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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 50 cities in 2017, at 232,094. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,041. The median was 24,099. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest232,094Detroit, MI
Lowest8,041Hamtramck, MI
Median24,09950 cities

All cities, 2017

Detroit, MI: 232,094 personsDetroit, MI232,094Grand Rapids, MI: 103,229 personsGrand Rapids, MI103,229Warren, MI: 66,220 personsWarren, MI66,220Ann Arbor, MI: 65,344 personsAnn Arbor, MI65,344Sterling Heights, MI: 63,892 personsSterling Heights, MI63,892Lansing, MI: 56,303 personsLansing, MI56,303Livonia, MI: 47,682 personsLivonia, MI47,682Farmington Hills, MI: 44,778 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,778Troy, MI: 44,739 personsTroy, MI44,739Dearborn, MI: 43,027 personsDearborn, MI43,027Westland, MI: 41,424 personsWestland, MI41,424Wyoming, MI: 41,026 personsWyoming, MI41,026Rochester Hills, MI: 37,293 personsRochester Hills, MI37,293Kalamazoo, MI: 37,055 personsKalamazoo, MI37,055Southfield, MI: 36,605 personsSouthfield, MI36,605Royal Oak, MI: 36,082 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,082Novi, MI: 32,850 personsNovi, MI32,850St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,493 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,493Flint, MI: 28,716 personsFlint, MI28,716Taylor, MI: 28,328 personsTaylor, MI28,328Kentwood, MI: 27,987 personsKentwood, MI27,987Pontiac, MI: 26,822 personsPontiac, MI26,822Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,326 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,326Portage, MI: 25,168 personsPortage, MI25,168Battle Creek, MI: 24,132 personsBattle Creek, MI24,132Roseville, MI: 24,065 personsRoseville, MI24,065East Lansing, MI: 23,449 personsEast Lansing, MI23,449Midland, MI: 19,650 personsMidland, MI19,650Holland, MI: 18,693 personsHolland, MI18,693Lincoln Park, MI: 17,131 personsLincoln Park, MI17,131Saginaw, MI: 16,706 personsSaginaw, MI16,706Madison Heights, MI: 16,013 personsMadison Heights, MI16,013Muskegon, MI: 14,967 personsMuskegon, MI14,967Eastpointe, MI: 14,902 personsEastpointe, MI14,902Oak Park, MI: 14,881 personsOak Park, MI14,881Bay City, MI: 14,838 personsBay City, MI14,838Allen Park, MI: 14,698 personsAllen Park, MI14,698Southgate, MI: 14,311 personsSouthgate, MI14,311Walker, MI: 13,476 personsWalker, MI13,476Jackson, MI: 13,266 personsJackson, MI13,266Garden City, MI: 13,172 personsGarden City, MI13,172Ferndale, MI: 13,116 personsFerndale, MI13,116Burton, MI: 12,898 personsBurton, MI12,898Port Huron, MI: 12,631 personsPort Huron, MI12,631Wyandotte, MI: 12,301 personsWyandotte, MI12,301Mount Pleasant, MI: 11,685 personsMount Pleasant, MI11,685Norton Shores, MI: 11,471 personsNorton Shores, MI11,471Romulus, MI: 11,166 personsRomulus, MI11,166Inkster, MI: 10,056 personsInkster, MI10,056Hamtramck, MI: 8,041 personsHamtramck, MI8,041Detroit, MI: 232,094 personsDetroit, MI232,094Grand Rapids, MI: 103,229 personsGrand Rapids, MI103,229Warren, MI: 66,220 personsWarren, MI66,220Ann Arbor, MI: 65,344 personsAnn Arbor, MI65,344Sterling Heights, MI: 63,892 personsSterling Heights, MI63,892Lansing, MI: 56,303 personsLansing, MI56,303Livonia, MI: 47,682 personsLivonia, MI47,682Farmington Hills, MI: 44,778 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,778Troy, MI: 44,739 personsTroy, MI44,739Dearborn, MI: 43,027 personsDearborn, MI43,027Westland, MI: 41,424 personsWestland, MI41,424Wyoming, MI: 41,026 personsWyoming, MI41,026Rochester Hills, MI: 37,293 personsRochester Hills, MI37,293Kalamazoo, MI: 37,055 personsKalamazoo, MI37,055Southfield, MI: 36,605 personsSouthfield, MI36,605Royal Oak, MI: 36,082 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,082Novi, MI: 32,850 personsNovi, MI32,850St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,493 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,493Flint, MI: 28,716 personsFlint, MI28,716Taylor, MI: 28,328 personsTaylor, MI28,328Kentwood, MI: 27,987 personsKentwood, MI27,987Pontiac, MI: 26,822 personsPontiac, MI26,822Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,326 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,326Portage, MI: 25,168 personsPortage, MI25,168Battle Creek, MI: 24,132 personsBattle Creek, MI24,132Roseville, MI: 24,065 personsRoseville, MI24,065East Lansing, MI: 23,449 personsEast Lansing, MI23,449Midland, MI: 19,650 personsMidland, MI19,650Holland, MI: 18,693 personsHolland, MI18,693Lincoln Park, MI: 17,131 personsLincoln Park, MI17,131Saginaw, MI: 16,706 personsSaginaw, MI16,706Madison Heights, MI: 16,013 personsMadison Heights, MI16,013Muskegon, MI: 14,967 personsMuskegon, MI14,967Eastpointe, MI: 14,902 personsEastpointe, MI14,902Oak Park, MI: 14,881 personsOak Park, MI14,881Bay City, MI: 14,838 personsBay City, MI14,838Allen Park, MI: 14,698 personsAllen Park, MI14,698Southgate, MI: 14,311 personsSouthgate, MI14,311Walker, MI: 13,476 personsWalker, MI13,476Jackson, MI: 13,266 personsJackson, MI13,266Garden City, MI: 13,172 personsGarden City, MI13,172Ferndale, MI: 13,116 personsFerndale, MI13,116Burton, MI: 12,898 personsBurton, MI12,898Port Huron, MI: 12,631 personsPort Huron, MI12,631Wyandotte, MI: 12,301 personsWyandotte, MI12,301Mount Pleasant, MI: 11,685 personsMount Pleasant, MI11,685Norton Shores, MI: 11,471 personsNorton Shores, MI11,471Romulus, MI: 11,166 personsRomulus, MI11,166Inkster, MI: 10,056 personsInkster, MI10,056Hamtramck, MI: 8,041 personsHamtramck, MI8,041
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Detroit, MI232,094+2.5%
2Grand Rapids, MI103,229+1.8%
3Warren, MI66,220+2.2%
4Ann Arbor, MI65,344+0.9%
5Sterling Heights, MI63,892+2.4%
6Lansing, MI56,303+1.3%
7Livonia, MI47,682+2.6%
8Farmington Hills, MI44,778+2.3%
9Troy, MI44,739+2.6%
10Dearborn, MI43,027+2.6%
11Westland, MI41,424+2.7%
12Wyoming, MI41,026+1%
13Rochester Hills, MI37,293+3.3%
14Kalamazoo, MI37,055-0.4%
15Southfield, MI36,605+2.3%
16Royal Oak, MI36,082+2.7%
17Novi, MI32,850+3%
18St. Clair Shores, MI30,493+2.1%
19Flint, MI28,716-1%
20Taylor, MI28,328+2.6%
21Kentwood, MI27,987+0.6%
22Pontiac, MI26,822+2.3%
23Dearborn Heights, MI26,326+2.5%
24Portage, MI25,168+0.6%
25Battle Creek, MI24,132-2.5%
26Roseville, MI24,065+2.1%
27East Lansing, MI23,449+0.4%
28Midland, MI19,650-1.5%
29Holland, MI18,693+0.5%
30Lincoln Park, MI17,131+2.5%
31Saginaw, MI16,706-2.1%
32Madison Heights, MI16,013+2.2%
33Muskegon, MI14,967+0.1%
34Eastpointe, MI14,902+2%
35Oak Park, MI14,881+2.1%
36Bay City, MI14,838-2.4%
37Allen Park, MI14,698+2.4%
38Southgate, MI14,311+2.5%
39Walker, MI13,476+0.6%
40Jackson, MI13,266-0.9%
41Garden City, MI13,172+2.4%
42Ferndale, MI13,116+2.2%
43Burton, MI12,898-0.3%
44Port Huron, MI12,631+1.4%
45Wyandotte, MI12,301+2.5%
46Mount Pleasant, MI11,685-0.8%
47Norton Shores, MI11,471+1.1%
48Romulus, MI11,166+3%
49Inkster, MI10,056+2.5%
50Hamtramck, MI8,041+2.5%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (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, 2017}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 232,094 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 8,041 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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