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Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force

Detroit, MI had the highest civilian labor force of 51 cities in 2020, at 269,019. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,918. The median was 24,819. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest269,019Detroit, MI
Lowest8,918Hamtramck, MI
Median24,81951 cities

All cities, 2020

Detroit, MI: 269,019 personsDetroit, MI269,019Grand Rapids, MI: 108,826 personsGrand Rapids, MI108,826Warren, MI: 69,956 personsWarren, MI69,956Sterling Heights, MI: 66,246 personsSterling Heights, MI66,246Ann Arbor, MI: 66,157 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,157Lansing, MI: 59,050 personsLansing, MI59,050Livonia, MI: 47,023 personsLivonia, MI47,023Farmington Hills, MI: 44,482 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,482Troy, MI: 44,005 personsTroy, MI44,005Dearborn, MI: 43,935 personsDearborn, MI43,935Wyoming, MI: 42,565 personsWyoming, MI42,565Westland, MI: 41,316 personsWestland, MI41,316Kalamazoo, MI: 38,845 personsKalamazoo, MI38,845Southfield, MI: 37,861 personsSouthfield, MI37,861Rochester Hills, MI: 36,647 personsRochester Hills, MI36,647Flint, MI: 34,915 personsFlint, MI34,915Royal Oak, MI: 34,804 personsRoyal Oak, MI34,804Novi, MI: 32,832 personsNovi, MI32,832St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,085 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,085Pontiac, MI: 29,990 personsPontiac, MI29,990Kentwood, MI: 29,229 personsKentwood, MI29,229Taylor, MI: 28,975 personsTaylor, MI28,975Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,148 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,148Portage, MI: 26,150 personsPortage, MI26,150Roseville, MI: 25,106 personsRoseville, MI25,106Battle Creek, MI: 24,819 personsBattle Creek, MI24,819East Lansing, MI: 23,536 personsEast Lansing, MI23,536Midland, MI: 19,929 personsMidland, MI19,929Holland, MI: 18,623 personsHolland, MI18,623Saginaw, MI: 18,412 personsSaginaw, MI18,412Eastpointe, MI: 17,785 personsEastpointe, MI17,785Lincoln Park, MI: 17,634 personsLincoln Park, MI17,634Oak Park, MI: 16,321 personsOak Park, MI16,321Bay City, MI: 15,997 personsBay City, MI15,997Muskegon, MI: 15,742 personsMuskegon, MI15,742Jackson, MI: 15,359 personsJackson, MI15,359Madison Heights, MI: 15,161 personsMadison Heights, MI15,161Allen Park, MI: 14,464 personsAllen Park, MI14,464Southgate, MI: 14,323 personsSouthgate, MI14,323Auburn Hills, MI: 13,800 personsAuburn Hills, MI13,800Walker, MI: 13,778 personsWalker, MI13,778Burton, MI: 13,735 personsBurton, MI13,735Garden City, MI: 13,637 personsGarden City, MI13,637Port Huron, MI: 13,586 personsPort Huron, MI13,586Ferndale, MI: 12,972 personsFerndale, MI12,972Romulus, MI: 11,952 personsRomulus, MI11,952Wyandotte, MI: 11,865 personsWyandotte, MI11,865Norton Shores, MI: 11,792 personsNorton Shores, MI11,792Mount Pleasant, MI: 11,415 personsMount Pleasant, MI11,415Inkster, MI: 11,351 personsInkster, MI11,351Hamtramck, MI: 8,918 personsHamtramck, MI8,918Detroit, MI: 269,019 personsDetroit, MI269,019Grand Rapids, MI: 108,826 personsGrand Rapids, MI108,826Warren, MI: 69,956 personsWarren, MI69,956Sterling Heights, MI: 66,246 personsSterling Heights, MI66,246Ann Arbor, MI: 66,157 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,157Lansing, MI: 59,050 personsLansing, MI59,050Livonia, MI: 47,023 personsLivonia, MI47,023Farmington Hills, MI: 44,482 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,482Troy, MI: 44,005 personsTroy, MI44,005Dearborn, MI: 43,935 personsDearborn, MI43,935Wyoming, MI: 42,565 personsWyoming, MI42,565Westland, MI: 41,316 personsWestland, MI41,316Kalamazoo, MI: 38,845 personsKalamazoo, MI38,845Southfield, MI: 37,861 personsSouthfield, MI37,861Rochester Hills, MI: 36,647 personsRochester Hills, MI36,647Flint, MI: 34,915 personsFlint, MI34,915Royal Oak, MI: 34,804 personsRoyal Oak, MI34,804Novi, MI: 32,832 personsNovi, MI32,832St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,085 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,085Pontiac, MI: 29,990 personsPontiac, MI29,990Kentwood, MI: 29,229 personsKentwood, MI29,229Taylor, MI: 28,975 personsTaylor, MI28,975Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,148 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,148Portage, MI: 26,150 personsPortage, MI26,150Roseville, MI: 25,106 personsRoseville, MI25,106Battle Creek, MI: 24,819 personsBattle Creek, MI24,819East Lansing, MI: 23,536 personsEast Lansing, MI23,536Midland, MI: 19,929 personsMidland, MI19,929Holland, MI: 18,623 personsHolland, MI18,623Saginaw, MI: 18,412 personsSaginaw, MI18,412Eastpointe, MI: 17,785 personsEastpointe, MI17,785Lincoln Park, MI: 17,634 personsLincoln Park, MI17,634Oak Park, MI: 16,321 personsOak Park, MI16,321Bay City, MI: 15,997 personsBay City, MI15,997Muskegon, MI: 15,742 personsMuskegon, MI15,742Jackson, MI: 15,359 personsJackson, MI15,359Madison Heights, MI: 15,161 personsMadison Heights, MI15,161Allen Park, MI: 14,464 personsAllen Park, MI14,464Southgate, MI: 14,323 personsSouthgate, MI14,323Auburn Hills, MI: 13,800 personsAuburn Hills, MI13,800Walker, MI: 13,778 personsWalker, MI13,778Burton, MI: 13,735 personsBurton, MI13,735Garden City, MI: 13,637 personsGarden City, MI13,637Port Huron, MI: 13,586 personsPort Huron, MI13,586Ferndale, MI: 12,972 personsFerndale, MI12,972Romulus, MI: 11,952 personsRomulus, MI11,952Wyandotte, MI: 11,865 personsWyandotte, MI11,865Norton Shores, MI: 11,792 personsNorton Shores, MI11,792Mount Pleasant, MI: 11,415 personsMount Pleasant, MI11,415Inkster, MI: 11,351 personsInkster, MI11,351Hamtramck, MI: 8,918 personsHamtramck, MI8,918
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

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Detroit, MI269,019+3.9%
2Grand Rapids, MI108,826-0.6%
3Warren, MI69,956-1.2%
4Sterling Heights, MI66,246-2.7%
5Ann Arbor, MI66,157-3.4%
6Lansing, MI59,050-1%
7Livonia, MI47,023-6.1%
8Farmington Hills, MI44,482-5.3%
9Troy, MI44,005-6.4%
10Dearborn, MI43,935-4%
11Wyoming, MI42,5650%
12Westland, MI41,316-5.6%
13Kalamazoo, MI38,845-1.2%
14Southfield, MI37,861-2.9%
15Rochester Hills, MI36,647-6.5%
16Flint, MI34,915+7.5%
17Royal Oak, MI34,804-7.5%
18Novi, MI32,832-6.2%
19St. Clair Shores, MI30,085-5.4%
20Pontiac, MI29,990+2.1%
21Kentwood, MI29,229-0.6%
22Taylor, MI28,975-3.9%
23Dearborn Heights, MI27,148-3.4%
24Portage, MI26,150-1.7%
25Roseville, MI25,106-2%
26Battle Creek, MI24,8190%
27East Lansing, MI23,536-2.4%
28Midland, MI19,929-2.2%
29Holland, MI18,623-3.2%
30Saginaw, MI18,412+1.8%
31Eastpointe, MI17,785+6.8%
32Lincoln Park, MI17,634-3.4%
33Oak Park, MI16,321+0.9%
34Bay City, MI15,997+1.3%
35Muskegon, MI15,742+2.6%
36Jackson, MI15,359+6.4%
37Madison Heights, MI15,161-8.1%
38Allen Park, MI14,464-6.1%
39Southgate, MI14,323-5%
40Auburn Hills, MI13,800n/a
41Walker, MI13,778-1.2%
42Burton, MI13,735-0.3%
43Garden City, MI13,637-3%
44Port Huron, MI13,586-1%
45Ferndale, MI12,972-5.2%
46Romulus, MI11,952-1.6%
47Wyandotte, MI11,865-7.6%
48Norton Shores, MI11,792-1.6%
49Mount Pleasant, MI11,415-4.2%
50Inkster, MI11,351+2.3%
51Hamtramck, MI8,918+1.2%

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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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2020 (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, 2020}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2020. 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.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Detroit, MI, with 269,019 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Hamtramck, MI, with 8,918 in 2020.

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