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Cities in Arizona by employed residents

Phoenix, AZ had the highest employed residents of 32 cities in 2023, at 872,143. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 4,242. The median was 36,695. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest872,143Phoenix, AZ
Lowest4,242Florence, AZ
Median36,69532 cities

All cities, 2023

Phoenix, AZ: 872,143 personsPhoenix, AZ872,143Mesa, AZ: 262,989 personsMesa, AZ262,989Tucson, AZ: 257,321 personsTucson, AZ257,321Chandler, AZ: 159,122 personsChandler, AZ159,122Gilbert, AZ: 154,821 personsGilbert, AZ154,821Scottsdale, AZ: 132,431 personsScottsdale, AZ132,431Glendale, AZ: 124,782 personsGlendale, AZ124,782Tempe, AZ: 115,850 personsTempe, AZ115,850Peoria, AZ: 97,908 personsPeoria, AZ97,908Surprise, AZ: 72,411 personsSurprise, AZ72,411Goodyear, AZ: 52,149 personsGoodyear, AZ52,149Avondale, AZ: 48,054 personsAvondale, AZ48,054Buckeye, AZ: 46,492 personsBuckeye, AZ46,492Yuma, AZ: 44,179 personsYuma, AZ44,179Flagstaff, AZ: 41,185 personsFlagstaff, AZ41,185Queen Creek, AZ: 38,586 personsQueen Creek, AZ38,586Maricopa, AZ: 34,804 personsMaricopa, AZ34,804Casa Grande, AZ: 27,758 personsCasa Grande, AZ27,758Marana, AZ: 27,389 personsMarana, AZ27,389Lake Havasu City, AZ: 23,352 personsLake Havasu City, AZ23,352Prescott Valley, AZ: 21,390 personsPrescott Valley, AZ21,390Oro Valley, AZ: 19,481 personsOro Valley, AZ19,481El Mirage, AZ: 18,187 personsEl Mirage, AZ18,187Prescott, AZ: 17,712 personsPrescott, AZ17,712Apache Junction, AZ: 16,879 personsApache Junction, AZ16,879Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,818 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,818Bullhead City, AZ: 15,365 personsBullhead City, AZ15,365Sahuarita, AZ: 14,360 personsSahuarita, AZ14,360Kingman, AZ: 14,166 personsKingman, AZ14,166San Luis, AZ: 13,644 personsSan Luis, AZ13,644Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,815 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,815Florence, AZ: 4,242 personsFlorence, AZ4,242Phoenix, AZ: 872,143 personsPhoenix, AZ872,143Mesa, AZ: 262,989 personsMesa, AZ262,989Tucson, AZ: 257,321 personsTucson, AZ257,321Chandler, AZ: 159,122 personsChandler, AZ159,122Gilbert, AZ: 154,821 personsGilbert, AZ154,821Scottsdale, AZ: 132,431 personsScottsdale, AZ132,431Glendale, AZ: 124,782 personsGlendale, AZ124,782Tempe, AZ: 115,850 personsTempe, AZ115,850Peoria, AZ: 97,908 personsPeoria, AZ97,908Surprise, AZ: 72,411 personsSurprise, AZ72,411Goodyear, AZ: 52,149 personsGoodyear, AZ52,149Avondale, AZ: 48,054 personsAvondale, AZ48,054Buckeye, AZ: 46,492 personsBuckeye, AZ46,492Yuma, AZ: 44,179 personsYuma, AZ44,179Flagstaff, AZ: 41,185 personsFlagstaff, AZ41,185Queen Creek, AZ: 38,586 personsQueen Creek, AZ38,586Maricopa, AZ: 34,804 personsMaricopa, AZ34,804Casa Grande, AZ: 27,758 personsCasa Grande, AZ27,758Marana, AZ: 27,389 personsMarana, AZ27,389Lake Havasu City, AZ: 23,352 personsLake Havasu City, AZ23,352Prescott Valley, AZ: 21,390 personsPrescott Valley, AZ21,390Oro Valley, AZ: 19,481 personsOro Valley, AZ19,481El Mirage, AZ: 18,187 personsEl Mirage, AZ18,187Prescott, AZ: 17,712 personsPrescott, AZ17,712Apache Junction, AZ: 16,879 personsApache Junction, AZ16,879Sierra Vista, AZ: 16,818 personsSierra Vista, AZ16,818Bullhead City, AZ: 15,365 personsBullhead City, AZ15,365Sahuarita, AZ: 14,360 personsSahuarita, AZ14,360Kingman, AZ: 14,166 personsKingman, AZ14,166San Luis, AZ: 13,644 personsSan Luis, AZ13,644Fountain Hills, AZ: 10,815 personsFountain Hills, AZ10,815Florence, AZ: 4,242 personsFlorence, AZ4,242
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Phoenix, AZ872,143+2.3%
2Mesa, AZ262,989+1.9%
3Tucson, AZ257,321+1%
4Chandler, AZ159,122+1.8%
5Gilbert, AZ154,821+3.3%
6Scottsdale, AZ132,431+2.5%
7Glendale, AZ124,782+2.8%
8Tempe, AZ115,850+2.2%
9Peoria, AZ97,908+2.6%
10Surprise, AZ72,411+4.9%
11Goodyear, AZ52,149+6.1%
12Avondale, AZ48,054+4.3%
13Buckeye, AZ46,492+5.3%
14Yuma, AZ44,1790%
15Flagstaff, AZ41,185+3.3%
16Queen Creek, AZ38,586+11.2%
17Maricopa, AZ34,804+9%
18Casa Grande, AZ27,758+7.9%
19Marana, AZ27,389+5.5%
20Lake Havasu City, AZ23,352+0.4%
21Prescott Valley, AZ21,390+3%
22Oro Valley, AZ19,481+1.1%
23El Mirage, AZ18,187+1.7%
24Prescott, AZ17,712+1.4%
25Apache Junction, AZ16,879+4.1%
26Sierra Vista, AZ16,818-0.1%
27Bullhead City, AZ15,365+0.8%
28Sahuarita, AZ14,360+2.9%
29Kingman, AZ14,166+1.1%
30San Luis, AZ13,644+4.9%
31Fountain Hills, AZ10,815+1.3%
32Florence, AZ4,242-13.3%

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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Phoenix, AZ, with 872,143 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Florence, AZ, with 4,242 in 2023.

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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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