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Cities in Ohio by civilian labor force

Columbus, OH had the highest civilian labor force of 65 cities in 2017, at 477,277. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 10,206. The median was 19,236. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest477,277Columbus, OH
Lowest10,206Zanesville, OH
Median19,23665 cities

Top 40 cities, 2017

Columbus, OH: 477,277 personsColumbus, OH477,277Cleveland, OH: 169,130 personsCleveland, OH169,130Cincinnati, OH: 156,287 personsCincinnati, OH156,287Toledo, OH: 128,927 personsToledo, OH128,927Akron, OH: 93,315 personsAkron, OH93,315Dayton, OH: 59,541 personsDayton, OH59,541Parma, OH: 44,462 personsParma, OH44,462Lakewood, OH: 32,054 personsLakewood, OH32,054Canton, OH: 31,280 personsCanton, OH31,280Kettering, OH: 29,653 personsKettering, OH29,653Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 29,106 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH29,106Hamilton, OH: 28,826 personsHamilton, OH28,826Lorain, OH: 28,504 personsLorain, OH28,504Elyria, OH: 25,851 personsElyria, OH25,851Mentor, OH: 25,536 personsMentor, OH25,536Springfield, OH: 25,282 personsSpringfield, OH25,282Euclid, OH: 24,957 personsEuclid, OH24,957Dublin, OH: 24,500 personsDublin, OH24,500Middletown, OH: 23,763 personsMiddletown, OH23,763Strongsville, OH: 23,762 personsStrongsville, OH23,762Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,673 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,673Youngstown, OH: 23,192 personsYoungstown, OH23,192Fairfield, OH: 23,076 personsFairfield, OH23,076Newark, OH: 22,873 personsNewark, OH22,873Beavercreek, OH: 22,794 personsBeavercreek, OH22,794Huber Heights, OH: 21,510 personsHuber Heights, OH21,510Grove City, OH: 21,358 personsGrove City, OH21,358Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,993 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,993Delaware, OH: 20,616 personsDelaware, OH20,616Findlay, OH: 20,526 personsFindlay, OH20,526Hilliard, OH: 20,300 personsHilliard, OH20,300Brunswick, OH: 19,701 personsBrunswick, OH19,701Westerville, OH: 19,236 personsWesterville, OH19,236Gahanna, OH: 18,968 personsGahanna, OH18,968Mansfield, OH: 18,413 personsMansfield, OH18,413Upper Arlington, OH: 18,295 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,295Lancaster, OH: 18,268 personsLancaster, OH18,268Stow, OH: 18,186 personsStow, OH18,186Mason, OH: 18,053 personsMason, OH18,053Fairborn, OH: 17,689 personsFairborn, OH17,689Columbus, OH: 477,277 personsColumbus, OH477,277Cleveland, OH: 169,130 personsCleveland, OH169,130Cincinnati, OH: 156,287 personsCincinnati, OH156,287Toledo, OH: 128,927 personsToledo, OH128,927Akron, OH: 93,315 personsAkron, OH93,315Dayton, OH: 59,541 personsDayton, OH59,541Parma, OH: 44,462 personsParma, OH44,462Lakewood, OH: 32,054 personsLakewood, OH32,054Canton, OH: 31,280 personsCanton, OH31,280Kettering, OH: 29,653 personsKettering, OH29,653Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 29,106 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH29,106Hamilton, OH: 28,826 personsHamilton, OH28,826Lorain, OH: 28,504 personsLorain, OH28,504Elyria, OH: 25,851 personsElyria, OH25,851Mentor, OH: 25,536 personsMentor, OH25,536Springfield, OH: 25,282 personsSpringfield, OH25,282Euclid, OH: 24,957 personsEuclid, OH24,957Dublin, OH: 24,500 personsDublin, OH24,500Middletown, OH: 23,763 personsMiddletown, OH23,763Strongsville, OH: 23,762 personsStrongsville, OH23,762Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,673 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,673Youngstown, OH: 23,192 personsYoungstown, OH23,192Fairfield, OH: 23,076 personsFairfield, OH23,076Newark, OH: 22,873 personsNewark, OH22,873Beavercreek, OH: 22,794 personsBeavercreek, OH22,794Huber Heights, OH: 21,510 personsHuber Heights, OH21,510Grove City, OH: 21,358 personsGrove City, OH21,358Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,993 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,993Delaware, OH: 20,616 personsDelaware, OH20,616Findlay, OH: 20,526 personsFindlay, OH20,526Hilliard, OH: 20,300 personsHilliard, OH20,300Brunswick, OH: 19,701 personsBrunswick, OH19,701Westerville, OH: 19,236 personsWesterville, OH19,236Gahanna, OH: 18,968 personsGahanna, OH18,968Mansfield, OH: 18,413 personsMansfield, OH18,413Upper Arlington, OH: 18,295 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,295Lancaster, OH: 18,268 personsLancaster, OH18,268Stow, OH: 18,186 personsStow, OH18,186Mason, OH: 18,053 personsMason, OH18,053Fairborn, OH: 17,689 personsFairborn, OH17,689
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

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Columbus, OH477,277+2.1%
2Cleveland, OH169,130+0.5%
3Cincinnati, OH156,287+1.5%
4Toledo, OH128,927-0.2%
5Akron, OH93,315+0.2%
6Dayton, OH59,541+0.4%
7Parma, OH44,462+0.6%
8Lakewood, OH32,054+0.6%
9Canton, OH31,280-0%
10Kettering, OH29,653+0.7%
11Cuyahoga Falls, OH29,106+0.3%
12Hamilton, OH28,826+0.5%
13Lorain, OH28,504+0.9%
14Elyria, OH25,851+0.7%
15Mentor, OH25,536+1.4%
16Springfield, OH25,282+0.2%
17Euclid, OH24,957+0.6%
18Dublin, OH24,500+4.8%
19Middletown, OH23,763+0.7%
20Strongsville, OH23,762+1.1%
21Cleveland Heights, OH23,673+0.7%
22Youngstown, OH23,192-1.3%
23Fairfield, OH23,076+0.8%
24Newark, OH22,873+1.4%
25Beavercreek, OH22,794+1.5%
26Huber Heights, OH21,510+1%
27Grove City, OH21,358+3.3%
28Reynoldsburg, OH20,993+1.3%
29Delaware, OH20,616+1.8%
30Findlay, OH20,526+0.4%
31Hilliard, OH20,300+3%
32Brunswick, OH19,701+1.5%
33Westerville, OH19,236+2.4%
34Gahanna, OH18,968+1.2%
35Mansfield, OH18,413-1%
36Upper Arlington, OH18,295+1.1%
37Lancaster, OH18,268+1.6%
38Stow, OH18,186+0.5%
39Mason, OH18,053+2.1%
40Fairborn, OH17,689+0.5%
41North Ridgeville, OH17,376+2.1%
42North Olmsted, OH17,328+0.7%
43Westlake, OH17,042+0.9%
44North Royalton, OH16,972+1.1%
45Bowling Green, OH16,921+0.6%
46Massillon, OH15,947+0.5%
47Lima, OH15,809+0.6%
48Shaker Heights, OH15,162+0.4%
49Kent, OH14,798-0.4%
50Warren, OH14,602-1.5%
51Wooster, OH14,336+0.3%
52Green, OH14,220+0.4%
53Garfield Heights, OH14,190+0.6%
54Marion, OH14,001+0.5%
55Medina, OH13,893+1.1%
56Troy, OH12,782+0.9%
57Sandusky, OH12,534+1.3%
58Athens, OH12,290+0.5%
59South Euclid, OH11,769+0.5%
60Barberton, OH11,637-0%
61Xenia, OH11,418+1.4%
62Riverside, OH11,230+0.8%
63Maple Heights, OH10,603+0.3%
64Trotwood, OH10,458+1%
65Zanesville, OH10,206+0.4%

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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 2017 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.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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Columbus, OH, with 477,277 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Zanesville, OH, with 10,206 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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