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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 50 cities in 2014, at 210,776. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 6,831. The median was 21,705. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest210,776Detroit, MI
Lowest6,831Hamtramck, MI
Median21,70550 cities

All cities, 2014

Detroit, MI: 210,776 personsDetroit, MI210,776Grand Rapids, MI: 93,095 personsGrand Rapids, MI93,095Ann Arbor, MI: 60,026 personsAnn Arbor, MI60,026Sterling Heights, MI: 59,995 personsSterling Heights, MI59,995Warren, MI: 56,499 personsWarren, MI56,499Lansing, MI: 52,959 personsLansing, MI52,959Livonia, MI: 47,801 personsLivonia, MI47,801Farmington Hills, MI: 40,765 personsFarmington Hills, MI40,765Wyoming, MI: 40,434 personsWyoming, MI40,434Westland, MI: 39,332 personsWestland, MI39,332Troy, MI: 39,285 personsTroy, MI39,285Rochester Hills, MI: 35,478 personsRochester Hills, MI35,478Royal Oak, MI: 35,156 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,156Dearborn, MI: 35,096 personsDearborn, MI35,096Kalamazoo, MI: 34,127 personsKalamazoo, MI34,127Southfield, MI: 30,999 personsSouthfield, MI30,999Flint, MI: 30,093 personsFlint, MI30,093Novi, MI: 29,538 personsNovi, MI29,538St. Clair Shores, MI: 28,271 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI28,271Kentwood, MI: 27,471 personsKentwood, MI27,471Taylor, MI: 25,500 personsTaylor, MI25,500Portage, MI: 23,042 personsPortage, MI23,042Dearborn Heights, MI: 22,676 personsDearborn Heights, MI22,676East Lansing, MI: 22,376 personsEast Lansing, MI22,376Battle Creek, MI: 21,823 personsBattle Creek, MI21,823Pontiac, MI: 21,586 personsPontiac, MI21,586Roseville, MI: 20,598 personsRoseville, MI20,598Midland, MI: 20,225 personsMidland, MI20,225Saginaw, MI: 17,392 personsSaginaw, MI17,392Holland, MI: 16,133 personsHolland, MI16,133Lincoln Park, MI: 15,633 personsLincoln Park, MI15,633Bay City, MI: 15,271 personsBay City, MI15,271Southgate, MI: 14,260 personsSouthgate, MI14,260Madison Heights, MI: 13,925 personsMadison Heights, MI13,925Walker, MI: 13,790 personsWalker, MI13,790Eastpointe, MI: 13,527 personsEastpointe, MI13,527Garden City, MI: 13,423 personsGarden City, MI13,423Allen Park, MI: 12,861 personsAllen Park, MI12,861Oak Park, MI: 12,725 personsOak Park, MI12,725Muskegon, MI: 12,652 personsMuskegon, MI12,652Jackson, MI: 12,584 personsJackson, MI12,584Mount Pleasant, MI: 12,281 personsMount Pleasant, MI12,281Burton, MI: 12,277 personsBurton, MI12,277Wyandotte, MI: 12,055 personsWyandotte, MI12,055Ferndale, MI: 11,511 personsFerndale, MI11,511Norton Shores, MI: 11,261 personsNorton Shores, MI11,261Port Huron, MI: 11,175 personsPort Huron, MI11,175Romulus, MI: 10,104 personsRomulus, MI10,104Inkster, MI: 7,705 personsInkster, MI7,705Hamtramck, MI: 6,831 personsHamtramck, MI6,831Detroit, MI: 210,776 personsDetroit, MI210,776Grand Rapids, MI: 93,095 personsGrand Rapids, MI93,095Ann Arbor, MI: 60,026 personsAnn Arbor, MI60,026Sterling Heights, MI: 59,995 personsSterling Heights, MI59,995Warren, MI: 56,499 personsWarren, MI56,499Lansing, MI: 52,959 personsLansing, MI52,959Livonia, MI: 47,801 personsLivonia, MI47,801Farmington Hills, MI: 40,765 personsFarmington Hills, MI40,765Wyoming, MI: 40,434 personsWyoming, MI40,434Westland, MI: 39,332 personsWestland, MI39,332Troy, MI: 39,285 personsTroy, MI39,285Rochester Hills, MI: 35,478 personsRochester Hills, MI35,478Royal Oak, MI: 35,156 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,156Dearborn, MI: 35,096 personsDearborn, MI35,096Kalamazoo, MI: 34,127 personsKalamazoo, MI34,127Southfield, MI: 30,999 personsSouthfield, MI30,999Flint, MI: 30,093 personsFlint, MI30,093Novi, MI: 29,538 personsNovi, MI29,538St. Clair Shores, MI: 28,271 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI28,271Kentwood, MI: 27,471 personsKentwood, MI27,471Taylor, MI: 25,500 personsTaylor, MI25,500Portage, MI: 23,042 personsPortage, MI23,042Dearborn Heights, MI: 22,676 personsDearborn Heights, MI22,676East Lansing, MI: 22,376 personsEast Lansing, MI22,376Battle Creek, MI: 21,823 personsBattle Creek, MI21,823Pontiac, MI: 21,586 personsPontiac, MI21,586Roseville, MI: 20,598 personsRoseville, MI20,598Midland, MI: 20,225 personsMidland, MI20,225Saginaw, MI: 17,392 personsSaginaw, MI17,392Holland, MI: 16,133 personsHolland, MI16,133Lincoln Park, MI: 15,633 personsLincoln Park, MI15,633Bay City, MI: 15,271 personsBay City, MI15,271Southgate, MI: 14,260 personsSouthgate, MI14,260Madison Heights, MI: 13,925 personsMadison Heights, MI13,925Walker, MI: 13,790 personsWalker, MI13,790Eastpointe, MI: 13,527 personsEastpointe, MI13,527Garden City, MI: 13,423 personsGarden City, MI13,423Allen Park, MI: 12,861 personsAllen Park, MI12,861Oak Park, MI: 12,725 personsOak Park, MI12,725Muskegon, MI: 12,652 personsMuskegon, MI12,652Jackson, MI: 12,584 personsJackson, MI12,584Mount Pleasant, MI: 12,281 personsMount Pleasant, MI12,281Burton, MI: 12,277 personsBurton, MI12,277Wyandotte, MI: 12,055 personsWyandotte, MI12,055Ferndale, MI: 11,511 personsFerndale, MI11,511Norton Shores, MI: 11,261 personsNorton Shores, MI11,261Port Huron, MI: 11,175 personsPort Huron, MI11,175Romulus, MI: 10,104 personsRomulus, MI10,104Inkster, MI: 7,705 personsInkster, MI7,705Hamtramck, MI: 6,831 personsHamtramck, MI6,831
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Detroit, MI210,776-0%
2Grand Rapids, MI93,095+3.8%
3Ann Arbor, MI60,026+2.8%
4Sterling Heights, MI59,995+1.2%
5Warren, MI56,499+1%
6Lansing, MI52,959+2.2%
7Livonia, MI47,801+1%
8Farmington Hills, MI40,765+0.9%
9Wyoming, MI40,434+4.1%
10Westland, MI39,332+0.9%
11Troy, MI39,285+1.1%
12Rochester Hills, MI35,478+1%
13Royal Oak, MI35,156+1%
14Dearborn, MI35,096+0.9%
15Kalamazoo, MI34,127+3.5%
16Southfield, MI30,999+0.8%
17Flint, MI30,093+1.9%
18Novi, MI29,538+1.6%
19St. Clair Shores, MI28,271+0.8%
20Kentwood, MI27,471+4.1%
21Taylor, MI25,500+0.9%
22Portage, MI23,042+3.7%
23Dearborn Heights, MI22,676+0.9%
24East Lansing, MI22,376+1.8%
25Battle Creek, MI21,823+3.8%
26Pontiac, MI21,586+0.6%
27Roseville, MI20,598+0.9%
28Midland, MI20,225+3.8%
29Saginaw, MI17,392+1.8%
30Holland, MI16,133+3.7%
31Lincoln Park, MI15,633+1%
32Bay City, MI15,271+1.6%
33Southgate, MI14,260+1%
34Madison Heights, MI13,925+0.9%
35Walker, MI13,790+3.9%
36Eastpointe, MI13,527+0.9%
37Garden City, MI13,423+0.8%
38Allen Park, MI12,861+0.9%
39Oak Park, MI12,725+0.7%
40Muskegon, MI12,652+6.2%
41Jackson, MI12,584+2.7%
42Mount Pleasant, MI12,281+2%
43Burton, MI12,277+2%
44Wyandotte, MI12,055+0.9%
45Ferndale, MI11,511+0.8%
46Norton Shores, MI11,261+3.3%
47Port Huron, MI11,175+0.3%
48Romulus, MI10,104+1.1%
49Inkster, MI7,705+0.9%
50Hamtramck, MI6,831+1.2%

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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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. 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, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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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, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities?period=2014. 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, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities?period=2014.

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, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in Michigan by employed residents, 2014}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 210,776 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 6,831 in 2014.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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