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Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force

Phoenix, AZ had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2019, at 844,865. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 5,866. The median was 28,057. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest844,865Phoenix, AZ
Lowest5,866Florence, AZ
Median28,05732 cities

All cities, 2019

Phoenix, AZ: 844,865 personsPhoenix, AZ844,865Tucson, AZ: 265,858 personsTucson, AZ265,858Mesa, AZ: 256,512 personsMesa, AZ256,512Chandler, AZ: 155,101 personsChandler, AZ155,101Gilbert, AZ: 143,846 personsGilbert, AZ143,846Scottsdale, AZ: 129,412 personsScottsdale, AZ129,412Glendale, AZ: 122,040 personsGlendale, AZ122,040Tempe, AZ: 110,554 personsTempe, AZ110,554Peoria, AZ: 93,208 personsPeoria, AZ93,208Surprise, AZ: 63,699 personsSurprise, AZ63,699Yuma, AZ: 46,856 personsYuma, AZ46,856Avondale, AZ: 45,844 personsAvondale, AZ45,844Goodyear, AZ: 43,960 personsGoodyear, AZ43,960Flagstaff, AZ: 42,517 personsFlagstaff, AZ42,517Buckeye, AZ: 37,751 personsBuckeye, AZ37,751Maricopa, AZ: 28,302 personsMaricopa, AZ28,302Queen Creek, AZ: 27,812 personsQueen Creek, AZ27,812Marana, AZ: 24,414 personsMarana, AZ24,414Lake Havasu City, AZ: 23,388 personsLake Havasu City, AZ23,388Casa Grande, AZ: 23,268 personsCasa Grande, AZ23,268Prescott Valley, AZ: 20,276 personsPrescott Valley, AZ20,276Oro Valley, AZ: 19,703 personsOro Valley, AZ19,703San Luis, AZ: 18,685 personsSan Luis, AZ18,685El Mirage, AZ: 17,991 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,991Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,707 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,707Prescott, AZ: 17,528 personsPrescott, AZ17,528Apache Junction, AZ: 15,953 personsApache Junction, AZ15,953Bullhead City, AZ: 15,471 personsBullhead City, AZ15,471Sahuarita, AZ: 13,764 personsSahuarita, AZ13,764Kingman, AZ: 13,627 personsKingman, AZ13,627Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,894 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,894Florence, AZ: 5,866 personsFlorence, AZ5,866Phoenix, AZ: 844,865 personsPhoenix, AZ844,865Tucson, AZ: 265,858 personsTucson, AZ265,858Mesa, AZ: 256,512 personsMesa, AZ256,512Chandler, AZ: 155,101 personsChandler, AZ155,101Gilbert, AZ: 143,846 personsGilbert, AZ143,846Scottsdale, AZ: 129,412 personsScottsdale, AZ129,412Glendale, AZ: 122,040 personsGlendale, AZ122,040Tempe, AZ: 110,554 personsTempe, AZ110,554Peoria, AZ: 93,208 personsPeoria, AZ93,208Surprise, AZ: 63,699 personsSurprise, AZ63,699Yuma, AZ: 46,856 personsYuma, AZ46,856Avondale, AZ: 45,844 personsAvondale, AZ45,844Goodyear, AZ: 43,960 personsGoodyear, AZ43,960Flagstaff, AZ: 42,517 personsFlagstaff, AZ42,517Buckeye, AZ: 37,751 personsBuckeye, AZ37,751Maricopa, AZ: 28,302 personsMaricopa, AZ28,302Queen Creek, AZ: 27,812 personsQueen Creek, AZ27,812Marana, AZ: 24,414 personsMarana, AZ24,414Lake Havasu City, AZ: 23,388 personsLake Havasu City, AZ23,388Casa Grande, AZ: 23,268 personsCasa Grande, AZ23,268Prescott Valley, AZ: 20,276 personsPrescott Valley, AZ20,276Oro Valley, AZ: 19,703 personsOro Valley, AZ19,703San Luis, AZ: 18,685 personsSan Luis, AZ18,685El Mirage, AZ: 17,991 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,991Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,707 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,707Prescott, AZ: 17,528 personsPrescott, AZ17,528Apache Junction, AZ: 15,953 personsApache Junction, AZ15,953Bullhead City, AZ: 15,471 personsBullhead City, AZ15,471Sahuarita, AZ: 13,764 personsSahuarita, AZ13,764Kingman, AZ: 13,627 personsKingman, AZ13,627Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,894 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,894Florence, AZ: 5,866 personsFlorence, AZ5,866
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

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Phoenix, AZ844,865+3.1%
2Tucson, AZ265,858+2.1%
3Mesa, AZ256,512+3.5%
4Chandler, AZ155,101+2.8%
5Gilbert, AZ143,846+3%
6Scottsdale, AZ129,412+3.1%
7Glendale, AZ122,040+2.4%
8Tempe, AZ110,554+3.8%
9Peoria, AZ93,208+3.4%
10Surprise, AZ63,699+4.4%
11Yuma, AZ46,856+2.8%
12Avondale, AZ45,844+4%
13Goodyear, AZ43,960+6.1%
14Flagstaff, AZ42,517+2.1%
15Buckeye, AZ37,751+7.9%
16Maricopa, AZ28,302+4.6%
17Queen Creek, AZ27,812+9.9%
18Marana, AZ24,414+6%
19Lake Havasu City, AZ23,388+2%
20Casa Grande, AZ23,268+3.8%
21Prescott Valley, AZ20,276+2.2%
22Oro Valley, AZ19,703+3.2%
23San Luis, AZ18,685+3.3%
24El Mirage, AZ17,991+1.9%
25Sierra Vista, AZ17,707+0.5%
26Prescott, AZ17,528+1.8%
27Apache Junction, AZ15,953+3.4%
28Bullhead City, AZ15,471+2.1%
29Sahuarita, AZ13,764+4.3%
30Kingman, AZ13,627+3.1%
31Fountain Hills, AZ10,894+4.4%
32Florence, AZ5,866+6.9%

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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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Phoenix, AZ, with 844,865 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Florence, AZ, with 5,866 in 2019.

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