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Cities in Michigan by employed residents

Detroit, MI had the highest employed residents of 51 cities in 2024, at 240,448. Hamtramck, MI had the lowest, at 7,961. The median was 23,898. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest240,448Detroit, MI
Lowest7,961Hamtramck, MI
Median23,89851 cities

All cities, 2024

Detroit, MI: 240,448 personsDetroit, MI240,448Grand Rapids, MI: 106,402 personsGrand Rapids, MI106,402Ann Arbor, MI: 67,227 personsAnn Arbor, MI67,227Warren, MI: 64,672 personsWarren, MI64,672Sterling Heights, MI: 63,689 personsSterling Heights, MI63,689Lansing, MI: 58,805 personsLansing, MI58,805Livonia, MI: 47,846 personsLivonia, MI47,846Troy, MI: 45,568 personsTroy, MI45,568Farmington Hills, MI: 44,301 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,301Wyoming, MI: 43,093 personsWyoming, MI43,093Dearborn, MI: 42,796 personsDearborn, MI42,796Westland, MI: 41,359 personsWestland, MI41,359Rochester Hills, MI: 38,211 personsRochester Hills, MI38,211Kalamazoo, MI: 37,842 personsKalamazoo, MI37,842Southfield, MI: 36,310 personsSouthfield, MI36,310Royal Oak, MI: 35,987 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,987Novi, MI: 34,113 personsNovi, MI34,113St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,597 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,597Flint, MI: 29,370 personsFlint, MI29,370Kentwood, MI: 28,751 personsKentwood, MI28,751Taylor, MI: 28,256 personsTaylor, MI28,256Pontiac, MI: 26,813 personsPontiac, MI26,813Portage, MI: 26,777 personsPortage, MI26,777Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,074 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,074Battle Creek, MI: 24,142 personsBattle Creek, MI24,142East Lansing, MI: 23,898 personsEast Lansing, MI23,898Roseville, MI: 23,376 personsRoseville, MI23,376Midland, MI: 20,882 personsMidland, MI20,882Holland, MI: 19,412 personsHolland, MI19,412Lincoln Park, MI: 16,899 personsLincoln Park, MI16,899Madison Heights, MI: 15,857 personsMadison Heights, MI15,857Saginaw, MI: 15,827 personsSaginaw, MI15,827Bay City, MI: 14,772 personsBay City, MI14,772Muskegon, MI: 14,722 personsMuskegon, MI14,722Auburn Hills, MI: 14,605 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,605Oak Park, MI: 14,599 personsOak Park, MI14,599Allen Park, MI: 14,502 personsAllen Park, MI14,502Eastpointe, MI: 14,476 personsEastpointe, MI14,476Southgate, MI: 14,381 personsSouthgate, MI14,381Walker, MI: 14,340 personsWalker, MI14,340Jackson, MI: 13,481 personsJackson, MI13,481Burton, MI: 13,464 personsBurton, MI13,464Ferndale, MI: 13,307 personsFerndale, MI13,307Garden City, MI: 12,995 personsGarden City, MI12,995Port Huron, MI: 12,263 personsPort Huron, MI12,263Wyandotte, MI: 12,219 personsWyandotte, MI12,219Norton Shores, MI: 11,802 personsNorton Shores, MI11,802Romulus, MI: 11,382 personsRomulus, MI11,382Inkster, MI: 9,925 personsInkster, MI9,925Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,834 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,834Hamtramck, MI: 7,961 personsHamtramck, MI7,961Detroit, MI: 240,448 personsDetroit, MI240,448Grand Rapids, MI: 106,402 personsGrand Rapids, MI106,402Ann Arbor, MI: 67,227 personsAnn Arbor, MI67,227Warren, MI: 64,672 personsWarren, MI64,672Sterling Heights, MI: 63,689 personsSterling Heights, MI63,689Lansing, MI: 58,805 personsLansing, MI58,805Livonia, MI: 47,846 personsLivonia, MI47,846Troy, MI: 45,568 personsTroy, MI45,568Farmington Hills, MI: 44,301 personsFarmington Hills, MI44,301Wyoming, MI: 43,093 personsWyoming, MI43,093Dearborn, MI: 42,796 personsDearborn, MI42,796Westland, MI: 41,359 personsWestland, MI41,359Rochester Hills, MI: 38,211 personsRochester Hills, MI38,211Kalamazoo, MI: 37,842 personsKalamazoo, MI37,842Southfield, MI: 36,310 personsSouthfield, MI36,310Royal Oak, MI: 35,987 personsRoyal Oak, MI35,987Novi, MI: 34,113 personsNovi, MI34,113St. Clair Shores, MI: 29,597 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI29,597Flint, MI: 29,370 personsFlint, MI29,370Kentwood, MI: 28,751 personsKentwood, MI28,751Taylor, MI: 28,256 personsTaylor, MI28,256Pontiac, MI: 26,813 personsPontiac, MI26,813Portage, MI: 26,777 personsPortage, MI26,777Dearborn Heights, MI: 26,074 personsDearborn Heights, MI26,074Battle Creek, MI: 24,142 personsBattle Creek, MI24,142East Lansing, MI: 23,898 personsEast Lansing, MI23,898Roseville, MI: 23,376 personsRoseville, MI23,376Midland, MI: 20,882 personsMidland, MI20,882Holland, MI: 19,412 personsHolland, MI19,412Lincoln Park, MI: 16,899 personsLincoln Park, MI16,899Madison Heights, MI: 15,857 personsMadison Heights, MI15,857Saginaw, MI: 15,827 personsSaginaw, MI15,827Bay City, MI: 14,772 personsBay City, MI14,772Muskegon, MI: 14,722 personsMuskegon, MI14,722Auburn Hills, MI: 14,605 personsAuburn Hills, MI14,605Oak Park, MI: 14,599 personsOak Park, MI14,599Allen Park, MI: 14,502 personsAllen Park, MI14,502Eastpointe, MI: 14,476 personsEastpointe, MI14,476Southgate, MI: 14,381 personsSouthgate, MI14,381Walker, MI: 14,340 personsWalker, MI14,340Jackson, MI: 13,481 personsJackson, MI13,481Burton, MI: 13,464 personsBurton, MI13,464Ferndale, MI: 13,307 personsFerndale, MI13,307Garden City, MI: 12,995 personsGarden City, MI12,995Port Huron, MI: 12,263 personsPort Huron, MI12,263Wyandotte, MI: 12,219 personsWyandotte, MI12,219Norton Shores, MI: 11,802 personsNorton Shores, MI11,802Romulus, MI: 11,382 personsRomulus, MI11,382Inkster, MI: 9,925 personsInkster, MI9,925Mount Pleasant, MI: 9,834 personsMount Pleasant, MI9,834Hamtramck, MI: 7,961 personsHamtramck, MI7,961
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Detroit, MI240,448+0.3%
2Grand Rapids, MI106,402+0.3%
3Ann Arbor, MI67,227+0.2%
4Warren, MI64,672-1.2%
5Sterling Heights, MI63,689-1.1%
6Lansing, MI58,805+2.1%
7Livonia, MI47,846-0.6%
8Troy, MI45,568-0.1%
9Farmington Hills, MI44,301-0.4%
10Wyoming, MI43,093+0.4%
11Dearborn, MI42,796-0.6%
12Westland, MI41,359-0.7%
13Rochester Hills, MI38,211-0.8%
14Kalamazoo, MI37,842+0.5%
15Southfield, MI36,310-0.7%
16Royal Oak, MI35,987-0.9%
17Novi, MI34,113-0.7%
18St. Clair Shores, MI29,597-1.1%
19Flint, MI29,370+0.8%
20Kentwood, MI28,751+0.3%
21Taylor, MI28,256-0.6%
22Pontiac, MI26,813-0.8%
23Portage, MI26,777+1.7%
24Dearborn Heights, MI26,074-0.7%
25Battle Creek, MI24,142+1.9%
26East Lansing, MI23,898+0.7%
27Roseville, MI23,376-1.1%
28Midland, MI20,882+1.5%
29Holland, MI19,412+1.4%
30Lincoln Park, MI16,899-0.8%
31Madison Heights, MI15,857-0.7%
32Saginaw, MI15,827-0.2%
33Bay City, MI14,7720%
34Muskegon, MI14,722+1.3%
35Auburn Hills, MI14,605+0.5%
36Oak Park, MI14,599-0.8%
37Allen Park, MI14,502-0.7%
38Eastpointe, MI14,476-1.1%
39Southgate, MI14,381-0.7%
40Walker, MI14,340+1.4%
41Jackson, MI13,481-0.7%
42Burton, MI13,464+0.8%
43Ferndale, MI13,307-0.3%
44Garden City, MI12,995-0.7%
45Port Huron, MI12,263-1.8%
46Wyandotte, MI12,219-0.7%
47Norton Shores, MI11,802+1.3%
48Romulus, MI11,382-0.7%
49Inkster, MI9,925-0.8%
50Mount Pleasant, MI9,834-0.8%
51Hamtramck, MI7,961-0.7%

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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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Detroit, MI, with 240,448 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Hamtramck, MI, with 7,961 in 2024.

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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