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Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force

Phoenix, AZ had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2021, at 867,058. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 5,318. The median was 31,901. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest867,058Phoenix, AZ
Lowest5,318Florence, AZ
Median31,90132 cities

All cities, 2021

Phoenix, AZ: 867,058 personsPhoenix, AZ867,058Tucson, AZ: 263,105 personsTucson, AZ263,105Mesa, AZ: 262,742 personsMesa, AZ262,742Chandler, AZ: 158,363 personsChandler, AZ158,363Gilbert, AZ: 147,842 personsGilbert, AZ147,842Scottsdale, AZ: 131,478 personsScottsdale, AZ131,478Glendale, AZ: 124,206 personsGlendale, AZ124,206Tempe, AZ: 112,945 personsTempe, AZ112,945Peoria, AZ: 96,225 personsPeoria, AZ96,225Surprise, AZ: 68,491 personsSurprise, AZ68,491Goodyear, AZ: 48,137 personsGoodyear, AZ48,137Avondale, AZ: 47,145 personsAvondale, AZ47,145Yuma, AZ: 45,525 personsYuma, AZ45,525Buckeye, AZ: 43,869 personsBuckeye, AZ43,869Flagstaff, AZ: 39,580 personsFlagstaff, AZ39,580Queen Creek, AZ: 32,886 personsQueen Creek, AZ32,886Maricopa, AZ: 30,916 personsMaricopa, AZ30,916Marana, AZ: 25,877 personsMarana, AZ25,877Casa Grande, AZ: 25,394 personsCasa Grande, AZ25,394Lake Havasu City, AZ: 24,160 personsLake Havasu City, AZ24,160Prescott Valley, AZ: 20,924 personsPrescott Valley, AZ20,924Oro Valley, AZ: 19,624 personsOro Valley, AZ19,624El Mirage, AZ: 18,458 personsEl Mirage, AZ18,458Prescott, AZ: 17,850 personsPrescott, AZ17,850Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,565 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,565San Luis, AZ: 17,396 personsSan Luis, AZ17,396Apache Junction, AZ: 16,566 personsApache Junction, AZ16,566Bullhead City, AZ: 16,078 personsBullhead City, AZ16,078Kingman, AZ: 14,390 personsKingman, AZ14,390Sahuarita, AZ: 14,196 personsSahuarita, AZ14,196Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,933 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,933Florence, AZ: 5,318 personsFlorence, AZ5,318Phoenix, AZ: 867,058 personsPhoenix, AZ867,058Tucson, AZ: 263,105 personsTucson, AZ263,105Mesa, AZ: 262,742 personsMesa, AZ262,742Chandler, AZ: 158,363 personsChandler, AZ158,363Gilbert, AZ: 147,842 personsGilbert, AZ147,842Scottsdale, AZ: 131,478 personsScottsdale, AZ131,478Glendale, AZ: 124,206 personsGlendale, AZ124,206Tempe, AZ: 112,945 personsTempe, AZ112,945Peoria, AZ: 96,225 personsPeoria, AZ96,225Surprise, AZ: 68,491 personsSurprise, AZ68,491Goodyear, AZ: 48,137 personsGoodyear, AZ48,137Avondale, AZ: 47,145 personsAvondale, AZ47,145Yuma, AZ: 45,525 personsYuma, AZ45,525Buckeye, AZ: 43,869 personsBuckeye, AZ43,869Flagstaff, AZ: 39,580 personsFlagstaff, AZ39,580Queen Creek, AZ: 32,886 personsQueen Creek, AZ32,886Maricopa, AZ: 30,916 personsMaricopa, AZ30,916Marana, AZ: 25,877 personsMarana, AZ25,877Casa Grande, AZ: 25,394 personsCasa Grande, AZ25,394Lake Havasu City, AZ: 24,160 personsLake Havasu City, AZ24,160Prescott Valley, AZ: 20,924 personsPrescott Valley, AZ20,924Oro Valley, AZ: 19,624 personsOro Valley, AZ19,624El Mirage, AZ: 18,458 personsEl Mirage, AZ18,458Prescott, AZ: 17,850 personsPrescott, AZ17,850Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,565 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,565San Luis, AZ: 17,396 personsSan Luis, AZ17,396Apache Junction, AZ: 16,566 personsApache Junction, AZ16,566Bullhead City, AZ: 16,078 personsBullhead City, AZ16,078Kingman, AZ: 14,390 personsKingman, AZ14,390Sahuarita, AZ: 14,196 personsSahuarita, AZ14,196Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,933 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,933Florence, AZ: 5,318 personsFlorence, AZ5,318
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

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Phoenix, AZ867,058+1.1%
2Tucson, AZ263,105-1%
3Mesa, AZ262,742+1.3%
4Chandler, AZ158,363+1.5%
5Gilbert, AZ147,842+2.7%
6Scottsdale, AZ131,478+0.3%
7Glendale, AZ124,206+0.7%
8Tempe, AZ112,945-0.1%
9Peoria, AZ96,225+2.1%
10Surprise, AZ68,491+4.3%
11Goodyear, AZ48,137+6.1%
12Avondale, AZ47,145+2.3%
13Yuma, AZ45,525-2.7%
14Buckeye, AZ43,869+9.7%
15Flagstaff, AZ39,580-2.1%
16Queen Creek, AZ32,886+10.1%
17Maricopa, AZ30,916+6.5%
18Marana, AZ25,877+3.7%
19Casa Grande, AZ25,394+6.4%
20Lake Havasu City, AZ24,160-0.4%
21Prescott Valley, AZ20,924+2.2%
22Oro Valley, AZ19,624+0.8%
23El Mirage, AZ18,458+1.1%
24Prescott, AZ17,850+1.7%
25Sierra Vista, AZ17,565-3.4%
26San Luis, AZ17,396-0.7%
27Apache Junction, AZ16,566+1.8%
28Bullhead City, AZ16,078-0.2%
29Kingman, AZ14,390+2.6%
30Sahuarita, AZ14,196+2.7%
31Fountain Hills, AZ10,933-0.1%
32Florence, AZ5,318-12.8%

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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.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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Phoenix, AZ, with 867,058 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Florence, AZ, with 5,318 in 2021.

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