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Cities in Ohio by employed residents

Columbus, OH had the highest employed residents of 65 cities in 2018, at 463,080. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 9,536. The median was 18,684. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest463,080Columbus, OH
Lowest9,536Zanesville, OH
Median18,68465 cities

Top 40 cities, 2018

Columbus, OH: 463,080 personsColumbus, OH463,080Cleveland, OH: 159,246 personsCleveland, OH159,246Cincinnati, OH: 150,288 personsCincinnati, OH150,288Toledo, OH: 120,222 personsToledo, OH120,222Akron, OH: 87,815 personsAkron, OH87,815Dayton, OH: 56,228 personsDayton, OH56,228Parma, OH: 42,517 personsParma, OH42,517Lakewood, OH: 31,045 personsLakewood, OH31,045Canton, OH: 29,122 personsCanton, OH29,122Kettering, OH: 28,329 personsKettering, OH28,329Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,754 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,754Hamilton, OH: 27,594 personsHamilton, OH27,594Lorain, OH: 26,706 personsLorain, OH26,706Mentor, OH: 24,626 personsMentor, OH24,626Elyria, OH: 24,493 personsElyria, OH24,493Dublin, OH: 24,049 personsDublin, OH24,049Springfield, OH: 23,766 personsSpringfield, OH23,766Euclid, OH: 23,566 personsEuclid, OH23,566Strongsville, OH: 22,999 personsStrongsville, OH22,999Middletown, OH: 22,699 personsMiddletown, OH22,699Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,695 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,695Fairfield, OH: 22,174 personsFairfield, OH22,174Beavercreek, OH: 22,056 personsBeavercreek, OH22,056Newark, OH: 22,004 personsNewark, OH22,004Youngstown, OH: 21,455 personsYoungstown, OH21,455Grove City, OH: 20,738 personsGrove City, OH20,738Huber Heights, OH: 20,577 personsHuber Heights, OH20,577Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,237 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,237Delaware, OH: 20,129 personsDelaware, OH20,129Hilliard, OH: 19,808 personsHilliard, OH19,808Findlay, OH: 19,584 personsFindlay, OH19,584Brunswick, OH: 19,044 personsBrunswick, OH19,044Westerville, OH: 18,684 personsWesterville, OH18,684Gahanna, OH: 18,252 personsGahanna, OH18,252Upper Arlington, OH: 17,669 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,669Mason, OH: 17,623 personsMason, OH17,623Lancaster, OH: 17,510 personsLancaster, OH17,510Stow, OH: 17,342 personsStow, OH17,342Mansfield, OH: 17,340 personsMansfield, OH17,340Fairborn, OH: 16,938 personsFairborn, OH16,938Columbus, OH: 463,080 personsColumbus, OH463,080Cleveland, OH: 159,246 personsCleveland, OH159,246Cincinnati, OH: 150,288 personsCincinnati, OH150,288Toledo, OH: 120,222 personsToledo, OH120,222Akron, OH: 87,815 personsAkron, OH87,815Dayton, OH: 56,228 personsDayton, OH56,228Parma, OH: 42,517 personsParma, OH42,517Lakewood, OH: 31,045 personsLakewood, OH31,045Canton, OH: 29,122 personsCanton, OH29,122Kettering, OH: 28,329 personsKettering, OH28,329Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,754 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,754Hamilton, OH: 27,594 personsHamilton, OH27,594Lorain, OH: 26,706 personsLorain, OH26,706Mentor, OH: 24,626 personsMentor, OH24,626Elyria, OH: 24,493 personsElyria, OH24,493Dublin, OH: 24,049 personsDublin, OH24,049Springfield, OH: 23,766 personsSpringfield, OH23,766Euclid, OH: 23,566 personsEuclid, OH23,566Strongsville, OH: 22,999 personsStrongsville, OH22,999Middletown, OH: 22,699 personsMiddletown, OH22,699Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,695 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,695Fairfield, OH: 22,174 personsFairfield, OH22,174Beavercreek, OH: 22,056 personsBeavercreek, OH22,056Newark, OH: 22,004 personsNewark, OH22,004Youngstown, OH: 21,455 personsYoungstown, OH21,455Grove City, OH: 20,738 personsGrove City, OH20,738Huber Heights, OH: 20,577 personsHuber Heights, OH20,577Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,237 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,237Delaware, OH: 20,129 personsDelaware, OH20,129Hilliard, OH: 19,808 personsHilliard, OH19,808Findlay, OH: 19,584 personsFindlay, OH19,584Brunswick, OH: 19,044 personsBrunswick, OH19,044Westerville, OH: 18,684 personsWesterville, OH18,684Gahanna, OH: 18,252 personsGahanna, OH18,252Upper Arlington, OH: 17,669 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,669Mason, OH: 17,623 personsMason, OH17,623Lancaster, OH: 17,510 personsLancaster, OH17,510Stow, OH: 17,342 personsStow, OH17,342Mansfield, OH: 17,340 personsMansfield, OH17,340Fairborn, OH: 16,938 personsFairborn, OH16,938
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Columbus, OH463,080+1.1%
2Cleveland, OH159,246+1%
3Cincinnati, OH150,288+0.7%
4Toledo, OH120,222-0.2%
5Akron, OH87,815-0.4%
6Dayton, OH56,228+0.1%
7Parma, OH42,517+0.9%
8Lakewood, OH31,045+1.1%
9Canton, OH29,122-0.7%
10Kettering, OH28,329-0.2%
11Cuyahoga Falls, OH27,754-0.3%
12Hamilton, OH27,594+0.5%
13Lorain, OH26,706+1.6%
14Mentor, OH24,626+1.3%
15Elyria, OH24,493+1.3%
16Dublin, OH24,049+1.8%
17Springfield, OH23,766-0.8%
18Euclid, OH23,566+0.9%
19Strongsville, OH22,999+1.7%
20Middletown, OH22,699+0.5%
21Cleveland Heights, OH22,695+0.9%
22Fairfield, OH22,174+0.5%
23Beavercreek, OH22,056+0.6%
24Newark, OH22,004+0.8%
25Youngstown, OH21,455+0.6%
26Grove City, OH20,738+1.1%
27Huber Heights, OH20,577+0.1%
28Reynoldsburg, OH20,237+0.7%
29Delaware, OH20,129+1.4%
30Hilliard, OH19,808+0.9%
31Findlay, OH19,584-0.6%
32Brunswick, OH19,044+1.4%
33Westerville, OH18,684+1.3%
34Gahanna, OH18,252+0.3%
35Upper Arlington, OH17,669+0.1%
36Mason, OH17,623+1.5%
37Lancaster, OH17,510+0.7%
38Stow, OH17,342-0.2%
39Mansfield, OH17,340+0.1%
40Fairborn, OH16,938-0%
41North Ridgeville, OH16,910+2.6%
42North Olmsted, OH16,648+1%
43Westlake, OH16,461+1.2%
44North Royalton, OH16,327+1.2%
45Bowling Green, OH16,161-0%
46Massillon, OH15,146+0.1%
47Lima, OH14,727-1.3%
48Shaker Heights, OH14,623+0.9%
49Kent, OH13,809-1.7%
50Wooster, OH13,694-0.5%
51Green, OH13,528-0.3%
52Marion, OH13,448+1.6%
53Garfield Heights, OH13,372+0.9%
54Medina, OH13,328+0.8%
55Warren, OH13,112-2%
56Troy, OH12,320+0.6%
57Sandusky, OH11,664-0.4%
58Athens, OH11,360-2.6%
59South Euclid, OH11,196+0.9%
60Xenia, OH10,909+0.6%
61Barberton, OH10,850-0.6%
62Riverside, OH10,701+0.1%
63Maple Heights, OH9,913+0.9%
64Trotwood, OH9,831+0.1%
65Zanesville, OH9,536-0.3%

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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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Columbus, OH, with 463,080 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Zanesville, OH, with 9,536 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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