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Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force

Detroit, MI had the highest civilian labor force of 51 cities in 2021, at 256,260. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,589. The median was 23,528. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest256,260Detroit, MI
Lowest8,589Hamtramck, MI
Median23,52851 cities

All cities, 2021

Detroit, MI: 256,260 personsDetroit, MI256,260Grand Rapids, MI: 104,540 personsGrand Rapids, MI104,540Warren, MI: 67,834 personsWarren, MI67,834Sterling Heights, MI: 65,069 personsSterling Heights, MI65,069Ann Arbor, MI: 63,651 personsAnn Arbor, MI63,651Lansing, MI: 57,963 personsLansing, MI57,963Livonia, MI: 47,883 personsLivonia, MI47,883Troy, MI: 45,073 personsTroy, MI45,073Farmington Hills, MI: 44,625 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,625Dearborn, MI: 43,899 personsDearborn, MI43,899Westland, MI: 41,860 personsWestland, MI41,860Wyoming, MI: 41,461 personsWyoming, MI41,461Rochester Hills, MI: 37,317 personsRochester Hills, MI37,317Southfield, MI: 37,206 personsSouthfield, MI37,206Kalamazoo, MI: 36,908 personsKalamazoo, MI36,908Royal Oak, MI: 35,658 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,658Novi, MI: 33,594 personsNovi, MI33,594Flint, MI: 31,965 personsFlint, MI31,965St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,060 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,060Taylor, MI: 28,934 personsTaylor, MI28,934Pontiac, MI: 28,707 personsPontiac, MI28,707Kentwood, MI: 28,223 personsKentwood, MI28,223Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,988 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,988Portage, MI: 25,485 personsPortage, MI25,485Roseville, MI: 24,394 personsRoseville, MI24,394Battle Creek, MI: 23,528 personsBattle Creek, MI23,528Midland, MI: 19,520 personsMidland, MI19,520Holland, MI: 18,290 personsHolland, MI18,290Lincoln Park, MI: 17,526 personsLincoln Park, MI17,526Saginaw, MI: 17,157 personsSaginaw, MI17,157East Lansing, MI: 16,902 personsEast Lansing, MI16,902Eastpointe, MI: 16,215 personsEastpointe, MI16,215Oak Park, MI: 15,585 personsOak Park, MI15,585Madison Heights, MI: 15,563 personsMadison Heights, MI15,563Bay City, MI: 15,223 personsBay City, MI15,223Muskegon, MI: 14,968 personsMuskegon, MI14,968Allen Park, MI: 14,664 personsAllen Park, MI14,664Southgate, MI: 14,503 personsSouthgate, MI14,503Jackson, MI: 14,248 personsJackson, MI14,248Auburn Hills, MI: 14,031 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,031Walker, MI: 13,521 personsWalker, MI13,521Garden City, MI: 13,515 personsGarden City, MI13,515Burton, MI: 13,287 personsBurton, MI13,287Ferndale, MI: 13,172 personsFerndale, MI13,172Port Huron, MI: 13,114 personsPort Huron, MI13,114Wyandotte, MI: 12,200 personsWyandotte, MI12,200Romulus, MI: 11,863 personsRomulus, MI11,863Norton Shores, MI: 11,535 personsNorton Shores, MI11,535Inkster, MI: 10,843 personsInkster, MI10,843Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,604 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,604Hamtramck, MI: 8,589 personsHamtramck, MI8,589Detroit, MI: 256,260 personsDetroit, MI256,260Grand Rapids, MI: 104,540 personsGrand Rapids, MI104,540Warren, MI: 67,834 personsWarren, MI67,834Sterling Heights, MI: 65,069 personsSterling Heights, MI65,069Ann Arbor, MI: 63,651 personsAnn Arbor, MI63,651Lansing, MI: 57,963 personsLansing, MI57,963Livonia, MI: 47,883 personsLivonia, MI47,883Troy, MI: 45,073 personsTroy, MI45,073Farmington Hills, MI: 44,625 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,625Dearborn, MI: 43,899 personsDearborn, MI43,899Westland, MI: 41,860 personsWestland, MI41,860Wyoming, MI: 41,461 personsWyoming, MI41,461Rochester Hills, MI: 37,317 personsRochester Hills, MI37,317Southfield, MI: 37,206 personsSouthfield, MI37,206Kalamazoo, MI: 36,908 personsKalamazoo, MI36,908Royal Oak, MI: 35,658 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,658Novi, MI: 33,594 personsNovi, MI33,594Flint, MI: 31,965 personsFlint, MI31,965St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,060 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,060Taylor, MI: 28,934 personsTaylor, MI28,934Pontiac, MI: 28,707 personsPontiac, MI28,707Kentwood, MI: 28,223 personsKentwood, MI28,223Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,988 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,988Portage, MI: 25,485 personsPortage, MI25,485Roseville, MI: 24,394 personsRoseville, MI24,394Battle Creek, MI: 23,528 personsBattle Creek, MI23,528Midland, MI: 19,520 personsMidland, MI19,520Holland, MI: 18,290 personsHolland, MI18,290Lincoln Park, MI: 17,526 personsLincoln Park, MI17,526Saginaw, MI: 17,157 personsSaginaw, MI17,157East Lansing, MI: 16,902 personsEast Lansing, MI16,902Eastpointe, MI: 16,215 personsEastpointe, MI16,215Oak Park, MI: 15,585 personsOak Park, MI15,585Madison Heights, MI: 15,563 personsMadison Heights, MI15,563Bay City, MI: 15,223 personsBay City, MI15,223Muskegon, MI: 14,968 personsMuskegon, MI14,968Allen Park, MI: 14,664 personsAllen Park, MI14,664Southgate, MI: 14,503 personsSouthgate, MI14,503Jackson, MI: 14,248 personsJackson, MI14,248Auburn Hills, MI: 14,031 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,031Walker, MI: 13,521 personsWalker, MI13,521Garden City, MI: 13,515 personsGarden City, MI13,515Burton, MI: 13,287 personsBurton, MI13,287Ferndale, MI: 13,172 personsFerndale, MI13,172Port Huron, MI: 13,114 personsPort Huron, MI13,114Wyandotte, MI: 12,200 personsWyandotte, MI12,200Romulus, MI: 11,863 personsRomulus, MI11,863Norton Shores, MI: 11,535 personsNorton Shores, MI11,535Inkster, MI: 10,843 personsInkster, MI10,843Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,604 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,604Hamtramck, MI: 8,589 personsHamtramck, MI8,589
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

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Detroit, MI256,260-4.7%
2Grand Rapids, MI104,540-3.9%
3Warren, MI67,834-3%
4Sterling Heights, MI65,069-1.8%
5Ann Arbor, MI63,651-3.8%
6Lansing, MI57,963-1.8%
7Livonia, MI47,883+1.8%
8Troy, MI45,073+2.4%
9Farmington Hills, MI44,625+0.3%
10Dearborn, MI43,899-0.1%
11Westland, MI41,860+1.3%
12Wyoming, MI41,461-2.6%
13Rochester Hills, MI37,317+1.8%
14Southfield, MI37,206-1.7%
15Kalamazoo, MI36,908-5%
16Royal Oak, MI35,658+2.5%
17Novi, MI33,594+2.3%
18Flint, MI31,965-8.4%
19St. Clair Shores, MI30,060-0.1%
20Taylor, MI28,934-0.1%
21Pontiac, MI28,707-4.3%
22Kentwood, MI28,223-3.4%
23Dearborn Heights, MI26,988-0.6%
24Portage, MI25,485-2.5%
25Roseville, MI24,394-2.8%
26Battle Creek, MI23,528-5.2%
27Midland, MI19,520-2.1%
28Holland, MI18,290-1.8%
29Lincoln Park, MI17,526-0.6%
30Saginaw, MI17,157-6.8%
31East Lansing, MI16,902-28.2%
32Eastpointe, MI16,215-8.8%
33Oak Park, MI15,585-4.5%
34Madison Heights, MI15,563+2.7%
35Bay City, MI15,223-4.8%
36Muskegon, MI14,968-4.9%
37Allen Park, MI14,664+1.4%
38Southgate, MI14,503+1.3%
39Jackson, MI14,248-7.2%
40Auburn Hills, MI14,031+1.7%
41Walker, MI13,521-1.9%
42Garden City, MI13,515-0.9%
43Burton, MI13,287-3.3%
44Ferndale, MI13,172+1.5%
45Port Huron, MI13,114-3.5%
46Wyandotte, MI12,200+2.8%
47Romulus, MI11,863-0.7%
48Norton Shores, MI11,535-2.2%
49Inkster, MI10,843-4.5%
50Mount Pleasant, MI10,604-7.1%
51Hamtramck, MI8,589-3.7%

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Detroit, MI, with 256,260 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Hamtramck, MI, with 8,589 in 2021.

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