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Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force

Phoenix, AZ had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2020, at 857,851. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 6,101. The median was 29,452. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest857,851Phoenix, AZ
Lowest6,101Florence, AZ
Median29,45232 cities

All cities, 2020

Phoenix, AZ: 857,851 personsPhoenix, AZ857,851Tucson, AZ: 265,691 personsTucson, AZ265,691Mesa, AZ: 259,471 personsMesa, AZ259,471Chandler, AZ: 156,047 personsChandler, AZ156,047Gilbert, AZ: 144,005 personsGilbert, AZ144,005Scottsdale, AZ: 131,091 personsScottsdale, AZ131,091Glendale, AZ: 123,282 personsGlendale, AZ123,282Tempe, AZ: 113,104 personsTempe, AZ113,104Peoria, AZ: 94,257 personsPeoria, AZ94,257Surprise, AZ: 65,659 personsSurprise, AZ65,659Yuma, AZ: 46,769 personsYuma, AZ46,769Avondale, AZ: 46,067 personsAvondale, AZ46,067Goodyear, AZ: 45,390 personsGoodyear, AZ45,390Flagstaff, AZ: 40,439 personsFlagstaff, AZ40,439Buckeye, AZ: 39,978 personsBuckeye, AZ39,978Queen Creek, AZ: 29,868 personsQueen Creek, AZ29,868Maricopa, AZ: 29,035 personsMaricopa, AZ29,035Marana, AZ: 24,953 personsMarana, AZ24,953Lake Havasu City, AZ: 24,268 personsLake Havasu City, AZ24,268Casa Grande, AZ: 23,872 personsCasa Grande, AZ23,872Prescott Valley, AZ: 20,467 personsPrescott Valley, AZ20,467Oro Valley, AZ: 19,475 personsOro Valley, AZ19,475El Mirage, AZ: 18,257 personsEl Mirage, AZ18,257Sierra Vista, AZ: 18,176 personsSierra Vista, AZ18,176Prescott, AZ: 17,545 personsPrescott, AZ17,545San Luis, AZ: 17,520 personsSan Luis, AZ17,520Apache Junction, AZ: 16,274 personsApache Junction, AZ16,274Bullhead City, AZ: 16,110 personsBullhead City, AZ16,110Kingman, AZ: 14,022 personsKingman, AZ14,022Sahuarita, AZ: 13,822 personsSahuarita, AZ13,822Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,948 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,948Florence, AZ: 6,101 personsFlorence, AZ6,101Phoenix, AZ: 857,851 personsPhoenix, AZ857,851Tucson, AZ: 265,691 personsTucson, AZ265,691Mesa, AZ: 259,471 personsMesa, AZ259,471Chandler, AZ: 156,047 personsChandler, AZ156,047Gilbert, AZ: 144,005 personsGilbert, AZ144,005Scottsdale, AZ: 131,091 personsScottsdale, AZ131,091Glendale, AZ: 123,282 personsGlendale, AZ123,282Tempe, AZ: 113,104 personsTempe, AZ113,104Peoria, AZ: 94,257 personsPeoria, AZ94,257Surprise, AZ: 65,659 personsSurprise, AZ65,659Yuma, AZ: 46,769 personsYuma, AZ46,769Avondale, AZ: 46,067 personsAvondale, AZ46,067Goodyear, AZ: 45,390 personsGoodyear, AZ45,390Flagstaff, AZ: 40,439 personsFlagstaff, AZ40,439Buckeye, AZ: 39,978 personsBuckeye, AZ39,978Queen Creek, AZ: 29,868 personsQueen Creek, AZ29,868Maricopa, AZ: 29,035 personsMaricopa, AZ29,035Marana, AZ: 24,953 personsMarana, AZ24,953Lake Havasu City, AZ: 24,268 personsLake Havasu City, AZ24,268Casa Grande, AZ: 23,872 personsCasa Grande, AZ23,872Prescott Valley, AZ: 20,467 personsPrescott Valley, AZ20,467Oro Valley, AZ: 19,475 personsOro Valley, AZ19,475El Mirage, AZ: 18,257 personsEl Mirage, AZ18,257Sierra Vista, AZ: 18,176 personsSierra Vista, AZ18,176Prescott, AZ: 17,545 personsPrescott, AZ17,545San Luis, AZ: 17,520 personsSan Luis, AZ17,520Apache Junction, AZ: 16,274 personsApache Junction, AZ16,274Bullhead City, AZ: 16,110 personsBullhead City, AZ16,110Kingman, AZ: 14,022 personsKingman, AZ14,022Sahuarita, AZ: 13,822 personsSahuarita, AZ13,822Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,948 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,948Florence, AZ: 6,101 personsFlorence, AZ6,101
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

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Phoenix, AZ857,851+1.5%
2Tucson, AZ265,691-0.1%
3Mesa, AZ259,471+1.2%
4Chandler, AZ156,047+0.6%
5Gilbert, AZ144,005+0.1%
6Scottsdale, AZ131,091+1.3%
7Glendale, AZ123,282+1%
8Tempe, AZ113,104+2.3%
9Peoria, AZ94,257+1.1%
10Surprise, AZ65,659+3.1%
11Yuma, AZ46,769-0.2%
12Avondale, AZ46,067+0.5%
13Goodyear, AZ45,390+3.3%
14Flagstaff, AZ40,439-4.9%
15Buckeye, AZ39,978+5.9%
16Queen Creek, AZ29,868+7.4%
17Maricopa, AZ29,035+2.6%
18Marana, AZ24,953+2.2%
19Lake Havasu City, AZ24,268+3.8%
20Casa Grande, AZ23,872+2.6%
21Prescott Valley, AZ20,467+0.9%
22Oro Valley, AZ19,475-1.2%
23El Mirage, AZ18,257+1.5%
24Sierra Vista, AZ18,176+2.6%
25Prescott, AZ17,545+0.1%
26San Luis, AZ17,520-6.2%
27Apache Junction, AZ16,274+2%
28Bullhead City, AZ16,110+4.1%
29Kingman, AZ14,022+2.9%
30Sahuarita, AZ13,822+0.4%
31Fountain Hills, AZ10,948+0.5%
32Florence, AZ6,101+4%

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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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arizona-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arizona-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/arizona-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Phoenix, AZ, with 857,851 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Florence, AZ, with 6,101 in 2020.

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