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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 51 cities in 2020, at 211,252. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 7,307. The median was 21,530. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest211,252Detroit, MI
Lowest7,307Hamtramck, MI
Median21,53051 cities

All cities, 2020

Detroit, MI: 211,252 personsDetroit, MI211,252Grand Rapids, MI: 98,338 personsGrand Rapids, MI98,338Ann Arbor, MI: 62,551 personsAnn Arbor, MI62,551Warren, MI: 59,501 personsWarren, MI59,501Sterling Heights, MI: 57,858 personsSterling Heights, MI57,858Lansing, MI: 53,097 personsLansing, MI53,097Livonia, MI: 43,572 personsLivonia, MI43,572Troy, MI: 40,549 personsTroy, MI40,549Farmington Hills, MI: 40,201 personsFarmington Hills, MI40,201Wyoming, MI: 39,190 personsWyoming, MI39,190Dearborn, MI: 39,168 personsDearborn, MI39,168Westland, MI: 37,812 personsWestland, MI37,812Kalamazoo, MI: 35,356 personsKalamazoo, MI35,356Rochester Hills, MI: 33,847 personsRochester Hills, MI33,847Southfield, MI: 32,886 personsSouthfield, MI32,886Royal Oak, MI: 32,681 personsRoyal Oak, MI32,681Novi, MI: 30,373 personsNovi, MI30,373St. Clair Shores, MI: 27,249 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI27,249Flint, MI: 26,880 personsFlint, MI26,880Kentwood, MI: 26,512 personsKentwood, MI26,512Taylor, MI: 25,772 personsTaylor, MI25,772Portage, MI: 24,432 personsPortage, MI24,432Pontiac, MI: 24,163 personsPontiac, MI24,163Dearborn Heights, MI: 23,936 personsDearborn Heights, MI23,936Battle Creek, MI: 22,060 personsBattle Creek, MI22,060Roseville, MI: 21,530 personsRoseville, MI21,530East Lansing, MI: 21,511 personsEast Lansing, MI21,511Midland, MI: 18,445 personsMidland, MI18,445Holland, MI: 17,789 personsHolland, MI17,789Lincoln Park, MI: 15,533 personsLincoln Park, MI15,533Saginaw, MI: 15,227 personsSaginaw, MI15,227Madison Heights, MI: 14,332 personsMadison Heights, MI14,332Bay City, MI: 13,828 personsBay City, MI13,828Muskegon, MI: 13,346 personsMuskegon, MI13,346Oak Park, MI: 13,343 personsOak Park, MI13,343Allen Park, MI: 13,321 personsAllen Park, MI13,321Eastpointe, MI: 13,295 personsEastpointe, MI13,295Southgate, MI: 13,142 personsSouthgate, MI13,142Walker, MI: 12,993 personsWalker, MI12,993Jackson, MI: 12,746 personsJackson, MI12,746Auburn Hills, MI: 12,444 personsAuburn Hills, MI12,444Burton, MI: 12,216 personsBurton, MI12,216Ferndale, MI: 11,980 personsFerndale, MI11,980Garden City, MI: 11,930 personsGarden City, MI11,930Port Huron, MI: 11,356 personsPort Huron, MI11,356Wyandotte, MI: 11,166 personsWyandotte, MI11,166Norton Shores, MI: 10,699 personsNorton Shores, MI10,699Romulus, MI: 10,298 personsRomulus, MI10,298Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,052 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,052Inkster, MI: 9,127 personsInkster, MI9,127Hamtramck, MI: 7,307 personsHamtramck, MI7,307Detroit, MI: 211,252 personsDetroit, MI211,252Grand Rapids, MI: 98,338 personsGrand Rapids, MI98,338Ann Arbor, MI: 62,551 personsAnn Arbor, MI62,551Warren, MI: 59,501 personsWarren, MI59,501Sterling Heights, MI: 57,858 personsSterling Heights, MI57,858Lansing, MI: 53,097 personsLansing, MI53,097Livonia, MI: 43,572 personsLivonia, MI43,572Troy, MI: 40,549 personsTroy, MI40,549Farmington Hills, MI: 40,201 personsFarmington Hills, MI40,201Wyoming, MI: 39,190 personsWyoming, MI39,190Dearborn, MI: 39,168 personsDearborn, MI39,168Westland, MI: 37,812 personsWestland, MI37,812Kalamazoo, MI: 35,356 personsKalamazoo, MI35,356Rochester Hills, MI: 33,847 personsRochester Hills, MI33,847Southfield, MI: 32,886 personsSouthfield, MI32,886Royal Oak, MI: 32,681 personsRoyal Oak, MI32,681Novi, MI: 30,373 personsNovi, MI30,373St. Clair Shores, MI: 27,249 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI27,249Flint, MI: 26,880 personsFlint, MI26,880Kentwood, MI: 26,512 personsKentwood, MI26,512Taylor, MI: 25,772 personsTaylor, MI25,772Portage, MI: 24,432 personsPortage, MI24,432Pontiac, MI: 24,163 personsPontiac, MI24,163Dearborn Heights, MI: 23,936 personsDearborn Heights, MI23,936Battle Creek, MI: 22,060 personsBattle Creek, MI22,060Roseville, MI: 21,530 personsRoseville, MI21,530East Lansing, MI: 21,511 personsEast Lansing, MI21,511Midland, MI: 18,445 personsMidland, MI18,445Holland, MI: 17,789 personsHolland, MI17,789Lincoln Park, MI: 15,533 personsLincoln Park, MI15,533Saginaw, MI: 15,227 personsSaginaw, MI15,227Madison Heights, MI: 14,332 personsMadison Heights, MI14,332Bay City, MI: 13,828 personsBay City, MI13,828Muskegon, MI: 13,346 personsMuskegon, MI13,346Oak Park, MI: 13,343 personsOak Park, MI13,343Allen Park, MI: 13,321 personsAllen Park, MI13,321Eastpointe, MI: 13,295 personsEastpointe, MI13,295Southgate, MI: 13,142 personsSouthgate, MI13,142Walker, MI: 12,993 personsWalker, MI12,993Jackson, MI: 12,746 personsJackson, MI12,746Auburn Hills, MI: 12,444 personsAuburn Hills, MI12,444Burton, MI: 12,216 personsBurton, MI12,216Ferndale, MI: 11,980 personsFerndale, MI11,980Garden City, MI: 11,930 personsGarden City, MI11,930Port Huron, MI: 11,356 personsPort Huron, MI11,356Wyandotte, MI: 11,166 personsWyandotte, MI11,166Norton Shores, MI: 10,699 personsNorton Shores, MI10,699Romulus, MI: 10,298 personsRomulus, MI10,298Mount Pleasant, MI: 10,052 personsMount Pleasant, MI10,052Inkster, MI: 9,127 personsInkster, MI9,127Hamtramck, MI: 7,307 personsHamtramck, MI7,307
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Detroit, MI211,252-10.9%
2Grand Rapids, MI98,338-6.8%
3Ann Arbor, MI62,551-6.4%
4Warren, MI59,501-11.2%
5Sterling Heights, MI57,858-11.1%
6Lansing, MI53,097-6.6%
7Livonia, MI43,572-10.7%
8Troy, MI40,549-11.2%
9Farmington Hills, MI40,201-11.3%
10Wyoming, MI39,190-5.1%
11Dearborn, MI39,168-10.9%
12Westland, MI37,812-10.9%
13Kalamazoo, MI35,356-6.4%
14Rochester Hills, MI33,847-11.2%
15Southfield, MI32,886-11.3%
16Royal Oak, MI32,681-11.2%
17Novi, MI30,373-10.8%
18St. Clair Shores, MI27,249-11.4%
19Flint, MI26,880-7.1%
20Kentwood, MI26,512-6.6%
21Taylor, MI25,772-10.9%
22Portage, MI24,432-5.4%
23Pontiac, MI24,163-10.9%
24Dearborn Heights, MI23,936-11%
25Battle Creek, MI22,060-6.8%
26Roseville, MI21,530-11.4%
27East Lansing, MI21,511-7.2%
28Midland, MI18,445-6.2%
29Holland, MI17,789-5.9%
30Lincoln Park, MI15,533-11.1%
31Saginaw, MI15,227-8.1%
32Madison Heights, MI14,332-11.4%
33Bay City, MI13,828-6%
34Muskegon, MI13,346-7.8%
35Oak Park, MI13,343-11.2%
36Allen Park, MI13,321-11.1%
37Eastpointe, MI13,295-11.4%
38Southgate, MI13,142-10.2%
39Walker, MI12,993-4.9%
40Jackson, MI12,746-4.7%
41Auburn Hills, MI12,444n/a
42Burton, MI12,216-6.9%
43Ferndale, MI11,980-10%
44Garden City, MI11,930-11.1%
45Port Huron, MI11,356-11.1%
46Wyandotte, MI11,166-11.2%
47Norton Shores, MI10,699-7.6%
48Romulus, MI10,298-10.7%
49Mount Pleasant, MI10,052-10.9%
50Inkster, MI9,127-11%
51Hamtramck, MI7,307-11%

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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Michigan by employed residents, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/michigan-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 211,252 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 7,307 in 2020.

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.

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