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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 50 cities in 2018, at 234,504. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,111. The median was 24,052. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest234,504Detroit, MI
Lowest8,111Hamtramck, MI
Median24,05250 cities

All cities, 2018

Detroit, MI: 234,504 personsDetroit, MI234,504Grand Rapids, MI: 104,955 personsGrand Rapids, MI104,955Warren, MI: 66,576 personsWarren, MI66,576Ann Arbor, MI: 66,261 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,261Sterling Heights, MI: 64,591 personsSterling Heights, MI64,591Lansing, MI: 56,891 personsLansing, MI56,891Livonia, MI: 48,188 personsLivonia, MI48,188Troy, MI: 45,228 personsTroy, MI45,228Farmington Hills, MI: 45,048 personsFarmington Hills, MI45,048Dearborn, MI: 43,454 personsDearborn, MI43,454Westland, MI: 41,869 personsWestland, MI41,869Wyoming, MI: 41,384 personsWyoming, MI41,384Rochester Hills, MI: 37,748 personsRochester Hills, MI37,748Kalamazoo, MI: 37,745 personsKalamazoo, MI37,745Southfield, MI: 36,839 personsSouthfield, MI36,839Royal Oak, MI: 36,499 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,499Novi, MI: 33,667 personsNovi, MI33,667St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,623 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,623Flint, MI: 28,887 personsFlint, MI28,887Taylor, MI: 28,587 personsTaylor, MI28,587Kentwood, MI: 28,333 personsKentwood, MI28,333Pontiac, MI: 26,971 personsPontiac, MI26,971Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,566 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,566Portage, MI: 25,592 personsPortage, MI25,592Roseville, MI: 24,204 personsRoseville, MI24,204Battle Creek, MI: 23,899 personsBattle Creek, MI23,899East Lansing, MI: 23,079 personsEast Lansing, MI23,079Midland, MI: 19,887 personsMidland, MI19,887Holland, MI: 18,860 personsHolland, MI18,860Lincoln Park, MI: 17,270 personsLincoln Park, MI17,270Saginaw, MI: 16,667 personsSaginaw, MI16,667Madison Heights, MI: 16,090 personsMadison Heights, MI16,090Eastpointe, MI: 14,961 personsEastpointe, MI14,961Oak Park, MI: 14,948 personsOak Park, MI14,948Muskegon, MI: 14,864 personsMuskegon, MI14,864Allen Park, MI: 14,816 personsAllen Park, MI14,816Bay City, MI: 14,781 personsBay City, MI14,781Southgate, MI: 14,473 personsSouthgate, MI14,473Walker, MI: 13,640 personsWalker, MI13,640Jackson, MI: 13,356 personsJackson, MI13,356Garden City, MI: 13,275 personsGarden City, MI13,275Ferndale, MI: 13,184 personsFerndale, MI13,184Burton, MI: 13,053 personsBurton, MI13,053Port Huron, MI: 12,695 personsPort Huron, MI12,695Wyandotte, MI: 12,418 personsWyandotte, MI12,418Norton Shores, MI: 11,644 personsNorton Shores, MI11,644Mount Pleasant, MI: 11,537 personsMount Pleasant, MI11,537Romulus, MI: 11,334 personsRomulus, MI11,334Inkster, MI: 10,142 personsInkster, MI10,142Hamtramck, MI: 8,111 personsHamtramck, MI8,111Detroit, MI: 234,504 personsDetroit, MI234,504Grand Rapids, MI: 104,955 personsGrand Rapids, MI104,955Warren, MI: 66,576 personsWarren, MI66,576Ann Arbor, MI: 66,261 personsAnn Arbor, MI66,261Sterling Heights, MI: 64,591 personsSterling Heights, MI64,591Lansing, MI: 56,891 personsLansing, MI56,891Livonia, MI: 48,188 personsLivonia, MI48,188Troy, MI: 45,228 personsTroy, MI45,228Farmington Hills, MI: 45,048 personsFarmington Hills, MI45,048Dearborn, MI: 43,454 personsDearborn, MI43,454Westland, MI: 41,869 personsWestland, MI41,869Wyoming, MI: 41,384 personsWyoming, MI41,384Rochester Hills, MI: 37,748 personsRochester Hills, MI37,748Kalamazoo, MI: 37,745 personsKalamazoo, MI37,745Southfield, MI: 36,839 personsSouthfield, MI36,839Royal Oak, MI: 36,499 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,499Novi, MI: 33,667 personsNovi, MI33,667St. Clair Shores, MI: 30,623 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI30,623Flint, MI: 28,887 personsFlint, MI28,887Taylor, MI: 28,587 personsTaylor, MI28,587Kentwood, MI: 28,333 personsKentwood, MI28,333Pontiac, MI: 26,971 personsPontiac, MI26,971Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,566 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,566Portage, MI: 25,592 personsPortage, MI25,592Roseville, MI: 24,204 personsRoseville, MI24,204Battle Creek, MI: 23,899 personsBattle Creek, MI23,899East Lansing, MI: 23,079 personsEast Lansing, MI23,079Midland, MI: 19,887 personsMidland, MI19,887Holland, MI: 18,860 personsHolland, MI18,860Lincoln Park, MI: 17,270 personsLincoln Park, MI17,270Saginaw, MI: 16,667 personsSaginaw, MI16,667Madison Heights, MI: 16,090 personsMadison Heights, MI16,090Eastpointe, MI: 14,961 personsEastpointe, MI14,961Oak Park, MI: 14,948 personsOak Park, MI14,948Muskegon, MI: 14,864 personsMuskegon, MI14,864Allen Park, MI: 14,816 personsAllen Park, MI14,816Bay City, MI: 14,781 personsBay City, MI14,781Southgate, MI: 14,473 personsSouthgate, MI14,473Walker, MI: 13,640 personsWalker, MI13,640Jackson, MI: 13,356 personsJackson, MI13,356Garden City, MI: 13,275 personsGarden City, MI13,275Ferndale, MI: 13,184 personsFerndale, MI13,184Burton, MI: 13,053 personsBurton, MI13,053Port Huron, MI: 12,695 personsPort Huron, MI12,695Wyandotte, MI: 12,418 personsWyandotte, MI12,418Norton Shores, MI: 11,644 personsNorton Shores, MI11,644Mount Pleasant, MI: 11,537 personsMount Pleasant, MI11,537Romulus, MI: 11,334 personsRomulus, MI11,334Inkster, MI: 10,142 personsInkster, MI10,142Hamtramck, MI: 8,111 personsHamtramck, MI8,111
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Detroit, MI234,504+1%
2Grand Rapids, MI104,955+1.7%
3Warren, MI66,576+0.5%
4Ann Arbor, MI66,261+1.4%
5Sterling Heights, MI64,591+1.1%
6Lansing, MI56,891+1%
7Livonia, MI48,188+1.1%
8Troy, MI45,228+1.1%
9Farmington Hills, MI45,048+0.6%
10Dearborn, MI43,454+1%
11Westland, MI41,869+1.1%
12Wyoming, MI41,384+0.9%
13Rochester Hills, MI37,748+1.2%
14Kalamazoo, MI37,745+1.9%
15Southfield, MI36,839+0.6%
16Royal Oak, MI36,499+1.2%
17Novi, MI33,667+2.5%
18St. Clair Shores, MI30,623+0.4%
19Flint, MI28,887+0.6%
20Taylor, MI28,587+0.9%
21Kentwood, MI28,333+1.2%
22Pontiac, MI26,971+0.6%
23Dearborn Heights, MI26,566+0.9%
24Portage, MI25,592+1.7%
25Roseville, MI24,204+0.6%
26Battle Creek, MI23,899-1%
27East Lansing, MI23,079-1.6%
28Midland, MI19,887+1.2%
29Holland, MI18,860+0.9%
30Lincoln Park, MI17,270+0.8%
31Saginaw, MI16,667-0.2%
32Madison Heights, MI16,090+0.5%
33Eastpointe, MI14,961+0.4%
34Oak Park, MI14,948+0.5%
35Muskegon, MI14,864-0.7%
36Allen Park, MI14,816+0.8%
37Bay City, MI14,781-0.4%
38Southgate, MI14,473+1.1%
39Walker, MI13,640+1.2%
40Jackson, MI13,356+0.7%
41Garden City, MI13,275+0.8%
42Ferndale, MI13,184+0.5%
43Burton, MI13,053+1.2%
44Port Huron, MI12,695+0.5%
45Wyandotte, MI12,418+1%
46Norton Shores, MI11,644+1.5%
47Mount Pleasant, MI11,537-1.3%
48Romulus, MI11,334+1.5%
49Inkster, MI10,142+0.9%
50Hamtramck, MI8,111+0.9%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (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, 2018}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 234,504 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 8,111 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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