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Cities in Ohio by employed residents

Columbus, OH had the highest employed residents of 65 cities in 2017, at 458,171. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 9,566. The median was 18,437. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest458,171Columbus, OH
Lowest9,566Zanesville, OH
Median18,43765 cities

Top 40 cities, 2017

Columbus, OH: 458,171 personsColumbus, OH458,171Cleveland, OH: 157,715 personsCleveland, OH157,715Cincinnati, OH: 149,257 personsCincinnati, OH149,257Toledo, OH: 120,418 personsToledo, OH120,418Akron, OH: 88,150 personsAkron, OH88,150Dayton, OH: 56,198 personsDayton, OH56,198Parma, OH: 42,128 personsParma, OH42,128Lakewood, OH: 30,699 personsLakewood, OH30,699Canton, OH: 29,320 personsCanton, OH29,320Kettering, OH: 28,391 personsKettering, OH28,391Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,851 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,851Hamilton, OH: 27,455 personsHamilton, OH27,455Lorain, OH: 26,285 personsLorain, OH26,285Mentor, OH: 24,305 personsMentor, OH24,305Elyria, OH: 24,179 personsElyria, OH24,179Springfield, OH: 23,953 personsSpringfield, OH23,953Dublin, OH: 23,620 personsDublin, OH23,620Euclid, OH: 23,351 personsEuclid, OH23,351Strongsville, OH: 22,623 personsStrongsville, OH22,623Middletown, OH: 22,597 personsMiddletown, OH22,597Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,496 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,496Fairfield, OH: 22,065 personsFairfield, OH22,065Beavercreek, OH: 21,920 personsBeavercreek, OH21,920Newark, OH: 21,821 personsNewark, OH21,821Youngstown, OH: 21,334 personsYoungstown, OH21,334Huber Heights, OH: 20,554 personsHuber Heights, OH20,554Grove City, OH: 20,517 personsGrove City, OH20,517Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,105 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,105Delaware, OH: 19,843 personsDelaware, OH19,843Findlay, OH: 19,699 personsFindlay, OH19,699Hilliard, OH: 19,638 personsHilliard, OH19,638Brunswick, OH: 18,790 personsBrunswick, OH18,790Westerville, OH: 18,437 personsWesterville, OH18,437Gahanna, OH: 18,201 personsGahanna, OH18,201Upper Arlington, OH: 17,652 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,652Lancaster, OH: 17,396 personsLancaster, OH17,396Stow, OH: 17,374 personsStow, OH17,374Mason, OH: 17,361 personsMason, OH17,361Mansfield, OH: 17,323 personsMansfield, OH17,323Fairborn, OH: 16,943 personsFairborn, OH16,943Columbus, OH: 458,171 personsColumbus, OH458,171Cleveland, OH: 157,715 personsCleveland, OH157,715Cincinnati, OH: 149,257 personsCincinnati, OH149,257Toledo, OH: 120,418 personsToledo, OH120,418Akron, OH: 88,150 personsAkron, OH88,150Dayton, OH: 56,198 personsDayton, OH56,198Parma, OH: 42,128 personsParma, OH42,128Lakewood, OH: 30,699 personsLakewood, OH30,699Canton, OH: 29,320 personsCanton, OH29,320Kettering, OH: 28,391 personsKettering, OH28,391Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,851 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,851Hamilton, OH: 27,455 personsHamilton, OH27,455Lorain, OH: 26,285 personsLorain, OH26,285Mentor, OH: 24,305 personsMentor, OH24,305Elyria, OH: 24,179 personsElyria, OH24,179Springfield, OH: 23,953 personsSpringfield, OH23,953Dublin, OH: 23,620 personsDublin, OH23,620Euclid, OH: 23,351 personsEuclid, OH23,351Strongsville, OH: 22,623 personsStrongsville, OH22,623Middletown, OH: 22,597 personsMiddletown, OH22,597Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,496 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,496Fairfield, OH: 22,065 personsFairfield, OH22,065Beavercreek, OH: 21,920 personsBeavercreek, OH21,920Newark, OH: 21,821 personsNewark, OH21,821Youngstown, OH: 21,334 personsYoungstown, OH21,334Huber Heights, OH: 20,554 personsHuber Heights, OH20,554Grove City, OH: 20,517 personsGrove City, OH20,517Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,105 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,105Delaware, OH: 19,843 personsDelaware, OH19,843Findlay, OH: 19,699 personsFindlay, OH19,699Hilliard, OH: 19,638 personsHilliard, OH19,638Brunswick, OH: 18,790 personsBrunswick, OH18,790Westerville, OH: 18,437 personsWesterville, OH18,437Gahanna, OH: 18,201 personsGahanna, OH18,201Upper Arlington, OH: 17,652 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,652Lancaster, OH: 17,396 personsLancaster, OH17,396Stow, OH: 17,374 personsStow, OH17,374Mason, OH: 17,361 personsMason, OH17,361Mansfield, OH: 17,323 personsMansfield, OH17,323Fairborn, OH: 16,943 personsFairborn, OH16,943
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Columbus, OH458,171+2.3%
2Cleveland, OH157,715+0.4%
3Cincinnati, OH149,257+1.6%
4Toledo, OH120,418-1.1%
5Akron, OH88,150+0.4%
6Dayton, OH56,198+0.6%
7Parma, OH42,128+0.4%
8Lakewood, OH30,699+0.4%
9Canton, OH29,320+0.4%
10Kettering, OH28,391+0.7%
11Cuyahoga Falls, OH27,851+0.4%
12Hamilton, OH27,455+0.7%
13Lorain, OH26,285+0.9%
14Mentor, OH24,305+1.4%
15Elyria, OH24,179+0.7%
16Springfield, OH23,953+1%
17Dublin, OH23,620+4.8%
18Euclid, OH23,351+0.4%
19Strongsville, OH22,623+1%
20Middletown, OH22,597+0.9%
21Cleveland Heights, OH22,496+0.4%
22Fairfield, OH22,065+0.8%
23Beavercreek, OH21,920+1.6%
24Newark, OH21,821+1.7%
25Youngstown, OH21,334-1.8%
26Huber Heights, OH20,554+1%
27Grove City, OH20,517+3.4%
28Reynoldsburg, OH20,105+1.4%
29Delaware, OH19,843+2.2%
30Findlay, OH19,699+0.6%
31Hilliard, OH19,638+3.1%
32Brunswick, OH18,790+1.4%
33Westerville, OH18,437+2.4%
34Gahanna, OH18,201+1.2%
35Upper Arlington, OH17,652+1.1%
36Lancaster, OH17,396+1.7%
37Stow, OH17,374+0.6%
38Mason, OH17,361+2.1%
39Mansfield, OH17,323-0.8%
40Fairborn, OH16,943+0.6%
41North Olmsted, OH16,487+0.5%
42North Ridgeville, OH16,474+1.9%
43Westlake, OH16,260+0.8%
44Bowling Green, OH16,166+0.6%
45North Royalton, OH16,131+0.9%
46Massillon, OH15,128+1.1%
47Lima, OH14,917+0.7%
48Shaker Heights, OH14,490+0.4%
49Kent, OH14,042-0.2%
50Wooster, OH13,757+0.2%
51Green, OH13,565+0.5%
52Warren, OH13,374-2.3%
53Garfield Heights, OH13,249+0.4%
54Marion, OH13,231+0.7%
55Medina, OH13,223+0.7%
56Troy, OH12,244+1.3%
57Sandusky, OH11,706+0.5%
58Athens, OH11,660+0.9%
59South Euclid, OH11,099+0.4%
60Barberton, OH10,912+0.2%
61Xenia, OH10,846+1.6%
62Riverside, OH10,687+1%
63Maple Heights, OH9,823+0.4%
64Trotwood, OH9,820+1%
65Zanesville, OH9,566+0.5%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Columbus, OH, with 458,171 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Zanesville, OH, with 9,566 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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