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Cities in Arizona by unemployed people

Phoenix, AZ had the highest unemployed people of 32 cities in 2023, at 29,193. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 146. The median was 1,366. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest29,193Phoenix, AZ
Lowest146Florence, AZ
Median1,36632 cities

All cities, 2023

Phoenix, AZ: 29,193 personsPhoenix, AZ29,193Tucson, AZ: 9,979 personsTucson, AZ9,979Mesa, AZ: 8,813 personsMesa, AZ8,813Chandler, AZ: 4,805 personsChandler, AZ4,805Yuma, AZ: 4,756 personsYuma, AZ4,756Glendale, AZ: 4,519 personsGlendale, AZ4,519Gilbert, AZ: 4,375 personsGilbert, AZ4,375Scottsdale, AZ: 4,210 personsScottsdale, AZ4,210Tempe, AZ: 3,804 personsTempe, AZ3,804San Luis, AZ: 3,485 personsSan Luis, AZ3,485Peoria, AZ: 3,205 personsPeoria, AZ3,205Surprise, AZ: 2,504 personsSurprise, AZ2,504Buckeye, AZ: 1,854 personsBuckeye, AZ1,854Goodyear, AZ: 1,849 personsGoodyear, AZ1,849Avondale, AZ: 1,711 personsAvondale, AZ1,711Flagstaff, AZ: 1,416 personsFlagstaff, AZ1,416Maricopa, AZ: 1,315 personsMaricopa, AZ1,315Casa Grande, AZ: 1,224 personsCasa Grande, AZ1,224Queen Creek, AZ: 1,100 personsQueen Creek, AZ1,100Lake Havasu City, AZ: 979 personsLake Havasu City, AZ979Marana, AZ: 825 personsMarana, AZ825Prescott Valley, AZ: 814 personsPrescott Valley, AZ814Bullhead City, AZ: 789 personsBullhead City, AZ789Prescott, AZ: 737 personsPrescott, AZ737Apache Junction, AZ: 721 personsApache Junction, AZ721Sierra Vista, AZ: 699 personsSierra Vista, AZ699Oro Valley, AZ: 698 personsOro Valley, AZ698Kingman, AZ: 634 personsKingman, AZ634El Mirage, AZ: 588 personsEl Mirage, AZ588Sahuarita, AZ: 495 personsSahuarita, AZ495Fountain Hills, AZ: 376 personsFountain Hills, AZ376Florence, AZ: 146 personsFlorence, AZ146Phoenix, AZ: 29,193 personsPhoenix, AZ29,193Tucson, AZ: 9,979 personsTucson, AZ9,979Mesa, AZ: 8,813 personsMesa, AZ8,813Chandler, AZ: 4,805 personsChandler, AZ4,805Yuma, AZ: 4,756 personsYuma, AZ4,756Glendale, AZ: 4,519 personsGlendale, AZ4,519Gilbert, AZ: 4,375 personsGilbert, AZ4,375Scottsdale, AZ: 4,210 personsScottsdale, AZ4,210Tempe, AZ: 3,804 personsTempe, AZ3,804San Luis, AZ: 3,485 personsSan Luis, AZ3,485Peoria, AZ: 3,205 personsPeoria, AZ3,205Surprise, AZ: 2,504 personsSurprise, AZ2,504Buckeye, AZ: 1,854 personsBuckeye, AZ1,854Goodyear, AZ: 1,849 personsGoodyear, AZ1,849Avondale, AZ: 1,711 personsAvondale, AZ1,711Flagstaff, AZ: 1,416 personsFlagstaff, AZ1,416Maricopa, AZ: 1,315 personsMaricopa, AZ1,315Casa Grande, AZ: 1,224 personsCasa Grande, AZ1,224Queen Creek, AZ: 1,100 personsQueen Creek, AZ1,100Lake Havasu City, AZ: 979 personsLake Havasu City, AZ979Marana, AZ: 825 personsMarana, AZ825Prescott Valley, AZ: 814 personsPrescott Valley, AZ814Bullhead City, AZ: 789 personsBullhead City, AZ789Prescott, AZ: 737 personsPrescott, AZ737Apache Junction, AZ: 721 personsApache Junction, AZ721Sierra Vista, AZ: 699 personsSierra Vista, AZ699Oro Valley, AZ: 698 personsOro Valley, AZ698Kingman, AZ: 634 personsKingman, AZ634El Mirage, AZ: 588 personsEl Mirage, AZ588Sahuarita, AZ: 495 personsSahuarita, AZ495Fountain Hills, AZ: 376 personsFountain Hills, AZ376Florence, AZ: 146 personsFlorence, AZ146
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Phoenix, AZ29,193-0.4%
2Tucson, AZ9,979-3%
3Mesa, AZ8,813-0.9%
4Chandler, AZ4,805+2.4%
5Yuma, AZ4,756+2%
6Glendale, AZ4,519+0.2%
7Gilbert, AZ4,375+5%
8Scottsdale, AZ4,210+4.3%
9Tempe, AZ3,804+2.6%
10San Luis, AZ3,485+12.7%
11Peoria, AZ3,205-0.6%
12Surprise, AZ2,504+2.6%
13Buckeye, AZ1,854+3.7%
14Goodyear, AZ1,849+3.6%
15Avondale, AZ1,711-2.8%
16Flagstaff, AZ1,416+4.9%
17Maricopa, AZ1,315+11.3%
18Casa Grande, AZ1,224+13.2%
19Queen Creek, AZ1,100+14.1%
20Lake Havasu City, AZ979-3.2%
21Marana, AZ825+5%
22Prescott Valley, AZ814+4.9%
23Bullhead City, AZ789-8.4%
24Prescott, AZ737+1.1%
25Apache Junction, AZ721+1.1%
26Sierra Vista, AZ699-1.5%
27Oro Valley, AZ698-3.2%
28Kingman, AZ634+1.9%
29El Mirage, AZ588-5%
30Sahuarita, AZ495-12.2%
31Fountain Hills, AZ376+4.4%
32Florence, AZ146+16.8%

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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, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Arizona by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Arizona by unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/arizona-cities?period=2023.

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

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Phoenix, AZ, with 29,193 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Florence, AZ, with 146 in 2023.

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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