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Cities in Ohio by employed residents

Columbus, OH had the highest employed residents of 65 cities in 2016, at 448,048. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 9,517. The median was 18,007. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest448,048Columbus, OH
Lowest9,517Zanesville, OH
Median18,00765 cities

Top 40 cities, 2016

Columbus, OH: 448,048 personsColumbus, OH448,048Cleveland, OH: 157,048 personsCleveland, OH157,048Cincinnati, OH: 146,936 personsCincinnati, OH146,936Toledo, OH: 121,799 personsToledo, OH121,799Akron, OH: 87,797 personsAkron, OH87,797Dayton, OH: 55,890 personsDayton, OH55,890Parma, OH: 41,950 personsParma, OH41,950Lakewood, OH: 30,562 personsLakewood, OH30,562Canton, OH: 29,195 personsCanton, OH29,195Kettering, OH: 28,187 personsKettering, OH28,187Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,733 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,733Hamilton, OH: 27,257 personsHamilton, OH27,257Lorain, OH: 26,045 personsLorain, OH26,045Elyria, OH: 24,013 personsElyria, OH24,013Mentor, OH: 23,968 personsMentor, OH23,968Springfield, OH: 23,727 personsSpringfield, OH23,727Euclid, OH: 23,253 personsEuclid, OH23,253Dublin, OH: 22,535 personsDublin, OH22,535Middletown, OH: 22,405 personsMiddletown, OH22,405Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,402 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,402Strongsville, OH: 22,399 personsStrongsville, OH22,399Fairfield, OH: 21,884 personsFairfield, OH21,884Youngstown, OH: 21,724 personsYoungstown, OH21,724Beavercreek, OH: 21,571 personsBeavercreek, OH21,571Newark, OH: 21,456 personsNewark, OH21,456Huber Heights, OH: 20,349 personsHuber Heights, OH20,349Grove City, OH: 19,850 personsGrove City, OH19,850Reynoldsburg, OH: 19,832 personsReynoldsburg, OH19,832Findlay, OH: 19,582 personsFindlay, OH19,582Delaware, OH: 19,424 personsDelaware, OH19,424Hilliard, OH: 19,044 personsHilliard, OH19,044Brunswick, OH: 18,532 personsBrunswick, OH18,532Westerville, OH: 18,007 personsWesterville, OH18,007Gahanna, OH: 17,992 personsGahanna, OH17,992Mansfield, OH: 17,470 personsMansfield, OH17,470Upper Arlington, OH: 17,464 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,464Stow, OH: 17,276 personsStow, OH17,276Lancaster, OH: 17,113 personsLancaster, OH17,113Mason, OH: 17,011 personsMason, OH17,011Fairborn, OH: 16,840 personsFairborn, OH16,840Columbus, OH: 448,048 personsColumbus, OH448,048Cleveland, OH: 157,048 personsCleveland, OH157,048Cincinnati, OH: 146,936 personsCincinnati, OH146,936Toledo, OH: 121,799 personsToledo, OH121,799Akron, OH: 87,797 personsAkron, OH87,797Dayton, OH: 55,890 personsDayton, OH55,890Parma, OH: 41,950 personsParma, OH41,950Lakewood, OH: 30,562 personsLakewood, OH30,562Canton, OH: 29,195 personsCanton, OH29,195Kettering, OH: 28,187 personsKettering, OH28,187Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,733 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,733Hamilton, OH: 27,257 personsHamilton, OH27,257Lorain, OH: 26,045 personsLorain, OH26,045Elyria, OH: 24,013 personsElyria, OH24,013Mentor, OH: 23,968 personsMentor, OH23,968Springfield, OH: 23,727 personsSpringfield, OH23,727Euclid, OH: 23,253 personsEuclid, OH23,253Dublin, OH: 22,535 personsDublin, OH22,535Middletown, OH: 22,405 personsMiddletown, OH22,405Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,402 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,402Strongsville, OH: 22,399 personsStrongsville, OH22,399Fairfield, OH: 21,884 personsFairfield, OH21,884Youngstown, OH: 21,724 personsYoungstown, OH21,724Beavercreek, OH: 21,571 personsBeavercreek, OH21,571Newark, OH: 21,456 personsNewark, OH21,456Huber Heights, OH: 20,349 personsHuber Heights, OH20,349Grove City, OH: 19,850 personsGrove City, OH19,850Reynoldsburg, OH: 19,832 personsReynoldsburg, OH19,832Findlay, OH: 19,582 personsFindlay, OH19,582Delaware, OH: 19,424 personsDelaware, OH19,424Hilliard, OH: 19,044 personsHilliard, OH19,044Brunswick, OH: 18,532 personsBrunswick, OH18,532Westerville, OH: 18,007 personsWesterville, OH18,007Gahanna, OH: 17,992 personsGahanna, OH17,992Mansfield, OH: 17,470 personsMansfield, OH17,470Upper Arlington, OH: 17,464 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,464Stow, OH: 17,276 personsStow, OH17,276Lancaster, OH: 17,113 personsLancaster, OH17,113Mason, OH: 17,011 personsMason, OH17,011Fairborn, OH: 16,840 personsFairborn, OH16,840
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Columbus, OH448,048+4.5%
2Cleveland, OH157,048+4.7%
3Cincinnati, OH146,936+8.6%
4Toledo, OH121,799+0.5%
5Akron, OH87,797+2.4%
6Dayton, OH55,890+2.1%
7Parma, OH41,950+3.7%
8Lakewood, OH30,562+5.6%
9Canton, OH29,195-2.2%
10Kettering, OH28,187+1.6%
11Cuyahoga Falls, OH27,733+9.7%
12Hamilton, OH27,257+3.6%
13Lorain, OH26,045+2.1%
14Elyria, OH24,013-6.3%
15Mentor, OH23,968-5.5%
16Springfield, OH23,727-2.2%
17Euclid, OH23,253+8.3%
18Dublin, OH22,535-3.7%
19Middletown, OH22,405+14.9%
20Cleveland Heights, OH22,402+1.8%
21Strongsville, OH22,399-4.4%
22Fairfield, OH21,884-4.8%
23Youngstown, OH21,724+1.6%
24Beavercreek, OH21,571-2.5%
25Newark, OH21,456-2.6%
26Huber Heights, OH20,349+18.3%
27Grove City, OH19,850-2.1%
28Reynoldsburg, OH19,832+1.7%
29Findlay, OH19,582-5%
30Delaware, OH19,424-0.4%
31Hilliard, OH19,044+8.8%
32Brunswick, OH18,532-3.5%
33Westerville, OH18,007-12.1%
34Gahanna, OH17,992-4.9%
35Mansfield, OH17,470+4.3%
36Upper Arlington, OH17,464+0.1%
37Stow, OH17,276-3.4%
38Lancaster, OH17,113+1.2%
39Mason, OH17,011+7%
40Fairborn, OH16,840+4.9%
41North Olmsted, OH16,407-2.3%
42North Ridgeville, OH16,168-2.9%
43Westlake, OH16,134-2%
44Bowling Green, OH16,074+1.4%
45North Royalton, OH15,991-4.7%
46Massillon, OH14,966+3.8%
47Lima, OH14,814+7.2%
48Shaker Heights, OH14,430+5.4%
49Kent, OH14,076-11.8%
50Wooster, OH13,724+3.9%
51Warren, OH13,687+1.1%
52Green, OH13,498+1.4%
53Garfield Heights, OH13,192+1.6%
54Marion, OH13,139+1.9%
55Medina, OH13,135+3%
56Troy, OH12,084-6.5%
57Sandusky, OH11,643+5%
58Athens, OH11,551+15.3%
59South Euclid, OH11,050-6.7%
60Barberton, OH10,886-8.9%
61Xenia, OH10,677+1.2%
62Riverside, OH10,578+4.5%
63Maple Heights, OH9,783+1.6%
64Trotwood, OH9,719-1.4%
65Zanesville, OH9,517+5.5%

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 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Columbus, OH, with 448,048 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Zanesville, OH, with 9,517 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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