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Cities in Ohio by employed residents

Columbus, OH had the highest employed residents of 71 cities in 2023, at 482,219. Maple Heights, OH had the lowest, at 9,636. The median was 18,336. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest482,219Columbus, OH
Lowest9,636Maple Heights, OH
Median18,33671 cities

Top 40 cities, 2023

Columbus, OH: 482,219 personsColumbus, OH482,219Cincinnati, OH: 156,092 personsCincinnati, OH156,092Cleveland, OH: 155,359 personsCleveland, OH155,359Toledo, OH: 116,417 personsToledo, OH116,417Akron, OH: 87,106 personsAkron, OH87,106Dayton, OH: 55,436 personsDayton, OH55,436Parma, OH: 41,461 personsParma, OH41,461Lakewood, OH: 30,121 personsLakewood, OH30,121Hamilton, OH: 28,270 personsHamilton, OH28,270Canton, OH: 28,027 personsCanton, OH28,027Kettering, OH: 27,857 personsKettering, OH27,857Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,710 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,710Lorain, OH: 26,891 personsLorain, OH26,891Elyria, OH: 24,869 personsElyria, OH24,869Dublin, OH: 24,676 personsDublin, OH24,676Mentor, OH: 24,538 personsMentor, OH24,538Springfield, OH: 23,764 personsSpringfield, OH23,764Delaware, OH: 23,672 personsDelaware, OH23,672Middletown, OH: 23,642 personsMiddletown, OH23,642Newark, OH: 23,076 personsNewark, OH23,076Euclid, OH: 22,912 personsEuclid, OH22,912Strongsville, OH: 22,703 personsStrongsville, OH22,703Fairfield, OH: 22,616 personsFairfield, OH22,616Beavercreek, OH: 22,593 personsBeavercreek, OH22,593Grove City, OH: 22,262 personsGrove City, OH22,262Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,029 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,029Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,770 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,770Youngstown, OH: 20,721 personsYoungstown, OH20,721Huber Heights, OH: 20,650 personsHuber Heights, OH20,650Hilliard, OH: 20,504 personsHilliard, OH20,504Westerville, OH: 19,064 personsWesterville, OH19,064Brunswick, OH: 19,044 personsBrunswick, OH19,044Findlay, OH: 18,968 personsFindlay, OH18,968Mason, OH: 18,885 personsMason, OH18,885North Ridgeville, OH: 18,460 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH18,460Gahanna, OH: 18,336 personsGahanna, OH18,336Lancaster, OH: 18,284 personsLancaster, OH18,284Upper Arlington, OH: 17,477 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,477Stow, OH: 17,190 personsStow, OH17,190Fairborn, OH: 17,138 personsFairborn, OH17,138Columbus, OH: 482,219 personsColumbus, OH482,219Cincinnati, OH: 156,092 personsCincinnati, OH156,092Cleveland, OH: 155,359 personsCleveland, OH155,359Toledo, OH: 116,417 personsToledo, OH116,417Akron, OH: 87,106 personsAkron, OH87,106Dayton, OH: 55,436 personsDayton, OH55,436Parma, OH: 41,461 personsParma, OH41,461Lakewood, OH: 30,121 personsLakewood, OH30,121Hamilton, OH: 28,270 personsHamilton, OH28,270Canton, OH: 28,027 personsCanton, OH28,027Kettering, OH: 27,857 personsKettering, OH27,857Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,710 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,710Lorain, OH: 26,891 personsLorain, OH26,891Elyria, OH: 24,869 personsElyria, OH24,869Dublin, OH: 24,676 personsDublin, OH24,676Mentor, OH: 24,538 personsMentor, OH24,538Springfield, OH: 23,764 personsSpringfield, OH23,764Delaware, OH: 23,672 personsDelaware, OH23,672Middletown, OH: 23,642 personsMiddletown, OH23,642Newark, OH: 23,076 personsNewark, OH23,076Euclid, OH: 22,912 personsEuclid, OH22,912Strongsville, OH: 22,703 personsStrongsville, OH22,703Fairfield, OH: 22,616 personsFairfield, OH22,616Beavercreek, OH: 22,593 personsBeavercreek, OH22,593Grove City, OH: 22,262 personsGrove City, OH22,262Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,029 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,029Reynoldsburg, OH: 20,770 personsReynoldsburg, OH20,770Youngstown, OH: 20,721 personsYoungstown, OH20,721Huber Heights, OH: 20,650 personsHuber Heights, OH20,650Hilliard, OH: 20,504 personsHilliard, OH20,504Westerville, OH: 19,064 personsWesterville, OH19,064Brunswick, OH: 19,044 personsBrunswick, OH19,044Findlay, OH: 18,968 personsFindlay, OH18,968Mason, OH: 18,885 personsMason, OH18,885North Ridgeville, OH: 18,460 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH18,460Gahanna, OH: 18,336 personsGahanna, OH18,336Lancaster, OH: 18,284 personsLancaster, OH18,284Upper Arlington, OH: 17,477 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,477Stow, OH: 17,190 personsStow, OH17,190Fairborn, OH: 17,138 personsFairborn, OH17,138
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Columbus, OH482,219+1.6%
2Cincinnati, OH156,092+1.8%
3Cleveland, OH155,359+2.1%
4Toledo, OH116,417+1.2%
5Akron, OH87,106+1.4%
6Dayton, OH55,436+1.4%
7Parma, OH41,461+1.6%
8Lakewood, OH30,121+1.5%
9Hamilton, OH28,270+1.5%
10Canton, OH28,027+0.7%
11Kettering, OH27,857+1.4%
12Cuyahoga Falls, OH27,710+1.5%
13Lorain, OH26,891+2.1%
14Elyria, OH24,869+2.5%
15Dublin, OH24,676+0.8%
16Mentor, OH24,538+1.8%
17Springfield, OH23,764+1.4%
18Delaware, OH23,672+3.5%
19Middletown, OH23,642+2%
20Newark, OH23,076+1.2%
21Euclid, OH22,912+1.6%
22Strongsville, OH22,703+1.7%
23Fairfield, OH22,616+1.4%
24Beavercreek, OH22,593+2.2%
25Grove City, OH22,262+2.3%
26Cleveland Heights, OH22,029+1.5%
27Reynoldsburg, OH20,770+1.2%
28Youngstown, OH20,721+1.1%
29Huber Heights, OH20,650+1.7%
30Hilliard, OH20,504+0.7%
31Westerville, OH19,064+0.4%
32Brunswick, OH19,044+1.6%
33Findlay, OH18,968-0.1%
34Mason, OH18,885+1.7%
35North Ridgeville, OH18,460+2.8%
36Gahanna, OH18,336+1.1%
37Lancaster, OH18,284+1.2%
38Upper Arlington, OH17,477+0.3%
39Stow, OH17,190+0.5%
40Fairborn, OH17,138+1.7%
41Mansfield, OH16,764+1%
42Westlake, OH16,443+2.4%
43North Olmsted, OH16,234+1.6%
44North Royalton, OH16,099+1.8%
45Bowling Green, OH15,859+4%
46Massillon, OH15,338+1.8%
47Marysville, OH14,516+5.5%
48Lima, OH14,309+0.5%
49Shaker Heights, OH14,205+1.5%
50Green, OH13,551+1.5%
51Kent, OH13,511+3%
52Wooster, OH13,508+1.6%
53Pickerington, OH13,415+3.6%
54Avon Lake, OH13,274+3.4%
55Medina, OH13,273+1.4%
56Garfield Heights, OH12,998+1.5%
57Warren, OH12,836+0.8%
58Avon, OH12,777+2.3%
59Marion, OH12,774+0.4%
60Troy, OH12,761+2.2%
61Perrysburg, OH12,458+1.7%
62Centerville, OH11,900+4.1%
63Sandusky, OH11,343+0.2%
64Xenia, OH11,150+2.1%
65Athens, OH10,994+5.8%
66South Euclid, OH10,894+1.5%
67Riverside, OH10,706+1.7%
68Barberton, OH10,609+0.2%
69Zanesville, OH10,052+2.3%
70Trotwood, OH9,829+1.6%
71Maple Heights, OH9,636+1.5%

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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. 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Columbus, OH, with 482,219 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Maple Heights, OH, with 9,636 in 2023.

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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