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Cities in Ohio by civilian labor force

Columbus, OH had the highest civilian labor force of 65 cities in 2014, at 441,082. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 9,866. The median was 18,691. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest441,082Columbus, OH
Lowest9,866Zanesville, OH
Median18,69165 cities

Top 40 cities, 2014

Columbus, OH: 441,082 personsColumbus, OH441,082Cleveland, OH: 162,398 personsCleveland, OH162,398Cincinnati, OH: 142,481 personsCincinnati, OH142,481Toledo, OH: 128,972 personsToledo, OH128,972Akron, OH: 91,402 personsAkron, OH91,402Dayton, OH: 58,400 personsDayton, OH58,400Parma, OH: 42,781 personsParma, OH42,781Canton, OH: 32,326 personsCanton, OH32,326Lakewood, OH: 30,432 personsLakewood, OH30,432Kettering, OH: 28,935 personsKettering, OH28,935Hamilton, OH: 27,845 personsHamilton, OH27,845Lorain, OH: 27,760 personsLorain, OH27,760Elyria, OH: 27,368 personsElyria, OH27,368Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 26,532 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH26,532Mentor, OH: 26,529 personsMentor, OH26,529Springfield, OH: 26,040 personsSpringfield, OH26,040Strongsville, OH: 24,504 personsStrongsville, OH24,504Fairfield, OH: 24,012 personsFairfield, OH24,012Dublin, OH: 23,701 personsDublin, OH23,701Youngstown, OH: 23,506 personsYoungstown, OH23,506Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,223 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,223Newark, OH: 23,191 personsNewark, OH23,191Euclid, OH: 23,119 personsEuclid, OH23,119Beavercreek, OH: 22,678 personsBeavercreek, OH22,678Findlay, OH: 21,309 personsFindlay, OH21,309Westerville, OH: 20,867 personsWesterville, OH20,867Middletown, OH: 20,798 personsMiddletown, OH20,798Grove City, OH: 20,652 personsGrove City, OH20,652Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,167 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,167Brunswick, OH: 20,023 personsBrunswick, OH20,023Delaware, OH: 19,934 personsDelaware, OH19,934Gahanna, OH: 19,482 personsGahanna, OH19,482Stow, OH: 18,691 personsStow, OH18,691Mansfield, OH: 18,165 personsMansfield, OH18,165Huber Heights, OH: 18,056 personsHuber Heights, OH18,056Upper Arlington, OH: 17,908 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,908Lancaster, OH: 17,832 personsLancaster, OH17,832North Olmsted, OH: 17,698 personsNorth Olmsted, OH17,698North Royalton, OH: 17,583 personsNorth Royalton, OH17,583Hilliard, OH: 17,487 personsHilliard, OH17,487Columbus, OH: 441,082 personsColumbus, OH441,082Cleveland, OH: 162,398 personsCleveland, OH162,398Cincinnati, OH: 142,481 personsCincinnati, OH142,481Toledo, OH: 128,972 personsToledo, OH128,972Akron, OH: 91,402 personsAkron, OH91,402Dayton, OH: 58,400 personsDayton, OH58,400Parma, OH: 42,781 personsParma, OH42,781Canton, OH: 32,326 personsCanton, OH32,326Lakewood, OH: 30,432 personsLakewood, OH30,432Kettering, OH: 28,935 personsKettering, OH28,935Hamilton, OH: 27,845 personsHamilton, OH27,845Lorain, OH: 27,760 personsLorain, OH27,760Elyria, OH: 27,368 personsElyria, OH27,368Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 26,532 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH26,532Mentor, OH: 26,529 personsMentor, OH26,529Springfield, OH: 26,040 personsSpringfield, OH26,040Strongsville, OH: 24,504 personsStrongsville, OH24,504Fairfield, OH: 24,012 personsFairfield, OH24,012Dublin, OH: 23,701 personsDublin, OH23,701Youngstown, OH: 23,506 personsYoungstown, OH23,506Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,223 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,223Newark, OH: 23,191 personsNewark, OH23,191Euclid, OH: 23,119 personsEuclid, OH23,119Beavercreek, OH: 22,678 personsBeavercreek, OH22,678Findlay, OH: 21,309 personsFindlay, OH21,309Westerville, OH: 20,867 personsWesterville, OH20,867Middletown, OH: 20,798 personsMiddletown, OH20,798Grove City, OH: 20,652 personsGrove City, OH20,652Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,167 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,167Brunswick, OH: 20,023 personsBrunswick, OH20,023Delaware, OH: 19,934 personsDelaware, OH19,934Gahanna, OH: 19,482 personsGahanna, OH19,482Stow, OH: 18,691 personsStow, OH18,691Mansfield, OH: 18,165 personsMansfield, OH18,165Huber Heights, OH: 18,056 personsHuber Heights, OH18,056Upper Arlington, OH: 17,908 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,908Lancaster, OH: 17,832 personsLancaster, OH17,832North Olmsted, OH: 17,698 personsNorth Olmsted, OH17,698North Royalton, OH: 17,583 personsNorth Royalton, OH17,583Hilliard, OH: 17,487 personsHilliard, OH17,487
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

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Columbus, OH441,082+1.8%
2Cleveland, OH162,398-0.2%
3Cincinnati, OH142,481-0%
4Toledo, OH128,972-0.8%
5Akron, OH91,402+0.4%
6Dayton, OH58,400-2%
7Parma, OH42,781-0.4%
8Canton, OH32,326-0.7%
9Lakewood, OH30,432-0.2%
10Kettering, OH28,935-0%
11Hamilton, OH27,845-0.4%
12Lorain, OH27,760-0.1%
13Elyria, OH27,368-0.2%
14Cuyahoga Falls, OH26,532+0.8%
15Mentor, OH26,529-0.1%
16Springfield, OH26,040-0.3%
17Strongsville, OH24,504-0%
18Fairfield, OH24,012+0.3%
19Dublin, OH23,701+2%
20Youngstown, OH23,506-1.5%
21Cleveland Heights, OH23,223-0.3%
22Newark, OH23,1910%
23Euclid, OH23,119-0.4%
24Beavercreek, OH22,678+1.1%
25Findlay, OH21,309+0.5%
26Westerville, OH20,867+0.8%
27Middletown, OH20,798-0.3%
28Grove City, OH20,652+3.2%
29Reynoldsburg, OH20,167+0.8%
30Brunswick, OH20,023+0.4%
31Delaware, OH19,934+2.8%
32Gahanna, OH19,482+1.2%
33Stow, OH18,691+1.3%
34Mansfield, OH18,165+0.3%
35Huber Heights, OH18,0560%
36Upper Arlington, OH17,908+1.2%
37Lancaster, OH17,832+0.9%
38North Olmsted, OH17,698-0.1%
39North Royalton, OH17,583+0.2%
40Hilliard, OH17,487+5.1%
41Westlake, OH17,187+0.2%
42North Ridgeville, OH17,111+1.9%
43Bowling Green, OH16,668-0.3%
44Kent, OH16,635-7.7%
45Fairborn, OH16,617+0.7%
46Mason, OH15,947+1.2%
47Massillon, OH15,455+0.1%
48Lima, OH14,953-2.4%
49Warren, OH14,917-1.7%
50Shaker Heights, OH14,408-0.1%
51Garfield Heights, OH13,961-0.4%
52Green, OH13,932+0.9%
53Marion, OH13,760-0.8%
54Wooster, OH13,593+0.8%
55Medina, OH13,456-0.4%
56Troy, OH13,386+1%
57Barberton, OH12,686+0.3%
58South Euclid, OH12,540-0%
59Sandusky, OH11,871-2.3%
60Xenia, OH11,096+0.5%
61Riverside, OH10,717-0.2%
62Trotwood, OH10,528-1%
63Maple Heights, OH10,481-0.2%
64Athens, OH10,326+0.5%
65Zanesville, OH9,866-2.2%

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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. 6 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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.CurrentU10-14. 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 Ohio by civilian labor force, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Ohio by civilian labor force, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/ohio-cities?period=2014. 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 Ohio by civilian labor force, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/ohio-cities?period=2014.

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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 Ohio by civilian labor force, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/ohio-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Columbus, OH, with 441,082 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Zanesville, OH, with 9,866 in 2014.

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. 6 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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