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Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force

Detroit, MI had the highest civilian labor force of 51 cities in 2023, at 258,491. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,523. The median was 24,793. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest258,491Detroit, MI
Lowest8,523Hamtramck, MI
Median24,79351 cities

All cities, 2023

Detroit, MI: 258,491 personsDetroit, MI258,491Grand Rapids, MI: 110,505 personsGrand Rapids, MI110,505Ann Arbor, MI: 68,902 personsAnn Arbor, MI68,902Warren, MI: 68,555 personsWarren, MI68,555Sterling Heights, MI: 66,913 personsSterling Heights, MI66,913Lansing, MI: 60,662 personsLansing, MI60,662Livonia, MI: 49,212 personsLivonia, MI49,212Troy, MI: 46,777 personsTroy, MI46,777Farmington Hills, MI: 45,878 personsFarmington Hills, MI45,878Dearborn, MI: 44,564 personsDearborn, MI44,564Wyoming, MI: 44,376 personsWyoming, MI44,376Westland, MI: 42,763 personsWestland, MI42,763Rochester Hills, MI: 39,447 personsRochester Hills, MI39,447Kalamazoo, MI: 39,379 personsKalamazoo, MI39,379Southfield, MI: 38,198 personsSouthfield, MI38,198Royal Oak, MI: 36,996 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,996Novi, MI: 35,171 personsNovi, MI35,171Flint, MI: 32,629 personsFlint, MI32,629St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,786 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,786Kentwood, MI: 29,804 personsKentwood, MI29,804Taylor, MI: 29,431 personsTaylor, MI29,431Pontiac, MI: 28,970 personsPontiac, MI28,970Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,270 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,270Portage, MI: 27,195 personsPortage, MI27,195Battle Creek, MI: 24,887 personsBattle Creek, MI24,887East Lansing, MI: 24,793 personsEast Lansing, MI24,793Roseville, MI: 24,710 personsRoseville, MI24,710Midland, MI: 21,346 personsMidland, MI21,346Holland, MI: 19,536 personsHolland, MI19,536Lincoln Park, MI: 17,688 personsLincoln Park, MI17,688Saginaw, MI: 17,434 personsSaginaw, MI17,434Madison Heights, MI: 16,247 personsMadison Heights, MI16,247Eastpointe, MI: 15,984 personsEastpointe, MI15,984Bay City, MI: 15,896 personsBay City, MI15,896Oak Park, MI: 15,698 personsOak Park, MI15,698Muskegon, MI: 15,445 personsMuskegon, MI15,445Auburn Hills, MI: 15,001 personsAuburn Hills, MI15,001Allen Park, MI: 14,968 personsAllen Park, MI14,968Southgate, MI: 14,856 personsSouthgate, MI14,856Jackson, MI: 14,723 personsJackson, MI14,723Walker, MI: 14,475 personsWalker, MI14,475Burton, MI: 14,027 personsBurton, MI14,027Ferndale, MI: 13,678 personsFerndale, MI13,678Garden City, MI: 13,625 personsGarden City, MI13,625Port Huron, MI: 13,210 personsPort Huron, MI13,210Wyandotte, MI: 12,532 personsWyandotte, MI12,532Norton Shores, MI: 12,063 personsNorton Shores, MI12,063Romulus, MI: 11,994 personsRomulus, MI11,994Inkster, MI: 10,701 personsInkster, MI10,701Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,561 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,561Hamtramck, MI: 8,523 personsHamtramck, MI8,523Detroit, MI: 258,491 personsDetroit, MI258,491Grand Rapids, MI: 110,505 personsGrand Rapids, MI110,505Ann Arbor, MI: 68,902 personsAnn Arbor, MI68,902Warren, MI: 68,555 personsWarren, MI68,555Sterling Heights, MI: 66,913 personsSterling Heights, MI66,913Lansing, MI: 60,662 personsLansing, MI60,662Livonia, MI: 49,212 personsLivonia, MI49,212Troy, MI: 46,777 personsTroy, MI46,777Farmington Hills, MI: 45,878 personsFarmington Hills, MI45,878Dearborn, MI: 44,564 personsDearborn, MI44,564Wyoming, MI: 44,376 personsWyoming, MI44,376Westland, MI: 42,763 personsWestland, MI42,763Rochester Hills, MI: 39,447 personsRochester Hills, MI39,447Kalamazoo, MI: 39,379 personsKalamazoo, MI39,379Southfield, MI: 38,198 personsSouthfield, MI38,198Royal Oak, MI: 36,996 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,996Novi, MI: 35,171 personsNovi, MI35,171Flint, MI: 32,629 personsFlint, MI32,629St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,786 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,786Kentwood, MI: 29,804 personsKentwood, MI29,804Taylor, MI: 29,431 personsTaylor, MI29,431Pontiac, MI: 28,970 personsPontiac, MI28,970Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,270 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,270Portage, MI: 27,195 personsPortage, MI27,195Battle Creek, MI: 24,887 personsBattle Creek, MI24,887East Lansing, MI: 24,793 personsEast Lansing, MI24,793Roseville, MI: 24,710 personsRoseville, MI24,710Midland, MI: 21,346 personsMidland, MI21,346Holland, MI: 19,536 personsHolland, MI19,536Lincoln Park, MI: 17,688 personsLincoln Park, MI17,688Saginaw, MI: 17,434 personsSaginaw, MI17,434Madison Heights, MI: 16,247 personsMadison Heights, MI16,247Eastpointe, MI: 15,984 personsEastpointe, MI15,984Bay City, MI: 15,896 personsBay City, MI15,896Oak Park, MI: 15,698 personsOak Park, MI15,698Muskegon, MI: 15,445 personsMuskegon, MI15,445Auburn Hills, MI: 15,001 personsAuburn Hills, MI15,001Allen Park, MI: 14,968 personsAllen Park, MI14,968Southgate, MI: 14,856 personsSouthgate, MI14,856Jackson, MI: 14,723 personsJackson, MI14,723Walker, MI: 14,475 personsWalker, MI14,475Burton, MI: 14,027 personsBurton, MI14,027Ferndale, MI: 13,678 personsFerndale, MI13,678Garden City, MI: 13,625 personsGarden City, MI13,625Port Huron, MI: 13,210 personsPort Huron, MI13,210Wyandotte, MI: 12,532 personsWyandotte, MI12,532Norton Shores, MI: 12,063 personsNorton Shores, MI12,063Romulus, MI: 11,994 personsRomulus, MI11,994Inkster, MI: 10,701 personsInkster, MI10,701Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,561 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,561Hamtramck, MI: 8,523 personsHamtramck, MI8,523
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

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Detroit, MI258,491+2.4%
2Grand Rapids, MI110,505+3%
3Ann Arbor, MI68,902+3.6%
4Warren, MI68,555+1.7%
5Sterling Heights, MI66,913+2.7%
6Lansing, MI60,662+4%
7Livonia, MI49,212+1.6%
8Troy, MI46,777+2.4%
9Farmington Hills, MI45,878+2.1%
10Dearborn, MI44,564+1.6%
11Wyoming, MI44,376+4.1%
12Westland, MI42,763+1.5%
13Rochester Hills, MI39,447+2.6%
14Kalamazoo, MI39,379+3.2%
15Southfield, MI38,198+2.5%
16Royal Oak, MI36,996+2.2%
17Novi, MI35,171+3%
18Flint, MI32,629+2.3%
19St. Clair Shores, MI30,786+1.9%
20Kentwood, MI29,804+2.9%
21Taylor, MI29,431+1.6%
22Pontiac, MI28,970+1.7%
23Dearborn Heights, MI27,270+1.4%
24Portage, MI27,195+3.6%
25Battle Creek, MI24,887+4.3%
26East Lansing, MI24,793+6.7%
27Roseville, MI24,710+1.8%
28Midland, MI21,346+5%
29Holland, MI19,536+4.1%
30Lincoln Park, MI17,688+1.4%
31Saginaw, MI17,434+1.3%
32Madison Heights, MI16,247+1.9%
33Eastpointe, MI15,984+1.4%
34Bay City, MI15,896+2.7%
35Oak Park, MI15,698+1.7%
36Muskegon, MI15,445+1.7%
37Auburn Hills, MI15,001+3.7%
38Allen Park, MI14,968+1.5%
39Southgate, MI14,856+1.5%
40Jackson, MI14,723+1.8%
41Walker, MI14,475+4%
42Burton, MI14,027+3%
43Ferndale, MI13,678+2.8%
44Garden City, MI13,625+1.4%
45Port Huron, MI13,210+1.7%
46Wyandotte, MI12,532+1.6%
47Norton Shores, MI12,063+1.9%
48Romulus, MI11,994+1.6%
49Inkster, MI10,701+1.1%
50Mount Pleasant, MI10,561-0.6%
51Hamtramck, MI8,523+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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Detroit, MI, with 258,491 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Hamtramck, MI, with 8,523 in 2023.

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