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Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force, 2025

Detroit, MI had the highest civilian labor force of 51 cities in 2025, at 264,639. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,591. The median was 24,964. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest264,639Detroit, MI
Lowest8,591Hamtramck, MI
Median24,96451 cities

All cities, 2025

Detroit, MI: 264,639 personsDetroit, MI264,639Grand Rapids, MI: 110,613 personsGrand Rapids, MI110,613Ann Arbor, MI: 68,971 personsAnn Arbor, MI68,971Warren, MI: 68,372 personsWarren, MI68,372Sterling Heights, MI: 66,590 personsSterling Heights, MI66,590Lansing, MI: 62,047 personsLansing, MI62,047Livonia, MI: 48,923 personsLivonia, MI48,923Troy, MI: 46,700 personsTroy, MI46,700Farmington Hills, MI: 45,781 personsFarmington Hills, MI45,781Dearborn, MI: 44,491 personsDearborn, MI44,491Wyoming, MI: 44,344 personsWyoming, MI44,344Westland, MI: 42,514 personsWestland, MI42,514Kalamazoo, MI: 39,692 personsKalamazoo, MI39,692Rochester Hills, MI: 39,121 personsRochester Hills, MI39,121Southfield, MI: 38,176 personsSouthfield, MI38,176Royal Oak, MI: 36,586 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,586Novi, MI: 34,902 personsNovi, MI34,902Flint, MI: 33,770 personsFlint, MI33,770St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,485 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,485Kentwood, MI: 29,827 personsKentwood, MI29,827Taylor, MI: 29,404 personsTaylor, MI29,404Pontiac, MI: 29,159 personsPontiac, MI29,159Portage, MI: 27,629 personsPortage, MI27,629Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,238 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,238Battle Creek, MI: 25,737 personsBattle Creek, MI25,737East Lansing, MI: 24,964 personsEast Lansing, MI24,964Roseville, MI: 24,629 personsRoseville, MI24,629Midland, MI: 21,632 personsMidland, MI21,632Holland, MI: 19,727 personsHolland, MI19,727Saginaw, MI: 17,741 personsSaginaw, MI17,741Lincoln Park, MI: 17,659 personsLincoln Park, MI17,659Eastpointe, MI: 16,195 personsEastpointe, MI16,195Madison Heights, MI: 16,076 personsMadison Heights, MI16,076Bay City, MI: 16,018 personsBay City, MI16,018Muskegon, MI: 15,896 personsMuskegon, MI15,896Oak Park, MI: 15,771 personsOak Park, MI15,771Auburn Hills, MI: 15,107 personsAuburn Hills, MI15,107Allen Park, MI: 14,866 personsAllen Park, MI14,866Southgate, MI: 14,767 personsSouthgate, MI14,767Jackson, MI: 14,708 personsJackson, MI14,708Walker, MI: 14,567 personsWalker, MI14,567Burton, MI: 14,241 personsBurton, MI14,241Ferndale, MI: 13,625 personsFerndale, MI13,625Garden City, MI: 13,621 personsGarden City, MI13,621Port Huron, MI: 13,112 personsPort Huron, MI13,112Wyandotte, MI: 12,412 personsWyandotte, MI12,412Norton Shores, MI: 12,311 personsNorton Shores, MI12,311Romulus, MI: 12,011 personsRomulus, MI12,011Inkster, MI: 10,805 personsInkster, MI10,805Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,575 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,575Hamtramck, MI: 8,591 personsHamtramck, MI8,591Detroit, MI: 264,639 personsDetroit, MI264,639Grand Rapids, MI: 110,613 personsGrand Rapids, MI110,613Ann Arbor, MI: 68,971 personsAnn Arbor, MI68,971Warren, MI: 68,372 personsWarren, MI68,372Sterling Heights, MI: 66,590 personsSterling Heights, MI66,590Lansing, MI: 62,047 personsLansing, MI62,047Livonia, MI: 48,923 personsLivonia, MI48,923Troy, MI: 46,700 personsTroy, MI46,700Farmington Hills, MI: 45,781 personsFarmington Hills, MI45,781Dearborn, MI: 44,491 personsDearborn, MI44,491Wyoming, MI: 44,344 personsWyoming, MI44,344Westland, MI: 42,514 personsWestland, MI42,514Kalamazoo, MI: 39,692 personsKalamazoo, MI39,692Rochester Hills, MI: 39,121 personsRochester Hills, MI39,121Southfield, MI: 38,176 personsSouthfield, MI38,176Royal Oak, MI: 36,586 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,586Novi, MI: 34,902 personsNovi, MI34,902Flint, MI: 33,770 personsFlint, MI33,770St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,485 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,485Kentwood, MI: 29,827 personsKentwood, MI29,827Taylor, MI: 29,404 personsTaylor, MI29,404Pontiac, MI: 29,159 personsPontiac, MI29,159Portage, MI: 27,629 personsPortage, MI27,629Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,238 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,238Battle Creek, MI: 25,737 personsBattle Creek, MI25,737East Lansing, MI: 24,964 personsEast Lansing, MI24,964Roseville, MI: 24,629 personsRoseville, MI24,629Midland, MI: 21,632 personsMidland, MI21,632Holland, MI: 19,727 personsHolland, MI19,727Saginaw, MI: 17,741 personsSaginaw, MI17,741Lincoln Park, MI: 17,659 personsLincoln Park, MI17,659Eastpointe, MI: 16,195 personsEastpointe, MI16,195Madison Heights, MI: 16,076 personsMadison Heights, MI16,076Bay City, MI: 16,018 personsBay City, MI16,018Muskegon, MI: 15,896 personsMuskegon, MI15,896Oak Park, MI: 15,771 personsOak Park, MI15,771Auburn Hills, MI: 15,107 personsAuburn Hills, MI15,107Allen Park, MI: 14,866 personsAllen Park, MI14,866Southgate, MI: 14,767 personsSouthgate, MI14,767Jackson, MI: 14,708 personsJackson, MI14,708Walker, MI: 14,567 personsWalker, MI14,567Burton, MI: 14,241 personsBurton, MI14,241Ferndale, MI: 13,625 personsFerndale, MI13,625Garden City, MI: 13,621 personsGarden City, MI13,621Port Huron, MI: 13,112 personsPort Huron, MI13,112Wyandotte, MI: 12,412 personsWyandotte, MI12,412Norton Shores, MI: 12,311 personsNorton Shores, MI12,311Romulus, MI: 12,011 personsRomulus, MI12,011Inkster, MI: 10,805 personsInkster, MI10,805Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,575 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,575Hamtramck, MI: 8,591 personsHamtramck, MI8,591
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Detroit, MI264,639-0%
2Grand Rapids, MI110,613-1%
3Ann Arbor, MI68,971-0.6%
4Warren, MI68,372-0.4%
5Sterling Heights, MI66,590-0.5%
6Lansing, MI62,047-0.6%
7Livonia, MI48,923-0.6%
8Troy, MI46,700-0.6%
9Farmington Hills, MI45,781-0.5%
10Dearborn, MI44,491-0.5%
11Wyoming, MI44,344-1.1%
12Westland, MI42,514-0.6%
13Kalamazoo, MI39,692-0.4%
14Rochester Hills, MI39,121-0.6%
15Southfield, MI38,176-0.4%
16Royal Oak, MI36,586-0.7%
17Novi, MI34,902-0.6%
18Flint, MI33,770+0.9%
19St. Clair Shores, MI30,485-0.6%
20Kentwood, MI29,827-1%
21Taylor, MI29,404-0.5%
22Pontiac, MI29,159-0.1%
23Portage, MI27,629-0.6%
24Dearborn Heights, MI27,238-0.5%
25Battle Creek, MI25,737+0.5%
26East Lansing, MI24,964-0.7%
27Roseville, MI24,629-0.4%
28Midland, MI21,632-0.7%
29Holland, MI19,727-0.7%
30Saginaw, MI17,741+0.8%
31Lincoln Park, MI17,659-0.5%
32Eastpointe, MI16,1950%
33Madison Heights, MI16,076-0.7%
34Bay City, MI16,018-0.1%
35Muskegon, MI15,896+0.4%
36Oak Park, MI15,771-0.1%
37Auburn Hills, MI15,107-0.5%
38Allen Park, MI14,866-0.6%
39Southgate, MI14,767-0.6%
40Jackson, MI14,708-0.7%
41Walker, MI14,567-1.2%
42Burton, MI14,241-0%
43Ferndale, MI13,625-0.6%
44Garden City, MI13,621-0.4%
45Port Huron, MI13,112-0.2%
46Wyandotte, MI12,412-0.7%
47Norton Shores, MI12,3110%
48Romulus, MI12,011-0.4%
49Inkster, MI10,805-0.1%
50Mount Pleasant, MI10,575-0.2%
51Hamtramck, MI8,591-0.2%

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About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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: labor force (measure 06), annual average. 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: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force, 2025) [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: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force, 2025. 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/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force, 2025. 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/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Detroit, MI, with 264,639 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Hamtramck, MI, with 8,591 in 2025.

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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: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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