Data / Rankings / Civilian labor force / Cities in Michigan

Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force

Detroit, MI had the highest civilian labor force of 51 cities in 2022, at 252,424. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,422. The median was 23,867. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest252,424Detroit, MI
Lowest8,422Hamtramck, MI
Median23,86751 cities

All cities, 2022

Detroit, MI: 252,424 personsDetroit, MI252,424Grand Rapids, MI: 107,300 personsGrand Rapids, MI107,300Warren, MI: 67,417 personsWarren, MI67,417Ann Arbor, MI: 66,511 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,511Sterling Heights, MI: 65,129 personsSterling Heights, MI65,129Lansing, MI: 58,304 personsLansing, MI58,304Livonia, MI: 48,423 personsLivonia, MI48,423Troy, MI: 45,673 personsTroy, MI45,673Farmington Hills, MI: 44,948 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,948Dearborn, MI: 43,859 personsDearborn, MI43,859Wyoming, MI: 42,634 personsWyoming, MI42,634Westland, MI: 42,131 personsWestland, MI42,131Rochester Hills, MI: 38,462 personsRochester Hills, MI38,462Kalamazoo, MI: 38,168 personsKalamazoo, MI38,168Southfield, MI: 37,280 personsSouthfield, MI37,280Royal Oak, MI: 36,217 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,217Novi, MI: 34,155 personsNovi, MI34,155Flint, MI: 31,880 personsFlint, MI31,880St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,223 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,223Taylor, MI: 28,969 personsTaylor, MI28,969Kentwood, MI: 28,954 personsKentwood, MI28,954Pontiac, MI: 28,479 personsPontiac, MI28,479Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,888 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,888Portage, MI: 26,259 personsPortage, MI26,259Roseville, MI: 24,281 personsRoseville, MI24,281Battle Creek, MI: 23,867 personsBattle Creek, MI23,867East Lansing, MI: 23,227 personsEast Lansing, MI23,227Midland, MI: 20,336 personsMidland, MI20,336Holland, MI: 18,768 personsHolland, MI18,768Lincoln Park, MI: 17,449 personsLincoln Park, MI17,449Saginaw, MI: 17,206 personsSaginaw, MI17,206Madison Heights, MI: 15,942 personsMadison Heights, MI15,942Eastpointe, MI: 15,766 personsEastpointe, MI15,766Bay City, MI: 15,483 personsBay City, MI15,483Oak Park, MI: 15,435 personsOak Park, MI15,435Muskegon, MI: 15,181 personsMuskegon, MI15,181Allen Park, MI: 14,747 personsAllen Park, MI14,747Southgate, MI: 14,634 personsSouthgate, MI14,634Auburn Hills, MI: 14,472 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,472Jackson, MI: 14,457 personsJackson, MI14,457Walker, MI: 13,916 personsWalker, MI13,916Burton, MI: 13,625 personsBurton, MI13,625Garden City, MI: 13,443 personsGarden City, MI13,443Ferndale, MI: 13,302 personsFerndale, MI13,302Port Huron, MI: 12,987 personsPort Huron, MI12,987Wyandotte, MI: 12,336 personsWyandotte, MI12,336Norton Shores, MI: 11,839 personsNorton Shores, MI11,839Romulus, MI: 11,809 personsRomulus, MI11,809Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,628 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,628Inkster, MI: 10,588 personsInkster, MI10,588Hamtramck, MI: 8,422 personsHamtramck, MI8,422Detroit, MI: 252,424 personsDetroit, MI252,424Grand Rapids, MI: 107,300 personsGrand Rapids, MI107,300Warren, MI: 67,417 personsWarren, MI67,417Ann Arbor, MI: 66,511 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,511Sterling Heights, MI: 65,129 personsSterling Heights, MI65,129Lansing, MI: 58,304 personsLansing, MI58,304Livonia, MI: 48,423 personsLivonia, MI48,423Troy, MI: 45,673 personsTroy, MI45,673Farmington Hills, MI: 44,948 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,948Dearborn, MI: 43,859 personsDearborn, MI43,859Wyoming, MI: 42,634 personsWyoming, MI42,634Westland, MI: 42,131 personsWestland, MI42,131Rochester Hills, MI: 38,462 personsRochester Hills, MI38,462Kalamazoo, MI: 38,168 personsKalamazoo, MI38,168Southfield, MI: 37,280 personsSouthfield, MI37,280Royal Oak, MI: 36,217 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,217Novi, MI: 34,155 personsNovi, MI34,155Flint, MI: 31,880 personsFlint, MI31,880St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,223 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,223Taylor, MI: 28,969 personsTaylor, MI28,969Kentwood, MI: 28,954 personsKentwood, MI28,954Pontiac, MI: 28,479 personsPontiac, MI28,479Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,888 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,888Portage, MI: 26,259 personsPortage, MI26,259Roseville, MI: 24,281 personsRoseville, MI24,281Battle Creek, MI: 23,867 personsBattle Creek, MI23,867East Lansing, MI: 23,227 personsEast Lansing, MI23,227Midland, MI: 20,336 personsMidland, MI20,336Holland, MI: 18,768 personsHolland, MI18,768Lincoln Park, MI: 17,449 personsLincoln Park, MI17,449Saginaw, MI: 17,206 personsSaginaw, MI17,206Madison Heights, MI: 15,942 personsMadison Heights, MI15,942Eastpointe, MI: 15,766 personsEastpointe, MI15,766Bay City, MI: 15,483 personsBay City, MI15,483Oak Park, MI: 15,435 personsOak Park, MI15,435Muskegon, MI: 15,181 personsMuskegon, MI15,181Allen Park, MI: 14,747 personsAllen Park, MI14,747Southgate, MI: 14,634 personsSouthgate, MI14,634Auburn Hills, MI: 14,472 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,472Jackson, MI: 14,457 personsJackson, MI14,457Walker, MI: 13,916 personsWalker, MI13,916Burton, MI: 13,625 personsBurton, MI13,625Garden City, MI: 13,443 personsGarden City, MI13,443Ferndale, MI: 13,302 personsFerndale, MI13,302Port Huron, MI: 12,987 personsPort Huron, MI12,987Wyandotte, MI: 12,336 personsWyandotte, MI12,336Norton Shores, MI: 11,839 personsNorton Shores, MI11,839Romulus, MI: 11,809 personsRomulus, MI11,809Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,628 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,628Inkster, MI: 10,588 personsInkster, MI10,588Hamtramck, MI: 8,422 personsHamtramck, MI8,422
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

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Detroit, MI252,424-1.5%
2Grand Rapids, MI107,300+2.6%
3Warren, MI67,417-0.6%
4Ann Arbor, MI66,511+4.5%
5Sterling Heights, MI65,129+0.1%
6Lansing, MI58,304+0.6%
7Livonia, MI48,423+1.1%
8Troy, MI45,673+1.3%
9Farmington Hills, MI44,948+0.7%
10Dearborn, MI43,859-0.1%
11Wyoming, MI42,634+2.8%
12Westland, MI42,131+0.6%
13Rochester Hills, MI38,462+3.1%
14Kalamazoo, MI38,168+3.4%
15Southfield, MI37,280+0.2%
16Royal Oak, MI36,217+1.6%
17Novi, MI34,155+1.7%
18Flint, MI31,880-0.3%
19St. Clair Shores, MI30,223+0.5%
20Taylor, MI28,969+0.1%
21Kentwood, MI28,954+2.6%
22Pontiac, MI28,479-0.8%
23Dearborn Heights, MI26,888-0.4%
24Portage, MI26,259+3%
25Roseville, MI24,281-0.5%
26Battle Creek, MI23,867+1.4%
27East Lansing, MI23,227+37.4%
28Midland, MI20,336+4.2%
29Holland, MI18,768+2.6%
30Lincoln Park, MI17,449-0.4%
31Saginaw, MI17,206+0.3%
32Madison Heights, MI15,942+2.4%
33Eastpointe, MI15,766-2.8%
34Bay City, MI15,483+1.7%
35Oak Park, MI15,435-1%
36Muskegon, MI15,181+1.4%
37Allen Park, MI14,747+0.6%
38Southgate, MI14,634+0.9%
39Auburn Hills, MI14,472+3.1%
40Jackson, MI14,457+1.5%
41Walker, MI13,916+2.9%
42Burton, MI13,625+2.5%
43Garden City, MI13,443-0.5%
44Ferndale, MI13,302+1%
45Port Huron, MI12,987-1%
46Wyandotte, MI12,336+1.1%
47Norton Shores, MI11,839+2.6%
48Romulus, MI11,809-0.5%
49Mount Pleasant, MI10,628+0.2%
50Inkster, MI10,588-2.4%
51Hamtramck, MI8,422-1.9%

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. 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_cities_in_michigan_by_2022,
  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, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2022. 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average: Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force, 2022
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2022
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/michigan-cities?period=2022.
N1  - 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"civilian_labor_force","level":"municipality","within":"Michigan","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=civilian_labor_force&level=municipality&within=Michigan&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Detroit, MI, with 252,424 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Hamtramck, MI, with 8,422 in 2022.

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.

Civilian labor force: other rankings

Cities in Michigan: more rankings