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Cities in Ohio by civilian labor force

Columbus, OH had the highest civilian labor force of 65 cities in 2016, at 467,420. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 10,169. The median was 18,790. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest467,420Columbus, OH
Lowest10,169Zanesville, OH
Median18,79065 cities

Top 40 cities, 2016

Columbus, OH: 467,420 personsColumbus, OH467,420Cleveland, OH: 168,241 personsCleveland, OH168,241Cincinnati, OH: 154,041 personsCincinnati, OH154,041Toledo, OH: 129,185 personsToledo, OH129,185Akron, OH: 93,141 personsAkron, OH93,141Dayton, OH: 59,320 personsDayton, OH59,320Parma, OH: 44,216 personsParma, OH44,216Lakewood, OH: 31,868 personsLakewood, OH31,868Canton, OH: 31,282 personsCanton, OH31,282Kettering, OH: 29,452 personsKettering, OH29,452Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 29,013 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH29,013Hamilton, OH: 28,675 personsHamilton, OH28,675Lorain, OH: 28,257 personsLorain, OH28,257Elyria, OH: 25,670 personsElyria, OH25,670Springfield, OH: 25,241 personsSpringfield, OH25,241Mentor, OH: 25,182 personsMentor, OH25,182Euclid, OH: 24,814 personsEuclid, OH24,814Middletown, OH: 23,603 personsMiddletown, OH23,603Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,506 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,506Youngstown, OH: 23,502 personsYoungstown, OH23,502Strongsville, OH: 23,497 personsStrongsville, OH23,497Dublin, OH: 23,383 personsDublin, OH23,383Fairfield, OH: 22,892 personsFairfield, OH22,892Newark, OH: 22,552 personsNewark, OH22,552Beavercreek, OH: 22,449 personsBeavercreek, OH22,449Huber Heights, OH: 21,305 personsHuber Heights, OH21,305Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,733 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,733Grove City, OH: 20,680 personsGrove City, OH20,680Findlay, OH: 20,439 personsFindlay, OH20,439Delaware, OH: 20,248 personsDelaware, OH20,248Hilliard, OH: 19,707 personsHilliard, OH19,707Brunswick, OH: 19,403 personsBrunswick, OH19,403Westerville, OH: 18,790 personsWesterville, OH18,790Gahanna, OH: 18,743 personsGahanna, OH18,743Mansfield, OH: 18,608 personsMansfield, OH18,608Upper Arlington, OH: 18,103 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,103Stow, OH: 18,094 personsStow, OH18,094Lancaster, OH: 17,986 personsLancaster, OH17,986Mason, OH: 17,687 personsMason, OH17,687Fairborn, OH: 17,602 personsFairborn, OH17,602Columbus, OH: 467,420 personsColumbus, OH467,420Cleveland, OH: 168,241 personsCleveland, OH168,241Cincinnati, OH: 154,041 personsCincinnati, OH154,041Toledo, OH: 129,185 personsToledo, OH129,185Akron, OH: 93,141 personsAkron, OH93,141Dayton, OH: 59,320 personsDayton, OH59,320Parma, OH: 44,216 personsParma, OH44,216Lakewood, OH: 31,868 personsLakewood, OH31,868Canton, OH: 31,282 personsCanton, OH31,282Kettering, OH: 29,452 personsKettering, OH29,452Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 29,013 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH29,013Hamilton, OH: 28,675 personsHamilton, OH28,675Lorain, OH: 28,257 personsLorain, OH28,257Elyria, OH: 25,670 personsElyria, OH25,670Springfield, OH: 25,241 personsSpringfield, OH25,241Mentor, OH: 25,182 personsMentor, OH25,182Euclid, OH: 24,814 personsEuclid, OH24,814Middletown, OH: 23,603 personsMiddletown, OH23,603Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,506 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,506Youngstown, OH: 23,502 personsYoungstown, OH23,502Strongsville, OH: 23,497 personsStrongsville, OH23,497Dublin, OH: 23,383 personsDublin, OH23,383Fairfield, OH: 22,892 personsFairfield, OH22,892Newark, OH: 22,552 personsNewark, OH22,552Beavercreek, OH: 22,449 personsBeavercreek, OH22,449Huber Heights, OH: 21,305 personsHuber Heights, OH21,305Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,733 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,733Grove City, OH: 20,680 personsGrove City, OH20,680Findlay, OH: 20,439 personsFindlay, OH20,439Delaware, OH: 20,248 personsDelaware, OH20,248Hilliard, OH: 19,707 personsHilliard, OH19,707Brunswick, OH: 19,403 personsBrunswick, OH19,403Westerville, OH: 18,790 personsWesterville, OH18,790Gahanna, OH: 18,743 personsGahanna, OH18,743Mansfield, OH: 18,608 personsMansfield, OH18,608Upper Arlington, OH: 18,103 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,103Stow, OH: 18,094 personsStow, OH18,094Lancaster, OH: 17,986 personsLancaster, OH17,986Mason, OH: 17,687 personsMason, OH17,687Fairborn, OH: 17,602 personsFairborn, OH17,602
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

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Columbus, OH467,420+4.5%
2Cleveland, OH168,241+4.8%
3Cincinnati, OH154,041+8.1%
4Toledo, OH129,185+0.3%
5Akron, OH93,141+2.3%
6Dayton, OH59,320+1.9%
7Parma, OH44,216+4%
8Lakewood, OH31,868+5.7%
9Canton, OH31,282-1.7%
10Kettering, OH29,452+1.8%
11Cuyahoga Falls, OH29,013+9.5%
12Hamilton, OH28,675+3.3%
13Lorain, OH28,257+2.6%
14Elyria, OH25,670-5.5%
15Springfield, OH25,241-1.7%
16Mentor, OH25,182-4.7%
17Euclid, OH24,814+8.5%
18Middletown, OH23,603+14%
19Cleveland Heights, OH23,506+2.1%
20Youngstown, OH23,502+1.4%
21Strongsville, OH23,497-3.8%
22Dublin, OH23,383-3.3%
23Fairfield, OH22,892-4.7%
24Newark, OH22,552-2.6%
25Beavercreek, OH22,449-2.4%
26Huber Heights, OH21,305+17.7%
27Reynoldsburg, OH20,733+1.9%
28Grove City, OH20,680-1.9%
29Findlay, OH20,439-4.7%
30Delaware, OH20,248-0.1%
31Hilliard, OH19,707+8.7%
32Brunswick, OH19,403-3.1%
33Westerville, OH18,790-11.6%
34Gahanna, OH18,743-4.5%
35Mansfield, OH18,608+4.1%
36Upper Arlington, OH18,103+0.3%
37Stow, OH18,094-3.2%
38Lancaster, OH17,986+1.1%
39Mason, OH17,687+7%
40Fairborn, OH17,602+4.8%
41North Olmsted, OH17,201-2%
42North Ridgeville, OH17,015-2.1%
43Westlake, OH16,885-1.6%
44Bowling Green, OH16,814+1.2%
45North Royalton, OH16,785-4.3%
46Massillon, OH15,863+3.6%
47Lima, OH15,716+6.9%
48Shaker Heights, OH15,098+5.7%
49Kent, OH14,860-11.2%
50Warren, OH14,831+1.4%
51Wooster, OH14,299+3.9%
52Green, OH14,157+1.6%
53Garfield Heights, OH14,112+2.4%
54Marion, OH13,931+1.6%
55Medina, OH13,746+3.3%
56Troy, OH12,665-6.2%
57Sandusky, OH12,369+4.9%
58Athens, OH12,224+14.3%
59South Euclid, OH11,710-5.9%
60Barberton, OH11,642-7.9%
61Xenia, OH11,264+1.3%
62Riverside, OH11,146+3.9%
63Maple Heights, OH10,570+2.3%
64Trotwood, OH10,355-1.2%
65Zanesville, OH10,169+5.1%

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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 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/ohio-cities?period=2016. 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, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/ohio-cities?period=2016.

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 Ohio by civilian labor force, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/ohio-cities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Columbus, OH, with 467,420 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Zanesville, OH, with 10,169 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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