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Cities in Ohio by employed residents

Columbus, OH had the highest employed residents of 65 cities in 2014, at 419,463. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 9,063. The median was 17,723. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest419,463Columbus, OH
Lowest9,063Zanesville, OH
Median17,72365 cities

Top 40 cities, 2014

Columbus, OH: 419,463 personsColumbus, OH419,463Cleveland, OH: 149,657 personsCleveland, OH149,657Cincinnati, OH: 133,844 personsCincinnati, OH133,844Toledo, OH: 119,906 personsToledo, OH119,906Akron, OH: 85,207 personsAkron, OH85,207Dayton, OH: 54,134 personsDayton, OH54,134Parma, OH: 40,274 personsParma, OH40,274Canton, OH: 30,067 personsCanton, OH30,067Lakewood, OH: 28,936 personsLakewood, OH28,936Kettering, OH: 27,441 personsKettering, OH27,441Hamilton, OH: 26,103 personsHamilton, OH26,103Elyria, OH: 25,580 personsElyria, OH25,580Lorain, OH: 25,414 personsLorain, OH25,414Mentor, OH: 25,214 personsMentor, OH25,214Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 25,098 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH25,098Springfield, OH: 24,403 personsSpringfield, OH24,403Strongsville, OH: 23,298 personsStrongsville, OH23,298Dublin, OH: 22,836 personsDublin, OH22,836Fairfield, OH: 22,768 personsFairfield, OH22,768Cleveland Heights, OH: 21,984 personsCleveland Heights, OH21,984Newark, OH: 21,853 personsNewark, OH21,853Beavercreek, OH: 21,645 personsBeavercreek, OH21,645Youngstown, OH: 21,454 personsYoungstown, OH21,454Euclid, OH: 21,452 personsEuclid, OH21,452Findlay, OH: 20,322 personsFindlay, OH20,322Westerville, OH: 20,007 personsWesterville, OH20,007Grove City, OH: 19,734 personsGrove City, OH19,734Middletown, OH: 19,335 personsMiddletown, OH19,335Reynoldsburg, OH: 19,179 personsReynoldsburg, OH19,179Delaware, OH: 19,081 personsDelaware, OH19,081Brunswick, OH: 19,043 personsBrunswick, OH19,043Gahanna, OH: 18,650 personsGahanna, OH18,650Stow, OH: 17,723 personsStow, OH17,723Upper Arlington, OH: 17,207 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,207Huber Heights, OH: 16,958 personsHuber Heights, OH16,958Mansfield, OH: 16,834 personsMansfield, OH16,834Hilliard, OH: 16,797 personsHilliard, OH16,797North Olmsted, OH: 16,769 personsNorth Olmsted, OH16,769Lancaster, OH: 16,758 personsLancaster, OH16,758North Royalton, OH: 16,698 personsNorth Royalton, OH16,698Columbus, OH: 419,463 personsColumbus, OH419,463Cleveland, OH: 149,657 personsCleveland, OH149,657Cincinnati, OH: 133,844 personsCincinnati, OH133,844Toledo, OH: 119,906 personsToledo, OH119,906Akron, OH: 85,207 personsAkron, OH85,207Dayton, OH: 54,134 personsDayton, OH54,134Parma, OH: 40,274 personsParma, OH40,274Canton, OH: 30,067 personsCanton, OH30,067Lakewood, OH: 28,936 personsLakewood, OH28,936Kettering, OH: 27,441 personsKettering, OH27,441Hamilton, OH: 26,103 personsHamilton, OH26,103Elyria, OH: 25,580 personsElyria, OH25,580Lorain, OH: 25,414 personsLorain, OH25,414Mentor, OH: 25,214 personsMentor, OH25,214Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 25,098 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH25,098Springfield, OH: 24,403 personsSpringfield, OH24,403Strongsville, OH: 23,298 personsStrongsville, OH23,298Dublin, OH: 22,836 personsDublin, OH22,836Fairfield, OH: 22,768 personsFairfield, OH22,768Cleveland Heights, OH: 21,984 personsCleveland Heights, OH21,984Newark, OH: 21,853 personsNewark, OH21,853Beavercreek, OH: 21,645 personsBeavercreek, OH21,645Youngstown, OH: 21,454 personsYoungstown, OH21,454Euclid, OH: 21,452 personsEuclid, OH21,452Findlay, OH: 20,322 personsFindlay, OH20,322Westerville, OH: 20,007 personsWesterville, OH20,007Grove City, OH: 19,734 personsGrove City, OH19,734Middletown, OH: 19,335 personsMiddletown, OH19,335Reynoldsburg, OH: 19,179 personsReynoldsburg, OH19,179Delaware, OH: 19,081 personsDelaware, OH19,081Brunswick, OH: 19,043 personsBrunswick, OH19,043Gahanna, OH: 18,650 personsGahanna, OH18,650Stow, OH: 17,723 personsStow, OH17,723Upper Arlington, OH: 17,207 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,207Huber Heights, OH: 16,958 personsHuber Heights, OH16,958Mansfield, OH: 16,834 personsMansfield, OH16,834Hilliard, OH: 16,797 personsHilliard, OH16,797North Olmsted, OH: 16,769 personsNorth Olmsted, OH16,769Lancaster, OH: 16,758 personsLancaster, OH16,758North Royalton, OH: 16,698 personsNorth Royalton, OH16,698
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Columbus, OH419,463+3.5%
2Cleveland, OH149,657+0.7%
3Cincinnati, OH133,844+2%
4Toledo, OH119,906+1.7%
5Akron, OH85,207+2.5%
6Dayton, OH54,134+0.6%
7Parma, OH40,274+0.3%
8Canton, OH30,067+1.4%
9Lakewood, OH28,936+0.4%
10Kettering, OH27,441+2%
11Hamilton, OH26,103+2.2%
12Elyria, OH25,580+0.8%
13Lorain, OH25,414+0.9%
14Mentor, OH25,214+0.6%
15Cuyahoga Falls, OH25,098+2.5%
16Springfield, OH24,403+1.5%
17Strongsville, OH23,298+0.7%
18Dublin, OH22,836+3.2%
19Fairfield, OH22,768+2.1%
20Cleveland Heights, OH21,984+0.4%
21Newark, OH21,853+1.8%
22Beavercreek, OH21,645+2.7%
23Youngstown, OH21,454+1%
24Euclid, OH21,452+0.3%
25Findlay, OH20,322+2.4%
26Westerville, OH20,007+2.2%
27Grove City, OH19,734+4.6%
28Middletown, OH19,335+2.1%
29Reynoldsburg, OH19,179+2.3%
30Delaware, OH19,081+4.3%
31Brunswick, OH19,043+1%
32Gahanna, OH18,650+2.4%
33Stow, OH17,723+2.6%
34Upper Arlington, OH17,207+2.4%
35Huber Heights, OH16,958+2.4%
36Mansfield, OH16,834+2.5%
37Hilliard, OH16,797+6.6%
38North Olmsted, OH16,769+0.3%
39Lancaster, OH16,758+2.4%
40North Royalton, OH16,698+0.7%
41Westlake, OH16,375+0.7%
42North Ridgeville, OH16,239+2.7%
43Bowling Green, OH15,786+1.5%
44Fairborn, OH15,768+2.6%
45Kent, OH15,735-6%
46Mason, OH15,250+2.9%
47Massillon, OH14,457+2%
48Lima, OH13,889+0.3%
49Shaker Heights, OH13,680+0.3%
50Warren, OH13,629+0.8%
51Green, OH13,207+2.5%
52Garfield Heights, OH12,972+0.3%
53Wooster, OH12,967+2.6%
54Marion, OH12,833+1.3%
55Medina, OH12,770+0.6%
56Troy, OH12,703+2.7%
57Barberton, OH11,885+2.5%
58South Euclid, OH11,819+0.4%
59Sandusky, OH11,017-0.5%
60Xenia, OH10,373+2.4%
61Riverside, OH10,010+2.1%
62Trotwood, OH9,746+2%
63Maple Heights, OH9,618+0.6%
64Athens, OH9,609+2.6%
65Zanesville, OH9,063+0.1%

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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. 6 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU10-14. 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 Ohio by employed residents, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Ohio by employed residents, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/ohio-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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 Ohio by employed residents, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/ohio-cities?period=2014.

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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 Ohio by employed residents, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/ohio-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Columbus, OH, with 419,463 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Zanesville, OH, with 9,063 in 2014.

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. 6 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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