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Cities in Arizona by employed residents

Phoenix, AZ had the highest employed residents of 32 cities in 2021, at 824,107. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 5,081. The median was 30,627. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest824,107Phoenix, AZ
Lowest5,081Florence, AZ
Median30,62732 cities

All cities, 2021

Phoenix, AZ: 824,107 personsPhoenix, AZ824,107Mesa, AZ: 250,940 personsMesa, AZ250,940Tucson, AZ: 248,540 personsTucson, AZ248,540Chandler, AZ: 152,214 personsChandler, AZ152,214Gilbert, AZ: 142,742 personsGilbert, AZ142,742Scottsdale, AZ: 126,220 personsScottsdale, AZ126,220Glendale, AZ: 117,734 personsGlendale, AZ117,734Tempe, AZ: 108,054 personsTempe, AZ108,054Peoria, AZ: 92,065 personsPeoria, AZ92,065Surprise, AZ: 65,417 personsSurprise, AZ65,417Goodyear, AZ: 46,020 personsGoodyear, AZ46,020Avondale, AZ: 44,526 personsAvondale, AZ44,526Yuma, AZ: 41,802 personsYuma, AZ41,802Buckeye, AZ: 41,621 personsBuckeye, AZ41,621Flagstaff, AZ: 37,818 personsFlagstaff, AZ37,818Queen Creek, AZ: 31,840 personsQueen Creek, AZ31,840Maricopa, AZ: 29,414 personsMaricopa, AZ29,414Marana, AZ: 24,990 personsMarana, AZ24,990Casa Grande, AZ: 24,036 personsCasa Grande, AZ24,036Lake Havasu City, AZ: 22,948 personsLake Havasu City, AZ22,948Prescott Valley, AZ: 20,009 personsPrescott Valley, AZ20,009Oro Valley, AZ: 18,820 personsOro Valley, AZ18,820El Mirage, AZ: 17,499 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,499Prescott, AZ: 16,977 personsPrescott, AZ16,977Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,822 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,822Apache Junction, AZ: 15,666 personsApache Junction, AZ15,666Bullhead City, AZ: 14,982 personsBullhead City, AZ14,982Sahuarita, AZ: 13,592 personsSahuarita, AZ13,592Kingman, AZ: 13,587 personsKingman, AZ13,587San Luis, AZ: 12,554 personsSan Luis, AZ12,554Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,475 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,475Florence, AZ: 5,081 personsFlorence, AZ5,081Phoenix, AZ: 824,107 personsPhoenix, AZ824,107Mesa, AZ: 250,940 personsMesa, AZ250,940Tucson, AZ: 248,540 personsTucson, AZ248,540Chandler, AZ: 152,214 personsChandler, AZ152,214Gilbert, AZ: 142,742 personsGilbert, AZ142,742Scottsdale, AZ: 126,220 personsScottsdale, AZ126,220Glendale, AZ: 117,734 personsGlendale, AZ117,734Tempe, AZ: 108,054 personsTempe, AZ108,054Peoria, AZ: 92,065 personsPeoria, AZ92,065Surprise, AZ: 65,417 personsSurprise, AZ65,417Goodyear, AZ: 46,020 personsGoodyear, AZ46,020Avondale, AZ: 44,526 personsAvondale, AZ44,526Yuma, AZ: 41,802 personsYuma, AZ41,802Buckeye, AZ: 41,621 personsBuckeye, AZ41,621Flagstaff, AZ: 37,818 personsFlagstaff, AZ37,818Queen Creek, AZ: 31,840 personsQueen Creek, AZ31,840Maricopa, AZ: 29,414 personsMaricopa, AZ29,414Marana, AZ: 24,990 personsMarana, AZ24,990Casa Grande, AZ: 24,036 personsCasa Grande, AZ24,036Lake Havasu City, AZ: 22,948 personsLake Havasu City, AZ22,948Prescott Valley, AZ: 20,009 personsPrescott Valley, AZ20,009Oro Valley, AZ: 18,820 personsOro Valley, AZ18,820El Mirage, AZ: 17,499 personsEl Mirage, AZ17,499Prescott, AZ: 16,977 personsPrescott, AZ16,977Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,822 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,822Apache Junction, AZ: 15,666 personsApache Junction, AZ15,666Bullhead City, AZ: 14,982 personsBullhead City, AZ14,982Sahuarita, AZ: 13,592 personsSahuarita, AZ13,592Kingman, AZ: 13,587 personsKingman, AZ13,587San Luis, AZ: 12,554 personsSan Luis, AZ12,554Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,475 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,475Florence, AZ: 5,081 personsFlorence, AZ5,081
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Phoenix, AZ824,107+4.2%
2Mesa, AZ250,940+4%
3Tucson, AZ248,540+1.9%
4Chandler, AZ152,214+4.2%
5Gilbert, AZ142,742+5.3%
6Scottsdale, AZ126,220+3.7%
7Glendale, AZ117,734+3.7%
8Tempe, AZ108,054+3%
9Peoria, AZ92,065+5%
10Surprise, AZ65,417+6.9%
11Goodyear, AZ46,020+8.6%
12Avondale, AZ44,526+4.4%
13Yuma, AZ41,802+2.6%
14Buckeye, AZ41,621+12.1%
15Flagstaff, AZ37,818+1%
16Queen Creek, AZ31,840+12.6%
17Maricopa, AZ29,414+9.3%
18Marana, AZ24,990+6.2%
19Casa Grande, AZ24,036+9.3%
20Lake Havasu City, AZ22,948+4.9%
21Prescott Valley, AZ20,009+5.1%
22Oro Valley, AZ18,820+3.4%
23El Mirage, AZ17,499+3.4%
24Prescott, AZ16,977+4.9%
25Sierra Vista, AZ16,822-0.9%
26Apache Junction, AZ15,666+5.7%
27Bullhead City, AZ14,982+5.1%
28Sahuarita, AZ13,592+4.8%
29Kingman, AZ13,587+6.5%
30San Luis, AZ12,554+3%
31Fountain Hills, AZ10,475+3.3%
32Florence, AZ5,081-11.7%

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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Phoenix, AZ, with 824,107 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Florence, AZ, with 5,081 in 2021.

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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