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Cities in Arizona by unemployment rate

San Luis, AZ had the highest unemployment rate of 32 cities in February 2026, at 15.5%. Gilbert, AZ had the lowest, at 3.7%. The median was 4.7% and the figure for Arizona was 4.6%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest15.5San Luis, AZ
Lowest3.7Gilbert, AZ
Median4.732 cities
Arizona4.6History

All cities, February 2026

San Luis, AZ: 15.5 %San Luis, AZ15.5Yuma, AZ: 9.9 %Yuma, AZ9.9Bullhead City, AZ: 6.8 %Bullhead City, AZ6.8Sierra Vista, AZ: 5.9 %Sierra Vista, AZ5.9Kingman, AZ: 5.5 %Kingman, AZ5.5Lake Havasu City, AZ: 5.4 %Lake Havasu City, AZ5.4Prescott, AZ: 5.4 %Prescott, AZ5.4Buckeye, AZ: 5.2 %Buckeye, AZ5.2Casa Grande, AZ: 5.2 %Casa Grande, AZ5.2Apache Junction, AZ: 5.1 %Apache Junction, AZ5.1Tucson, AZ: 5.1 %Tucson, AZ5.1Oro Valley, AZ: 4.9 %Oro Valley, AZ4.9Sahuarita, AZ: 4.9 %Sahuarita, AZ4.9Flagstaff, AZ: 4.8 %Flagstaff, AZ4.8Maricopa, AZ: 4.8 %Maricopa, AZ4.8Prescott Valley, AZ: 4.8 %Prescott Valley, AZ4.8Goodyear, AZ: 4.6 %Goodyear, AZ4.6Avondale, AZ: 4.4 %Avondale, AZ4.4Fountain Hills, AZ: 4.4 %Fountain Hills, AZ4.4Glendale, AZ: 4.4 %Glendale, AZ4.4Surprise, AZ: 4.4 %Surprise, AZ4.4Peoria, AZ: 4.3 %Peoria, AZ4.3Florence, AZ: 4.2 %Florence, AZ4.2Mesa, AZ: 4.2 %Mesa, AZ4.2Tempe, AZ: 4.2 %Tempe, AZ4.2El Mirage, AZ: 4.1 %El Mirage, AZ4.1Phoenix, AZ: 4.1 %Phoenix, AZ4.1Marana, AZ: 4 %Marana, AZ4Queen Creek, AZ: 3.9 %Queen Creek, AZ3.9Chandler, AZ: 3.8 %Chandler, AZ3.8Scottsdale, AZ: 3.8 %Scottsdale, AZ3.8Gilbert, AZ: 3.7 %Gilbert, AZ3.7San Luis, AZ: 15.5 %San Luis, AZ15.5Yuma, AZ: 9.9 %Yuma, AZ9.9Bullhead City, AZ: 6.8 %Bullhead City, AZ6.8Sierra Vista, AZ: 5.9 %Sierra Vista, AZ5.9Kingman, AZ: 5.5 %Kingman, AZ5.5Lake Havasu City, AZ: 5.4 %Lake Havasu City, AZ5.4Prescott, AZ: 5.4 %Prescott, AZ5.4Buckeye, AZ: 5.2 %Buckeye, AZ5.2Casa Grande, AZ: 5.2 %Casa Grande, AZ5.2Apache Junction, AZ: 5.1 %Apache Junction, AZ5.1Tucson, AZ: 5.1 %Tucson, AZ5.1Oro Valley, AZ: 4.9 %Oro Valley, AZ4.9Sahuarita, AZ: 4.9 %Sahuarita, AZ4.9Flagstaff, AZ: 4.8 %Flagstaff, AZ4.8Maricopa, AZ: 4.8 %Maricopa, AZ4.8Prescott Valley, AZ: 4.8 %Prescott Valley, AZ4.8Goodyear, AZ: 4.6 %Goodyear, AZ4.6Avondale, AZ: 4.4 %Avondale, AZ4.4Fountain Hills, AZ: 4.4 %Fountain Hills, AZ4.4Glendale, AZ: 4.4 %Glendale, AZ4.4Surprise, AZ: 4.4 %Surprise, AZ4.4Peoria, AZ: 4.3 %Peoria, AZ4.3Florence, AZ: 4.2 %Florence, AZ4.2Mesa, AZ: 4.2 %Mesa, AZ4.2Tempe, AZ: 4.2 %Tempe, AZ4.2El Mirage, AZ: 4.1 %El Mirage, AZ4.1Phoenix, AZ: 4.1 %Phoenix, AZ4.1Marana, AZ: 4 %Marana, AZ4Queen Creek, AZ: 3.9 %Queen Creek, AZ3.9Chandler, AZ: 3.8 %Chandler, AZ3.8Scottsdale, AZ: 3.8 %Scottsdale, AZ3.8Gilbert, AZ: 3.7 %Gilbert, AZ3.7
%. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCitiesFebruary 2026 (%)Change on February 2025
1San Luis, AZ15.5+1.1 pts
2Yuma, AZ9.9+0.9 pts
3Bullhead City, AZ6.8+1.7 pts
4Sierra Vista, AZ5.9+1.5 pts
5Kingman, AZ5.5+0.9 pts
6Lake Havasu City, AZ5.4+0.9 pts
6Prescott, AZ5.4+1.1 pts
8Buckeye, AZ5.2+1 pts
8Casa Grande, AZ5.2+0.8 pts
10Apache Junction, AZ5.1+0.9 pts
10Tucson, AZ5.1+1 pts
12Oro Valley, AZ4.9+1.2 pts
12Sahuarita, AZ4.9+1.3 pts
14Flagstaff, AZ4.8+0.9 pts
14Maricopa, AZ4.8+0.5 pts
14Prescott Valley, AZ4.8+1 pts
17Goodyear, AZ4.6+0.7 pts
18Avondale, AZ4.4+0.4 pts
18Fountain Hills, AZ4.4+0.7 pts
18Glendale, AZ4.4+0.6 pts
18Surprise, AZ4.4+0.7 pts
22Peoria, AZ4.3+0.8 pts
23Florence, AZ4.2+0.7 pts
23Mesa, AZ4.2+0.7 pts
23Tempe, AZ4.2+0.6 pts
26El Mirage, AZ4.1+0.5 pts
26Phoenix, AZ4.1+0.5 pts
28Marana, AZ4+0.8 pts
29Queen Creek, AZ3.9+0.5 pts
30Chandler, AZ3.8+0.5 pts
30Scottsdale, AZ3.8+0.5 pts
32Gilbert, AZ3.7+0.6 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over.
  • EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74.
  • United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states, counties and cities.
  • United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted.
  • Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces.
  • Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas.
  • Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures.
  • Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national.
  • Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national.
  • For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates, annual survey-based rates compiled by the ILO in ILOSTAT, or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank.
  • ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over.
  • The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, US cities (those of 25,000 or more and smaller New England cities), United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For Spanish municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

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 rate (measure 03). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. 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 rate (measure 03) (Cities in Arizona by unemployment rate, 2026-02) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Cities in Arizona by unemployment rate, 2026-02. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/arizona-cities?period=2026-02. 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 rate (measure 03). Cities in Arizona by unemployment rate, 2026-02. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/arizona-cities?period=2026-02.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Cities in Arizona by unemployment rate, 2026-02 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/arizona-cities?period=2026-02 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployment rate?

San Luis, AZ, with 15.5% in February 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployment rate?

Gilbert, AZ, with 3.7% in February 2026.

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 rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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