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Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force

Phoenix, AZ had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2018, at 819,120. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 5,488. The median was 26,187. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest819,120Phoenix, AZ
Lowest5,488Florence, AZ
Median26,18732 cities

All cities, 2018

Phoenix, AZ: 819,120 personsPhoenix, AZ819,120Tucson, AZ: 260,278 personsTucson, AZ260,278Mesa, AZ: 247,740 personsMesa, AZ247,740Chandler, AZ: 150,828 personsChandler, AZ150,828Gilbert, AZ: 139,627 personsGilbert, AZ139,627Scottsdale, AZ: 125,561 personsScottsdale, AZ125,561Glendale, AZ: 119,132 personsGlendale, AZ119,132Tempe, AZ: 106,493 personsTempe, AZ106,493Peoria, AZ: 90,101 personsPeoria, AZ90,101Surprise, AZ: 61,004 personsSurprise, AZ61,004Yuma, AZ: 45,576 personsYuma, AZ45,576Avondale, AZ: 44,093 personsAvondale, AZ44,093Flagstaff, AZ: 41,646 personsFlagstaff, AZ41,646Goodyear, AZ: 41,441 personsGoodyear, AZ41,441Buckeye, AZ: 34,982 personsBuckeye, AZ34,982Maricopa, AZ: 27,059 personsMaricopa, AZ27,059Queen Creek, AZ: 25,315 personsQueen Creek, AZ25,315Marana, AZ: 23,024 personsMarana, AZ23,024Lake Havasu City, AZ: 22,928 personsLake Havasu City, AZ22,928Casa Grande, AZ: 22,418 personsCasa Grande, AZ22,418Prescott Valley, AZ: 19,849 personsPrescott Valley, AZ19,849Oro Valley, AZ: 19,098 personsOro Valley, AZ19,098San Luis, AZ: 18,091 personsSan Luis, AZ18,091El Mirage, AZ: 17,649 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,649Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,621 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,621Prescott, AZ: 17,222 personsPrescott, AZ17,222Apache Junction, AZ: 15,428 personsApache Junction, AZ15,428Bullhead City, AZ: 15,152 personsBullhead City, AZ15,152Kingman, AZ: 13,222 personsKingman, AZ13,222Sahuarita, AZ: 13,191 personsSahuarita, AZ13,191Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,430 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,430Florence, AZ: 5,488 personsFlorence, AZ5,488Phoenix, AZ: 819,120 personsPhoenix, AZ819,120Tucson, AZ: 260,278 personsTucson, AZ260,278Mesa, AZ: 247,740 personsMesa, AZ247,740Chandler, AZ: 150,828 personsChandler, AZ150,828Gilbert, AZ: 139,627 personsGilbert, AZ139,627Scottsdale, AZ: 125,561 personsScottsdale, AZ125,561Glendale, AZ: 119,132 personsGlendale, AZ119,132Tempe, AZ: 106,493 personsTempe, AZ106,493Peoria, AZ: 90,101 personsPeoria, AZ90,101Surprise, AZ: 61,004 personsSurprise, AZ61,004Yuma, AZ: 45,576 personsYuma, AZ45,576Avondale, AZ: 44,093 personsAvondale, AZ44,093Flagstaff, AZ: 41,646 personsFlagstaff, AZ41,646Goodyear, AZ: 41,441 personsGoodyear, AZ41,441Buckeye, AZ: 34,982 personsBuckeye, AZ34,982Maricopa, AZ: 27,059 personsMaricopa, AZ27,059Queen Creek, AZ: 25,315 personsQueen Creek, AZ25,315Marana, AZ: 23,024 personsMarana, AZ23,024Lake Havasu City, AZ: 22,928 personsLake Havasu City, AZ22,928Casa Grande, AZ: 22,418 personsCasa Grande, AZ22,418Prescott Valley, AZ: 19,849 personsPrescott Valley, AZ19,849Oro Valley, AZ: 19,098 personsOro Valley, AZ19,098San Luis, AZ: 18,091 personsSan Luis, AZ18,091El Mirage, AZ: 17,649 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,649Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,621 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,621Prescott, AZ: 17,222 personsPrescott, AZ17,222Apache Junction, AZ: 15,428 personsApache Junction, AZ15,428Bullhead City, AZ: 15,152 personsBullhead City, AZ15,152Kingman, AZ: 13,222 personsKingman, AZ13,222Sahuarita, AZ: 13,191 personsSahuarita, AZ13,191Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,430 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,430Florence, AZ: 5,488 personsFlorence, AZ5,488
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

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Phoenix, AZ819,120+2.8%
2Tucson, AZ260,278+1.2%
3Mesa, AZ247,740+3.1%
4Chandler, AZ150,828+2.8%
5Gilbert, AZ139,627+4.3%
6Scottsdale, AZ125,561+2.8%
7Glendale, AZ119,132+2.2%
8Tempe, AZ106,493+4.9%
9Peoria, AZ90,101+3.7%
10Surprise, AZ61,004+3.9%
11Yuma, AZ45,576+1.3%
12Avondale, AZ44,093+2.7%
13Flagstaff, AZ41,646+2.9%
14Goodyear, AZ41,441+4.8%
15Buckeye, AZ34,982+9.1%
16Maricopa, AZ27,059+3.7%
17Queen Creek, AZ25,315+10.9%
18Marana, AZ23,024+4.6%
19Lake Havasu City, AZ22,928+2.9%
20Casa Grande, AZ22,418+2.5%
21Prescott Valley, AZ19,849+3.6%
22Oro Valley, AZ19,098+2.2%
23San Luis, AZ18,091+1.9%
24El Mirage, AZ17,649+1.9%
25Sierra Vista, AZ17,621+2.7%
26Prescott, AZ17,222+2.2%
27Apache Junction, AZ15,428+2.2%
28Bullhead City, AZ15,152+2.1%
29Kingman, AZ13,222+4.3%
30Sahuarita, AZ13,191+2.8%
31Fountain Hills, AZ10,430+2.5%
32Florence, AZ5,488+13.3%

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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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Phoenix, AZ, with 819,120 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Florence, AZ, with 5,488 in 2018.

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