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 economic experts bandy around the idea of a potential recession by 2023. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2008-2010—sent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was not until the spring of 2019 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 a rather sizable spectrum, 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, Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Arizona using data from the BLS. 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)
