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Cities in Arizona by employed residents

Phoenix, AZ had the highest employed residents of 32 cities in 2014, at 682,829. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 3,353. The median was 20,690. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest682,829Phoenix, AZ
Lowest3,353Florence, AZ
Median20,69032 cities

All cities, 2014

Phoenix, AZ: 682,829 personsPhoenix, AZ682,829Tucson, AZ: 230,066 personsTucson, AZ230,066Mesa, AZ: 203,519 personsMesa, AZ203,519Chandler, AZ: 129,729 personsChandler, AZ129,729Gilbert, AZ: 118,281 personsGilbert, AZ118,281Scottsdale, AZ: 116,529 personsScottsdale, AZ116,529Glendale, AZ: 103,317 personsGlendale, AZ103,317Tempe, AZ: 91,963 personsTempe, AZ91,963Peoria, AZ: 76,872 personsPeoria, AZ76,872Surprise, AZ: 46,652 personsSurprise, AZ46,652Flagstaff, AZ: 36,757 personsFlagstaff, AZ36,757Avondale, AZ: 36,311 personsAvondale, AZ36,311Yuma, AZ: 34,996 personsYuma, AZ34,996Goodyear, AZ: 32,016 personsGoodyear, AZ32,016Buckeye, AZ: 21,196 personsBuckeye, AZ21,196Maricopa, AZ: 21,038 personsMaricopa, AZ21,038Lake Havasu City, AZ: 20,341 personsLake Havasu City, AZ20,341Casa Grande, AZ: 19,677 personsCasa Grande, AZ19,677Marana, AZ: 18,715 personsMarana, AZ18,715Prescott Valley, AZ: 17,644 personsPrescott Valley, AZ17,644Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,061 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,061Oro Valley, AZ: 16,817 personsOro Valley, AZ16,817Prescott, AZ: 15,079 personsPrescott, AZ15,079Queen Creek, AZ: 14,374 personsQueen Creek, AZ14,374Bullhead City, AZ: 13,992 personsBullhead City, AZ13,992El Mirage, AZ: 13,728 personsEl Mirage, AZ13,728Apache Junction, AZ: 12,073 personsApache Junction, AZ12,073Kingman, AZ: 11,001 personsKingman, AZ11,001Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,776 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,776Sahuarita, AZ: 10,746 personsSahuarita, AZ10,746San Luis, AZ: 9,559 personsSan Luis, AZ9,559Florence, AZ: 3,353 personsFlorence, AZ3,353Phoenix, AZ: 682,829 personsPhoenix, AZ682,829Tucson, AZ: 230,066 personsTucson, AZ230,066Mesa, AZ: 203,519 personsMesa, AZ203,519Chandler, AZ: 129,729 personsChandler, AZ129,729Gilbert, AZ: 118,281 personsGilbert, AZ118,281Scottsdale, AZ: 116,529 personsScottsdale, AZ116,529Glendale, AZ: 103,317 personsGlendale, AZ103,317Tempe, AZ: 91,963 personsTempe, AZ91,963Peoria, AZ: 76,872 personsPeoria, AZ76,872Surprise, AZ: 46,652 personsSurprise, AZ46,652Flagstaff, AZ: 36,757 personsFlagstaff, AZ36,757Avondale, AZ: 36,311 personsAvondale, AZ36,311Yuma, AZ: 34,996 personsYuma, AZ34,996Goodyear, AZ: 32,016 personsGoodyear, AZ32,016Buckeye, AZ: 21,196 personsBuckeye, AZ21,196Maricopa, AZ: 21,038 personsMaricopa, AZ21,038Lake Havasu City, AZ: 20,341 personsLake Havasu City, AZ20,341Casa Grande, AZ: 19,677 personsCasa Grande, AZ19,677Marana, AZ: 18,715 personsMarana, AZ18,715Prescott Valley, AZ: 17,644 personsPrescott Valley, AZ17,644Sierra Vista, AZ: 17,061 personsSierra Vista, AZ17,061Oro Valley, AZ: 16,817 personsOro Valley, AZ16,817Prescott, AZ: 15,079 personsPrescott, AZ15,079Queen Creek, AZ: 14,374 personsQueen Creek, AZ14,374Bullhead City, AZ: 13,992 personsBullhead City, AZ13,992El Mirage, AZ: 13,728 personsEl Mirage, AZ13,728Apache Junction, AZ: 12,073 personsApache Junction, AZ12,073Kingman, AZ: 11,001 personsKingman, AZ11,001Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,776 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,776Sahuarita, AZ: 10,746 personsSahuarita, AZ10,746San Luis, AZ: 9,559 personsSan Luis, AZ9,559Florence, AZ: 3,353 personsFlorence, AZ3,353
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Phoenix, AZ682,829+2.4%
2Tucson, AZ230,066+0.8%
3Mesa, AZ203,519+2.4%
4Chandler, AZ129,729+2.9%
5Gilbert, AZ118,281+4.9%
6Scottsdale, AZ116,529+2.4%
7Glendale, AZ103,317+2.1%
8Tempe, AZ91,963+3.6%
9Peoria, AZ76,872+3.5%
10Surprise, AZ46,652+3.1%
11Flagstaff, AZ36,757+1.5%
12Avondale, AZ36,311+1.9%
13Yuma, AZ34,996+1.7%
14Goodyear, AZ32,016+4.7%
15Buckeye, AZ21,196+5.8%
16Maricopa, AZ21,038+4.8%
17Lake Havasu City, AZ20,341+3.2%
18Casa Grande, AZ19,677+3.3%
19Marana, AZ18,715+4.6%
20Prescott Valley, AZ17,644+5.1%
21Sierra Vista, AZ17,061-2.1%
22Oro Valley, AZ16,817+1.3%
23Prescott, AZ15,079+2.7%
24Queen Creek, AZ14,374+9.6%
25Bullhead City, AZ13,992+2.7%
26El Mirage, AZ13,728+2.5%
27Apache Junction, AZ12,073+3.3%
28Kingman, AZ11,001+3.3%
29Fountain Hills, AZ10,776+2.3%
30Sahuarita, AZ10,746+2.9%
31San Luis, AZ9,559-0.2%
32Florence, AZ3,353+19.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Arizona by employed residents, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arizona by employed residents, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arizona-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Arizona by employed residents, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arizona-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arizona by employed residents, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arizona-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Phoenix, AZ, with 682,829 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Florence, AZ, with 3,353 in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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