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Cities in Arizona by civilian labor force

Phoenix, AZ had the highest civilian labor force of 32 cities in 2022, at 881,473. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 5,017. The median was 34,398. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest881,473Phoenix, AZ
Lowest5,017Florence, AZ
Median34,39832 cities

All cities, 2022

Phoenix, AZ: 881,473 personsPhoenix, AZ881,473Mesa, AZ: 266,916 personsMesa, AZ266,916Tucson, AZ: 265,121 personsTucson, AZ265,121Chandler, AZ: 160,948 personsChandler, AZ160,948Gilbert, AZ: 154,003 personsGilbert, AZ154,003Scottsdale, AZ: 133,183 personsScottsdale, AZ133,183Glendale, AZ: 125,916 personsGlendale, AZ125,916Tempe, AZ: 117,056 personsTempe, AZ117,056Peoria, AZ: 98,696 personsPeoria, AZ98,696Surprise, AZ: 71,482 personsSurprise, AZ71,482Goodyear, AZ: 50,924 personsGoodyear, AZ50,924Yuma, AZ: 48,826 personsYuma, AZ48,826Avondale, AZ: 47,827 personsAvondale, AZ47,827Buckeye, AZ: 45,942 personsBuckeye, AZ45,942Flagstaff, AZ: 41,208 personsFlagstaff, AZ41,208Queen Creek, AZ: 35,672 personsQueen Creek, AZ35,672Maricopa, AZ: 33,124 personsMaricopa, AZ33,124Casa Grande, AZ: 26,795 personsCasa Grande, AZ26,795Marana, AZ: 26,757 personsMarana, AZ26,757Lake Havasu City, AZ: 24,261 personsLake Havasu City, AZ24,261Prescott Valley, AZ: 21,546 personsPrescott Valley, AZ21,546Oro Valley, AZ: 19,999 personsOro Valley, AZ19,999El Mirage, AZ: 18,504 personsEl Mirage, AZ18,504Prescott, AZ: 18,193 personsPrescott, AZ18,193Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,550 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,550Apache Junction, AZ: 16,924 personsApache Junction, AZ16,924Bullhead City, AZ: 16,107 personsBullhead City, AZ16,107San Luis, AZ: 16,100 personsSan Luis, AZ16,100Kingman, AZ: 14,638 personsKingman, AZ14,638Sahuarita, AZ: 14,522 personsSahuarita, AZ14,522Fountain Hills, AZ: 11,033 personsFountain Hills, AZ11,033Florence, AZ: 5,017 personsFlorence, AZ5,017Phoenix, AZ: 881,473 personsPhoenix, AZ881,473Mesa, AZ: 266,916 personsMesa, AZ266,916Tucson, AZ: 265,121 personsTucson, AZ265,121Chandler, AZ: 160,948 personsChandler, AZ160,948Gilbert, AZ: 154,003 personsGilbert, AZ154,003Scottsdale, AZ: 133,183 personsScottsdale, AZ133,183Glendale, AZ: 125,916 personsGlendale, AZ125,916Tempe, AZ: 117,056 personsTempe, AZ117,056Peoria, AZ: 98,696 personsPeoria, AZ98,696Surprise, AZ: 71,482 personsSurprise, AZ71,482Goodyear, AZ: 50,924 personsGoodyear, AZ50,924Yuma, AZ: 48,826 personsYuma, AZ48,826Avondale, AZ: 47,827 personsAvondale, AZ47,827Buckeye, AZ: 45,942 personsBuckeye, AZ45,942Flagstaff, AZ: 41,208 personsFlagstaff, AZ41,208Queen Creek, AZ: 35,672 personsQueen Creek, AZ35,672Maricopa, AZ: 33,124 personsMaricopa, AZ33,124Casa Grande, AZ: 26,795 personsCasa Grande, AZ26,795Marana, AZ: 26,757 personsMarana, AZ26,757Lake Havasu City, AZ: 24,261 personsLake Havasu City, AZ24,261Prescott Valley, AZ: 21,546 personsPrescott Valley, AZ21,546Oro Valley, AZ: 19,999 personsOro Valley, AZ19,999El Mirage, AZ: 18,504 personsEl Mirage, AZ18,504Prescott, AZ: 18,193 personsPrescott, AZ18,193Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,550 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,550Apache Junction, AZ: 16,924 personsApache Junction, AZ16,924Bullhead City, AZ: 16,107 personsBullhead City, AZ16,107San Luis, AZ: 16,100 personsSan Luis, AZ16,100Kingman, AZ: 14,638 personsKingman, AZ14,638Sahuarita, AZ: 14,522 personsSahuarita, AZ14,522Fountain Hills, AZ: 11,033 personsFountain Hills, AZ11,033Florence, AZ: 5,017 personsFlorence, AZ5,017
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

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Phoenix, AZ881,473+1.7%
2Mesa, AZ266,916+1.6%
3Tucson, AZ265,121+0.8%
4Chandler, AZ160,948+1.6%
5Gilbert, AZ154,003+4.2%
6Scottsdale, AZ133,183+1.3%
7Glendale, AZ125,916+1.4%
8Tempe, AZ117,056+3.6%
9Peoria, AZ98,696+2.6%
10Surprise, AZ71,482+4.4%
11Goodyear, AZ50,924+5.8%
12Yuma, AZ48,826+7.3%
13Avondale, AZ47,827+1.4%
14Buckeye, AZ45,942+4.7%
15Flagstaff, AZ41,208+4.1%
16Queen Creek, AZ35,672+8.5%
17Maricopa, AZ33,124+7.1%
18Casa Grande, AZ26,795+5.5%
19Marana, AZ26,757+3.4%
20Lake Havasu City, AZ24,261+0.4%
21Prescott Valley, AZ21,546+3%
22Oro Valley, AZ19,999+1.9%
23El Mirage, AZ18,504+0.2%
24Prescott, AZ18,193+1.9%
25Sierra Vista, AZ17,550-0.1%
26Apache Junction, AZ16,924+2.2%
27Bullhead City, AZ16,107+0.2%
28San Luis, AZ16,100-7.4%
29Kingman, AZ14,638+1.7%
30Sahuarita, AZ14,522+2.3%
31Fountain Hills, AZ11,033+0.9%
32Florence, AZ5,017-5.7%

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Phoenix, AZ, with 881,473 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Florence, AZ, with 5,017 in 2022.

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