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Cities in Michigan by civilian labor force

Detroit, MI had the highest civilian labor force of 51 cities in 2024, at 264,685. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,608. The median was 25,143. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest264,685Detroit, MI
Lowest8,608Hamtramck, MI
Median25,14351 cities

All cities, 2024

Detroit, MI: 264,685 personsDetroit, MI264,685Grand Rapids, MI: 111,683 personsGrand Rapids, MI111,683Ann Arbor, MI: 69,371 personsAnn Arbor, MI69,371Warren, MI: 68,648 personsWarren, MI68,648Sterling Heights, MI: 66,920 personsSterling Heights, MI66,920Lansing, MI: 62,438 personsLansing, MI62,438Livonia, MI: 49,242 personsLivonia, MI49,242Troy, MI: 46,992 personsTroy, MI46,992Farmington Hills, MI: 46,030 personsFarmington Hills, MI46,030Wyoming, MI: 44,820 personsWyoming, MI44,820Dearborn, MI: 44,716 personsDearborn, MI44,716Westland, MI: 42,772 personsWestland, MI42,772Kalamazoo, MI: 39,857 personsKalamazoo, MI39,857Rochester Hills, MI: 39,369 personsRochester Hills, MI39,369Southfield, MI: 38,323 personsSouthfield, MI38,323Royal Oak, MI: 36,843 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,843Novi, MI: 35,125 personsNovi, MI35,125Flint, MI: 33,459 personsFlint, MI33,459St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,675 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,675Kentwood, MI: 30,122 personsKentwood, MI30,122Taylor, MI: 29,550 personsTaylor, MI29,550Pontiac, MI: 29,183 personsPontiac, MI29,183Portage, MI: 27,793 personsPortage, MI27,793Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,364 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,364Battle Creek, MI: 25,603 personsBattle Creek, MI25,603East Lansing, MI: 25,143 personsEast Lansing, MI25,143Roseville, MI: 24,735 personsRoseville, MI24,735Midland, MI: 21,790 personsMidland, MI21,790Holland, MI: 19,873 personsHolland, MI19,873Lincoln Park, MI: 17,741 personsLincoln Park, MI17,741Saginaw, MI: 17,608 personsSaginaw, MI17,608Madison Heights, MI: 16,193 personsMadison Heights, MI16,193Eastpointe, MI: 16,187 personsEastpointe, MI16,187Bay City, MI: 16,029 personsBay City, MI16,029Muskegon, MI: 15,833 personsMuskegon, MI15,833Oak Park, MI: 15,793 personsOak Park, MI15,793Auburn Hills, MI: 15,188 personsAuburn Hills, MI15,188Allen Park, MI: 14,960 personsAllen Park, MI14,960Southgate, MI: 14,858 personsSouthgate, MI14,858Jackson, MI: 14,818 personsJackson, MI14,818Walker, MI: 14,743 personsWalker, MI14,743Burton, MI: 14,244 personsBurton, MI14,244Ferndale, MI: 13,711 personsFerndale, MI13,711Garden City, MI: 13,680 personsGarden City, MI13,680Port Huron, MI: 13,133 personsPort Huron, MI13,133Wyandotte, MI: 12,501 personsWyandotte, MI12,501Norton Shores, MI: 12,309 personsNorton Shores, MI12,309Romulus, MI: 12,056 personsRomulus, MI12,056Inkster, MI: 10,817 personsInkster, MI10,817Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,593 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,593Hamtramck, MI: 8,608 personsHamtramck, MI8,608Detroit, MI: 264,685 personsDetroit, MI264,685Grand Rapids, MI: 111,683 personsGrand Rapids, MI111,683Ann Arbor, MI: 69,371 personsAnn Arbor, MI69,371Warren, MI: 68,648 personsWarren, MI68,648Sterling Heights, MI: 66,920 personsSterling Heights, MI66,920Lansing, MI: 62,438 personsLansing, MI62,438Livonia, MI: 49,242 personsLivonia, MI49,242Troy, MI: 46,992 personsTroy, MI46,992Farmington Hills, MI: 46,030 personsFarmington Hills, MI46,030Wyoming, MI: 44,820 personsWyoming, MI44,820Dearborn, MI: 44,716 personsDearborn, MI44,716Westland, MI: 42,772 personsWestland, MI42,772Kalamazoo, MI: 39,857 personsKalamazoo, MI39,857Rochester Hills, MI: 39,369 personsRochester Hills, MI39,369Southfield, MI: 38,323 personsSouthfield, MI38,323Royal Oak, MI: 36,843 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,843Novi, MI: 35,125 personsNovi, MI35,125Flint, MI: 33,459 personsFlint, MI33,459St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,675 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,675Kentwood, MI: 30,122 personsKentwood, MI30,122Taylor, MI: 29,550 personsTaylor, MI29,550Pontiac, MI: 29,183 personsPontiac, MI29,183Portage, MI: 27,793 personsPortage, MI27,793Dearborn Heights, MI: 27,364 personsDearborn Heights, MI27,364Battle Creek, MI: 25,603 personsBattle Creek, MI25,603East Lansing, MI: 25,143 personsEast Lansing, MI25,143Roseville, MI: 24,735 personsRoseville, MI24,735Midland, MI: 21,790 personsMidland, MI21,790Holland, MI: 19,873 personsHolland, MI19,873Lincoln Park, MI: 17,741 personsLincoln Park, MI17,741Saginaw, MI: 17,608 personsSaginaw, MI17,608Madison Heights, MI: 16,193 personsMadison Heights, MI16,193Eastpointe, MI: 16,187 personsEastpointe, MI16,187Bay City, MI: 16,029 personsBay City, MI16,029Muskegon, MI: 15,833 personsMuskegon, MI15,833Oak Park, MI: 15,793 personsOak Park, MI15,793Auburn Hills, MI: 15,188 personsAuburn Hills, MI15,188Allen Park, MI: 14,960 personsAllen Park, MI14,960Southgate, MI: 14,858 personsSouthgate, MI14,858Jackson, MI: 14,818 personsJackson, MI14,818Walker, MI: 14,743 personsWalker, MI14,743Burton, MI: 14,244 personsBurton, MI14,244Ferndale, MI: 13,711 personsFerndale, MI13,711Garden City, MI: 13,680 personsGarden City, MI13,680Port Huron, MI: 13,133 personsPort Huron, MI13,133Wyandotte, MI: 12,501 personsWyandotte, MI12,501Norton Shores, MI: 12,309 personsNorton Shores, MI12,309Romulus, MI: 12,056 personsRomulus, MI12,056Inkster, MI: 10,817 personsInkster, MI10,817Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,593 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,593Hamtramck, MI: 8,608 personsHamtramck, MI8,608
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

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Detroit, MI264,685+2.4%
2Grand Rapids, MI111,683+1.1%
3Ann Arbor, MI69,371+0.7%
4Warren, MI68,648+0.1%
5Sterling Heights, MI66,9200%
6Lansing, MI62,438+2.9%
7Livonia, MI49,242+0.1%
8Troy, MI46,992+0.5%
9Farmington Hills, MI46,030+0.3%
10Wyoming, MI44,820+1%
11Dearborn, MI44,716+0.3%
12Westland, MI42,7720%
13Kalamazoo, MI39,857+1.2%
14Rochester Hills, MI39,369-0.2%
15Southfield, MI38,323+0.3%
16Royal Oak, MI36,843-0.4%
17Novi, MI35,125-0.1%
18Flint, MI33,459+2.5%
19St. Clair Shores, MI30,675-0.4%
20Kentwood, MI30,122+1.1%
21Taylor, MI29,550+0.4%
22Pontiac, MI29,183+0.7%
23Portage, MI27,793+2.2%
24Dearborn Heights, MI27,364+0.3%
25Battle Creek, MI25,603+2.9%
26East Lansing, MI25,143+1.4%
27Roseville, MI24,735+0.1%
28Midland, MI21,790+2.1%
29Holland, MI19,873+1.7%
30Lincoln Park, MI17,741+0.3%
31Saginaw, MI17,608+1%
32Madison Heights, MI16,193-0.3%
33Eastpointe, MI16,187+1.3%
34Bay City, MI16,029+0.8%
35Muskegon, MI15,833+2.5%
36Oak Park, MI15,793+0.6%
37Auburn Hills, MI15,188+1.2%
38Allen Park, MI14,960-0.1%
39Southgate, MI14,8580%
40Jackson, MI14,818+0.6%
41Walker, MI14,743+1.9%
42Burton, MI14,244+1.5%
43Ferndale, MI13,711+0.2%
44Garden City, MI13,680+0.4%
45Port Huron, MI13,133-0.6%
46Wyandotte, MI12,501-0.2%
47Norton Shores, MI12,309+2%
48Romulus, MI12,056+0.5%
49Inkster, MI10,817+1.1%
50Mount Pleasant, MI10,593+0.3%
51Hamtramck, MI8,608+1%

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.

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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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Detroit, MI, with 264,685 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Hamtramck, MI, with 8,608 in 2024.

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.

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