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Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force

Detroit, MI had the highest civilian labor force of 50 cities in 2018, at 256,957. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,737. The median was 25,277. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest256,957Detroit, MI
Lowest8,737Hamtramck, MI
Median25,27750 cities

All cities, 2018

Detroit, MI: 256,957 personsDetroit, MI256,957Grand Rapids, MI: 108,973 personsGrand Rapids, MI108,973Warren, MI: 70,282 personsWarren, MI70,282Ann Arbor, MI: 67,918 personsAnn Arbor, MI67,918Sterling Heights, MI: 67,558 personsSterling Heights, MI67,558Lansing, MI: 59,726 personsLansing, MI59,726Livonia, MI: 49,524 personsLivonia, MI49,524Farmington Hills, MI: 46,706 personsFarmington Hills, MI46,706Troy, MI: 46,561 personsTroy, MI46,561Dearborn, MI: 45,306 personsDearborn, MI45,306Westland, MI: 43,228 personsWestland, MI43,228Wyoming, MI: 42,663 personsWyoming, MI42,663Kalamazoo, MI: 39,355 personsKalamazoo, MI39,355Rochester Hills, MI: 38,827 personsRochester Hills, MI38,827Southfield, MI: 38,765 personsSouthfield, MI38,765Royal Oak, MI: 37,318 personsRoyal Oak, MI37,318Novi, MI: 34,609 personsNovi, MI34,609Flint, MI: 32,354 personsFlint, MI32,354St. Clair Shores, MI: 31,632 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI31,632Taylor, MI: 29,831 personsTaylor, MI29,831Kentwood, MI: 29,375 personsKentwood, MI29,375Pontiac, MI: 29,220 personsPontiac, MI29,220Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,815 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,815Portage, MI: 26,369 personsPortage, MI26,369Roseville, MI: 25,478 personsRoseville, MI25,478Battle Creek, MI: 25,076 personsBattle Creek, MI25,076East Lansing, MI: 24,049 personsEast Lansing, MI24,049Midland, MI: 20,664 personsMidland, MI20,664Holland, MI: 19,208 personsHolland, MI19,208Saginaw, MI: 18,184 personsSaginaw, MI18,184Lincoln Park, MI: 18,088 personsLincoln Park, MI18,088Eastpointe, MI: 16,561 personsEastpointe, MI16,561Madison Heights, MI: 16,412 personsMadison Heights, MI16,412Oak Park, MI: 16,101 personsOak Park, MI16,101Bay City, MI: 15,893 personsBay City, MI15,893Muskegon, MI: 15,813 personsMuskegon, MI15,813Allen Park, MI: 15,261 personsAllen Park, MI15,261Southgate, MI: 14,929 personsSouthgate, MI14,929Jackson, MI: 14,466 personsJackson, MI14,466Garden City, MI: 13,940 personsGarden City, MI13,940Walker, MI: 13,936 personsWalker, MI13,936Burton, MI: 13,705 personsBurton, MI13,705Port Huron, MI: 13,637 personsPort Huron, MI13,637Ferndale, MI: 13,562 personsFerndale, MI13,562Wyandotte, MI: 12,690 personsWyandotte, MI12,690Mount Pleasant, MI: 12,183 personsMount Pleasant, MI12,183Norton Shores, MI: 12,067 personsNorton Shores, MI12,067Romulus, MI: 11,972 personsRomulus, MI11,972Inkster, MI: 11,007 personsInkster, MI11,007Hamtramck, MI: 8,737 personsHamtramck, MI8,737Detroit, MI: 256,957 personsDetroit, MI256,957Grand Rapids, MI: 108,973 personsGrand Rapids, MI108,973Warren, MI: 70,282 personsWarren, MI70,282Ann Arbor, MI: 67,918 personsAnn Arbor, MI67,918Sterling Heights, MI: 67,558 personsSterling Heights, MI67,558Lansing, MI: 59,726 personsLansing, MI59,726Livonia, MI: 49,524 personsLivonia, MI49,524Farmington Hills, MI: 46,706 personsFarmington Hills, MI46,706Troy, MI: 46,561 personsTroy, MI46,561Dearborn, MI: 45,306 personsDearborn, MI45,306Westland, MI: 43,228 personsWestland, MI43,228Wyoming, MI: 42,663 personsWyoming, MI42,663Kalamazoo, MI: 39,355 personsKalamazoo, MI39,355Rochester Hills, MI: 38,827 personsRochester Hills, MI38,827Southfield, MI: 38,765 personsSouthfield, MI38,765Royal Oak, MI: 37,318 personsRoyal Oak, MI37,318Novi, MI: 34,609 personsNovi, MI34,609Flint, MI: 32,354 personsFlint, MI32,354St. Clair Shores, MI: 31,632 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI31,632Taylor, MI: 29,831 personsTaylor, MI29,831Kentwood, MI: 29,375 personsKentwood, MI29,375Pontiac, MI: 29,220 personsPontiac, MI29,220Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,815 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,815Portage, MI: 26,369 personsPortage, MI26,369Roseville, MI: 25,478 personsRoseville, MI25,478Battle Creek, MI: 25,076 personsBattle Creek, MI25,076East Lansing, MI: 24,049 personsEast Lansing, MI24,049Midland, MI: 20,664 personsMidland, MI20,664Holland, MI: 19,208 personsHolland, MI19,208Saginaw, MI: 18,184 personsSaginaw, MI18,184Lincoln Park, MI: 18,088 personsLincoln Park, MI18,088Eastpointe, MI: 16,561 personsEastpointe, MI16,561Madison Heights, MI: 16,412 personsMadison Heights, MI16,412Oak Park, MI: 16,101 personsOak Park, MI16,101Bay City, MI: 15,893 personsBay City, MI15,893Muskegon, MI: 15,813 personsMuskegon, MI15,813Allen Park, MI: 15,261 personsAllen Park, MI15,261Southgate, MI: 14,929 personsSouthgate, MI14,929Jackson, MI: 14,466 personsJackson, MI14,466Garden City, MI: 13,940 personsGarden City, MI13,940Walker, MI: 13,936 personsWalker, MI13,936Burton, MI: 13,705 personsBurton, MI13,705Port Huron, MI: 13,637 personsPort Huron, MI13,637Ferndale, MI: 13,562 personsFerndale, MI13,562Wyandotte, MI: 12,690 personsWyandotte, MI12,690Mount Pleasant, MI: 12,183 personsMount Pleasant, MI12,183Norton Shores, MI: 12,067 personsNorton Shores, MI12,067Romulus, MI: 11,972 personsRomulus, MI11,972Inkster, MI: 11,007 personsInkster, MI11,007Hamtramck, MI: 8,737 personsHamtramck, MI8,737
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

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Detroit, MI256,957+0.5%
2Grand Rapids, MI108,973+1.1%
3Warren, MI70,282+0.1%
4Ann Arbor, MI67,918+1.1%
5Sterling Heights, MI67,558+0.7%
6Lansing, MI59,726+0.3%
7Livonia, MI49,524+0.9%
8Farmington Hills, MI46,706+0.4%
9Troy, MI46,561+1%
10Dearborn, MI45,306+0.7%
11Westland, MI43,228+0.9%
12Wyoming, MI42,663+0.4%
13Kalamazoo, MI39,355+1.2%
14Rochester Hills, MI38,827+1.1%
15Southfield, MI38,765+0.4%
16Royal Oak, MI37,318+1.1%
17Novi, MI34,609+2.4%
18Flint, MI32,354-0.9%
19St. Clair Shores, MI31,632+0.2%
20Taylor, MI29,831+0.7%
21Kentwood, MI29,375+0.7%
22Pontiac, MI29,220+0.2%
23Dearborn Heights, MI27,815+0.6%
24Portage, MI26,369+1.2%
25Roseville, MI25,478+0.2%
26Battle Creek, MI25,076-1.6%
27East Lansing, MI24,049-2.2%
28Midland, MI20,664+0.6%
29Holland, MI19,208+0.6%
30Saginaw, MI18,184-1.2%
31Lincoln Park, MI18,088+0.5%
32Eastpointe, MI16,561-0.4%
33Madison Heights, MI16,412+0.4%
34Oak Park, MI16,101+0.1%
35Bay City, MI15,893-1.4%
36Muskegon, MI15,813-1.6%
37Allen Park, MI15,261+0.6%
38Southgate, MI14,929+1%
39Jackson, MI14,466-0.5%
40Garden City, MI13,940+0.5%
41Walker, MI13,936+0.9%
42Burton, MI13,705+0.5%
43Port Huron, MI13,6370%
44Ferndale, MI13,562+0.4%
45Wyandotte, MI12,690+0.8%
46Mount Pleasant, MI12,183-2%
47Norton Shores, MI12,067+1%
48Romulus, MI11,972+1.2%
49Inkster, MI11,007+0.4%
50Hamtramck, MI8,737+0.4%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Detroit, MI, with 256,957 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Hamtramck, MI, with 8,737 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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