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Cities in Arizona by employed residents

Phoenix, AZ had the highest employed residents of 32 cities in 2016, at 742,314. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 4,674. The median was 22,345. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest742,314Phoenix, AZ
Lowest4,674Florence, AZ
Median22,34532 cities

All cities, 2016

Phoenix, AZ: 742,314 personsPhoenix, AZ742,314Tucson, AZ: 241,690 personsTucson, AZ241,690Mesa, AZ: 222,792 personsMesa, AZ222,792Chandler, AZ: 136,277 personsChandler, AZ136,277Gilbert, AZ: 124,541 personsGilbert, AZ124,541Scottsdale, AZ: 114,093 personsScottsdale, AZ114,093Glendale, AZ: 108,789 personsGlendale, AZ108,789Tempe, AZ: 95,787 personsTempe, AZ95,787Peoria, AZ: 80,301 personsPeoria, AZ80,301Surprise, AZ: 54,668 personsSurprise, AZ54,668Avondale, AZ: 39,783 personsAvondale, AZ39,783Yuma, AZ: 38,648 personsYuma, AZ38,648Flagstaff, AZ: 37,683 personsFlagstaff, AZ37,683Goodyear, AZ: 36,224 personsGoodyear, AZ36,224Buckeye, AZ: 28,607 personsBuckeye, AZ28,607Maricopa, AZ: 24,362 personsMaricopa, AZ24,362Marana, AZ: 20,328 personsMarana, AZ20,328Lake Havasu City, AZ: 20,304 personsLake Havasu City, AZ20,304Casa Grande, AZ: 20,059 personsCasa Grande, AZ20,059Queen Creek, AZ: 19,504 personsQueen Creek, AZ19,504Prescott Valley, AZ: 17,479 personsPrescott Valley, AZ17,479Oro Valley, AZ: 17,400 personsOro Valley, AZ17,400El Mirage, AZ: 16,252 personsEl Mirage, AZ16,252Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,189 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,189Prescott, AZ: 15,640 personsPrescott, AZ15,640Apache Junction, AZ: 13,852 personsApache Junction, AZ13,852Bullhead City, AZ: 13,477 personsBullhead City, AZ13,477Sahuarita, AZ: 11,994 personsSahuarita, AZ11,994Kingman, AZ: 11,553 personsKingman, AZ11,553San Luis, AZ: 10,765 personsSan Luis, AZ10,765Fountain Hills, AZ: 9,507 personsFountain Hills, AZ9,507Florence, AZ: 4,674 personsFlorence, AZ4,674Phoenix, AZ: 742,314 personsPhoenix, AZ742,314Tucson, AZ: 241,690 personsTucson, AZ241,690Mesa, AZ: 222,792 personsMesa, AZ222,792Chandler, AZ: 136,277 personsChandler, AZ136,277Gilbert, AZ: 124,541 personsGilbert, AZ124,541Scottsdale, AZ: 114,093 personsScottsdale, AZ114,093Glendale, AZ: 108,789 personsGlendale, AZ108,789Tempe, AZ: 95,787 personsTempe, AZ95,787Peoria, AZ: 80,301 personsPeoria, AZ80,301Surprise, AZ: 54,668 personsSurprise, AZ54,668Avondale, AZ: 39,783 personsAvondale, AZ39,783Yuma, AZ: 38,648 personsYuma, AZ38,648Flagstaff, AZ: 37,683 personsFlagstaff, AZ37,683Goodyear, AZ: 36,224 personsGoodyear, AZ36,224Buckeye, AZ: 28,607 personsBuckeye, AZ28,607Maricopa, AZ: 24,362 personsMaricopa, AZ24,362Marana, AZ: 20,328 personsMarana, AZ20,328Lake Havasu City, AZ: 20,304 personsLake Havasu City, AZ20,304Casa Grande, AZ: 20,059 personsCasa Grande, AZ20,059Queen Creek, AZ: 19,504 personsQueen Creek, AZ19,504Prescott Valley, AZ: 17,479 personsPrescott Valley, AZ17,479Oro Valley, AZ: 17,400 personsOro Valley, AZ17,400El Mirage, AZ: 16,252 personsEl Mirage, AZ16,252Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,189 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,189Prescott, AZ: 15,640 personsPrescott, AZ15,640Apache Junction, AZ: 13,852 personsApache Junction, AZ13,852Bullhead City, AZ: 13,477 personsBullhead City, AZ13,477Sahuarita, AZ: 11,994 personsSahuarita, AZ11,994Kingman, AZ: 11,553 personsKingman, AZ11,553San Luis, AZ: 10,765 personsSan Luis, AZ10,765Fountain Hills, AZ: 9,507 personsFountain Hills, AZ9,507Florence, AZ: 4,674 personsFlorence, AZ4,674
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Phoenix, AZ742,314+5.3%
2Tucson, AZ241,690+4.1%
3Mesa, AZ222,792+6.2%
4Chandler, AZ136,277+0.9%
5Gilbert, AZ124,541+0.3%
6Scottsdale, AZ114,093-6.1%
7Glendale, AZ108,789+2.6%
8Tempe, AZ95,787+0.9%
9Peoria, AZ80,301+0.3%
10Surprise, AZ54,668+13.5%
11Avondale, AZ39,783+6.6%
12Yuma, AZ38,648+8.5%
13Flagstaff, AZ37,683-0.4%
14Goodyear, AZ36,224+6.8%
15Buckeye, AZ28,607+27.3%
16Maricopa, AZ24,362+11.4%
17Marana, AZ20,328+4.7%
18Lake Havasu City, AZ20,304-2.4%
19Casa Grande, AZ20,059+0.5%
20Queen Creek, AZ19,504+24.5%
21Prescott Valley, AZ17,479-4.4%
22Oro Valley, AZ17,400-0.4%
23El Mirage, AZ16,252+15.3%
24Sierra Vista, AZ16,189-4.5%
25Prescott, AZ15,640+0.5%
26Apache Junction, AZ13,852+13.3%
27Bullhead City, AZ13,477-5.2%
28Sahuarita, AZ11,994+10.8%
29Kingman, AZ11,553+2.3%
30San Luis, AZ10,765+10%
31Fountain Hills, AZ9,507-14.3%
32Florence, AZ4,674+35.8%

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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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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arizona by employed residents, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Phoenix, AZ, with 742,314 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Florence, AZ, with 4,674 in 2016.

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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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