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Cities in Ohio by civilian labor force

Columbus, OH had the highest civilian labor force of 71 cities in 2024, at 511,320. Maple Heights, OH had the lowest, at 10,282. The median was 19,272. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest511,320Columbus, OH
Lowest10,282Maple Heights, OH
Median19,27271 cities

Top 40 cities, 2024

Columbus, OH: 511,320 personsColumbus, OH511,320Cleveland, OH: 164,898 personsCleveland, OH164,898Cincinnati, OH: 163,968 personsCincinnati, OH163,968Toledo, OH: 125,036 personsToledo, OH125,036Akron, OH: 91,947 personsAkron, OH91,947Dayton, OH: 59,248 personsDayton, OH59,248Parma, OH: 43,453 personsParma, OH43,453Lakewood, OH: 31,352 personsLakewood, OH31,352Canton, OH: 29,980 personsCanton, OH29,980Hamilton, OH: 29,734 personsHamilton, OH29,734Kettering, OH: 29,251 personsKettering, OH29,251Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,911 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,911Lorain, OH: 28,666 personsLorain, OH28,666Elyria, OH: 26,392 personsElyria, OH26,392Dublin, OH: 25,749 personsDublin, OH25,749Mentor, OH: 25,695 personsMentor, OH25,695Delaware, OH: 25,278 personsDelaware, OH25,278Springfield, OH: 24,941 personsSpringfield, OH24,941Middletown, OH: 24,928 personsMiddletown, OH24,928Newark, OH: 24,292 personsNewark, OH24,292Euclid, OH: 24,228 personsEuclid, OH24,228Beavercreek, OH: 23,965 personsBeavercreek, OH23,965Strongsville, OH: 23,783 personsStrongsville, OH23,783Grove City, OH: 23,649 personsGrove City, OH23,649Fairfield, OH: 23,644 personsFairfield, OH23,644Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,079 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,079Reynoldsburg, OH: 22,492 personsReynoldsburg, OH22,492Youngstown, OH: 22,205 personsYoungstown, OH22,205Hilliard, OH: 21,978 personsHilliard, OH21,978Huber Heights, OH: 21,803 personsHuber Heights, OH21,803Westerville, OH: 19,967 personsWesterville, OH19,967Brunswick, OH: 19,928 personsBrunswick, OH19,928Findlay, OH: 19,698 personsFindlay, OH19,698Mason, OH: 19,616 personsMason, OH19,616North Ridgeville, OH: 19,511 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH19,511Lancaster, OH: 19,272 personsLancaster, OH19,272Gahanna, OH: 19,159 personsGahanna, OH19,159Upper Arlington, OH: 18,247 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,247Fairborn, OH: 18,124 personsFairborn, OH18,124Mansfield, OH: 17,975 personsMansfield, OH17,975Columbus, OH: 511,320 personsColumbus, OH511,320Cleveland, OH: 164,898 personsCleveland, OH164,898Cincinnati, OH: 163,968 personsCincinnati, OH163,968Toledo, OH: 125,036 personsToledo, OH125,036Akron, OH: 91,947 personsAkron, OH91,947Dayton, OH: 59,248 personsDayton, OH59,248Parma, OH: 43,453 personsParma, OH43,453Lakewood, OH: 31,352 personsLakewood, OH31,352Canton, OH: 29,980 personsCanton, OH29,980Hamilton, OH: 29,734 personsHamilton, OH29,734Kettering, OH: 29,251 personsKettering, OH29,251Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,911 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,911Lorain, OH: 28,666 personsLorain, OH28,666Elyria, OH: 26,392 personsElyria, OH26,392Dublin, OH: 25,749 personsDublin, OH25,749Mentor, OH: 25,695 personsMentor, OH25,695Delaware, OH: 25,278 personsDelaware, OH25,278Springfield, OH: 24,941 personsSpringfield, OH24,941Middletown, OH: 24,928 personsMiddletown, OH24,928Newark, OH: 24,292 personsNewark, OH24,292Euclid, OH: 24,228 personsEuclid, OH24,228Beavercreek, OH: 23,965 personsBeavercreek, OH23,965Strongsville, OH: 23,783 personsStrongsville, OH23,783Grove City, OH: 23,649 personsGrove City, OH23,649Fairfield, OH: 23,644 personsFairfield, OH23,644Cleveland Heights, OH: 23,079 personsCleveland Heights, OH23,079Reynoldsburg, OH: 22,492 personsReynoldsburg, OH22,492Youngstown, OH: 22,205 personsYoungstown, OH22,205Hilliard, OH: 21,978 personsHilliard, OH21,978Huber Heights, OH: 21,803 personsHuber Heights, OH21,803Westerville, OH: 19,967 personsWesterville, OH19,967Brunswick, OH: 19,928 personsBrunswick, OH19,928Findlay, OH: 19,698 personsFindlay, OH19,698Mason, OH: 19,616 personsMason, OH19,616North Ridgeville, OH: 19,511 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH19,511Lancaster, OH: 19,272 personsLancaster, OH19,272Gahanna, OH: 19,159 personsGahanna, OH19,159Upper Arlington, OH: 18,247 personsUpper Arlington, OH18,247Fairborn, OH: 18,124 personsFairborn, OH18,124Mansfield, OH: 17,975 personsMansfield, OH17,975
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

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Columbus, OH511,320+2.4%
2Cleveland, OH164,898+1.4%
3Cincinnati, OH163,968+1.3%
4Toledo, OH125,036+2.1%
5Akron, OH91,947+1%
6Dayton, OH59,248+2%
7Parma, OH43,453+1.1%
8Lakewood, OH31,352+0.9%
9Canton, OH29,980+1.6%
10Hamilton, OH29,734+1.2%
11Kettering, OH29,251+1.5%
12Cuyahoga Falls, OH28,911+0.7%
13Lorain, OH28,666+1.4%
14Elyria, OH26,392+1.9%
15Dublin, OH25,749+1.4%
16Mentor, OH25,695+1.4%
17Delaware, OH25,278+3.6%
18Springfield, OH24,941+0.5%
19Middletown, OH24,928+1.3%
20Newark, OH24,292+1.5%
21Euclid, OH24,228+1.1%
22Beavercreek, OH23,965+2.8%
23Strongsville, OH23,783+1.3%
24Grove City, OH23,649+2.9%
25Fairfield, OH23,644+1.1%
26Cleveland Heights, OH23,079+1%
27Reynoldsburg, OH22,492+4.7%
28Youngstown, OH22,205+1.7%
29Hilliard, OH21,978+4.2%
30Huber Heights, OH21,803+1.8%
31Westerville, OH19,967+1.4%
32Brunswick, OH19,928+1.4%
33Findlay, OH19,698+0.3%
34Mason, OH19,616+0.9%
35North Ridgeville, OH19,511+2.1%
36Lancaster, OH19,272+1.5%
37Gahanna, OH19,159+1.4%
38Upper Arlington, OH18,247+1.3%
39Fairborn, OH18,124+2.2%
40Mansfield, OH17,975+2%
41Stow, OH17,957+0.9%
42Westlake, OH17,247+1.5%
43North Olmsted, OH16,990+1.1%
44North Royalton, OH16,882+1.3%
45Bowling Green, OH16,575+1.2%
46Massillon, OH16,397+2.6%
47Marysville, OH15,483+3.8%
48Lima, OH15,061+0.7%
49Shaker Heights, OH14,868+1.4%
50Pickerington, OH14,246+3.2%
51Kent, OH14,178+1.1%
52Green, OH14,164+0.9%
53Avon Lake, OH14,056+2.6%
54Wooster, OH14,032+0.7%
55Warren, OH13,784+1.7%
56Medina, OH13,772+0.5%
57Garfield Heights, OH13,752+0.9%
58Troy, OH13,499+2.2%
59Marion, OH13,389+0.7%
60Avon, OH13,378+1.8%
61Perrysburg, OH13,006+1%
62Centerville, OH12,752+3.6%
63Sandusky, OH12,019+0.3%
64Xenia, OH11,878+2.4%
65Athens, OH11,835+3.4%
66South Euclid, OH11,453+1.2%
67Riverside, OH11,325+1.6%
68Barberton, OH11,185+0.5%
69Zanesville, OH10,685+1.7%
70Trotwood, OH10,514+1.8%
71Maple Heights, OH10,282+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.

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.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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Columbus, OH, with 511,320 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Maple Heights, OH, with 10,282 in 2024.

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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