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Cities in Ohio by employed residents

Columbus, OH had the highest employed residents of 65 cities in 2019, at 472,489. Zanesville, OH had the lowest, at 9,630. The median was 19,289. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest472,489Columbus, OH
Lowest9,630Zanesville, OH
Median19,28965 cities

Top 40 cities, 2019

Columbus, OH: 472,489 personsColumbus, OH472,489Cleveland, OH: 161,389 personsCleveland, OH161,389Cincinnati, OH: 153,108 personsCincinnati, OH153,108Toledo, OH: 120,999 personsToledo, OH120,999Akron, OH: 88,597 personsAkron, OH88,597Dayton, OH: 56,774 personsDayton, OH56,774Parma, OH: 43,060 personsParma, OH43,060Lakewood, OH: 31,436 personsLakewood, OH31,436Canton, OH: 29,208 personsCanton, OH29,208Kettering, OH: 28,529 personsKettering, OH28,529Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,067 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,067Hamilton, OH: 27,968 personsHamilton, OH27,968Lorain, OH: 27,117 personsLorain, OH27,117Mentor, OH: 25,072 personsMentor, OH25,072Elyria, OH: 24,898 personsElyria, OH24,898Dublin, OH: 24,569 personsDublin, OH24,569Springfield, OH: 23,892 personsSpringfield, OH23,892Euclid, OH: 23,866 personsEuclid, OH23,866Strongsville, OH: 23,385 personsStrongsville, OH23,385Middletown, OH: 23,010 personsMiddletown, OH23,010Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,977 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,977Fairfield, OH: 22,466 personsFairfield, OH22,466Newark, OH: 22,415 personsNewark, OH22,415Beavercreek, OH: 22,386 personsBeavercreek, OH22,386Youngstown, OH: 21,297 personsYoungstown, OH21,297Grove City, OH: 21,108 personsGrove City, OH21,108Delaware, OH: 21,090 personsDelaware, OH21,090Huber Heights, OH: 20,794 personsHuber Heights, OH20,794Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,529 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,529Hilliard, OH: 20,146 personsHilliard, OH20,146Findlay, OH: 19,943 personsFindlay, OH19,943Brunswick, OH: 19,387 personsBrunswick, OH19,387Westerville, OH: 19,289 personsWesterville, OH19,289Gahanna, OH: 18,455 personsGahanna, OH18,455Mason, OH: 18,033 personsMason, OH18,033Upper Arlington, OH: 17,842 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,842Lancaster, OH: 17,715 personsLancaster, OH17,715Stow, OH: 17,539 personsStow, OH17,539North Ridgeville, OH: 17,498 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH17,498Mansfield, OH: 17,310 personsMansfield, OH17,310Columbus, OH: 472,489 personsColumbus, OH472,489Cleveland, OH: 161,389 personsCleveland, OH161,389Cincinnati, OH: 153,108 personsCincinnati, OH153,108Toledo, OH: 120,999 personsToledo, OH120,999Akron, OH: 88,597 personsAkron, OH88,597Dayton, OH: 56,774 personsDayton, OH56,774Parma, OH: 43,060 personsParma, OH43,060Lakewood, OH: 31,436 personsLakewood, OH31,436Canton, OH: 29,208 personsCanton, OH29,208Kettering, OH: 28,529 personsKettering, OH28,529Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 28,067 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH28,067Hamilton, OH: 27,968 personsHamilton, OH27,968Lorain, OH: 27,117 personsLorain, OH27,117Mentor, OH: 25,072 personsMentor, OH25,072Elyria, OH: 24,898 personsElyria, OH24,898Dublin, OH: 24,569 personsDublin, OH24,569Springfield, OH: 23,892 personsSpringfield, OH23,892Euclid, OH: 23,866 personsEuclid, OH23,866Strongsville, OH: 23,385 personsStrongsville, OH23,385Middletown, OH: 23,010 personsMiddletown, OH23,010Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,977 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,977Fairfield, OH: 22,466 personsFairfield, OH22,466Newark, OH: 22,415 personsNewark, OH22,415Beavercreek, OH: 22,386 personsBeavercreek, OH22,386Youngstown, OH: 21,297 personsYoungstown, OH21,297Grove City, OH: 21,108 personsGrove City, OH21,108Delaware, OH: 21,090 personsDelaware, OH21,090Huber Heights, OH: 20,794 personsHuber Heights, OH20,794Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,529 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,529Hilliard, OH: 20,146 personsHilliard, OH20,146Findlay, OH: 19,943 personsFindlay, OH19,943Brunswick, OH: 19,387 personsBrunswick, OH19,387Westerville, OH: 19,289 personsWesterville, OH19,289Gahanna, OH: 18,455 personsGahanna, OH18,455Mason, OH: 18,033 personsMason, OH18,033Upper Arlington, OH: 17,842 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,842Lancaster, OH: 17,715 personsLancaster, OH17,715Stow, OH: 17,539 personsStow, OH17,539North Ridgeville, OH: 17,498 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH17,498Mansfield, OH: 17,310 personsMansfield, OH17,310
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Columbus, OH472,489+2%
2Cleveland, OH161,389+1.3%
3Cincinnati, OH153,108+1.9%
4Toledo, OH120,999+0.6%
5Akron, OH88,597+0.9%
6Dayton, OH56,774+1%
7Parma, OH43,060+1.3%
8Lakewood, OH31,436+1.3%
9Canton, OH29,208+0.3%
10Kettering, OH28,529+0.7%
11Cuyahoga Falls, OH28,067+1.1%
12Hamilton, OH27,968+1.4%
13Lorain, OH27,117+1.5%
14Mentor, OH25,072+1.8%
15Elyria, OH24,898+1.7%
16Dublin, OH24,569+2.2%
17Springfield, OH23,892+0.5%
18Euclid, OH23,866+1.3%
19Strongsville, OH23,385+1.7%
20Middletown, OH23,010+1.4%
21Cleveland Heights, OH22,977+1.2%
22Fairfield, OH22,466+1.3%
23Newark, OH22,415+1.9%
24Beavercreek, OH22,386+1.5%
25Youngstown, OH21,297-0.7%
26Grove City, OH21,108+1.8%
27Delaware, OH21,090+4.8%
28Huber Heights, OH20,794+1.1%
29Reynoldsburg, OH20,529+1.4%
30Hilliard, OH20,146+1.7%
31Findlay, OH19,943+1.8%
32Brunswick, OH19,387+1.8%
33Westerville, OH19,289+3.2%
34Gahanna, OH18,455+1.1%
35Mason, OH18,033+2.3%
36Upper Arlington, OH17,842+1%
37Lancaster, OH17,715+1.2%
38Stow, OH17,539+1.1%
39North Ridgeville, OH17,498+3.5%
40Mansfield, OH17,310-0.2%
41Fairborn, OH17,090+0.9%
42North Olmsted, OH16,869+1.3%
43Westlake, OH16,710+1.5%
44North Royalton, OH16,580+1.5%
45Bowling Green, OH16,380+1.4%
46Massillon, OH15,323+1.2%
47Shaker Heights, OH14,809+1.3%
48Lima, OH14,782+0.4%
49Kent, OH13,995+1.3%
50Wooster, OH13,982+2.1%
51Green, OH13,691+1.2%
52Garfield Heights, OH13,542+1.3%
53Marion, OH13,523+0.6%
54Medina, OH13,519+1.4%
55Warren, OH13,199+0.7%
56Troy, OH12,550+1.9%
57Sandusky, OH11,676+0.1%
58Athens, OH11,440+0.7%
59South Euclid, OH11,338+1.3%
60Xenia, OH11,069+1.5%
61Barberton, OH10,946+0.9%
62Riverside, OH10,810+1%
63Maple Heights, OH10,037+1.3%
64Trotwood, OH9,929+1%
65Zanesville, OH9,630+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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Columbus, OH, with 472,489 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Zanesville, OH, with 9,630 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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