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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 50 cities in 2015, at 214,037. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 6,938. The median was 22,111. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest214,037Detroit, MI
Lowest6,938Hamtramck, MI
Median22,11150 cities

All cities, 2015

Detroit, MI: 214,037 personsDetroit, MI214,037Grand Rapids, MI: 95,812 personsGrand Rapids, MI95,812Sterling Heights, MI: 61,266 personsSterling Heights, MI61,266Ann Arbor, MI: 60,596 personsAnn Arbor, MI60,596Warren, MI: 57,672 personsWarren, MI57,672Lansing, MI: 54,024 personsLansing, MI54,024Livonia, MI: 48,599 personsLivonia, MI48,599Wyoming, MI: 41,584 personsWyoming, MI41,584Farmington Hills, MI: 41,489 personsFarmington Hills, MI41,489Troy, MI: 40,117 personsTroy, MI40,117Westland, MI: 39,972 personsWestland, MI39,972Rochester Hills, MI: 36,302 personsRochester Hills, MI36,302Royal Oak, MI: 35,790 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,790Dearborn, MI: 35,668 personsDearborn, MI35,668Kalamazoo, MI: 34,819 personsKalamazoo, MI34,819Southfield, MI: 31,657 personsSouthfield, MI31,657Flint, MI: 30,310 personsFlint, MI30,310Novi, MI: 30,259 personsNovi, MI30,259St. Clair Shores, MI: 28,739 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI28,739Kentwood, MI: 28,411 personsKentwood, MI28,411Taylor, MI: 26,004 personsTaylor, MI26,004Portage, MI: 23,639 personsPortage, MI23,639Dearborn Heights, MI: 23,023 personsDearborn Heights, MI23,023East Lansing, MI: 22,656 personsEast Lansing, MI22,656Battle Creek, MI: 22,184 personsBattle Creek, MI22,184Pontiac, MI: 22,038 personsPontiac, MI22,038Roseville, MI: 21,002 personsRoseville, MI21,002Midland, MI: 20,515 personsMidland, MI20,515Saginaw, MI: 17,604 personsSaginaw, MI17,604Holland, MI: 16,541 personsHolland, MI16,541Lincoln Park, MI: 15,855 personsLincoln Park, MI15,855Bay City, MI: 15,250 personsBay City, MI15,250Southgate, MI: 14,487 personsSouthgate, MI14,487Walker, MI: 14,201 personsWalker, MI14,201Madison Heights, MI: 14,158 personsMadison Heights, MI14,158Eastpointe, MI: 13,782 personsEastpointe, MI13,782Garden City, MI: 13,627 personsGarden City, MI13,627Allen Park, MI: 13,054 personsAllen Park, MI13,054Oak Park, MI: 12,932 personsOak Park, MI12,932Muskegon, MI: 12,926 personsMuskegon, MI12,926Jackson, MI: 12,799 personsJackson, MI12,799Mount Pleasant, MI: 12,422 personsMount Pleasant, MI12,422Burton, MI: 12,373 personsBurton, MI12,373Wyandotte, MI: 12,300 personsWyandotte, MI12,300Ferndale, MI: 11,685 personsFerndale, MI11,685Norton Shores, MI: 11,563 personsNorton Shores, MI11,563Port Huron, MI: 11,453 personsPort Huron, MI11,453Romulus, MI: 10,273 personsRomulus, MI10,273Inkster, MI: 7,824 personsInkster, MI7,824Hamtramck, MI: 6,938 personsHamtramck, MI6,938Detroit, MI: 214,037 personsDetroit, MI214,037Grand Rapids, MI: 95,812 personsGrand Rapids, MI95,812Sterling Heights, MI: 61,266 personsSterling Heights, MI61,266Ann Arbor, MI: 60,596 personsAnn Arbor, MI60,596Warren, MI: 57,672 personsWarren, MI57,672Lansing, MI: 54,024 personsLansing, MI54,024Livonia, MI: 48,599 personsLivonia, MI48,599Wyoming, MI: 41,584 personsWyoming, MI41,584Farmington Hills, MI: 41,489 personsFarmington Hills, MI41,489Troy, MI: 40,117 personsTroy, MI40,117Westland, MI: 39,972 personsWestland, MI39,972Rochester Hills, MI: 36,302 personsRochester Hills, MI36,302Royal Oak, MI: 35,790 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,790Dearborn, MI: 35,668 personsDearborn, MI35,668Kalamazoo, MI: 34,819 personsKalamazoo, MI34,819Southfield, MI: 31,657 personsSouthfield, MI31,657Flint, MI: 30,310 personsFlint, MI30,310Novi, MI: 30,259 personsNovi, MI30,259St. Clair Shores, MI: 28,739 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI28,739Kentwood, MI: 28,411 personsKentwood, MI28,411Taylor, MI: 26,004 personsTaylor, MI26,004Portage, MI: 23,639 personsPortage, MI23,639Dearborn Heights, MI: 23,023 personsDearborn Heights, MI23,023East Lansing, MI: 22,656 personsEast Lansing, MI22,656Battle Creek, MI: 22,184 personsBattle Creek, MI22,184Pontiac, MI: 22,038 personsPontiac, MI22,038Roseville, MI: 21,002 personsRoseville, MI21,002Midland, MI: 20,515 personsMidland, MI20,515Saginaw, MI: 17,604 personsSaginaw, MI17,604Holland, MI: 16,541 personsHolland, MI16,541Lincoln Park, MI: 15,855 personsLincoln Park, MI15,855Bay City, MI: 15,250 personsBay City, MI15,250Southgate, MI: 14,487 personsSouthgate, MI14,487Walker, MI: 14,201 personsWalker, MI14,201Madison Heights, MI: 14,158 personsMadison Heights, MI14,158Eastpointe, MI: 13,782 personsEastpointe, MI13,782Garden City, MI: 13,627 personsGarden City, MI13,627Allen Park, MI: 13,054 personsAllen Park, MI13,054Oak Park, MI: 12,932 personsOak Park, MI12,932Muskegon, MI: 12,926 personsMuskegon, MI12,926Jackson, MI: 12,799 personsJackson, MI12,799Mount Pleasant, MI: 12,422 personsMount Pleasant, MI12,422Burton, MI: 12,373 personsBurton, MI12,373Wyandotte, MI: 12,300 personsWyandotte, MI12,300Ferndale, MI: 11,685 personsFerndale, MI11,685Norton Shores, MI: 11,563 personsNorton Shores, MI11,563Port Huron, MI: 11,453 personsPort Huron, MI11,453Romulus, MI: 10,273 personsRomulus, MI10,273Inkster, MI: 7,824 personsInkster, MI7,824Hamtramck, MI: 6,938 personsHamtramck, MI6,938
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Detroit, MI214,037+1.5%
2Grand Rapids, MI95,812+2.9%
3Sterling Heights, MI61,266+2.1%
4Ann Arbor, MI60,596+0.9%
5Warren, MI57,672+2.1%
6Lansing, MI54,024+2%
7Livonia, MI48,599+1.7%
8Wyoming, MI41,584+2.8%
9Farmington Hills, MI41,489+1.8%
10Troy, MI40,117+2.1%
11Westland, MI39,972+1.6%
12Rochester Hills, MI36,302+2.3%
13Royal Oak, MI35,790+1.8%
14Dearborn, MI35,668+1.6%
15Kalamazoo, MI34,819+2%
16Southfield, MI31,657+2.1%
17Flint, MI30,310+0.7%
18Novi, MI30,259+2.4%
19St. Clair Shores, MI28,739+1.7%
20Kentwood, MI28,411+3.4%
21Taylor, MI26,004+2%
22Portage, MI23,639+2.6%
23Dearborn Heights, MI23,023+1.5%
24East Lansing, MI22,656+1.3%
25Battle Creek, MI22,184+1.7%
26Pontiac, MI22,038+2.1%
27Roseville, MI21,002+2%
28Midland, MI20,515+1.4%
29Saginaw, MI17,604+1.2%
30Holland, MI16,541+2.5%
31Lincoln Park, MI15,855+1.4%
32Bay City, MI15,250-0.1%
33Southgate, MI14,487+1.6%
34Walker, MI14,201+3%
35Madison Heights, MI14,158+1.7%
36Eastpointe, MI13,782+1.9%
37Garden City, MI13,627+1.5%
38Allen Park, MI13,054+1.5%
39Oak Park, MI12,932+1.6%
40Muskegon, MI12,926+2.2%
41Jackson, MI12,799+1.7%
42Mount Pleasant, MI12,422+1.1%
43Burton, MI12,373+0.8%
44Wyandotte, MI12,300+2%
45Ferndale, MI11,685+1.5%
46Norton Shores, MI11,563+2.7%
47Port Huron, MI11,453+2.5%
48Romulus, MI10,273+1.7%
49Inkster, MI7,824+1.5%
50Hamtramck, MI6,938+1.6%

Other periods

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 2015 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Michigan by employed residents, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities?period=2015 (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, 2015}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 214,037 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 6,938 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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