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Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force

Detroit, MI had the highest civilian labor force of 50 cities in 2016, at 252,726. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,575. The median was 25,551. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest252,726Detroit, MI
Lowest8,575Hamtramck, MI
Median25,55150 cities

All cities, 2016

Detroit, MI: 252,726 personsDetroit, MI252,726Grand Rapids, MI: 105,956 personsGrand Rapids, MI105,956Warren, MI: 69,445 personsWarren, MI69,445Ann Arbor, MI: 66,690 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,690Sterling Heights, MI: 66,072 personsSterling Heights, MI66,072Lansing, MI: 58,859 personsLansing, MI58,859Livonia, MI: 48,036 personsLivonia, MI48,036Farmington Hills, MI: 45,781 personsFarmington Hills, MI45,781Troy, MI: 45,221 personsTroy, MI45,221Dearborn, MI: 44,117 personsDearborn, MI44,117Wyoming, MI: 42,106 personsWyoming, MI42,106Westland, MI: 41,929 personsWestland, MI41,929Kalamazoo, MI: 39,080 personsKalamazoo, MI39,080Southfield, MI: 38,089 personsSouthfield, MI38,089Rochester Hills, MI: 37,368 personsRochester Hills, MI37,368Royal Oak, MI: 36,114 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,114Flint, MI: 33,043 personsFlint, MI33,043Novi, MI: 33,005 personsNovi, MI33,005St. Clair Shores, MI: 31,139 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI31,139Taylor, MI: 29,066 personsTaylor, MI29,066Kentwood, MI: 29,036 personsKentwood, MI29,036Pontiac, MI: 28,938 personsPontiac, MI28,938Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,141 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,141Battle Creek, MI: 26,118 personsBattle Creek, MI26,118Portage, MI: 25,917 personsPortage, MI25,917Roseville, MI: 25,184 personsRoseville, MI25,184East Lansing, MI: 24,510 personsEast Lansing, MI24,510Midland, MI: 20,870 personsMidland, MI20,870Holland, MI: 19,017 personsHolland, MI19,017Saginaw, MI: 18,788 personsSaginaw, MI18,788Lincoln Park, MI: 17,677 personsLincoln Park, MI17,677Eastpointe, MI: 16,632 personsEastpointe, MI16,632Bay City, MI: 16,511 personsBay City, MI16,511Muskegon, MI: 16,095 personsMuskegon, MI16,095Madison Heights, MI: 16,055 personsMadison Heights, MI16,055Oak Park, MI: 15,964 personsOak Park, MI15,964Allen Park, MI: 14,870 personsAllen Park, MI14,870Jackson, MI: 14,742 personsJackson, MI14,742Southgate, MI: 14,492 personsSouthgate, MI14,492Walker, MI: 13,742 personsWalker, MI13,742Burton, MI: 13,691 personsBurton, MI13,691Port Huron, MI: 13,652 personsPort Huron, MI13,652Garden City, MI: 13,638 personsGarden City, MI13,638Ferndale, MI: 13,290 personsFerndale, MI13,290Mount Pleasant, MI: 12,576 personsMount Pleasant, MI12,576Wyandotte, MI: 12,314 personsWyandotte, MI12,314Norton Shores, MI: 11,834 personsNorton Shores, MI11,834Romulus, MI: 11,578 personsRomulus, MI11,578Inkster, MI: 10,825 personsInkster, MI10,825Hamtramck, MI: 8,575 personsHamtramck, MI8,575Detroit, MI: 252,726 personsDetroit, MI252,726Grand Rapids, MI: 105,956 personsGrand Rapids, MI105,956Warren, MI: 69,445 personsWarren, MI69,445Ann Arbor, MI: 66,690 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,690Sterling Heights, MI: 66,072 personsSterling Heights, MI66,072Lansing, MI: 58,859 personsLansing, MI58,859Livonia, MI: 48,036 personsLivonia, MI48,036Farmington Hills, MI: 45,781 personsFarmington Hills, MI45,781Troy, MI: 45,221 personsTroy, MI45,221Dearborn, MI: 44,117 personsDearborn, MI44,117Wyoming, MI: 42,106 personsWyoming, MI42,106Westland, MI: 41,929 personsWestland, MI41,929Kalamazoo, MI: 39,080 personsKalamazoo, MI39,080Southfield, MI: 38,089 personsSouthfield, MI38,089Rochester Hills, MI: 37,368 personsRochester Hills, MI37,368Royal Oak, MI: 36,114 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,114Flint, MI: 33,043 personsFlint, MI33,043Novi, MI: 33,005 personsNovi, MI33,005St. Clair Shores, MI: 31,139 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI31,139Taylor, MI: 29,066 personsTaylor, MI29,066Kentwood, MI: 29,036 personsKentwood, MI29,036Pontiac, MI: 28,938 personsPontiac, MI28,938Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,141 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,141Battle Creek, MI: 26,118 personsBattle Creek, MI26,118Portage, MI: 25,917 personsPortage, MI25,917Roseville, MI: 25,184 personsRoseville, MI25,184East Lansing, MI: 24,510 personsEast Lansing, MI24,510Midland, MI: 20,870 personsMidland, MI20,870Holland, MI: 19,017 personsHolland, MI19,017Saginaw, MI: 18,788 personsSaginaw, MI18,788Lincoln Park, MI: 17,677 personsLincoln Park, MI17,677Eastpointe, MI: 16,632 personsEastpointe, MI16,632Bay City, MI: 16,511 personsBay City, MI16,511Muskegon, MI: 16,095 personsMuskegon, MI16,095Madison Heights, MI: 16,055 personsMadison Heights, MI16,055Oak Park, MI: 15,964 personsOak Park, MI15,964Allen Park, MI: 14,870 personsAllen Park, MI14,870Jackson, MI: 14,742 personsJackson, MI14,742Southgate, MI: 14,492 personsSouthgate, MI14,492Walker, MI: 13,742 personsWalker, MI13,742Burton, MI: 13,691 personsBurton, MI13,691Port Huron, MI: 13,652 personsPort Huron, MI13,652Garden City, MI: 13,638 personsGarden City, MI13,638Ferndale, MI: 13,290 personsFerndale, MI13,290Mount Pleasant, MI: 12,576 personsMount Pleasant, MI12,576Wyandotte, MI: 12,314 personsWyandotte, MI12,314Norton Shores, MI: 11,834 personsNorton Shores, MI11,834Romulus, MI: 11,578 personsRomulus, MI11,578Inkster, MI: 10,825 personsInkster, MI10,825Hamtramck, MI: 8,575 personsHamtramck, MI8,575
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

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Detroit, MI252,726+4.2%
2Grand Rapids, MI105,956+5.1%
3Warren, MI69,445+12.1%
4Ann Arbor, MI66,690+6.7%
5Sterling Heights, MI66,072+1.9%
6Lansing, MI58,859+1.8%
7Livonia, MI48,036-4.2%
8Farmington Hills, MI45,781+7%
9Troy, MI45,221+8.3%
10Dearborn, MI44,117+18.1%
11Wyoming, MI42,106-2.9%
12Westland, MI41,929-0.2%
13Kalamazoo, MI39,080+6.2%
14Southfield, MI38,089+12.2%
15Rochester Hills, MI37,368-1.1%
16Royal Oak, MI36,114-2%
17Flint, MI33,043-3%
18Novi, MI33,005+5.6%
19St. Clair Shores, MI31,139+2.3%
20Taylor, MI29,066+4.1%
21Kentwood, MI29,036-1.4%
22Pontiac, MI28,938+16.9%
23Dearborn Heights, MI27,141+11.9%
24Battle Creek, MI26,118+10.7%
25Portage, MI25,917+5.3%
26Roseville, MI25,184+11.1%
27East Lansing, MI24,510+4.6%
28Midland, MI20,870-2.3%
29Holland, MI19,017+10.2%
30Saginaw, MI18,788-3.9%
31Lincoln Park, MI17,677+5.6%
32Eastpointe, MI16,632+10.6%
33Bay City, MI16,511+0.2%
34Muskegon, MI16,095+12.4%
35Madison Heights, MI16,055+5.8%
36Oak Park, MI15,964+13.8%
37Allen Park, MI14,870+8.8%
38Jackson, MI14,742+5.1%
39Southgate, MI14,492-4.1%
40Walker, MI13,742-6.2%
41Burton, MI13,691+3.8%
42Port Huron, MI13,652+8.2%
43Garden City, MI13,638-4.6%
44Ferndale, MI13,290+7.9%
45Mount Pleasant, MI12,576-3.7%
46Wyandotte, MI12,314-4.6%
47Norton Shores, MI11,834-2.1%
48Romulus, MI11,578+5.7%
49Inkster, MI10,825+24.3%
50Hamtramck, MI8,575+13.5%

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 2016 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2016. 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, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2016.

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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average: Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force, 2016}},
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  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2016. Publisher attribution: 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.CurrentU15-19. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Detroit, MI, with 252,726 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Hamtramck, MI, with 8,575 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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