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Cities in Arizona by employed residents

Phoenix, AZ had the highest employed residents of 32 cities in 2017, at 762,867. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 4,667. The median was 23,458. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest762,867Phoenix, AZ
Lowest4,667Florence, AZ
Median23,45832 cities

All cities, 2017

Phoenix, AZ: 762,867 personsPhoenix, AZ762,867Tucson, AZ: 245,222 personsTucson, AZ245,222Mesa, AZ: 230,274 personsMesa, AZ230,274Chandler, AZ: 141,164 personsChandler, AZ141,164Gilbert, AZ: 129,035 personsGilbert, AZ129,035Scottsdale, AZ: 117,381 personsScottsdale, AZ117,381Glendale, AZ: 111,112 personsGlendale, AZ111,112Tempe, AZ: 97,455 personsTempe, AZ97,455Peoria, AZ: 83,216 personsPeoria, AZ83,216Surprise, AZ: 56,232 personsSurprise, AZ56,232Avondale, AZ: 41,015 personsAvondale, AZ41,015Yuma, AZ: 40,099 personsYuma, AZ40,099Flagstaff, AZ: 38,732 personsFlagstaff, AZ38,732Goodyear, AZ: 37,817 personsGoodyear, AZ37,817Buckeye, AZ: 30,545 personsBuckeye, AZ30,545Maricopa, AZ: 24,865 personsMaricopa, AZ24,865Queen Creek, AZ: 22,050 personsQueen Creek, AZ22,050Marana, AZ: 21,172 personsMarana, AZ21,172Lake Havasu City, AZ: 20,973 personsLake Havasu City, AZ20,973Casa Grande, AZ: 20,642 personsCasa Grande, AZ20,642Prescott Valley, AZ: 18,264 personsPrescott Valley, AZ18,264Oro Valley, AZ: 17,828 personsOro Valley, AZ17,828El Mirage, AZ: 16,576 personsEl Mirage, AZ16,576Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,214 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,214Prescott, AZ: 15,925 personsPrescott, AZ15,925Apache Junction, AZ: 14,216 personsApache Junction, AZ14,216Bullhead City, AZ: 13,862 personsBullhead City, AZ13,862Sahuarita, AZ: 12,313 personsSahuarita, AZ12,313Kingman, AZ: 11,930 personsKingman, AZ11,930San Luis, AZ: 11,196 personsSan Luis, AZ11,196Fountain Hills, AZ: 9,719 personsFountain Hills, AZ9,719Florence, AZ: 4,667 personsFlorence, AZ4,667Phoenix, AZ: 762,867 personsPhoenix, AZ762,867Tucson, AZ: 245,222 personsTucson, AZ245,222Mesa, AZ: 230,274 personsMesa, AZ230,274Chandler, AZ: 141,164 personsChandler, AZ141,164Gilbert, AZ: 129,035 personsGilbert, AZ129,035Scottsdale, AZ: 117,381 personsScottsdale, AZ117,381Glendale, AZ: 111,112 personsGlendale, AZ111,112Tempe, AZ: 97,455 personsTempe, AZ97,455Peoria, AZ: 83,216 personsPeoria, AZ83,216Surprise, AZ: 56,232 personsSurprise, AZ56,232Avondale, AZ: 41,015 personsAvondale, AZ41,015Yuma, AZ: 40,099 personsYuma, AZ40,099Flagstaff, AZ: 38,732 personsFlagstaff, AZ38,732Goodyear, AZ: 37,817 personsGoodyear, AZ37,817Buckeye, AZ: 30,545 personsBuckeye, AZ30,545Maricopa, AZ: 24,865 personsMaricopa, AZ24,865Queen Creek, AZ: 22,050 personsQueen Creek, AZ22,050Marana, AZ: 21,172 personsMarana, AZ21,172Lake Havasu City, AZ: 20,973 personsLake Havasu City, AZ20,973Casa Grande, AZ: 20,642 personsCasa Grande, AZ20,642Prescott Valley, AZ: 18,264 personsPrescott Valley, AZ18,264Oro Valley, AZ: 17,828 personsOro Valley, AZ17,828El Mirage, AZ: 16,576 personsEl Mirage, AZ16,576Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,214 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,214Prescott, AZ: 15,925 personsPrescott, AZ15,925Apache Junction, AZ: 14,216 personsApache Junction, AZ14,216Bullhead City, AZ: 13,862 personsBullhead City, AZ13,862Sahuarita, AZ: 12,313 personsSahuarita, AZ12,313Kingman, AZ: 11,930 personsKingman, AZ11,930San Luis, AZ: 11,196 personsSan Luis, AZ11,196Fountain Hills, AZ: 9,719 personsFountain Hills, AZ9,719Florence, AZ: 4,667 personsFlorence, AZ4,667
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Phoenix, AZ762,867+2.8%
2Tucson, AZ245,222+1.5%
3Mesa, AZ230,274+3.4%
4Chandler, AZ141,164+3.6%
5Gilbert, AZ129,035+3.6%
6Scottsdale, AZ117,381+2.9%
7Glendale, AZ111,112+2.1%
8Tempe, AZ97,455+1.7%
9Peoria, AZ83,216+3.6%
10Surprise, AZ56,232+2.9%
11Avondale, AZ41,015+3.1%
12Yuma, AZ40,099+3.8%
13Flagstaff, AZ38,732+2.8%
14Goodyear, AZ37,817+4.4%
15Buckeye, AZ30,545+6.8%
16Maricopa, AZ24,865+2.1%
17Queen Creek, AZ22,050+13.1%
18Marana, AZ21,172+4.2%
19Lake Havasu City, AZ20,973+3.3%
20Casa Grande, AZ20,642+2.9%
21Prescott Valley, AZ18,264+4.5%
22Oro Valley, AZ17,828+2.5%
23El Mirage, AZ16,576+2%
24Sierra Vista, AZ16,214+0.2%
25Prescott, AZ15,925+1.8%
26Apache Junction, AZ14,216+2.6%
27Bullhead City, AZ13,862+2.9%
28Sahuarita, AZ12,313+2.7%
29Kingman, AZ11,930+3.3%
30San Luis, AZ11,196+4%
31Fountain Hills, AZ9,719+2.2%
32Florence, AZ4,667-0.1%

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Phoenix, AZ, with 762,867 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Florence, AZ, with 4,667 in 2017.

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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