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Cities in Arizona by employed residents

Phoenix, AZ had the highest employed residents of 32 cities in 2020, at 791,161. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 5,754. The median was 27,588. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest791,161Phoenix, AZ
Lowest5,754Florence, AZ
Median27,58832 cities

All cities, 2020

Phoenix, AZ: 791,161 personsPhoenix, AZ791,161Tucson, AZ: 243,902 personsTucson, AZ243,902Mesa, AZ: 241,191 personsMesa, AZ241,191Chandler, AZ: 146,087 personsChandler, AZ146,087Gilbert, AZ: 135,588 personsGilbert, AZ135,588Scottsdale, AZ: 121,690 personsScottsdale, AZ121,690Glendale, AZ: 113,494 personsGlendale, AZ113,494Tempe, AZ: 104,914 personsTempe, AZ104,914Peoria, AZ: 87,721 personsPeoria, AZ87,721Surprise, AZ: 61,217 personsSurprise, AZ61,217Avondale, AZ: 42,644 personsAvondale, AZ42,644Goodyear, AZ: 42,373 personsGoodyear, AZ42,373Yuma, AZ: 40,726 personsYuma, AZ40,726Flagstaff, AZ: 37,433 personsFlagstaff, AZ37,433Buckeye, AZ: 37,125 personsBuckeye, AZ37,125Queen Creek, AZ: 28,277 personsQueen Creek, AZ28,277Maricopa, AZ: 26,899 personsMaricopa, AZ26,899Marana, AZ: 23,537 personsMarana, AZ23,537Casa Grande, AZ: 21,989 personsCasa Grande, AZ21,989Lake Havasu City, AZ: 21,884 personsLake Havasu City, AZ21,884Prescott Valley, AZ: 19,040 personsPrescott Valley, AZ19,040Oro Valley, AZ: 18,201 personsOro Valley, AZ18,201Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,971 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,971El Mirage, AZ: 16,917 personsEl Mirage, AZ16,917Prescott, AZ: 16,191 personsPrescott, AZ16,191Apache Junction, AZ: 14,822 personsApache Junction, AZ14,822Bullhead City, AZ: 14,250 personsBullhead City, AZ14,250Sahuarita, AZ: 12,970 personsSahuarita, AZ12,970Kingman, AZ: 12,760 personsKingman, AZ12,760San Luis, AZ: 12,192 personsSan Luis, AZ12,192Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,143 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,143Florence, AZ: 5,754 personsFlorence, AZ5,754Phoenix, AZ: 791,161 personsPhoenix, AZ791,161Tucson, AZ: 243,902 personsTucson, AZ243,902Mesa, AZ: 241,191 personsMesa, AZ241,191Chandler, AZ: 146,087 personsChandler, AZ146,087Gilbert, AZ: 135,588 personsGilbert, AZ135,588Scottsdale, AZ: 121,690 personsScottsdale, AZ121,690Glendale, AZ: 113,494 personsGlendale, AZ113,494Tempe, AZ: 104,914 personsTempe, AZ104,914Peoria, AZ: 87,721 personsPeoria, AZ87,721Surprise, AZ: 61,217 personsSurprise, AZ61,217Avondale, AZ: 42,644 personsAvondale, AZ42,644Goodyear, AZ: 42,373 personsGoodyear, AZ42,373Yuma, AZ: 40,726 personsYuma, AZ40,726Flagstaff, AZ: 37,433 personsFlagstaff, AZ37,433Buckeye, AZ: 37,125 personsBuckeye, AZ37,125Queen Creek, AZ: 28,277 personsQueen Creek, AZ28,277Maricopa, AZ: 26,899 personsMaricopa, AZ26,899Marana, AZ: 23,537 personsMarana, AZ23,537Casa Grande, AZ: 21,989 personsCasa Grande, AZ21,989Lake Havasu City, AZ: 21,884 personsLake Havasu City, AZ21,884Prescott Valley, AZ: 19,040 personsPrescott Valley, AZ19,040Oro Valley, AZ: 18,201 personsOro Valley, AZ18,201Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,971 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,971El Mirage, AZ: 16,917 personsEl Mirage, AZ16,917Prescott, AZ: 16,191 personsPrescott, AZ16,191Apache Junction, AZ: 14,822 personsApache Junction, AZ14,822Bullhead City, AZ: 14,250 personsBullhead City, AZ14,250Sahuarita, AZ: 12,970 personsSahuarita, AZ12,970Kingman, AZ: 12,760 personsKingman, AZ12,760San Luis, AZ: 12,192 personsSan Luis, AZ12,192Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,143 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,143Florence, AZ: 5,754 personsFlorence, AZ5,754
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Phoenix, AZ791,161-2.4%
2Tucson, AZ243,902-3.8%
3Mesa, AZ241,191-2%
4Chandler, AZ146,087-2.2%
5Gilbert, AZ135,588-2.3%
6Scottsdale, AZ121,690-2.2%
7Glendale, AZ113,494-2.7%
8Tempe, AZ104,914-1.2%
9Peoria, AZ87,721-1.8%
10Surprise, AZ61,217+0.4%
11Avondale, AZ42,644-2.7%
12Goodyear, AZ42,373+0.8%
13Yuma, AZ40,726-2.6%
14Flagstaff, AZ37,433-7.9%
15Buckeye, AZ37,125+3.1%
16Queen Creek, AZ28,277+5.4%
17Maricopa, AZ26,899-0.5%
18Marana, AZ23,537+0.1%
19Casa Grande, AZ21,989-0.1%
20Lake Havasu City, AZ21,884-0.9%
21Prescott Valley, AZ19,040-1.6%
22Oro Valley, AZ18,201-3.2%
23Sierra Vista, AZ16,971+1.4%
24El Mirage, AZ16,917-1.9%
25Prescott, AZ16,191-2.4%
26Apache Junction, AZ14,822-1.7%
27Bullhead City, AZ14,250-1.3%
28Sahuarita, AZ12,970-1.9%
29Kingman, AZ12,760-0.9%
30San Luis, AZ12,192+0.1%
31Fountain Hills, AZ10,143-2.6%
32Florence, AZ5,754+1.8%

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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Arizona by employed residents, 2020. 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/employed-residents/arizona-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. 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/employed-residents/arizona-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/arizona-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Phoenix, AZ, with 791,161 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Florence, AZ, with 5,754 in 2020.

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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