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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 50 cities in 2016, at 226,459. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 7,842. The median was 24,161. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest226,459Detroit, MI
Lowest7,842Hamtramck, MI
Median24,16150 cities

All cities, 2016

Detroit, MI: 226,459 personsDetroit, MI226,459Grand Rapids, MI: 101,388 personsGrand Rapids, MI101,388Warren, MI: 64,786 personsWarren, MI64,786Ann Arbor, MI: 64,756 personsAnn Arbor, MI64,756Sterling Heights, MI: 62,371 personsSterling Heights, MI62,371Lansing, MI: 55,595 personsLansing, MI55,595Livonia, MI: 46,475 personsLivonia, MI46,475Farmington Hills, MI: 43,781 personsFarmington Hills, MI43,781Troy, MI: 43,626 personsTroy, MI43,626Dearborn, MI: 41,951 personsDearborn, MI41,951Wyoming, MI: 40,628 personsWyoming, MI40,628Westland, MI: 40,343 personsWestland, MI40,343Kalamazoo, MI: 37,197 personsKalamazoo, MI37,197Rochester Hills, MI: 36,087 personsRochester Hills, MI36,087Southfield, MI: 35,768 personsSouthfield, MI35,768Royal Oak, MI: 35,136 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,136Novi, MI: 31,897 personsNovi, MI31,897St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,867 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,867Flint, MI: 29,008 personsFlint, MI29,008Kentwood, MI: 27,831 personsKentwood, MI27,831Taylor, MI: 27,610 personsTaylor, MI27,610Pontiac, MI: 26,224 personsPontiac, MI26,224Dearborn Heights, MI: 25,679 personsDearborn Heights, MI25,679Portage, MI: 25,015 personsPortage, MI25,015Battle Creek, MI: 24,741 personsBattle Creek, MI24,741Roseville, MI: 23,581 personsRoseville, MI23,581East Lansing, MI: 23,354 personsEast Lansing, MI23,354Midland, MI: 19,945 personsMidland, MI19,945Holland, MI: 18,605 personsHolland, MI18,605Saginaw, MI: 17,058 personsSaginaw, MI17,058Lincoln Park, MI: 16,718 personsLincoln Park, MI16,718Madison Heights, MI: 15,667 personsMadison Heights, MI15,667Bay City, MI: 15,208 personsBay City, MI15,208Muskegon, MI: 14,955 personsMuskegon, MI14,955Eastpointe, MI: 14,612 personsEastpointe, MI14,612Oak Park, MI: 14,569 personsOak Park, MI14,569Allen Park, MI: 14,348 personsAllen Park, MI14,348Southgate, MI: 13,960 personsSouthgate, MI13,960Walker, MI: 13,401 personsWalker, MI13,401Jackson, MI: 13,380 personsJackson, MI13,380Burton, MI: 12,942 personsBurton, MI12,942Garden City, MI: 12,858 personsGarden City, MI12,858Ferndale, MI: 12,834 personsFerndale, MI12,834Port Huron, MI: 12,460 personsPort Huron, MI12,460Wyandotte, MI: 11,996 personsWyandotte, MI11,996Mount Pleasant, MI: 11,774 personsMount Pleasant, MI11,774Norton Shores, MI: 11,342 personsNorton Shores, MI11,342Romulus, MI: 10,839 personsRomulus, MI10,839Inkster, MI: 9,811 personsInkster, MI9,811Hamtramck, MI: 7,842 personsHamtramck, MI7,842Detroit, MI: 226,459 personsDetroit, MI226,459Grand Rapids, MI: 101,388 personsGrand Rapids, MI101,388Warren, MI: 64,786 personsWarren, MI64,786Ann Arbor, MI: 64,756 personsAnn Arbor, MI64,756Sterling Heights, MI: 62,371 personsSterling Heights, MI62,371Lansing, MI: 55,595 personsLansing, MI55,595Livonia, MI: 46,475 personsLivonia, MI46,475Farmington Hills, MI: 43,781 personsFarmington Hills, MI43,781Troy, MI: 43,626 personsTroy, MI43,626Dearborn, MI: 41,951 personsDearborn, MI41,951Wyoming, MI: 40,628 personsWyoming, MI40,628Westland, MI: 40,343 personsWestland, MI40,343Kalamazoo, MI: 37,197 personsKalamazoo, MI37,197Rochester Hills, MI: 36,087 personsRochester Hills, MI36,087Southfield, MI: 35,768 personsSouthfield, MI35,768Royal Oak, MI: 35,136 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,136Novi, MI: 31,897 personsNovi, MI31,897St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,867 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,867Flint, MI: 29,008 personsFlint, MI29,008Kentwood, MI: 27,831 personsKentwood, MI27,831Taylor, MI: 27,610 personsTaylor, MI27,610Pontiac, MI: 26,224 personsPontiac, MI26,224Dearborn Heights, MI: 25,679 personsDearborn Heights, MI25,679Portage, MI: 25,015 personsPortage, MI25,015Battle Creek, MI: 24,741 personsBattle Creek, MI24,741Roseville, MI: 23,581 personsRoseville, MI23,581East Lansing, MI: 23,354 personsEast Lansing, MI23,354Midland, MI: 19,945 personsMidland, MI19,945Holland, MI: 18,605 personsHolland, MI18,605Saginaw, MI: 17,058 personsSaginaw, MI17,058Lincoln Park, MI: 16,718 personsLincoln Park, MI16,718Madison Heights, MI: 15,667 personsMadison Heights, MI15,667Bay City, MI: 15,208 personsBay City, MI15,208Muskegon, MI: 14,955 personsMuskegon, MI14,955Eastpointe, MI: 14,612 personsEastpointe, MI14,612Oak Park, MI: 14,569 personsOak Park, MI14,569Allen Park, MI: 14,348 personsAllen Park, MI14,348Southgate, MI: 13,960 personsSouthgate, MI13,960Walker, MI: 13,401 personsWalker, MI13,401Jackson, MI: 13,380 personsJackson, MI13,380Burton, MI: 12,942 personsBurton, MI12,942Garden City, MI: 12,858 personsGarden City, MI12,858Ferndale, MI: 12,834 personsFerndale, MI12,834Port Huron, MI: 12,460 personsPort Huron, MI12,460Wyandotte, MI: 11,996 personsWyandotte, MI11,996Mount Pleasant, MI: 11,774 personsMount Pleasant, MI11,774Norton Shores, MI: 11,342 personsNorton Shores, MI11,342Romulus, MI: 10,839 personsRomulus, MI10,839Inkster, MI: 9,811 personsInkster, MI9,811Hamtramck, MI: 7,842 personsHamtramck, MI7,842
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Detroit, MI226,459+5.8%
2Grand Rapids, MI101,388+5.8%
3Warren, MI64,786+12.3%
4Ann Arbor, MI64,756+6.9%
5Sterling Heights, MI62,371+1.8%
6Lansing, MI55,595+2.9%
7Livonia, MI46,475-4.4%
8Farmington Hills, MI43,781+5.5%
9Troy, MI43,626+8.7%
10Dearborn, MI41,951+17.6%
11Wyoming, MI40,628-2.3%
12Westland, MI40,343+0.9%
13Kalamazoo, MI37,197+6.8%
14Rochester Hills, MI36,087-0.6%
15Southfield, MI35,768+13%
16Royal Oak, MI35,136-1.8%
17Novi, MI31,897+5.4%
18St. Clair Shores, MI29,867+3.9%
19Flint, MI29,008-4.3%
20Kentwood, MI27,831-2%
21Taylor, MI27,610+6.2%
22Pontiac, MI26,224+19%
23Dearborn Heights, MI25,679+11.5%
24Portage, MI25,015+5.8%
25Battle Creek, MI24,741+11.5%
26Roseville, MI23,581+12.3%
27East Lansing, MI23,354+3.1%
28Midland, MI19,945-2.8%
29Holland, MI18,605+12.5%
30Saginaw, MI17,058-3.1%
31Lincoln Park, MI16,718+5.4%
32Madison Heights, MI15,667+10.7%
33Bay City, MI15,208-0.3%
34Muskegon, MI14,955+15.7%
35Eastpointe, MI14,612+6%
36Oak Park, MI14,569+12.7%
37Allen Park, MI14,348+9.9%
38Southgate, MI13,960-3.6%
39Walker, MI13,401-5.6%
40Jackson, MI13,380+4.5%
41Burton, MI12,942+4.6%
42Garden City, MI12,858-5.6%
43Ferndale, MI12,834+9.8%
44Port Huron, MI12,460+8.8%
45Wyandotte, MI11,996-2.5%
46Mount Pleasant, MI11,774-5.2%
47Norton Shores, MI11,342-1.9%
48Romulus, MI10,839+5.5%
49Inkster, MI9,811+25.4%
50Hamtramck, MI7,842+13%

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 2016 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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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, 2016 [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=2016 (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, 2016}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 226,459 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 7,842 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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