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Cities in Arizona by employed residents

Phoenix, AZ had the highest employed residents of 32 cities in 2015, at 704,668. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 3,443. The median was 21,332. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest704,668Phoenix, AZ
Lowest3,443Florence, AZ
Median21,33232 cities

All cities, 2015

Phoenix, AZ: 704,668 personsPhoenix, AZ704,668Tucson, AZ: 232,089 personsTucson, AZ232,089Mesa, AZ: 209,704 personsMesa, AZ209,704Chandler, AZ: 135,047 personsChandler, AZ135,047Gilbert, AZ: 124,183 personsGilbert, AZ124,183Scottsdale, AZ: 121,505 personsScottsdale, AZ121,505Glendale, AZ: 106,002 personsGlendale, AZ106,002Tempe, AZ: 94,953 personsTempe, AZ94,953Peoria, AZ: 80,024 personsPeoria, AZ80,024Surprise, AZ: 48,149 personsSurprise, AZ48,149Flagstaff, AZ: 37,839 personsFlagstaff, AZ37,839Avondale, AZ: 37,331 personsAvondale, AZ37,331Yuma, AZ: 35,627 personsYuma, AZ35,627Goodyear, AZ: 33,924 personsGoodyear, AZ33,924Buckeye, AZ: 22,475 personsBuckeye, AZ22,475Maricopa, AZ: 21,865 personsMaricopa, AZ21,865Lake Havasu City, AZ: 20,799 personsLake Havasu City, AZ20,799Casa Grande, AZ: 19,955 personsCasa Grande, AZ19,955Marana, AZ: 19,420 personsMarana, AZ19,420Prescott Valley, AZ: 18,292 personsPrescott Valley, AZ18,292Oro Valley, AZ: 17,468 personsOro Valley, AZ17,468Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,953 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,953Queen Creek, AZ: 15,666 personsQueen Creek, AZ15,666Prescott, AZ: 15,566 personsPrescott, AZ15,566Bullhead City, AZ: 14,215 personsBullhead City, AZ14,215El Mirage, AZ: 14,099 personsEl Mirage, AZ14,099Apache Junction, AZ: 12,229 personsApache Junction, AZ12,229Kingman, AZ: 11,295 personsKingman, AZ11,295Fountain Hills, AZ: 11,088 personsFountain Hills, AZ11,088Sahuarita, AZ: 10,824 personsSahuarita, AZ10,824San Luis, AZ: 9,787 personsSan Luis, AZ9,787Florence, AZ: 3,443 personsFlorence, AZ3,443Phoenix, AZ: 704,668 personsPhoenix, AZ704,668Tucson, AZ: 232,089 personsTucson, AZ232,089Mesa, AZ: 209,704 personsMesa, AZ209,704Chandler, AZ: 135,047 personsChandler, AZ135,047Gilbert, AZ: 124,183 personsGilbert, AZ124,183Scottsdale, AZ: 121,505 personsScottsdale, AZ121,505Glendale, AZ: 106,002 personsGlendale, AZ106,002Tempe, AZ: 94,953 personsTempe, AZ94,953Peoria, AZ: 80,024 personsPeoria, AZ80,024Surprise, AZ: 48,149 personsSurprise, AZ48,149Flagstaff, AZ: 37,839 personsFlagstaff, AZ37,839Avondale, AZ: 37,331 personsAvondale, AZ37,331Yuma, AZ: 35,627 personsYuma, AZ35,627Goodyear, AZ: 33,924 personsGoodyear, AZ33,924Buckeye, AZ: 22,475 personsBuckeye, AZ22,475Maricopa, AZ: 21,865 personsMaricopa, AZ21,865Lake Havasu City, AZ: 20,799 personsLake Havasu City, AZ20,799Casa Grande, AZ: 19,955 personsCasa Grande, AZ19,955Marana, AZ: 19,420 personsMarana, AZ19,420Prescott Valley, AZ: 18,292 personsPrescott Valley, AZ18,292Oro Valley, AZ: 17,468 personsOro Valley, AZ17,468Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,953 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,953Queen Creek, AZ: 15,666 personsQueen Creek, AZ15,666Prescott, AZ: 15,566 personsPrescott, AZ15,566Bullhead City, AZ: 14,215 personsBullhead City, AZ14,215El Mirage, AZ: 14,099 personsEl Mirage, AZ14,099Apache Junction, AZ: 12,229 personsApache Junction, AZ12,229Kingman, AZ: 11,295 personsKingman, AZ11,295Fountain Hills, AZ: 11,088 personsFountain Hills, AZ11,088Sahuarita, AZ: 10,824 personsSahuarita, AZ10,824San Luis, AZ: 9,787 personsSan Luis, AZ9,787Florence, AZ: 3,443 personsFlorence, AZ3,443
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Phoenix, AZ704,668+3.2%
2Tucson, AZ232,089+0.9%
3Mesa, AZ209,704+3%
4Chandler, AZ135,047+4.1%
5Gilbert, AZ124,183+5%
6Scottsdale, AZ121,505+4.3%
7Glendale, AZ106,002+2.6%
8Tempe, AZ94,953+3.3%
9Peoria, AZ80,024+4.1%
10Surprise, AZ48,149+3.2%
11Flagstaff, AZ37,839+2.9%
12Avondale, AZ37,331+2.8%
13Yuma, AZ35,627+1.8%
14Goodyear, AZ33,924+6%
15Buckeye, AZ22,475+6%
16Maricopa, AZ21,865+3.9%
17Lake Havasu City, AZ20,799+2.3%
18Casa Grande, AZ19,955+1.4%
19Marana, AZ19,420+3.8%
20Prescott Valley, AZ18,292+3.7%
21Oro Valley, AZ17,468+3.9%
22Sierra Vista, AZ16,953-0.6%
23Queen Creek, AZ15,666+9%
24Prescott, AZ15,566+3.2%
25Bullhead City, AZ14,215+1.6%
26El Mirage, AZ14,099+2.7%
27Apache Junction, AZ12,229+1.3%
28Kingman, AZ11,295+2.7%
29Fountain Hills, AZ11,088+2.9%
30Sahuarita, AZ10,824+0.7%
31San Luis, AZ9,787+2.4%
32Florence, AZ3,443+2.7%

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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arizona by employed residents, 2015. 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/employed-residents/arizona-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. 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/employed-residents/arizona-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arizona-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Phoenix, AZ, with 704,668 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Florence, AZ, with 3,443 in 2015.

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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