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Cities in Arizona by unemployed people

Phoenix, AZ had the highest unemployed people of 32 cities in 2024, at 29,627. Florence, AZ had the lowest, at 148. The median was 1,456. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest29,627Phoenix, AZ
Lowest148Florence, AZ
Median1,45632 cities

All cities, 2024

Phoenix, AZ: 29,627 personsPhoenix, AZ29,627Tucson, AZ: 9,926 personsTucson, AZ9,926Mesa, AZ: 8,871 personsMesa, AZ8,871Chandler, AZ: 4,902 personsChandler, AZ4,902Gilbert, AZ: 4,591 personsGilbert, AZ4,591Glendale, AZ: 4,544 personsGlendale, AZ4,544Yuma, AZ: 4,523 personsYuma, AZ4,523Scottsdale, AZ: 4,150 personsScottsdale, AZ4,150Tempe, AZ: 3,775 personsTempe, AZ3,775San Luis, AZ: 3,728 personsSan Luis, AZ3,728Peoria, AZ: 3,237 personsPeoria, AZ3,237Surprise, AZ: 2,644 personsSurprise, AZ2,644Goodyear, AZ: 1,959 personsGoodyear, AZ1,959Buckeye, AZ: 1,879 personsBuckeye, AZ1,879Avondale, AZ: 1,790 personsAvondale, AZ1,790Maricopa, AZ: 1,464 personsMaricopa, AZ1,464Flagstaff, AZ: 1,448 personsFlagstaff, AZ1,448Casa Grande, AZ: 1,271 personsCasa Grande, AZ1,271Queen Creek, AZ: 1,200 personsQueen Creek, AZ1,200Lake Havasu City, AZ: 996 personsLake Havasu City, AZ996Marana, AZ: 873 personsMarana, AZ873Bullhead City, AZ: 778 personsBullhead City, AZ778Apache Junction, AZ: 775 personsApache Junction, AZ775Prescott Valley, AZ: 771 personsPrescott Valley, AZ771Prescott, AZ: 740 personsPrescott, AZ740Sierra Vista, AZ: 712 personsSierra Vista, AZ712Oro Valley, AZ: 705 personsOro Valley, AZ705Kingman, AZ: 644 personsKingman, AZ644El Mirage, AZ: 607 personsEl Mirage, AZ607Sahuarita, AZ: 508 personsSahuarita, AZ508Fountain Hills, AZ: 388 personsFountain Hills, AZ388Florence, AZ: 148 personsFlorence, AZ148Phoenix, AZ: 29,627 personsPhoenix, AZ29,627Tucson, AZ: 9,926 personsTucson, AZ9,926Mesa, AZ: 8,871 personsMesa, AZ8,871Chandler, AZ: 4,902 personsChandler, AZ4,902Gilbert, AZ: 4,591 personsGilbert, AZ4,591Glendale, AZ: 4,544 personsGlendale, AZ4,544Yuma, AZ: 4,523 personsYuma, AZ4,523Scottsdale, AZ: 4,150 personsScottsdale, AZ4,150Tempe, AZ: 3,775 personsTempe, AZ3,775San Luis, AZ: 3,728 personsSan Luis, AZ3,728Peoria, AZ: 3,237 personsPeoria, AZ3,237Surprise, AZ: 2,644 personsSurprise, AZ2,644Goodyear, AZ: 1,959 personsGoodyear, AZ1,959Buckeye, AZ: 1,879 personsBuckeye, AZ1,879Avondale, AZ: 1,790 personsAvondale, AZ1,790Maricopa, AZ: 1,464 personsMaricopa, AZ1,464Flagstaff, AZ: 1,448 personsFlagstaff, AZ1,448Casa Grande, AZ: 1,271 personsCasa Grande, AZ1,271Queen Creek, AZ: 1,200 personsQueen Creek, AZ1,200Lake Havasu City, AZ: 996 personsLake Havasu City, AZ996Marana, AZ: 873 personsMarana, AZ873Bullhead City, AZ: 778 personsBullhead City, AZ778Apache Junction, AZ: 775 personsApache Junction, AZ775Prescott Valley, AZ: 771 personsPrescott Valley, AZ771Prescott, AZ: 740 personsPrescott, AZ740Sierra Vista, AZ: 712 personsSierra Vista, AZ712Oro Valley, AZ: 705 personsOro Valley, AZ705Kingman, AZ: 644 personsKingman, AZ644El Mirage, AZ: 607 personsEl Mirage, AZ607Sahuarita, AZ: 508 personsSahuarita, AZ508Fountain Hills, AZ: 388 personsFountain Hills, AZ388Florence, AZ: 148 personsFlorence, AZ148
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Phoenix, AZ29,627+1.5%
2Tucson, AZ9,926-0.5%
3Mesa, AZ8,871+0.7%
4Chandler, AZ4,902+2%
5Gilbert, AZ4,591+4.9%
6Glendale, AZ4,544+0.6%
7Yuma, AZ4,523-4.9%
8Scottsdale, AZ4,150-1.4%
9Tempe, AZ3,775-0.8%
10San Luis, AZ3,728+7%
11Peoria, AZ3,237+1%
12Surprise, AZ2,644+5.6%
13Goodyear, AZ1,959+5.9%
14Buckeye, AZ1,879+1.3%
15Avondale, AZ1,790+4.6%
16Maricopa, AZ1,464+11.3%
17Flagstaff, AZ1,448+2.3%
18Casa Grande, AZ1,271+3.8%
19Queen Creek, AZ1,200+9.1%
20Lake Havasu City, AZ996+1.7%
21Marana, AZ873+5.8%
22Bullhead City, AZ778-1.4%
23Apache Junction, AZ775+7.5%
24Prescott Valley, AZ771-5.3%
25Prescott, AZ740+0.4%
26Sierra Vista, AZ712+1.9%
27Oro Valley, AZ705+1%
28Kingman, AZ644+1.6%
29El Mirage, AZ607+3.2%
30Sahuarita, AZ508+2.6%
31Fountain Hills, AZ388+3.2%
32Florence, AZ148+1.4%

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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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Phoenix, AZ, with 29,627 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Florence, AZ, with 148 in 2024.

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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