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Cities in Ohio by civilian labor force

Columbus, OH had the highest civilian labor force of 65 cities in 2018, at 481,183. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 10,102. The median was 19,415. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest481,183Columbus, OH
Lowest10,102Zanesville, OH
Median19,41565 cities

Top 40 cities, 2018

Columbus, OH: 481,183 personsColumbus, OH481,183Cleveland, OH: 168,814 personsCleveland, OH168,814Cincinnati, OH: 156,869 personsCincinnati, OH156,869Toledo, OH: 127,615 personsToledo, OH127,615Akron, OH: 92,502 personsAkron, OH92,502Dayton, OH: 59,320 personsDayton, OH59,320Parma, OH: 44,506 personsParma, OH44,506Lakewood, OH: 32,173 personsLakewood, OH32,173Canton, OH: 30,948 personsCanton, OH30,948Kettering, OH: 29,499 personsKettering, OH29,499Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,936 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,936Hamilton, OH: 28,874 personsHamilton, OH28,874Lorain, OH: 28,524 personsLorain, OH28,524Elyria, OH: 25,918 personsElyria, OH25,918Mentor, OH: 25,670 personsMentor, OH25,670Springfield, OH: 25,005 personsSpringfield, OH25,005Dublin, OH: 24,908 personsDublin, OH24,908Euclid, OH: 24,897 personsEuclid, OH24,897Strongsville, OH: 23,993 personsStrongsville, OH23,993Middletown, OH: 23,836 personsMiddletown, OH23,836Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,678 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,678Fairfield, OH: 23,079 personsFairfield, OH23,079Youngstown, OH: 23,027 personsYoungstown, OH23,027Newark, OH: 22,985 personsNewark, OH22,985Beavercreek, OH: 22,872 personsBeavercreek, OH22,872Grove City, OH: 21,534 personsGrove City, OH21,534Huber Heights, OH: 21,433 personsHuber Heights, OH21,433Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,074 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,074Delaware, OH: 20,886 personsDelaware, OH20,886Hilliard, OH: 20,445 personsHilliard, OH20,445Findlay, OH: 20,356 personsFindlay, OH20,356Brunswick, OH: 19,823 personsBrunswick, OH19,823Westerville, OH: 19,415 personsWesterville, OH19,415Gahanna, OH: 18,952 personsGahanna, OH18,952Lancaster, OH: 18,333 personsLancaster, OH18,333Mansfield, OH: 18,320 personsMansfield, OH18,320Upper Arlington, OH: 18,263 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,263Mason, OH: 18,262 personsMason, OH18,262Stow, OH: 18,079 personsStow, OH18,079Fairborn, OH: 17,670 personsFairborn, OH17,670Columbus, OH: 481,183 personsColumbus, OH481,183Cleveland, OH: 168,814 personsCleveland, OH168,814Cincinnati, OH: 156,869 personsCincinnati, OH156,869Toledo, OH: 127,615 personsToledo, OH127,615Akron, OH: 92,502 personsAkron, OH92,502Dayton, OH: 59,320 personsDayton, OH59,320Parma, OH: 44,506 personsParma, OH44,506Lakewood, OH: 32,173 personsLakewood, OH32,173Canton, OH: 30,948 personsCanton, OH30,948Kettering, OH: 29,499 personsKettering, OH29,499Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,936 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,936Hamilton, OH: 28,874 personsHamilton, OH28,874Lorain, OH: 28,524 personsLorain, OH28,524Elyria, OH: 25,918 personsElyria, OH25,918Mentor, OH: 25,670 personsMentor, OH25,670Springfield, OH: 25,005 personsSpringfield, OH25,005Dublin, OH: 24,908 personsDublin, OH24,908Euclid, OH: 24,897 personsEuclid, OH24,897Strongsville, OH: 23,993 personsStrongsville, OH23,993Middletown, OH: 23,836 personsMiddletown, OH23,836Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,678 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,678Fairfield, OH: 23,079 personsFairfield, OH23,079Youngstown, OH: 23,027 personsYoungstown, OH23,027Newark, OH: 22,985 personsNewark, OH22,985Beavercreek, OH: 22,872 personsBeavercreek, OH22,872Grove City, OH: 21,534 personsGrove City, OH21,534Huber Heights, OH: 21,433 personsHuber Heights, OH21,433Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,074 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,074Delaware, OH: 20,886 personsDelaware, OH20,886Hilliard, OH: 20,445 personsHilliard, OH20,445Findlay, OH: 20,356 personsFindlay, OH20,356Brunswick, OH: 19,823 personsBrunswick, OH19,823Westerville, OH: 19,415 personsWesterville, OH19,415Gahanna, OH: 18,952 personsGahanna, OH18,952Lancaster, OH: 18,333 personsLancaster, OH18,333Mansfield, OH: 18,320 personsMansfield, OH18,320Upper Arlington, OH: 18,263 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,263Mason, OH: 18,262 personsMason, OH18,262Stow, OH: 18,079 personsStow, OH18,079Fairborn, OH: 17,670 personsFairborn, OH17,670
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

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Columbus, OH481,183+0.8%
2Cleveland, OH168,814-0.2%
3Cincinnati, OH156,869+0.4%
4Toledo, OH127,615-1%
5Akron, OH92,502-0.9%
6Dayton, OH59,320-0.4%
7Parma, OH44,506+0.1%
8Lakewood, OH32,173+0.4%
9Canton, OH30,948-1.1%
10Kettering, OH29,499-0.5%
11Cuyahoga Falls, OH28,936-0.6%
12Hamilton, OH28,874+0.2%
13Lorain, OH28,524+0.1%
14Elyria, OH25,918+0.3%
15Mentor, OH25,670+0.5%
16Springfield, OH25,005-1.1%
17Dublin, OH24,908+1.7%
18Euclid, OH24,897-0.2%
19Strongsville, OH23,993+1%
20Middletown, OH23,836+0.3%
21Cleveland Heights, OH23,6780%
22Fairfield, OH23,0790%
23Youngstown, OH23,027-0.7%
24Newark, OH22,985+0.5%
25Beavercreek, OH22,872+0.3%
26Grove City, OH21,534+0.8%
27Huber Heights, OH21,433-0.4%
28Reynoldsburg, OH21,074+0.4%
29Delaware, OH20,886+1.3%
30Hilliard, OH20,445+0.7%
31Findlay, OH20,356-0.8%
32Brunswick, OH19,823+0.6%
33Westerville, OH19,415+0.9%
34Gahanna, OH18,952-0.1%
35Lancaster, OH18,333+0.4%
36Mansfield, OH18,320-0.5%
37Upper Arlington, OH18,263-0.2%
38Mason, OH18,262+1.2%
39Stow, OH18,079-0.6%
40Fairborn, OH17,670-0.1%
41North Ridgeville, OH17,667+1.7%
42North Olmsted, OH17,370+0.2%
43Westlake, OH17,132+0.5%
44North Royalton, OH17,053+0.5%
45Bowling Green, OH16,848-0.4%
46Massillon, OH15,9510%
47Lima, OH15,512-1.9%
48Shaker Heights, OH15,191+0.2%
49Kent, OH14,475-2.2%
50Wooster, OH14,218-0.8%
51Garfield Heights, OH14,1930%
52Marion, OH14,133+0.9%
53Green, OH14,127-0.7%
53Warren, OH14,127-3.3%
55Medina, OH13,876-0.1%
56Troy, OH12,839+0.4%
57Sandusky, OH12,403-1%
58Athens, OH11,925-3%
59South Euclid, OH11,754-0.1%
60Barberton, OH11,486-1.3%
61Xenia, OH11,451+0.3%
62Riverside, OH11,208-0.2%
63Maple Heights, OH10,6060%
64Trotwood, OH10,398-0.6%
65Zanesville, OH10,102-1%

Other periods

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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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Columbus, OH, with 481,183 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Zanesville, OH, with 10,102 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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