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Unemployment Rate in Arizona, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Arizona, ranked. The highest is Santa Cruz County at 12.2% and the lowest is Greenlee County at 2.3%.

Arizona: 5.1% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Arizona: 7.1%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Santa Cruz County12.2%
2Apache County10.7%
3La Paz County10.0%
4Navajo County8.8%
5Graham County7.7%
6Cochise County7.4%
7Mohave County7.3%
8Gila County7.1%
9Yuma County6.9%
10Pinal County6.0%
11Coconino County5.6%
12Pima County5.5%
13Maricopa County4.5%
14Yavapai County4.3%
15Greenlee County2.3%

Small populations produce wide margins: Greenlee County is 2.3% with a margin of error of ±1.9%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Arizona ranks 20th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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