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Cities in Arizona by unemployed people

Phoenix, AZ had the highest unemployed people of 32 cities in 2020, at 66,690. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 347. The median was 2,619. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest66,690Phoenix, AZ
Lowest347Florence, AZ
Median2,61932 cities

All cities, 2020

Phoenix, AZ: 66,690 personsPhoenix, AZ66,690Tucson, AZ: 21,789 personsTucson, AZ21,789Mesa, AZ: 18,280 personsMesa, AZ18,280Chandler, AZ: 9,960 personsChandler, AZ9,960Glendale, AZ: 9,788 personsGlendale, AZ9,788Scottsdale, AZ: 9,401 personsScottsdale, AZ9,401Gilbert, AZ: 8,417 personsGilbert, AZ8,417Tempe, AZ: 8,190 personsTempe, AZ8,190Peoria, AZ: 6,536 personsPeoria, AZ6,536Yuma, AZ: 6,043 personsYuma, AZ6,043San Luis, AZ: 5,328 personsSan Luis, AZ5,328Surprise, AZ: 4,442 personsSurprise, AZ4,442Avondale, AZ: 3,423 personsAvondale, AZ3,423Goodyear, AZ: 3,017 personsGoodyear, AZ3,017Flagstaff, AZ: 3,006 personsFlagstaff, AZ3,006Buckeye, AZ: 2,853 personsBuckeye, AZ2,853Lake Havasu City, AZ: 2,384 personsLake Havasu City, AZ2,384Maricopa, AZ: 2,136 personsMaricopa, AZ2,136Casa Grande, AZ: 1,883 personsCasa Grande, AZ1,883Bullhead City, AZ: 1,860 personsBullhead City, AZ1,860Queen Creek, AZ: 1,591 personsQueen Creek, AZ1,591Apache Junction, AZ: 1,452 personsApache Junction, AZ1,452Prescott Valley, AZ: 1,427 personsPrescott Valley, AZ1,427Marana, AZ: 1,416 personsMarana, AZ1,416Prescott, AZ: 1,354 personsPrescott, AZ1,354El Mirage, AZ: 1,340 personsEl Mirage, AZ1,340Oro Valley, AZ: 1,274 personsOro Valley, AZ1,274Kingman, AZ: 1,262 personsKingman, AZ1,262Sierra Vista, AZ: 1,205 personsSierra Vista, AZ1,205Sahuarita, AZ: 852 personsSahuarita, AZ852Fountain Hills, AZ: 805 personsFountain Hills, AZ805Florence, AZ: 347 personsFlorence, AZ347Phoenix, AZ: 66,690 personsPhoenix, AZ66,690Tucson, AZ: 21,789 personsTucson, AZ21,789Mesa, AZ: 18,280 personsMesa, AZ18,280Chandler, AZ: 9,960 personsChandler, AZ9,960Glendale, AZ: 9,788 personsGlendale, AZ9,788Scottsdale, AZ: 9,401 personsScottsdale, AZ9,401Gilbert, AZ: 8,417 personsGilbert, AZ8,417Tempe, AZ: 8,190 personsTempe, AZ8,190Peoria, AZ: 6,536 personsPeoria, AZ6,536Yuma, AZ: 6,043 personsYuma, AZ6,043San Luis, AZ: 5,328 personsSan Luis, AZ5,328Surprise, AZ: 4,442 personsSurprise, AZ4,442Avondale, AZ: 3,423 personsAvondale, AZ3,423Goodyear, AZ: 3,017 personsGoodyear, AZ3,017Flagstaff, AZ: 3,006 personsFlagstaff, AZ3,006Buckeye, AZ: 2,853 personsBuckeye, AZ2,853Lake Havasu City, AZ: 2,384 personsLake Havasu City, AZ2,384Maricopa, AZ: 2,136 personsMaricopa, AZ2,136Casa Grande, AZ: 1,883 personsCasa Grande, AZ1,883Bullhead City, AZ: 1,860 personsBullhead City, AZ1,860Queen Creek, AZ: 1,591 personsQueen Creek, AZ1,591Apache Junction, AZ: 1,452 personsApache Junction, AZ1,452Prescott Valley, AZ: 1,427 personsPrescott Valley, AZ1,427Marana, AZ: 1,416 personsMarana, AZ1,416Prescott, AZ: 1,354 personsPrescott, AZ1,354El Mirage, AZ: 1,340 personsEl Mirage, AZ1,340Oro Valley, AZ: 1,274 personsOro Valley, AZ1,274Kingman, AZ: 1,262 personsKingman, AZ1,262Sierra Vista, AZ: 1,205 personsSierra Vista, AZ1,205Sahuarita, AZ: 852 personsSahuarita, AZ852Fountain Hills, AZ: 805 personsFountain Hills, AZ805Florence, AZ: 347 personsFlorence, AZ347
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Phoenix, AZ66,690+92.5%
2Tucson, AZ21,789+77%
3Mesa, AZ18,280+76.9%
4Chandler, AZ9,960+75.3%
5Glendale, AZ9,788+81.8%
6Scottsdale, AZ9,401+90.4%
7Gilbert, AZ8,417+65.8%
8Tempe, AZ8,190+89.8%
9Peoria, AZ6,536+68.5%
10Yuma, AZ6,043+20.3%
11San Luis, AZ5,328-18.2%
12Surprise, AZ4,442+64.2%
13Avondale, AZ3,423+70%
14Goodyear, AZ3,017+57%
15Flagstaff, AZ3,006+59.9%
16Buckeye, AZ2,853+63.1%
17Lake Havasu City, AZ2,384+83.7%
18Maricopa, AZ2,136+69.8%
19Casa Grande, AZ1,883+49.7%
20Bullhead City, AZ1,860+81.1%
21Queen Creek, AZ1,591+63.3%
22Apache Junction, AZ1,452+66.5%
23Prescott Valley, AZ1,427+55.1%
24Marana, AZ1,416+59.3%
25Prescott, AZ1,354+43.4%
26El Mirage, AZ1,340+79.9%
27Oro Valley, AZ1,274+42.8%
28Kingman, AZ1,262+68.9%
29Sierra Vista, AZ1,205+24.7%
30Sahuarita, AZ852+56.9%
31Fountain Hills, AZ805+66%
32Florence, AZ347+62.1%

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About this ranking

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.

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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Arizona by unemployed people, 2020) [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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Arizona by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Arizona by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/arizona-cities?period=2020.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Arizona by unemployed people, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/arizona-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Phoenix, AZ, with 66,690 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Florence, AZ, with 347 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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