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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 51 cities in 2023, at 239,691. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 8,016. The median was 23,697. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest239,691Detroit, MI
Lowest8,016Hamtramck, MI
Median23,69751 cities

All cities, 2023

Detroit, MI: 239,691 personsDetroit, MI239,691Grand Rapids, MI: 106,084 personsGrand Rapids, MI106,084Ann Arbor, MI: 67,086 personsAnn Arbor, MI67,086Warren, MI: 65,435 personsWarren, MI65,435Sterling Heights, MI: 64,380 personsSterling Heights, MI64,380Lansing, MI: 57,593 personsLansing, MI57,593Livonia, MI: 48,119 personsLivonia, MI48,119Troy, MI: 45,624 personsTroy, MI45,624Farmington Hills, MI: 44,473 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,473Dearborn, MI: 43,061 personsDearborn, MI43,061Wyoming, MI: 42,932 personsWyoming, MI42,932Westland, MI: 41,656 personsWestland, MI41,656Rochester Hills, MI: 38,502 personsRochester Hills, MI38,502Kalamazoo, MI: 37,646 personsKalamazoo, MI37,646Southfield, MI: 36,557 personsSouthfield, MI36,557Royal Oak, MI: 36,297 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,297Novi, MI: 34,346 personsNovi, MI34,346St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,941 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,941Flint, MI: 29,143 personsFlint, MI29,143Kentwood, MI: 28,657 personsKentwood, MI28,657Taylor, MI: 28,418 personsTaylor, MI28,418Pontiac, MI: 27,035 personsPontiac, MI27,035Portage, MI: 26,332 personsPortage, MI26,332Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,259 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,259East Lansing, MI: 23,725 personsEast Lansing, MI23,725Battle Creek, MI: 23,697 personsBattle Creek, MI23,697Roseville, MI: 23,644 personsRoseville, MI23,644Midland, MI: 20,575 personsMidland, MI20,575Holland, MI: 19,153 personsHolland, MI19,153Lincoln Park, MI: 17,027 personsLincoln Park, MI17,027Madison Heights, MI: 15,973 personsMadison Heights, MI15,973Saginaw, MI: 15,861 personsSaginaw, MI15,861Bay City, MI: 14,771 personsBay City, MI14,771Oak Park, MI: 14,723 personsOak Park, MI14,723Eastpointe, MI: 14,642 personsEastpointe, MI14,642Allen Park, MI: 14,609 personsAllen Park, MI14,609Auburn Hills, MI: 14,532 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,532Muskegon, MI: 14,529 personsMuskegon, MI14,529Southgate, MI: 14,483 personsSouthgate, MI14,483Walker, MI: 14,142 personsWalker, MI14,142Jackson, MI: 13,572 personsJackson, MI13,572Burton, MI: 13,362 personsBurton, MI13,362Ferndale, MI: 13,350 personsFerndale, MI13,350Garden City, MI: 13,088 personsGarden City, MI13,088Port Huron, MI: 12,485 personsPort Huron, MI12,485Wyandotte, MI: 12,311 personsWyandotte, MI12,311Norton Shores, MI: 11,646 personsNorton Shores, MI11,646Romulus, MI: 11,465 personsRomulus, MI11,465Inkster, MI: 10,002 personsInkster, MI10,002Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,917 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,917Hamtramck, MI: 8,016 personsHamtramck, MI8,016Detroit, MI: 239,691 personsDetroit, MI239,691Grand Rapids, MI: 106,084 personsGrand Rapids, MI106,084Ann Arbor, MI: 67,086 personsAnn Arbor, MI67,086Warren, MI: 65,435 personsWarren, MI65,435Sterling Heights, MI: 64,380 personsSterling Heights, MI64,380Lansing, MI: 57,593 personsLansing, MI57,593Livonia, MI: 48,119 personsLivonia, MI48,119Troy, MI: 45,624 personsTroy, MI45,624Farmington Hills, MI: 44,473 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,473Dearborn, MI: 43,061 personsDearborn, MI43,061Wyoming, MI: 42,932 personsWyoming, MI42,932Westland, MI: 41,656 personsWestland, MI41,656Rochester Hills, MI: 38,502 personsRochester Hills, MI38,502Kalamazoo, MI: 37,646 personsKalamazoo, MI37,646Southfield, MI: 36,557 personsSouthfield, MI36,557Royal Oak, MI: 36,297 personsRoyal Oak, MI36,297Novi, MI: 34,346 personsNovi, MI34,346St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,941 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,941Flint, MI: 29,143 personsFlint, MI29,143Kentwood, MI: 28,657 personsKentwood, MI28,657Taylor, MI: 28,418 personsTaylor, MI28,418Pontiac, MI: 27,035 personsPontiac, MI27,035Portage, MI: 26,332 personsPortage, MI26,332Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,259 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,259East Lansing, MI: 23,725 personsEast Lansing, MI23,725Battle Creek, MI: 23,697 personsBattle Creek, MI23,697Roseville, MI: 23,644 personsRoseville, MI23,644Midland, MI: 20,575 personsMidland, MI20,575Holland, MI: 19,153 personsHolland, MI19,153Lincoln Park, MI: 17,027 personsLincoln Park, MI17,027Madison Heights, MI: 15,973 personsMadison Heights, MI15,973Saginaw, MI: 15,861 personsSaginaw, MI15,861Bay City, MI: 14,771 personsBay City, MI14,771Oak Park, MI: 14,723 personsOak Park, MI14,723Eastpointe, MI: 14,642 personsEastpointe, MI14,642Allen Park, MI: 14,609 personsAllen Park, MI14,609Auburn Hills, MI: 14,532 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,532Muskegon, MI: 14,529 personsMuskegon, MI14,529Southgate, MI: 14,483 personsSouthgate, MI14,483Walker, MI: 14,142 personsWalker, MI14,142Jackson, MI: 13,572 personsJackson, MI13,572Burton, MI: 13,362 personsBurton, MI13,362Ferndale, MI: 13,350 personsFerndale, MI13,350Garden City, MI: 13,088 personsGarden City, MI13,088Port Huron, MI: 12,485 personsPort Huron, MI12,485Wyandotte, MI: 12,311 personsWyandotte, MI12,311Norton Shores, MI: 11,646 personsNorton Shores, MI11,646Romulus, MI: 11,465 personsRomulus, MI11,465Inkster, MI: 10,002 personsInkster, MI10,002Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,917 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,917Hamtramck, MI: 8,016 personsHamtramck, MI8,016
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Detroit, MI239,691+3.1%
2Grand Rapids, MI106,084+3.2%
3Ann Arbor, MI67,086+3.8%
4Warren, MI65,435+2%
5Sterling Heights, MI64,380+3%
6Lansing, MI57,593+4.6%
7Livonia, MI48,119+1.8%
8Troy, MI45,624+2.5%
9Farmington Hills, MI44,473+2.2%
10Dearborn, MI43,061+1.9%
11Wyoming, MI42,932+4.3%
12Westland, MI41,656+1.7%
13Rochester Hills, MI38,502+2.7%
14Kalamazoo, MI37,646+3.4%
15Southfield, MI36,557+2.7%
16Royal Oak, MI36,297+2.2%
17Novi, MI34,346+3.1%
18St. Clair Shores, MI29,941+2.1%
19Flint, MI29,143+3.4%
20Kentwood, MI28,657+3.2%
21Taylor, MI28,418+1.9%
22Pontiac, MI27,035+2%
23Portage, MI26,332+3.7%
24Dearborn Heights, MI26,259+1.8%
25East Lansing, MI23,725+7.2%
26Battle Creek, MI23,697+4.7%
27Roseville, MI23,644+2.1%
28Midland, MI20,575+5.3%
29Holland, MI19,153+4.2%
30Lincoln Park, MI17,027+1.7%
31Madison Heights, MI15,973+2%
32Saginaw, MI15,861+1.7%
33Bay City, MI14,771+3%
34Oak Park, MI14,723+2%
35Eastpointe, MI14,642+2%
36Allen Park, MI14,609+1.7%
37Auburn Hills, MI14,532+3.8%
38Muskegon, MI14,529+2.4%
39Southgate, MI14,483+1.7%
40Walker, MI14,142+4.2%
41Jackson, MI13,572+2.5%
42Burton, MI13,362+3.4%
43Ferndale, MI13,350+2.9%
44Garden City, MI13,088+1.7%
45Port Huron, MI12,485+2%
46Wyandotte, MI12,311+1.8%
47Norton Shores, MI11,646+2.3%
48Romulus, MI11,465+2%
49Inkster, MI10,002+1.7%
50Mount Pleasant, MI9,917-0.4%
51Hamtramck, MI8,016+1.8%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 239,691 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 8,016 in 2023.

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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