# Cities in Arizona by unemployed people, 2025

All 32 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. 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.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/arizona-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Phoenix, AZ | 35,142 |
| 2 | Tucson, AZ | 11,974 |
| 3 | Mesa, AZ | 10,288 |
| 4 | Chandler, AZ | 5,768 |
| 5 | Glendale, AZ | 5,419 |
| 6 | Gilbert, AZ | 5,294 |
| 7 | Yuma, AZ | 5,219 |
| 8 | Scottsdale, AZ | 4,703 |
| 9 | Tempe, AZ | 4,515 |
| 10 | San Luis, AZ | 4,261 |
| 11 | Peoria, AZ | 3,867 |
| 12 | Surprise, AZ | 3,126 |
| 13 | Goodyear, AZ | 2,387 |
| 14 | Buckeye, AZ | 2,320 |
| 15 | Avondale, AZ | 2,164 |
| 16 | Flagstaff, AZ | 1,787 |
| 17 | Maricopa, AZ | 1,720 |
| 18 | Casa Grande, AZ | 1,505 |
| 19 | Queen Creek, AZ | 1,489 |
| 20 | Lake Havasu City, AZ | 1,141 |
| 21 | Marana, AZ | 1,076 |
| 22 | Prescott Valley, AZ | 908 |
| 23 | Bullhead City, AZ | 894 |
| 24 | Apache Junction, AZ | 890 |
| 25 | Prescott, AZ | 863 |
| 26 | Sierra Vista, AZ | 848 |
| 27 | Oro Valley, AZ | 835 |
| 28 | El Mirage, AZ | 752 |
| 29 | Kingman, AZ | 725 |
| 30 | Sahuarita, AZ | 611 |
| 31 | Fountain Hills, AZ | 430 |
| 32 | Florence, AZ | 193 |