28Bullhead City, AZ14,842+1.7%
29Sahuarita, AZ12,828+2%
30Kingman, AZ12,682+2.6%
31Fountain Hills, AZ10,178+1.8%
32Florence, AZ4,842-1.2%

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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.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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Phoenix, AZ, with 796,991 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Florence, AZ, with 4,842 in 2017.

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