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Cities in Ohio by civilian labor force

Columbus, OH had the highest civilian labor force of 65 cities in 2019, at 489,791. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 10,167. The median was 20,004. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest489,791Columbus, OH
Lowest10,167Zanesville, OH
Median20,00465 cities

Top 40 cities, 2019

Columbus, OH: 489,791 personsColumbus, OH489,791Cleveland, OH: 169,778 personsCleveland, OH169,778Cincinnati, OH: 159,409 personsCincinnati, OH159,409Toledo, OH: 127,660 personsToledo, OH127,660Akron, OH: 92,995 personsAkron, OH92,995Dayton, OH: 59,740 personsDayton, OH59,740Parma, OH: 44,815 personsParma, OH44,815Lakewood, OH: 32,410 personsLakewood, OH32,410Canton, OH: 30,851 personsCanton, OH30,851Kettering, OH: 29,624 personsKettering, OH29,624Hamilton, OH: 29,187 personsHamilton, OH29,187Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 29,143 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH29,143Lorain, OH: 28,713 personsLorain, OH28,713Elyria, OH: 26,118 personsElyria, OH26,118Mentor, OH: 26,018 personsMentor, OH26,018Dublin, OH: 25,371 personsDublin, OH25,371Springfield, OH: 25,087 personsSpringfield, OH25,087Euclid, OH: 24,998 personsEuclid, OH24,998Strongsville, OH: 24,243 personsStrongsville, OH24,243Middletown, OH: 24,076 personsMiddletown, OH24,076Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,841 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,841Newark, OH: 23,356 personsNewark, OH23,356Fairfield, OH: 23,316 personsFairfield, OH23,316Beavercreek, OH: 23,171 personsBeavercreek, OH23,171Youngstown, OH: 22,815 personsYoungstown, OH22,815Delaware, OH: 21,830 personsDelaware, OH21,830Grove City, OH: 21,830 personsGrove City, OH21,830Huber Heights, OH: 21,610 personsHuber Heights, OH21,610Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,327 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,327Hilliard, OH: 20,755 personsHilliard, OH20,755Findlay, OH: 20,675 personsFindlay, OH20,675Brunswick, OH: 20,072 personsBrunswick, OH20,072Westerville, OH: 20,004 personsWesterville, OH20,004Gahanna, OH: 19,104 personsGahanna, OH19,104Mason, OH: 18,628 personsMason, OH18,628Lancaster, OH: 18,483 personsLancaster, OH18,483Upper Arlington, OH: 18,408 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,408Stow, OH: 18,235 personsStow, OH18,235Mansfield, OH: 18,215 personsMansfield, OH18,215North Ridgeville, OH: 18,170 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH18,170Columbus, OH: 489,791 personsColumbus, OH489,791Cleveland, OH: 169,778 personsCleveland, OH169,778Cincinnati, OH: 159,409 personsCincinnati, OH159,409Toledo, OH: 127,660 personsToledo, OH127,660Akron, OH: 92,995 personsAkron, OH92,995Dayton, OH: 59,740 personsDayton, OH59,740Parma, OH: 44,815 personsParma, OH44,815Lakewood, OH: 32,410 personsLakewood, OH32,410Canton, OH: 30,851 personsCanton, OH30,851Kettering, OH: 29,624 personsKettering, OH29,624Hamilton, OH: 29,187 personsHamilton, OH29,187Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 29,143 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH29,143Lorain, OH: 28,713 personsLorain, OH28,713Elyria, OH: 26,118 personsElyria, OH26,118Mentor, OH: 26,018 personsMentor, OH26,018Dublin, OH: 25,371 personsDublin, OH25,371Springfield, OH: 25,087 personsSpringfield, OH25,087Euclid, OH: 24,998 personsEuclid, OH24,998Strongsville, OH: 24,243 personsStrongsville, OH24,243Middletown, OH: 24,076 personsMiddletown, OH24,076Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,841 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,841Newark, OH: 23,356 personsNewark, OH23,356Fairfield, OH: 23,316 personsFairfield, OH23,316Beavercreek, OH: 23,171 personsBeavercreek, OH23,171Youngstown, OH: 22,815 personsYoungstown, OH22,815Delaware, OH: 21,830 personsDelaware, OH21,830Grove City, OH: 21,830 personsGrove City, OH21,830Huber Heights, OH: 21,610 personsHuber Heights, OH21,610Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,327 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,327Hilliard, OH: 20,755 personsHilliard, OH20,755Findlay, OH: 20,675 personsFindlay, OH20,675Brunswick, OH: 20,072 personsBrunswick, OH20,072Westerville, OH: 20,004 personsWesterville, OH20,004Gahanna, OH: 19,104 personsGahanna, OH19,104Mason, OH: 18,628 personsMason, OH18,628Lancaster, OH: 18,483 personsLancaster, OH18,483Upper Arlington, OH: 18,408 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,408Stow, OH: 18,235 personsStow, OH18,235Mansfield, OH: 18,215 personsMansfield, OH18,215North Ridgeville, OH: 18,170 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH18,170
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

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Columbus, OH489,791+1.8%
2Cleveland, OH169,778+0.6%
3Cincinnati, OH159,409+1.6%
4Toledo, OH127,6600%
5Akron, OH92,995+0.5%
6Dayton, OH59,740+0.7%
7Parma, OH44,815+0.7%
8Lakewood, OH32,410+0.7%
9Canton, OH30,851-0.3%
10Kettering, OH29,624+0.4%
11Hamilton, OH29,187+1.1%
12Cuyahoga Falls, OH29,143+0.7%
13Lorain, OH28,713+0.7%
14Elyria, OH26,118+0.8%
15Mentor, OH26,018+1.4%
16Dublin, OH25,371+1.9%
17Springfield, OH25,087+0.3%
18Euclid, OH24,998+0.4%
19Strongsville, OH24,243+1%
20Middletown, OH24,076+1%
21Cleveland Heights, OH23,841+0.7%
22Newark, OH23,356+1.6%
23Fairfield, OH23,316+1%
24Beavercreek, OH23,171+1.3%
25Youngstown, OH22,815-0.9%
26Delaware, OH21,830+4.5%
26Grove City, OH21,830+1.4%
28Huber Heights, OH21,610+0.8%
29Reynoldsburg, OH21,327+1.2%
30Hilliard, OH20,755+1.5%
31Findlay, OH20,675+1.6%
32Brunswick, OH20,072+1.3%
33Westerville, OH20,004+3%
34Gahanna, OH19,104+0.8%
35Mason, OH18,628+2%
36Lancaster, OH18,483+0.8%
37Upper Arlington, OH18,408+0.8%
38Stow, OH18,235+0.9%
39Mansfield, OH18,215-0.6%
40North Ridgeville, OH18,170+2.8%
41Fairborn, OH17,750+0.5%
42North Olmsted, OH17,523+0.9%
43Westlake, OH17,314+1.1%
44North Royalton, OH17,236+1.1%
45Bowling Green, OH17,017+1%
46Massillon, OH16,062+0.7%
47Lima, OH15,508-0%
48Shaker Heights, OH15,309+0.8%
49Kent, OH14,647+1.2%
50Wooster, OH14,482+1.9%
51Green, OH14,254+0.9%
52Garfield Heights, OH14,239+0.3%
53Warren, OH14,188+0.4%
54Marion, OH14,170+0.3%
55Medina, OH14,027+1.1%
56Troy, OH13,043+1.6%
57Sandusky, OH12,342-0.5%
58Athens, OH11,975+0.4%
59South Euclid, OH11,823+0.6%
60Xenia, OH11,588+1.2%
61Barberton, OH11,545+0.5%
62Riverside, OH11,277+0.6%
63Maple Heights, OH10,643+0.3%
64Trotwood, OH10,459+0.6%
65Zanesville, OH10,167+0.6%

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. 6 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Columbus, OH, with 489,791 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Zanesville, OH, with 10,167 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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