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Cities in Ohio by employed residents

Columbus, OH had the highest employed residents of 71 cities in 2022, at 474,692. Maple Heights, OH had the lowest, at 9,490. The median was 18,076. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest474,692Columbus, OH
Lowest9,490Maple Heights, OH
Median18,07671 cities

Top 40 cities, 2022

Columbus, OH: 474,692 personsColumbus, OH474,692Cincinnati, OH: 153,361 personsCincinnati, OH153,361Cleveland, OH: 152,143 personsCleveland, OH152,143Toledo, OH: 115,080 personsToledo, OH115,080Akron, OH: 85,917 personsAkron, OH85,917Dayton, OH: 54,682 personsDayton, OH54,682Parma, OH: 40,788 personsParma, OH40,788Lakewood, OH: 29,677 personsLakewood, OH29,677Hamilton, OH: 27,843 personsHamilton, OH27,843Canton, OH: 27,839 personsCanton, OH27,839Kettering, OH: 27,468 personsKettering, OH27,468Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,310 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,310Lorain, OH: 26,344 personsLorain, OH26,344Dublin, OH: 24,475 personsDublin, OH24,475Elyria, OH: 24,256 personsElyria, OH24,256Mentor, OH: 24,107 personsMentor, OH24,107Springfield, OH: 23,432 personsSpringfield, OH23,432Middletown, OH: 23,189 personsMiddletown, OH23,189Delaware, OH: 22,879 personsDelaware, OH22,879Newark, OH: 22,804 personsNewark, OH22,804Euclid, OH: 22,555 personsEuclid, OH22,555Strongsville, OH: 22,323 personsStrongsville, OH22,323Fairfield, OH: 22,298 personsFairfield, OH22,298Beavercreek, OH: 22,107 personsBeavercreek, OH22,107Grove City, OH: 21,751 personsGrove City, OH21,751Cleveland Heights, OH: 21,705 personsCleveland Heights, OH21,705Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,525 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,525Youngstown, OH: 20,491 personsYoungstown, OH20,491Hilliard, OH: 20,352 personsHilliard, OH20,352Huber Heights, OH: 20,312 personsHuber Heights, OH20,312Findlay, OH: 18,984 personsFindlay, OH18,984Westerville, OH: 18,984 personsWesterville, OH18,984Brunswick, OH: 18,747 personsBrunswick, OH18,747Mason, OH: 18,564 personsMason, OH18,564Gahanna, OH: 18,131 personsGahanna, OH18,131Lancaster, OH: 18,076 personsLancaster, OH18,076North Ridgeville, OH: 17,955 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH17,955Upper Arlington, OH: 17,429 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,429Stow, OH: 17,103 personsStow, OH17,103Fairborn, OH: 16,851 personsFairborn, OH16,851Columbus, OH: 474,692 personsColumbus, OH474,692Cincinnati, OH: 153,361 personsCincinnati, OH153,361Cleveland, OH: 152,143 personsCleveland, OH152,143Toledo, OH: 115,080 personsToledo, OH115,080Akron, OH: 85,917 personsAkron, OH85,917Dayton, OH: 54,682 personsDayton, OH54,682Parma, OH: 40,788 personsParma, OH40,788Lakewood, OH: 29,677 personsLakewood, OH29,677Hamilton, OH: 27,843 personsHamilton, OH27,843Canton, OH: 27,839 personsCanton, OH27,839Kettering, OH: 27,468 personsKettering, OH27,468Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,310 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,310Lorain, OH: 26,344 personsLorain, OH26,344Dublin, OH: 24,475 personsDublin, OH24,475Elyria, OH: 24,256 personsElyria, OH24,256Mentor, OH: 24,107 personsMentor, OH24,107Springfield, OH: 23,432 personsSpringfield, OH23,432Middletown, OH: 23,189 personsMiddletown, OH23,189Delaware, OH: 22,879 personsDelaware, OH22,879Newark, OH: 22,804 personsNewark, OH22,804Euclid, OH: 22,555 personsEuclid, OH22,555Strongsville, OH: 22,323 personsStrongsville, OH22,323Fairfield, OH: 22,298 personsFairfield, OH22,298Beavercreek, OH: 22,107 personsBeavercreek, OH22,107Grove City, OH: 21,751 personsGrove City, OH21,751Cleveland Heights, OH: 21,705 personsCleveland Heights, OH21,705Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,525 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,525Youngstown, OH: 20,491 personsYoungstown, OH20,491Hilliard, OH: 20,352 personsHilliard, OH20,352Huber Heights, OH: 20,312 personsHuber Heights, OH20,312Findlay, OH: 18,984 personsFindlay, OH18,984Westerville, OH: 18,984 personsWesterville, OH18,984Brunswick, OH: 18,747 personsBrunswick, OH18,747Mason, OH: 18,564 personsMason, OH18,564Gahanna, OH: 18,131 personsGahanna, OH18,131Lancaster, OH: 18,076 personsLancaster, OH18,076North Ridgeville, OH: 17,955 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH17,955Upper Arlington, OH: 17,429 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,429Stow, OH: 17,103 personsStow, OH17,103Fairborn, OH: 16,851 personsFairborn, OH16,851
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Columbus, OH474,692+2%
2Cincinnati, OH153,361+2.6%
3Cleveland, OH152,143+2.3%
4Toledo, OH115,080+0.8%
5Akron, OH85,917+1.7%
6Dayton, OH54,682+0.9%
7Parma, OH40,788+2%
8Lakewood, OH29,677+1.8%
9Hamilton, OH27,843+2.1%
10Canton, OH27,839-0.3%
11Kettering, OH27,468+0.6%
12Cuyahoga Falls, OH27,310+1.3%
13Lorain, OH26,344+2.9%
14Dublin, OH24,475+1.2%
15Elyria, OH24,256+3.1%
16Mentor, OH24,107+2.4%
17Springfield, OH23,432+1.7%
18Middletown, OH23,189+2.7%
19Delaware, OH22,879+3.5%
20Newark, OH22,804+2%
21Euclid, OH22,555+1.9%
22Strongsville, OH22,323+2.1%
23Fairfield, OH22,298+2%
24Beavercreek, OH22,107+2%
25Grove City, OH21,751+2.5%
26Cleveland Heights, OH21,705+1.8%
27Reynoldsburg, OH20,525+1.4%
28Youngstown, OH20,491+2.6%
29Hilliard, OH20,352+2.7%
30Huber Heights, OH20,312+1.3%
31Findlay, OH18,984-0.4%
31Westerville, OH18,984+0.7%
33Brunswick, OH18,747+2.3%
34Mason, OH18,564+3.3%
35Gahanna, OH18,131+0.5%
36Lancaster, OH18,076+2.1%
37North Ridgeville, OH17,955+4.7%
38Upper Arlington, OH17,429+0.6%
39Stow, OH17,103+1.2%
40Fairborn, OH16,851+2.4%
41Mansfield, OH16,600+0.5%
42Westlake, OH16,063+2.8%
43North Olmsted, OH15,979+1.9%
44North Royalton, OH15,810+2.2%
45Bowling Green, OH15,250+5.6%
46Massillon, OH15,062+0.9%
47Lima, OH14,235+0.4%
48Shaker Heights, OH13,989+1.9%
49Marysville, OH13,761+3.2%
50Green, OH13,348+1.3%
51Wooster, OH13,294+2.6%
52Kent, OH13,117+11.4%
53Medina, OH13,088+2.6%
54Pickerington, OH12,951+3.8%
55Avon Lake, OH12,837+3.1%
56Garfield Heights, OH12,800+1.9%
57Warren, OH12,739+2%
58Marion, OH12,729-1.7%
59Avon, OH12,492+3.4%
59Troy, OH12,492+2.2%
61Perrysburg, OH12,245+2%
62Centerville, OH11,428+3.2%
63Sandusky, OH11,315+0.6%
64Xenia, OH10,916+1.9%
65South Euclid, OH10,728+1.9%
66Barberton, OH10,585+1%
67Riverside, OH10,532+1.2%
68Athens, OH10,388+9.3%
69Zanesville, OH9,829+1.3%
70Trotwood, OH9,671+1.2%
71Maple Heights, OH9,490+1.9%

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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/ohio-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/ohio-cities?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/ohio-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Columbus, OH, with 474,692 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Maple Heights, OH, with 9,490 in 2022.

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.

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