Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Arizona
Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as bandy around the idea of a by 2023. The last economic recession鈥攖he Great Recession of 2008-2010鈥攕ent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.
As of October of this year, national unemployment is at 3.7%, 0.2% higher than in September. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate , ranging from just 2.0% in Minnesota, to 4.5% in Illinois and 4.7% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.
To that end, compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Arizona using data from the . Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.
#15. Greenlee County
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 4,446 (141 unemployed)
#14. Maricopa County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 2,388,224 (83,556 unemployed)
#13. Graham County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 16,366 (583 unemployed)
#12. Yavapai County
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 110,405 (3,924 unemployed)
#11. Pima County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 489,273 (19,943 unemployed)
#10. Pinal County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 200,649 (8,181 unemployed)
#9. Gila County
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 20,854 (911 unemployed)
#8. Cochise County
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 49,872 (2,247 unemployed)
#7. Coconino County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.3%
- Total labor force: 77,773 (3,602 unemployed)
#6. La Paz County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 9,230 (456 unemployed)
#5. Mohave County
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 90,028 (4,396 unemployed)
#4. Navajo County
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 40,791 (2,316 unemployed)
#3. Apache County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: +0.8%
- Total labor force: 18,824 (1,679 unemployed)
#2. Santa Cruz County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: +1.0%
- Total labor force: 19,602 (1,958 unemployed)
#1. Yuma County
--- 1 month change: -3.7%
--- 1 year change: +2.7%
- Total labor force: 105,451 (18,037 unemployed)
