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Cities in Michigan by employed residents, 2025

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 51 cities in 2025, at 238,202. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 7,886. The median was 23,604. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest238,202Detroit, MI
Lowest7,886Hamtramck, MI
Median23,60451 cities

All cities, 2025

Detroit, MI: 238,202 personsDetroit, MI238,202Grand Rapids, MI: 104,786 personsGrand Rapids, MI104,786Ann Arbor, MI: 66,540 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,540Warren, MI: 64,059 personsWarren, MI64,059Sterling Heights, MI: 63,085 personsSterling Heights, MI63,085Lansing, MI: 58,081 personsLansing, MI58,081Livonia, MI: 47,400 personsLivonia, MI47,400Troy, MI: 45,139 personsTroy, MI45,139Farmington Hills, MI: 43,884 personsFarmington Hills, MI43,884Wyoming, MI: 42,439 personsWyoming, MI42,439Dearborn, MI: 42,396 personsDearborn, MI42,396Westland, MI: 40,973 personsWestland, MI40,973Rochester Hills, MI: 37,851 personsRochester Hills, MI37,851Kalamazoo, MI: 37,444 personsKalamazoo, MI37,444Southfield, MI: 35,968 personsSouthfield, MI35,968Royal Oak, MI: 35,648 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,648Novi, MI: 33,792 personsNovi, MI33,792St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,316 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,316Flint, MI: 29,141 personsFlint, MI29,141Kentwood, MI: 28,314 personsKentwood, MI28,314Taylor, MI: 27,992 personsTaylor, MI27,992Pontiac, MI: 26,560 personsPontiac, MI26,560Portage, MI: 26,496 personsPortage, MI26,496Dearborn Heights, MI: 25,831 personsDearborn Heights, MI25,831Battle Creek, MI: 24,126 personsBattle Creek, MI24,126East Lansing, MI: 23,604 personsEast Lansing, MI23,604Roseville, MI: 23,155 personsRoseville, MI23,155Midland, MI: 20,622 personsMidland, MI20,622Holland, MI: 19,219 personsHolland, MI19,219Lincoln Park, MI: 16,741 personsLincoln Park, MI16,741Saginaw, MI: 15,761 personsSaginaw, MI15,761Madison Heights, MI: 15,708 personsMadison Heights, MI15,708Muskegon, MI: 14,647 personsMuskegon, MI14,647Bay City, MI: 14,618 personsBay City, MI14,618Auburn Hills, MI: 14,467 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,467Oak Park, MI: 14,461 personsOak Park, MI14,461Allen Park, MI: 14,366 personsAllen Park, MI14,366Eastpointe, MI: 14,339 personsEastpointe, MI14,339Southgate, MI: 14,247 personsSouthgate, MI14,247Walker, MI: 14,122 personsWalker, MI14,122Burton, MI: 13,358 personsBurton, MI13,358Jackson, MI: 13,235 personsJackson, MI13,235Ferndale, MI: 13,182 personsFerndale, MI13,182Garden City, MI: 12,874 personsGarden City, MI12,874Port Huron, MI: 12,147 personsPort Huron, MI12,147Wyandotte, MI: 12,105 personsWyandotte, MI12,105Norton Shores, MI: 11,742 personsNorton Shores, MI11,742Romulus, MI: 11,275 personsRomulus, MI11,275Inkster, MI: 9,832 personsInkster, MI9,832Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,762 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,762Hamtramck, MI: 7,886 personsHamtramck, MI7,886Detroit, MI: 238,202 personsDetroit, MI238,202Grand Rapids, MI: 104,786 personsGrand Rapids, MI104,786Ann Arbor, MI: 66,540 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,540Warren, MI: 64,059 personsWarren, MI64,059Sterling Heights, MI: 63,085 personsSterling Heights, MI63,085Lansing, MI: 58,081 personsLansing, MI58,081Livonia, MI: 47,400 personsLivonia, MI47,400Troy, MI: 45,139 personsTroy, MI45,139Farmington Hills, MI: 43,884 personsFarmington Hills, MI43,884Wyoming, MI: 42,439 personsWyoming, MI42,439Dearborn, MI: 42,396 personsDearborn, MI42,396Westland, MI: 40,973 personsWestland, MI40,973Rochester Hills, MI: 37,851 personsRochester Hills, MI37,851Kalamazoo, MI: 37,444 personsKalamazoo, MI37,444Southfield, MI: 35,968 personsSouthfield, MI35,968Royal Oak, MI: 35,648 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,648Novi, MI: 33,792 personsNovi, MI33,792St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,316 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,316Flint, MI: 29,141 personsFlint, MI29,141Kentwood, MI: 28,314 personsKentwood, MI28,314Taylor, MI: 27,992 personsTaylor, MI27,992Pontiac, MI: 26,560 personsPontiac, MI26,560Portage, MI: 26,496 personsPortage, MI26,496Dearborn Heights, MI: 25,831 personsDearborn Heights, MI25,831Battle Creek, MI: 24,126 personsBattle Creek, MI24,126East Lansing, MI: 23,604 personsEast Lansing, MI23,604Roseville, MI: 23,155 personsRoseville, MI23,155Midland, MI: 20,622 personsMidland, MI20,622Holland, MI: 19,219 personsHolland, MI19,219Lincoln Park, MI: 16,741 personsLincoln Park, MI16,741Saginaw, MI: 15,761 personsSaginaw, MI15,761Madison Heights, MI: 15,708 personsMadison Heights, MI15,708Muskegon, MI: 14,647 personsMuskegon, MI14,647Bay City, MI: 14,618 personsBay City, MI14,618Auburn Hills, MI: 14,467 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,467Oak Park, MI: 14,461 personsOak Park, MI14,461Allen Park, MI: 14,366 personsAllen Park, MI14,366Eastpointe, MI: 14,339 personsEastpointe, MI14,339Southgate, MI: 14,247 personsSouthgate, MI14,247Walker, MI: 14,122 personsWalker, MI14,122Burton, MI: 13,358 personsBurton, MI13,358Jackson, MI: 13,235 personsJackson, MI13,235Ferndale, MI: 13,182 personsFerndale, MI13,182Garden City, MI: 12,874 personsGarden City, MI12,874Port Huron, MI: 12,147 personsPort Huron, MI12,147Wyandotte, MI: 12,105 personsWyandotte, MI12,105Norton Shores, MI: 11,742 personsNorton Shores, MI11,742Romulus, MI: 11,275 personsRomulus, MI11,275Inkster, MI: 9,832 personsInkster, MI9,832Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,762 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,762Hamtramck, MI: 7,886 personsHamtramck, MI7,886
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Detroit, MI238,202-0.9%
2Grand Rapids, MI104,786-1.5%
3Ann Arbor, MI66,540-1%
4Warren, MI64,059-0.9%
5Sterling Heights, MI63,085-0.9%
6Lansing, MI58,081-1.2%
7Livonia, MI47,400-0.9%
8Troy, MI45,139-0.9%
9Farmington Hills, MI43,884-0.9%
10Wyoming, MI42,439-1.5%
11Dearborn, MI42,396-0.9%
12Westland, MI40,973-0.9%
13Rochester Hills, MI37,851-0.9%
14Kalamazoo, MI37,444-1.1%
15Southfield, MI35,968-0.9%
16Royal Oak, MI35,648-0.9%
17Novi, MI33,792-0.9%
18St. Clair Shores, MI29,316-0.9%
19Flint, MI29,141-0.8%
20Kentwood, MI28,314-1.5%
21Taylor, MI27,992-0.9%
22Pontiac, MI26,560-0.9%
23Portage, MI26,496-1%
24Dearborn Heights, MI25,831-0.9%
25Battle Creek, MI24,126-0.1%
26East Lansing, MI23,604-1.2%
27Roseville, MI23,155-0.9%
28Midland, MI20,622-1.2%
29Holland, MI19,219-1%
30Lincoln Park, MI16,741-0.9%
31Saginaw, MI15,761-0.4%
32Madison Heights, MI15,708-0.9%
33Muskegon, MI14,647-0.5%
34Bay City, MI14,618-1%
35Auburn Hills, MI14,467-0.9%
36Oak Park, MI14,461-0.9%
37Allen Park, MI14,366-0.9%
38Eastpointe, MI14,339-0.9%
39Southgate, MI14,247-0.9%
40Walker, MI14,122-1.5%
41Burton, MI13,358-0.8%
42Jackson, MI13,235-1.8%
43Ferndale, MI13,182-0.9%
44Garden City, MI12,874-0.9%
45Port Huron, MI12,147-0.9%
46Wyandotte, MI12,105-0.9%
47Norton Shores, MI11,742-0.5%
48Romulus, MI11,275-0.9%
49Inkster, MI9,832-0.9%
50Mount Pleasant, MI9,762-0.7%
51Hamtramck, MI7,886-0.9%

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About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Michigan by employed residents, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Michigan by employed residents, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Michigan by employed residents, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Michigan by employed residents, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 238,202 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 7,886 in 2025.

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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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