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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 51 cities in 2022, at 232,519. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 7,878. The median was 22,629. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest232,519Detroit, MI
Lowest7,878Hamtramck, MI
Median22,62951 cities

All cities, 2022

Detroit, MI: 232,519 personsDetroit, MI232,519Grand Rapids, MI: 102,782 personsGrand Rapids, MI102,782Ann Arbor, MI: 64,635 personsAnn Arbor, MI64,635Warren, MI: 64,125 personsWarren, MI64,125Sterling Heights, MI: 62,482 personsSterling Heights, MI62,482Lansing, MI: 55,039 personsLansing, MI55,039Livonia, MI: 47,252 personsLivonia, MI47,252Troy, MI: 44,495 personsTroy, MI44,495Farmington Hills, MI: 43,509 personsFarmington Hills, MI43,509Dearborn, MI: 42,249 personsDearborn, MI42,249Wyoming, MI: 41,172 personsWyoming, MI41,172Westland, MI: 40,943 personsWestland, MI40,943Rochester Hills, MI: 37,498 personsRochester Hills, MI37,498Kalamazoo, MI: 36,424 personsKalamazoo, MI36,424Southfield, MI: 35,607 personsSouthfield, MI35,607Royal Oak, MI: 35,501 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,501Novi, MI: 33,317 personsNovi, MI33,317St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,331 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,331Flint, MI: 28,185 personsFlint, MI28,185Taylor, MI: 27,884 personsTaylor, MI27,884Kentwood, MI: 27,780 personsKentwood, MI27,780Pontiac, MI: 26,494 personsPontiac, MI26,494Dearborn Heights, MI: 25,804 personsDearborn Heights, MI25,804Portage, MI: 25,393 personsPortage, MI25,393Roseville, MI: 23,157 personsRoseville, MI23,157Battle Creek, MI: 22,629 personsBattle Creek, MI22,629East Lansing, MI: 22,123 personsEast Lansing, MI22,123Midland, MI: 19,531 personsMidland, MI19,531Holland, MI: 18,385 personsHolland, MI18,385Lincoln Park, MI: 16,740 personsLincoln Park, MI16,740Madison Heights, MI: 15,661 personsMadison Heights, MI15,661Saginaw, MI: 15,591 personsSaginaw, MI15,591Oak Park, MI: 14,434 personsOak Park, MI14,434Allen Park, MI: 14,361 personsAllen Park, MI14,361Eastpointe, MI: 14,350 personsEastpointe, MI14,350Bay City, MI: 14,346 personsBay City, MI14,346Southgate, MI: 14,234 personsSouthgate, MI14,234Muskegon, MI: 14,193 personsMuskegon, MI14,193Auburn Hills, MI: 13,999 personsAuburn Hills, MI13,999Walker, MI: 13,578 personsWalker, MI13,578Jackson, MI: 13,237 personsJackson, MI13,237Ferndale, MI: 12,968 personsFerndale, MI12,968Burton, MI: 12,920 personsBurton, MI12,920Garden City, MI: 12,867 personsGarden City, MI12,867Port Huron, MI: 12,241 personsPort Huron, MI12,241Wyandotte, MI: 12,099 personsWyandotte, MI12,099Norton Shores, MI: 11,389 personsNorton Shores, MI11,389Romulus, MI: 11,243 personsRomulus, MI11,243Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,958 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,958Inkster, MI: 9,837 personsInkster, MI9,837Hamtramck, MI: 7,878 personsHamtramck, MI7,878Detroit, MI: 232,519 personsDetroit, MI232,519Grand Rapids, MI: 102,782 personsGrand Rapids, MI102,782Ann Arbor, MI: 64,635 personsAnn Arbor, MI64,635Warren, MI: 64,125 personsWarren, MI64,125Sterling Heights, MI: 62,482 personsSterling Heights, MI62,482Lansing, MI: 55,039 personsLansing, MI55,039Livonia, MI: 47,252 personsLivonia, MI47,252Troy, MI: 44,495 personsTroy, MI44,495Farmington Hills, MI: 43,509 personsFarmington Hills, MI43,509Dearborn, MI: 42,249 personsDearborn, MI42,249Wyoming, MI: 41,172 personsWyoming, MI41,172Westland, MI: 40,943 personsWestland, MI40,943Rochester Hills, MI: 37,498 personsRochester Hills, MI37,498Kalamazoo, MI: 36,424 personsKalamazoo, MI36,424Southfield, MI: 35,607 personsSouthfield, MI35,607Royal Oak, MI: 35,501 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,501Novi, MI: 33,317 personsNovi, MI33,317St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,331 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,331Flint, MI: 28,185 personsFlint, MI28,185Taylor, MI: 27,884 personsTaylor, MI27,884Kentwood, MI: 27,780 personsKentwood, MI27,780Pontiac, MI: 26,494 personsPontiac, MI26,494Dearborn Heights, MI: 25,804 personsDearborn Heights, MI25,804Portage, MI: 25,393 personsPortage, MI25,393Roseville, MI: 23,157 personsRoseville, MI23,157Battle Creek, MI: 22,629 personsBattle Creek, MI22,629East Lansing, MI: 22,123 personsEast Lansing, MI22,123Midland, MI: 19,531 personsMidland, MI19,531Holland, MI: 18,385 personsHolland, MI18,385Lincoln Park, MI: 16,740 personsLincoln Park, MI16,740Madison Heights, MI: 15,661 personsMadison Heights, MI15,661Saginaw, MI: 15,591 personsSaginaw, MI15,591Oak Park, MI: 14,434 personsOak Park, MI14,434Allen Park, MI: 14,361 personsAllen Park, MI14,361Eastpointe, MI: 14,350 personsEastpointe, MI14,350Bay City, MI: 14,346 personsBay City, MI14,346Southgate, MI: 14,234 personsSouthgate, MI14,234Muskegon, MI: 14,193 personsMuskegon, MI14,193Auburn Hills, MI: 13,999 personsAuburn Hills, MI13,999Walker, MI: 13,578 personsWalker, MI13,578Jackson, MI: 13,237 personsJackson, MI13,237Ferndale, MI: 12,968 personsFerndale, MI12,968Burton, MI: 12,920 personsBurton, MI12,920Garden City, MI: 12,867 personsGarden City, MI12,867Port Huron, MI: 12,241 personsPort Huron, MI12,241Wyandotte, MI: 12,099 personsWyandotte, MI12,099Norton Shores, MI: 11,389 personsNorton Shores, MI11,389Romulus, MI: 11,243 personsRomulus, MI11,243Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,958 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,958Inkster, MI: 9,837 personsInkster, MI9,837Hamtramck, MI: 7,878 personsHamtramck, MI7,878
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Detroit, MI232,519+3.8%
2Grand Rapids, MI102,782+4.1%
3Ann Arbor, MI64,635+5.1%
4Warren, MI64,125+2.1%
5Sterling Heights, MI62,482+2.4%
6Lansing, MI55,039+2%
7Livonia, MI47,252+2.8%
8Troy, MI44,495+2.7%
9Farmington Hills, MI43,509+2.4%
10Dearborn, MI42,249+2.4%
11Wyoming, MI41,172+4%
12Westland, MI40,943+2.6%
13Rochester Hills, MI37,498+4.4%
14Kalamazoo, MI36,424+4.7%
15Southfield, MI35,607+2.5%
16Royal Oak, MI35,501+2.6%
17Novi, MI33,317+3%
18St. Clair Shores, MI29,331+2.2%
19Flint, MI28,185+3.9%
20Taylor, MI27,884+2.7%
21Kentwood, MI27,780+4%
22Pontiac, MI26,494+2.8%
23Dearborn Heights, MI25,804+2.4%
24Portage, MI25,393+4%
25Roseville, MI23,157+2.1%
26Battle Creek, MI22,629+3.4%
27East Lansing, MI22,123+38.9%
28Midland, MI19,531+4.7%
29Holland, MI18,385+3.1%
30Lincoln Park, MI16,740+2.3%
31Madison Heights, MI15,661+3.4%
32Saginaw, MI15,591+2.8%
33Oak Park, MI14,434+2.4%
34Allen Park, MI14,361+2.3%
35Eastpointe, MI14,350+2.1%
36Bay City, MI14,346+3%
37Southgate, MI14,234+2.8%
38Muskegon, MI14,193+4.4%
39Auburn Hills, MI13,999+4.9%
40Walker, MI13,578+3.8%
41Jackson, MI13,237+3.9%
42Ferndale, MI12,968+2.3%
43Burton, MI12,920+4.5%
44Garden City, MI12,867+2.4%
45Port Huron, MI12,241+1.8%
46Wyandotte, MI12,099+2.4%
47Norton Shores, MI11,389+4.4%
48Romulus, MI11,243+2.8%
49Mount Pleasant, MI9,958+1%
50Inkster, MI9,837+2.3%
51Hamtramck, MI7,878+2.4%

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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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (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, 2022}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 232,519 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 7,878 in 2022.

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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