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Cities in Ohio by employed residents

Columbus, OH had the highest employed residents of 65 cities in 2015, at 428,709. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 9,024. The median was 17,882. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest428,709Columbus, OH
Lowest9,024Zanesville, OH
Median17,88265 cities

Top 40 cities, 2015

Columbus, OH: 428,709 personsColumbus, OH428,709Cleveland, OH: 149,944 personsCleveland, OH149,944Cincinnati, OH: 135,272 personsCincinnati, OH135,272Toledo, OH: 121,205 personsToledo, OH121,205Akron, OH: 85,779 personsAkron, OH85,779Dayton, OH: 54,741 personsDayton, OH54,741Parma, OH: 40,463 personsParma, OH40,463Canton, OH: 29,847 personsCanton, OH29,847Lakewood, OH: 28,945 personsLakewood, OH28,945Kettering, OH: 27,738 personsKettering, OH27,738Hamilton, OH: 26,315 personsHamilton, OH26,315Elyria, OH: 25,633 personsElyria, OH25,633Lorain, OH: 25,509 personsLorain, OH25,509Mentor, OH: 25,375 personsMentor, OH25,375Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 25,274 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH25,274Springfield, OH: 24,271 personsSpringfield, OH24,271Strongsville, OH: 23,438 personsStrongsville, OH23,438Dublin, OH: 23,409 personsDublin, OH23,409Fairfield, OH: 22,980 personsFairfield, OH22,980Beavercreek, OH: 22,115 personsBeavercreek, OH22,115Newark, OH: 22,037 personsNewark, OH22,037Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,002 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,002Euclid, OH: 21,477 personsEuclid, OH21,477Youngstown, OH: 21,373 personsYoungstown, OH21,373Findlay, OH: 20,616 personsFindlay, OH20,616Westerville, OH: 20,492 personsWesterville, OH20,492Grove City, OH: 20,280 personsGrove City, OH20,280Reynoldsburg, OH: 19,510 personsReynoldsburg, OH19,510Middletown, OH: 19,504 personsMiddletown, OH19,504Delaware, OH: 19,500 personsDelaware, OH19,500Brunswick, OH: 19,202 personsBrunswick, OH19,202Gahanna, OH: 18,925 personsGahanna, OH18,925Stow, OH: 17,882 personsStow, OH17,882Hilliard, OH: 17,498 personsHilliard, OH17,498Upper Arlington, OH: 17,442 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,442Huber Heights, OH: 17,202 personsHuber Heights, OH17,202Lancaster, OH: 16,918 personsLancaster, OH16,918North Olmsted, OH: 16,798 personsNorth Olmsted, OH16,798North Royalton, OH: 16,784 personsNorth Royalton, OH16,784Mansfield, OH: 16,750 personsMansfield, OH16,750Columbus, OH: 428,709 personsColumbus, OH428,709Cleveland, OH: 149,944 personsCleveland, OH149,944Cincinnati, OH: 135,272 personsCincinnati, OH135,272Toledo, OH: 121,205 personsToledo, OH121,205Akron, OH: 85,779 personsAkron, OH85,779Dayton, OH: 54,741 personsDayton, OH54,741Parma, OH: 40,463 personsParma, OH40,463Canton, OH: 29,847 personsCanton, OH29,847Lakewood, OH: 28,945 personsLakewood, OH28,945Kettering, OH: 27,738 personsKettering, OH27,738Hamilton, OH: 26,315 personsHamilton, OH26,315Elyria, OH: 25,633 personsElyria, OH25,633Lorain, OH: 25,509 personsLorain, OH25,509Mentor, OH: 25,375 personsMentor, OH25,375Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 25,274 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH25,274Springfield, OH: 24,271 personsSpringfield, OH24,271Strongsville, OH: 23,438 personsStrongsville, OH23,438Dublin, OH: 23,409 personsDublin, OH23,409Fairfield, OH: 22,980 personsFairfield, OH22,980Beavercreek, OH: 22,115 personsBeavercreek, OH22,115Newark, OH: 22,037 personsNewark, OH22,037Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,002 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,002Euclid, OH: 21,477 personsEuclid, OH21,477Youngstown, OH: 21,373 personsYoungstown, OH21,373Findlay, OH: 20,616 personsFindlay, OH20,616Westerville, OH: 20,492 personsWesterville, OH20,492Grove City, OH: 20,280 personsGrove City, OH20,280Reynoldsburg, OH: 19,510 personsReynoldsburg, OH19,510Middletown, OH: 19,504 personsMiddletown, OH19,504Delaware, OH: 19,500 personsDelaware, OH19,500Brunswick, OH: 19,202 personsBrunswick, OH19,202Gahanna, OH: 18,925 personsGahanna, OH18,925Stow, OH: 17,882 personsStow, OH17,882Hilliard, OH: 17,498 personsHilliard, OH17,498Upper Arlington, OH: 17,442 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,442Huber Heights, OH: 17,202 personsHuber Heights, OH17,202Lancaster, OH: 16,918 personsLancaster, OH16,918North Olmsted, OH: 16,798 personsNorth Olmsted, OH16,798North Royalton, OH: 16,784 personsNorth Royalton, OH16,784Mansfield, OH: 16,750 personsMansfield, OH16,750
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Columbus, OH428,709+2.2%
2Cleveland, OH149,944+0.2%
3Cincinnati, OH135,272+1.1%
4Toledo, OH121,205+1.1%
5Akron, OH85,779+0.7%
6Dayton, OH54,741+1.1%
7Parma, OH40,463+0.5%
8Canton, OH29,847-0.7%
9Lakewood, OH28,9450%
10Kettering, OH27,738+1.1%
11Hamilton, OH26,315+0.8%
12Elyria, OH25,633+0.2%
13Lorain, OH25,509+0.4%
14Mentor, OH25,375+0.6%
15Cuyahoga Falls, OH25,274+0.7%
16Springfield, OH24,271-0.5%
17Strongsville, OH23,438+0.6%
18Dublin, OH23,409+2.5%
19Fairfield, OH22,980+0.9%
20Beavercreek, OH22,115+2.2%
21Newark, OH22,037+0.8%
22Cleveland Heights, OH22,002+0.1%
23Euclid, OH21,477+0.1%
24Youngstown, OH21,373-0.4%
25Findlay, OH20,616+1.4%
26Westerville, OH20,492+2.4%
27Grove City, OH20,280+2.8%
28Reynoldsburg, OH19,510+1.7%
29Middletown, OH19,504+0.9%
30Delaware, OH19,500+2.2%
31Brunswick, OH19,202+0.8%
32Gahanna, OH18,925+1.5%
33Stow, OH17,882+0.9%
34Hilliard, OH17,498+4.2%
35Upper Arlington, OH17,442+1.4%
36Huber Heights, OH17,202+1.4%
37Lancaster, OH16,918+1%
38North Olmsted, OH16,798+0.2%
39North Royalton, OH16,784+0.5%
40Mansfield, OH16,750-0.5%
41North Ridgeville, OH16,647+2.5%
42Westlake, OH16,470+0.6%
43Fairborn, OH16,051+1.8%
44Kent, OH15,959+1.4%
45Mason, OH15,904+4.3%
46Bowling Green, OH15,854+0.4%
47Massillon, OH14,425-0.2%
48Lima, OH13,825-0.5%
49Shaker Heights, OH13,6860%
50Warren, OH13,538-0.7%
51Green, OH13,308+0.8%
52Wooster, OH13,215+1.9%
53Garfield Heights, OH12,985+0.1%
54Troy, OH12,930+1.8%
55Marion, OH12,896+0.5%
56Medina, OH12,756-0.1%
57Barberton, OH11,952+0.6%
58South Euclid, OH11,845+0.2%
59Sandusky, OH11,091+0.7%
60Xenia, OH10,546+1.7%
61Riverside, OH10,124+1.1%
62Athens, OH10,018+4.3%
63Trotwood, OH9,853+1.1%
64Maple Heights, OH9,629+0.1%
65Zanesville, OH9,024-0.4%

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. 6 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/ohio-cities?period=2015. 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 Ohio by employed residents, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/ohio-cities?period=2015.

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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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/ohio-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Columbus, OH, with 428,709 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Zanesville, OH, with 9,024 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.

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