Editing Yuma, Arizona (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Yuma arizona map.jpg|thumb|right|An aerial photo showing how the area around Yuma is highly agricultural in nature]]
[[File:NRCSAZ02027 - Arizona (337)(NRCS Photo Gallery).tif|thumb|right|Farming near Yuma in 2011]]

The Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area has the highest unemployment rate in the United States as of 2018 at 20.9%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm|title=Unemployment Rates for Metropolitan Areas|access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref> A large percentage of the work force is employed seasonally in agriculture, contributing to apparent unemployment.

Yuma is colloquially referred to as the "Winter Lettuce Capital of the World".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yumachamber.org/agriculture.html|title=Agriculture – Yuma County Chamber of Commerce|website=www.yumachamber.org|access-date=July 15, 2019|archive-date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715114638/https://www.yumachamber.org/agriculture.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2019 ''Comprehensive Annual Financial Report'',<ref>{{cite web|year=2019|title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report|url=https://www.yumaaz.gov/documents/finance-department/comprehensive-annual-financial-report-cafr/COY_FY19_CAFR.pdf|publisher=City of Yuma, Arizona|access-date=August 29, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017132401/https://www.yumaaz.gov/documents/finance-department/comprehensive-annual-financial-report-cafr/COY_FY19_CAFR.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> the top employers in the Yuma Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2018 were:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
| 1
|[[Marine Corps Air Station Yuma]]
|5,568
|-
|2
|[[Yuma Union High School District]]
|3,100
|-
|3
|U.S. Army [[Yuma Proving Ground]]
|2,382
|-
|4
|[[Yuma Regional Medical Center]]
|2,300
|-
|5
|Yuma County
|1,437
|-
|6
|[[Yuma Elementary School District]]
|1,400
|-
|7
|City of Yuma
|1,274
|-
|8
|TRAX
|1,125
|-
|9
|[[United States Border Patrol]]
|1,000
|-
|10
|[[Arizona Western College]]
|987
|}

Other large employers include [[Bose Corporation|Bose]], [[Dole Food Company|Dole]] Fresh Vegetables and [[Shaw Industries]].<ref>[http://www.greateryuma.org/yumaareaemployers.html Yuma Area Employers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405163558/http://www.greateryuma.org/yumaareaemployers.html |date=April 5, 2011 }}, Greater Yuma website</ref>