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Cities in Ohio by civilian labor force

Columbus, OH had the highest civilian labor force of 71 cities in 2022, at 492,033. Maple Heights, OH had the lowest, at 10,099. The median was 18,727. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest492,033Columbus, OH
Lowest10,099Maple Heights, OH
Median18,72771 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

Columbus, OH: 492,033 personsColumbus, OH492,033Cleveland, OH: 160,763 personsCleveland, OH160,763Cincinnati, OH: 159,358 personsCincinnati, OH159,358Toledo, OH: 121,016 personsToledo, OH121,016Akron, OH: 89,926 personsAkron, OH89,926Dayton, OH: 57,397 personsDayton, OH57,397Parma, OH: 42,674 personsParma, OH42,674Lakewood, OH: 30,763 personsLakewood, OH30,763Canton, OH: 29,375 personsCanton, OH29,375Hamilton, OH: 29,003 personsHamilton, OH29,003Kettering, OH: 28,475 personsKettering, OH28,475Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,314 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,314Lorain, OH: 28,119 personsLorain, OH28,119Elyria, OH: 25,542 personsElyria, OH25,542Dublin, OH: 25,217 personsDublin, OH25,217Mentor, OH: 25,100 personsMentor, OH25,100Springfield, OH: 24,552 personsSpringfield, OH24,552Middletown, OH: 24,191 personsMiddletown, OH24,191Euclid, OH: 23,781 personsEuclid, OH23,781Newark, OH: 23,715 personsNewark, OH23,715Delaware, OH: 23,635 personsDelaware, OH23,635Strongsville, OH: 23,250 personsStrongsville, OH23,250Fairfield, OH: 23,112 personsFairfield, OH23,112Beavercreek, OH: 22,869 personsBeavercreek, OH22,869Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,688 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,688Grove City, OH: 22,503 personsGrove City, OH22,503Youngstown, OH: 21,731 personsYoungstown, OH21,731Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,270 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,270Huber Heights, OH: 21,095 personsHuber Heights, OH21,095Hilliard, OH: 20,956 personsHilliard, OH20,956Findlay, OH: 19,690 personsFindlay, OH19,690Westerville, OH: 19,632 personsWesterville, OH19,632Brunswick, OH: 19,474 personsBrunswick, OH19,474Mason, OH: 19,141 personsMason, OH19,141Lancaster, OH: 18,823 personsLancaster, OH18,823North Ridgeville, OH: 18,727 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH18,727Gahanna, OH: 18,696 personsGahanna, OH18,696Upper Arlington, OH: 17,993 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,993Stow, OH: 17,740 personsStow, OH17,740Mansfield, OH: 17,493 personsMansfield, OH17,493Columbus, OH: 492,033 personsColumbus, OH492,033Cleveland, OH: 160,763 personsCleveland, OH160,763Cincinnati, OH: 159,358 personsCincinnati, OH159,358Toledo, OH: 121,016 personsToledo, OH121,016Akron, OH: 89,926 personsAkron, OH89,926Dayton, OH: 57,397 personsDayton, OH57,397Parma, OH: 42,674 personsParma, OH42,674Lakewood, OH: 30,763 personsLakewood, OH30,763Canton, OH: 29,375 personsCanton, OH29,375Hamilton, OH: 29,003 personsHamilton, OH29,003Kettering, OH: 28,475 personsKettering, OH28,475Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,314 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,314Lorain, OH: 28,119 personsLorain, OH28,119Elyria, OH: 25,542 personsElyria, OH25,542Dublin, OH: 25,217 personsDublin, OH25,217Mentor, OH: 25,100 personsMentor, OH25,100Springfield, OH: 24,552 personsSpringfield, OH24,552Middletown, OH: 24,191 personsMiddletown, OH24,191Euclid, OH: 23,781 personsEuclid, OH23,781Newark, OH: 23,715 personsNewark, OH23,715Delaware, OH: 23,635 personsDelaware, OH23,635Strongsville, OH: 23,250 personsStrongsville, OH23,250Fairfield, OH: 23,112 personsFairfield, OH23,112Beavercreek, OH: 22,869 personsBeavercreek, OH22,869Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,688 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,688Grove City, OH: 22,503 personsGrove City, OH22,503Youngstown, OH: 21,731 personsYoungstown, OH21,731Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,270 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,270Huber Heights, OH: 21,095 personsHuber Heights, OH21,095Hilliard, OH: 20,956 personsHilliard, OH20,956Findlay, OH: 19,690 personsFindlay, OH19,690Westerville, OH: 19,632 personsWesterville, OH19,632Brunswick, OH: 19,474 personsBrunswick, OH19,474Mason, OH: 19,141 personsMason, OH19,141Lancaster, OH: 18,823 personsLancaster, OH18,823North Ridgeville, OH: 18,727 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH18,727Gahanna, OH: 18,696 personsGahanna, OH18,696Upper Arlington, OH: 17,993 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,993Stow, OH: 17,740 personsStow, OH17,740Mansfield, OH: 17,493 personsMansfield, OH17,493
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

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Columbus, OH492,033+0.2%
2Cleveland, OH160,763-0.4%
3Cincinnati, OH159,358+0.9%
4Toledo, OH121,016-1.9%
5Akron, OH89,926-0.6%
6Dayton, OH57,397-1.7%
7Parma, OH42,674+0.7%
8Lakewood, OH30,763+0.5%
9Canton, OH29,375-2.1%
10Hamilton, OH29,003+0.6%
11Kettering, OH28,475-0.7%
12Cuyahoga Falls, OH28,3140%
13Lorain, OH28,119+1.2%
14Elyria, OH25,542+1.6%
15Dublin, OH25,217-0.2%
16Mentor, OH25,100+1.5%
17Springfield, OH24,552-0.2%
18Middletown, OH24,191+0.6%
19Euclid, OH23,781-0.8%
20Newark, OH23,715+0.9%
21Delaware, OH23,635+2.6%
22Strongsville, OH23,250+1.1%
23Fairfield, OH23,112+0.7%
24Beavercreek, OH22,869+1.2%
25Cleveland Heights, OH22,688+0.3%
26Grove City, OH22,503+1.3%
27Youngstown, OH21,731-0.3%
28Reynoldsburg, OH21,270-0.5%
29Huber Heights, OH21,095-0%
30Hilliard, OH20,956+1.8%
31Findlay, OH19,690-2%
32Westerville, OH19,632-0.8%
33Brunswick, OH19,474+1.7%
34Mason, OH19,141+2.6%
35Lancaster, OH18,823+0.9%
36North Ridgeville, OH18,727+4.2%
37Gahanna, OH18,696-1.1%
38Upper Arlington, OH17,993-0.5%
39Stow, OH17,740-0%
40Mansfield, OH17,493-1.5%
41Fairborn, OH17,486+1%
42Westlake, OH16,741+1.7%
43North Olmsted, OH16,638+0.5%
44North Royalton, OH16,512+1.2%
45Bowling Green, OH15,778+5%
46Massillon, OH15,716-0.7%
47Lima, OH14,950-2%
48Shaker Heights, OH14,544+0.7%
49Marysville, OH14,156+2.6%
50Green, OH13,866+0.2%
51Wooster, OH13,745+1.7%
52Kent, OH13,631+9.9%
53Medina, OH13,620+1.9%
54Warren, OH13,519-0.4%
55Garfield Heights, OH13,513-0.9%
56Marion, OH13,375-2.6%
57Pickerington, OH13,355+2.6%
58Avon Lake, OH13,350+2.8%
59Troy, OH12,973+1.2%
60Avon, OH12,933+2.8%
61Perrysburg, OH12,659+1%
62Sandusky, OH11,941-2.3%
63Centerville, OH11,839+1.8%
64Xenia, OH11,392+0.2%
65South Euclid, OH11,2420%
66Barberton, OH11,103-0.9%
67Riverside, OH10,979-0.5%
68Athens, OH10,795+9.1%
69Zanesville, OH10,312-0.2%
70Trotwood, OH10,173-1.5%
71Maple Heights, OH10,099-1.1%

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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. 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Columbus, OH, with 492,033 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Maple Heights, OH, with 10,099 in 2022.

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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