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Cities in Ohio by civilian labor force

Columbus, OH had the highest civilian labor force of 71 cities in 2020, at 488,759. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 10,317. The median was 18,234. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest488,759Columbus, OH
Lowest10,317Zanesville, OH
Median18,23471 cities

Top 40 cities, 2020

Columbus, OH: 488,759 personsColumbus, OH488,759Cleveland, OH: 165,396 personsCleveland, OH165,396Cincinnati, OH: 157,893 personsCincinnati, OH157,893Toledo, OH: 126,431 personsToledo, OH126,431Akron, OH: 91,850 personsAkron, OH91,850Dayton, OH: 59,956 personsDayton, OH59,956Parma, OH: 42,586 personsParma, OH42,586Lakewood, OH: 30,773 personsLakewood, OH30,773Canton, OH: 30,501 personsCanton, OH30,501Kettering, OH: 29,054 personsKettering, OH29,054Hamilton, OH: 28,799 personsHamilton, OH28,799Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,306 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,306Lorain, OH: 28,009 personsLorain, OH28,009Elyria, OH: 25,241 personsElyria, OH25,241Dublin, OH: 24,792 personsDublin, OH24,792Springfield, OH: 24,764 personsSpringfield, OH24,764Mentor, OH: 24,422 personsMentor, OH24,422Euclid, OH: 24,250 personsEuclid, OH24,250Middletown, OH: 23,939 personsMiddletown, OH23,939Newark, OH: 23,256 personsNewark, OH23,256Fairfield, OH: 23,031 personsFairfield, OH23,031Strongsville, OH: 22,698 personsStrongsville, OH22,698Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,574 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,574Beavercreek, OH: 22,464 personsBeavercreek, OH22,464Youngstown, OH: 22,441 personsYoungstown, OH22,441Delaware, OH: 22,047 personsDelaware, OH22,047Grove City, OH: 21,584 personsGrove City, OH21,584Huber Heights, OH: 21,315 personsHuber Heights, OH21,315Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,182 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,182Findlay, OH: 20,445 personsFindlay, OH20,445Hilliard, OH: 20,272 personsHilliard, OH20,272Westerville, OH: 19,768 personsWesterville, OH19,768Brunswick, OH: 19,023 personsBrunswick, OH19,023Gahanna, OH: 18,804 personsGahanna, OH18,804Lancaster, OH: 18,444 personsLancaster, OH18,444Mason, OH: 18,234 personsMason, OH18,234Mansfield, OH: 17,981 personsMansfield, OH17,981Upper Arlington, OH: 17,811 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,811Stow, OH: 17,673 personsStow, OH17,673Fairborn, OH: 17,511 personsFairborn, OH17,511Columbus, OH: 488,759 personsColumbus, OH488,759Cleveland, OH: 165,396 personsCleveland, OH165,396Cincinnati, OH: 157,893 personsCincinnati, OH157,893Toledo, OH: 126,431 personsToledo, OH126,431Akron, OH: 91,850 personsAkron, OH91,850Dayton, OH: 59,956 personsDayton, OH59,956Parma, OH: 42,586 personsParma, OH42,586Lakewood, OH: 30,773 personsLakewood, OH30,773Canton, OH: 30,501 personsCanton, OH30,501Kettering, OH: 29,054 personsKettering, OH29,054Hamilton, OH: 28,799 personsHamilton, OH28,799Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,306 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,306Lorain, OH: 28,009 personsLorain, OH28,009Elyria, OH: 25,241 personsElyria, OH25,241Dublin, OH: 24,792 personsDublin, OH24,792Springfield, OH: 24,764 personsSpringfield, OH24,764Mentor, OH: 24,422 personsMentor, OH24,422Euclid, OH: 24,250 personsEuclid, OH24,250Middletown, OH: 23,939 personsMiddletown, OH23,939Newark, OH: 23,256 personsNewark, OH23,256Fairfield, OH: 23,031 personsFairfield, OH23,031Strongsville, OH: 22,698 personsStrongsville, OH22,698Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,574 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,574Beavercreek, OH: 22,464 personsBeavercreek, OH22,464Youngstown, OH: 22,441 personsYoungstown, OH22,441Delaware, OH: 22,047 personsDelaware, OH22,047Grove City, OH: 21,584 personsGrove City, OH21,584Huber Heights, OH: 21,315 personsHuber Heights, OH21,315Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,182 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,182Findlay, OH: 20,445 personsFindlay, OH20,445Hilliard, OH: 20,272 personsHilliard, OH20,272Westerville, OH: 19,768 personsWesterville, OH19,768Brunswick, OH: 19,023 personsBrunswick, OH19,023Gahanna, OH: 18,804 personsGahanna, OH18,804Lancaster, OH: 18,444 personsLancaster, OH18,444Mason, OH: 18,234 personsMason, OH18,234Mansfield, OH: 17,981 personsMansfield, OH17,981Upper Arlington, OH: 17,811 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,811Stow, OH: 17,673 personsStow, OH17,673Fairborn, OH: 17,511 personsFairborn, OH17,511
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

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Columbus, OH488,759-0.2%
2Cleveland, OH165,396-2.6%
3Cincinnati, OH157,893-1%
4Toledo, OH126,431-1%
5Akron, OH91,850-1.2%
6Dayton, OH59,956+0.4%
7Parma, OH42,586-5%
8Lakewood, OH30,773-5.1%
9Canton, OH30,501-1.1%
10Kettering, OH29,054-1.9%
11Hamilton, OH28,799-1.3%
12Cuyahoga Falls, OH28,306-2.9%
13Lorain, OH28,009-2.5%
14Elyria, OH25,241-3.4%
15Dublin, OH24,792-2.3%
16Springfield, OH24,764-1.3%
17Mentor, OH24,422-6.1%
18Euclid, OH24,250-3%
19Middletown, OH23,939-0.6%
20Newark, OH23,256-0.4%
21Fairfield, OH23,031-1.2%
22Strongsville, OH22,698-6.4%
23Cleveland Heights, OH22,574-5.3%
24Beavercreek, OH22,464-3.1%
25Youngstown, OH22,441-1.6%
26Delaware, OH22,047+1%
27Grove City, OH21,584-1.1%
28Huber Heights, OH21,315-1.4%
29Reynoldsburg, OH21,182-0.7%
30Findlay, OH20,445-1.1%
31Hilliard, OH20,272-2.3%
32Westerville, OH19,768-1.2%
33Brunswick, OH19,023-5.2%
34Gahanna, OH18,804-1.6%
35Lancaster, OH18,444-0.2%
36Mason, OH18,234-2.1%
37Mansfield, OH17,981-1.3%
38Upper Arlington, OH17,811-3.2%
39Stow, OH17,673-3.1%
40Fairborn, OH17,511-1.3%
41North Ridgeville, OH17,408-4.2%
42North Olmsted, OH16,555-5.5%
43Westlake, OH16,209-6.4%
44North Royalton, OH16,140-6.4%
45Bowling Green, OH16,068-5.6%
46Massillon, OH15,820-1.5%
47Lima, OH15,560+0.3%
48Shaker Heights, OH14,256-6.9%
49Marion, OH13,987-1.3%
50Kent, OH13,972-4.6%
51Wooster, OH13,888-4.1%
52Garfield Heights, OH13,883-2.5%
53Warren, OH13,860-2.3%
54Green, OH13,790-3.3%
55Medina, OH13,247-5.6%
56Marysville, OH13,191n/a
57Troy, OH12,950-0.7%
58Avon Lake, OH12,578n/a
59Pickerington, OH12,461n/a
60Perrysburg, OH12,369n/a
61Sandusky, OH12,283-0.5%
62Avon, OH12,156n/a
63Xenia, OH11,483-0.9%
64Centerville, OH11,415n/a
65Barberton, OH11,375-1.5%
66South Euclid, OH11,259-4.8%
67Riverside, OH11,189-0.8%
68Athens, OH11,042-7.8%
69Trotwood, OH10,583+1.2%
70Maple Heights, OH10,435-2%
71Zanesville, OH10,317+1.5%

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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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/ohio-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/ohio-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/ohio-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Columbus, OH, with 488,759 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Zanesville, OH, with 10,317 in 2020.

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.

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