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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 51 cities in 2021, at 224,066. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 7,697. The median was 21,883. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest224,066Detroit, MI
Lowest7,697Hamtramck, MI
Median21,88351 cities

All cities, 2021

Detroit, MI: 224,066 personsDetroit, MI224,066Grand Rapids, MI: 98,704 personsGrand Rapids, MI98,704Warren, MI: 62,811 personsWarren, MI62,811Ann Arbor, MI: 61,519 personsAnn Arbor, MI61,519Sterling Heights, MI: 61,042 personsSterling Heights, MI61,042Lansing, MI: 53,970 personsLansing, MI53,970Livonia, MI: 45,971 personsLivonia, MI45,971Troy, MI: 43,329 personsTroy, MI43,329Farmington Hills, MI: 42,487 personsFarmington Hills, MI42,487Dearborn, MI: 41,260 personsDearborn, MI41,260Westland, MI: 39,916 personsWestland, MI39,916Wyoming, MI: 39,572 personsWyoming, MI39,572Rochester Hills, MI: 35,913 personsRochester Hills, MI35,913Kalamazoo, MI: 34,775 personsKalamazoo, MI34,775Southfield, MI: 34,724 personsSouthfield, MI34,724Royal Oak, MI: 34,597 personsRoyal Oak, MI34,597Novi, MI: 32,357 personsNovi, MI32,357St. Clair Shores, MI: 28,701 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI28,701Taylor, MI: 27,160 personsTaylor, MI27,160Flint, MI: 27,127 personsFlint, MI27,127Kentwood, MI: 26,706 personsKentwood, MI26,706Pontiac, MI: 25,771 personsPontiac, MI25,771Dearborn Heights, MI: 25,210 personsDearborn Heights, MI25,210Portage, MI: 24,418 personsPortage, MI24,418Roseville, MI: 22,680 personsRoseville, MI22,680Battle Creek, MI: 21,883 personsBattle Creek, MI21,883Midland, MI: 18,649 personsMidland, MI18,649Holland, MI: 17,831 personsHolland, MI17,831Lincoln Park, MI: 16,363 personsLincoln Park, MI16,363East Lansing, MI: 15,923 personsEast Lansing, MI15,923Saginaw, MI: 15,161 personsSaginaw, MI15,161Madison Heights, MI: 15,149 personsMadison Heights, MI15,149Oak Park, MI: 14,099 personsOak Park, MI14,099Eastpointe, MI: 14,055 personsEastpointe, MI14,055Allen Park, MI: 14,032 personsAllen Park, MI14,032Bay City, MI: 13,930 personsBay City, MI13,930Southgate, MI: 13,849 personsSouthgate, MI13,849Muskegon, MI: 13,589 personsMuskegon, MI13,589Auburn Hills, MI: 13,344 personsAuburn Hills, MI13,344Walker, MI: 13,083 personsWalker, MI13,083Jackson, MI: 12,738 personsJackson, MI12,738Ferndale, MI: 12,676 personsFerndale, MI12,676Garden City, MI: 12,570 personsGarden City, MI12,570Burton, MI: 12,369 personsBurton, MI12,369Port Huron, MI: 12,030 personsPort Huron, MI12,030Wyandotte, MI: 11,812 personsWyandotte, MI11,812Romulus, MI: 10,939 personsRomulus, MI10,939Norton Shores, MI: 10,906 personsNorton Shores, MI10,906Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,860 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,860Inkster, MI: 9,612 personsInkster, MI9,612Hamtramck, MI: 7,697 personsHamtramck, MI7,697Detroit, MI: 224,066 personsDetroit, MI224,066Grand Rapids, MI: 98,704 personsGrand Rapids, MI98,704Warren, MI: 62,811 personsWarren, MI62,811Ann Arbor, MI: 61,519 personsAnn Arbor, MI61,519Sterling Heights, MI: 61,042 personsSterling Heights, MI61,042Lansing, MI: 53,970 personsLansing, MI53,970Livonia, MI: 45,971 personsLivonia, MI45,971Troy, MI: 43,329 personsTroy, MI43,329Farmington Hills, MI: 42,487 personsFarmington Hills, MI42,487Dearborn, MI: 41,260 personsDearborn, MI41,260Westland, MI: 39,916 personsWestland, MI39,916Wyoming, MI: 39,572 personsWyoming, MI39,572Rochester Hills, MI: 35,913 personsRochester Hills, MI35,913Kalamazoo, MI: 34,775 personsKalamazoo, MI34,775Southfield, MI: 34,724 personsSouthfield, MI34,724Royal Oak, MI: 34,597 personsRoyal Oak, MI34,597Novi, MI: 32,357 personsNovi, MI32,357St. Clair Shores, MI: 28,701 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI28,701Taylor, MI: 27,160 personsTaylor, MI27,160Flint, MI: 27,127 personsFlint, MI27,127Kentwood, MI: 26,706 personsKentwood, MI26,706Pontiac, MI: 25,771 personsPontiac, MI25,771Dearborn Heights, MI: 25,210 personsDearborn Heights, MI25,210Portage, MI: 24,418 personsPortage, MI24,418Roseville, MI: 22,680 personsRoseville, MI22,680Battle Creek, MI: 21,883 personsBattle Creek, MI21,883Midland, MI: 18,649 personsMidland, MI18,649Holland, MI: 17,831 personsHolland, MI17,831Lincoln Park, MI: 16,363 personsLincoln Park, MI16,363East Lansing, MI: 15,923 personsEast Lansing, MI15,923Saginaw, MI: 15,161 personsSaginaw, MI15,161Madison Heights, MI: 15,149 personsMadison Heights, MI15,149Oak Park, MI: 14,099 personsOak Park, MI14,099Eastpointe, MI: 14,055 personsEastpointe, MI14,055Allen Park, MI: 14,032 personsAllen Park, MI14,032Bay City, MI: 13,930 personsBay City, MI13,930Southgate, MI: 13,849 personsSouthgate, MI13,849Muskegon, MI: 13,589 personsMuskegon, MI13,589Auburn Hills, MI: 13,344 personsAuburn Hills, MI13,344Walker, MI: 13,083 personsWalker, MI13,083Jackson, MI: 12,738 personsJackson, MI12,738Ferndale, MI: 12,676 personsFerndale, MI12,676Garden City, MI: 12,570 personsGarden City, MI12,570Burton, MI: 12,369 personsBurton, MI12,369Port Huron, MI: 12,030 personsPort Huron, MI12,030Wyandotte, MI: 11,812 personsWyandotte, MI11,812Romulus, MI: 10,939 personsRomulus, MI10,939Norton Shores, MI: 10,906 personsNorton Shores, MI10,906Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,860 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,860Inkster, MI: 9,612 personsInkster, MI9,612Hamtramck, MI: 7,697 personsHamtramck, MI7,697
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Detroit, MI224,066+6.1%
2Grand Rapids, MI98,704+0.4%
3Warren, MI62,811+5.6%
4Ann Arbor, MI61,519-1.6%
5Sterling Heights, MI61,042+5.5%
6Lansing, MI53,970+1.6%
7Livonia, MI45,971+5.5%
8Troy, MI43,329+6.9%
9Farmington Hills, MI42,487+5.7%
10Dearborn, MI41,260+5.3%
11Westland, MI39,916+5.6%
12Wyoming, MI39,572+1%
13Rochester Hills, MI35,913+6.1%
14Kalamazoo, MI34,775-1.6%
15Southfield, MI34,724+5.6%
16Royal Oak, MI34,597+5.9%
17Novi, MI32,357+6.5%
18St. Clair Shores, MI28,701+5.3%
19Taylor, MI27,160+5.4%
20Flint, MI27,127+0.9%
21Kentwood, MI26,706+0.7%
22Pontiac, MI25,771+6.7%
23Dearborn Heights, MI25,210+5.3%
24Portage, MI24,418-0.1%
25Roseville, MI22,680+5.3%
26Battle Creek, MI21,883-0.8%
27Midland, MI18,649+1.1%
28Holland, MI17,831+0.2%
29Lincoln Park, MI16,363+5.3%
30East Lansing, MI15,923-26%
31Saginaw, MI15,161-0.4%
32Madison Heights, MI15,149+5.7%
33Oak Park, MI14,099+5.7%
34Eastpointe, MI14,055+5.7%
35Allen Park, MI14,032+5.3%
36Bay City, MI13,930+0.7%
37Southgate, MI13,849+5.4%
38Muskegon, MI13,589+1.8%
39Auburn Hills, MI13,344+7.2%
40Walker, MI13,083+0.7%
41Jackson, MI12,738-0.1%
42Ferndale, MI12,676+5.8%
43Garden City, MI12,570+5.4%
44Burton, MI12,369+1.3%
45Port Huron, MI12,030+5.9%
46Wyandotte, MI11,812+5.8%
47Romulus, MI10,939+6.2%
48Norton Shores, MI10,906+1.9%
49Mount Pleasant, MI9,860-1.9%
50Inkster, MI9,612+5.3%
51Hamtramck, MI7,697+5.3%

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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APA 7

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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (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, 2021}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 224,066 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 7,697 in 2021.

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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