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Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force

Detroit, MI had the highest civilian labor force of 50 cities in 2014, at 250,963. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 7,696. The median was 23,485. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest250,963Detroit, MI
Lowest7,696Hamtramck, MI
Median23,48550 cities

All cities, 2014

Detroit, MI: 250,963 personsDetroit, MI250,963Grand Rapids, MI: 99,593 personsGrand Rapids, MI99,593Sterling Heights, MI: 64,860 personsSterling Heights, MI64,860Ann Arbor, MI: 62,528 personsAnn Arbor, MI62,528Warren, MI: 62,371 personsWarren, MI62,371Lansing, MI: 57,993 personsLansing, MI57,993Livonia, MI: 49,964 personsLivonia, MI49,964Wyoming, MI: 42,734 personsWyoming, MI42,734Farmington Hills, MI: 42,537 personsFarmington Hills, MI42,537Westland, MI: 42,197 personsWestland, MI42,197Troy, MI: 41,494 personsTroy, MI41,494Rochester Hills, MI: 37,486 personsRochester Hills, MI37,486Dearborn, MI: 37,471 personsDearborn, MI37,471Kalamazoo, MI: 36,678 personsKalamazoo, MI36,678Royal Oak, MI: 36,617 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,617Flint, MI: 34,993 personsFlint, MI34,993Southfield, MI: 34,115 personsSouthfield, MI34,115Novi, MI: 30,884 personsNovi, MI30,884St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,598 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,598Kentwood, MI: 28,813 personsKentwood, MI28,813Taylor, MI: 28,188 personsTaylor, MI28,188Pontiac, MI: 25,277 personsPontiac, MI25,277Dearborn Heights, MI: 24,412 personsDearborn Heights, MI24,412Portage, MI: 24,288 personsPortage, MI24,288Battle Creek, MI: 23,570 personsBattle Creek, MI23,570East Lansing, MI: 23,400 personsEast Lansing, MI23,400Roseville, MI: 22,893 personsRoseville, MI22,893Midland, MI: 21,269 personsMidland, MI21,269Saginaw, MI: 19,958 personsSaginaw, MI19,958Holland, MI: 17,066 personsHolland, MI17,066Lincoln Park, MI: 16,883 personsLincoln Park, MI16,883Bay City, MI: 16,821 personsBay City, MI16,821Madison Heights, MI: 15,317 personsMadison Heights, MI15,317Eastpointe, MI: 15,257 personsEastpointe, MI15,257Southgate, MI: 15,130 personsSouthgate, MI15,130Muskegon, MI: 14,484 personsMuskegon, MI14,484Walker, MI: 14,373 personsWalker, MI14,373Garden City, MI: 14,367 personsGarden City, MI14,367Oak Park, MI: 14,232 personsOak Park, MI14,232Jackson, MI: 14,116 personsJackson, MI14,116Allen Park, MI: 13,727 personsAllen Park, MI13,727Burton, MI: 13,346 personsBurton, MI13,346Mount Pleasant, MI: 13,063 personsMount Pleasant, MI13,063Wyandotte, MI: 12,910 personsWyandotte, MI12,910Port Huron, MI: 12,810 personsPort Huron, MI12,810Ferndale, MI: 12,377 personsFerndale, MI12,377Norton Shores, MI: 11,948 personsNorton Shores, MI11,948Romulus, MI: 11,063 personsRomulus, MI11,063Inkster, MI: 8,951 personsInkster, MI8,951Hamtramck, MI: 7,696 personsHamtramck, MI7,696Detroit, MI: 250,963 personsDetroit, MI250,963Grand Rapids, MI: 99,593 personsGrand Rapids, MI99,593Sterling Heights, MI: 64,860 personsSterling Heights, MI64,860Ann Arbor, MI: 62,528 personsAnn Arbor, MI62,528Warren, MI: 62,371 personsWarren, MI62,371Lansing, MI: 57,993 personsLansing, MI57,993Livonia, MI: 49,964 personsLivonia, MI49,964Wyoming, MI: 42,734 personsWyoming, MI42,734Farmington Hills, MI: 42,537 personsFarmington Hills, MI42,537Westland, MI: 42,197 personsWestland, MI42,197Troy, MI: 41,494 personsTroy, MI41,494Rochester Hills, MI: 37,486 personsRochester Hills, MI37,486Dearborn, MI: 37,471 personsDearborn, MI37,471Kalamazoo, MI: 36,678 personsKalamazoo, MI36,678Royal Oak, MI: 36,617 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,617Flint, MI: 34,993 personsFlint, MI34,993Southfield, MI: 34,115 personsSouthfield, MI34,115Novi, MI: 30,884 personsNovi, MI30,884St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,598 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,598Kentwood, MI: 28,813 personsKentwood, MI28,813Taylor, MI: 28,188 personsTaylor, MI28,188Pontiac, MI: 25,277 personsPontiac, MI25,277Dearborn Heights, MI: 24,412 personsDearborn Heights, MI24,412Portage, MI: 24,288 personsPortage, MI24,288Battle Creek, MI: 23,570 personsBattle Creek, MI23,570East Lansing, MI: 23,400 personsEast Lansing, MI23,400Roseville, MI: 22,893 personsRoseville, MI22,893Midland, MI: 21,269 personsMidland, MI21,269Saginaw, MI: 19,958 personsSaginaw, MI19,958Holland, MI: 17,066 personsHolland, MI17,066Lincoln Park, MI: 16,883 personsLincoln Park, MI16,883Bay City, MI: 16,821 personsBay City, MI16,821Madison Heights, MI: 15,317 personsMadison Heights, MI15,317Eastpointe, MI: 15,257 personsEastpointe, MI15,257Southgate, MI: 15,130 personsSouthgate, MI15,130Muskegon, MI: 14,484 personsMuskegon, MI14,484Walker, MI: 14,373 personsWalker, MI14,373Garden City, MI: 14,367 personsGarden City, MI14,367Oak Park, MI: 14,232 personsOak Park, MI14,232Jackson, MI: 14,116 personsJackson, MI14,116Allen Park, MI: 13,727 personsAllen Park, MI13,727Burton, MI: 13,346 personsBurton, MI13,346Mount Pleasant, MI: 13,063 personsMount Pleasant, MI13,063Wyandotte, MI: 12,910 personsWyandotte, MI12,910Port Huron, MI: 12,810 personsPort Huron, MI12,810Ferndale, MI: 12,377 personsFerndale, MI12,377Norton Shores, MI: 11,948 personsNorton Shores, MI11,948Romulus, MI: 11,063 personsRomulus, MI11,063Inkster, MI: 8,951 personsInkster, MI8,951Hamtramck, MI: 7,696 personsHamtramck, MI7,696
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

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Detroit, MI250,963-3.3%
2Grand Rapids, MI99,593+2%
3Sterling Heights, MI64,860-0.3%
4Ann Arbor, MI62,528+1.9%
5Warren, MI62,371-1%
6Lansing, MI57,993-0%
7Livonia, MI49,9640%
8Wyoming, MI42,734+2.5%
9Farmington Hills, MI42,537+0.1%
10Westland, MI42,197-0.5%
11Troy, MI41,494-0%
12Rochester Hills, MI37,486-0.1%
13Dearborn, MI37,471-0.5%
14Kalamazoo, MI36,678+1.8%
15Royal Oak, MI36,617+0.1%
16Flint, MI34,993-1.7%
17Southfield, MI34,115-1.2%
18Novi, MI30,884+0.6%
19St. Clair Shores, MI30,598-0.8%
20Kentwood, MI28,813+2.8%
21Taylor, MI28,188-1.1%
22Pontiac, MI25,277-2.4%
23Dearborn Heights, MI24,412-0.6%
24Portage, MI24,288+2.4%
25Battle Creek, MI23,570+1.8%
26East Lansing, MI23,400+0.7%
27Roseville, MI22,893-1.2%
28Midland, MI21,269+2.4%
29Saginaw, MI19,958-1.1%
30Holland, MI17,066+2.1%
31Lincoln Park, MI16,883-0.6%
32Bay City, MI16,821-0.5%
33Madison Heights, MI15,317-1%
34Eastpointe, MI15,257-1.4%
35Southgate, MI15,130-0.2%
36Muskegon, MI14,484+2.1%
37Walker, MI14,373+2.8%
38Garden City, MI14,367-0.5%
39Oak Park, MI14,232-1.5%
40Jackson, MI14,116-0.1%
41Allen Park, MI13,727-0.5%
42Burton, MI13,346-0.1%
43Mount Pleasant, MI13,063+0.6%
44Wyandotte, MI12,910-0.5%
45Port Huron, MI12,810-2.5%
46Ferndale, MI12,377-0.7%
47Norton Shores, MI11,948+1.5%
48Romulus, MI11,063-0.7%
49Inkster, MI8,951-2%
50Hamtramck, MI7,696-1.1%

Other periods

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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU10-14. 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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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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, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2014. 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, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2014.

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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average: Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force, 2014}},
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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Detroit, MI, with 250,963 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Hamtramck, MI, with 7,696 in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

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. 1 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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