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Cities in Ohio by employed residents

Columbus, OH had the highest employed residents of 71 cities in 2024, at 489,879. Maple Heights, OH had the lowest, at 9,730. The median was 18,418. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest489,879Columbus, OH
Lowest9,730Maple Heights, OH
Median18,41871 cities

Top 40 cities, 2024

Columbus, OH: 489,879 personsColumbus, OH489,879Cleveland, OH: 157,393 personsCleveland, OH157,393Cincinnati, OH: 156,610 personsCincinnati, OH156,610Toledo, OH: 116,335 personsToledo, OH116,335Akron, OH: 87,253 personsAkron, OH87,253Dayton, OH: 55,979 personsDayton, OH55,979Parma, OH: 41,897 personsParma, OH41,897Lakewood, OH: 30,394 personsLakewood, OH30,394Hamilton, OH: 28,356 personsHamilton, OH28,356Canton, OH: 28,327 personsCanton, OH28,327Kettering, OH: 28,042 personsKettering, OH28,042Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,741 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,741Lorain, OH: 27,305 personsLorain, OH27,305Elyria, OH: 25,322 personsElyria, OH25,322Mentor, OH: 24,839 personsMentor, OH24,839Dublin, OH: 24,807 personsDublin, OH24,807Delaware, OH: 24,311 personsDelaware, OH24,311Middletown, OH: 23,737 personsMiddletown, OH23,737Springfield, OH: 23,598 personsSpringfield, OH23,598Newark, OH: 23,221 personsNewark, OH23,221Euclid, OH: 23,134 personsEuclid, OH23,134Beavercreek, OH: 23,065 personsBeavercreek, OH23,065Strongsville, OH: 22,956 personsStrongsville, OH22,956Grove City, OH: 22,761 personsGrove City, OH22,761Fairfield, OH: 22,664 personsFairfield, OH22,664Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,229 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,229Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,502 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,502Hilliard, OH: 21,203 personsHilliard, OH21,203Huber Heights, OH: 20,864 personsHuber Heights, OH20,864Youngstown, OH: 20,845 personsYoungstown, OH20,845Brunswick, OH: 19,271 personsBrunswick, OH19,271Westerville, OH: 19,159 personsWesterville, OH19,159Mason, OH: 18,902 personsMason, OH18,902Findlay, OH: 18,873 personsFindlay, OH18,873North Ridgeville, OH: 18,844 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH18,844Gahanna, OH: 18,418 personsGahanna, OH18,418Lancaster, OH: 18,398 personsLancaster, OH18,398Upper Arlington, OH: 17,559 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,559Fairborn, OH: 17,389 personsFairborn, OH17,389Stow, OH: 17,203 personsStow, OH17,203Columbus, OH: 489,879 personsColumbus, OH489,879Cleveland, OH: 157,393 personsCleveland, OH157,393Cincinnati, OH: 156,610 personsCincinnati, OH156,610Toledo, OH: 116,335 personsToledo, OH116,335Akron, OH: 87,253 personsAkron, OH87,253Dayton, OH: 55,979 personsDayton, OH55,979Parma, OH: 41,897 personsParma, OH41,897Lakewood, OH: 30,394 personsLakewood, OH30,394Hamilton, OH: 28,356 personsHamilton, OH28,356Canton, OH: 28,327 personsCanton, OH28,327Kettering, OH: 28,042 personsKettering, OH28,042Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 27,741 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH27,741Lorain, OH: 27,305 personsLorain, OH27,305Elyria, OH: 25,322 personsElyria, OH25,322Mentor, OH: 24,839 personsMentor, OH24,839Dublin, OH: 24,807 personsDublin, OH24,807Delaware, OH: 24,311 personsDelaware, OH24,311Middletown, OH: 23,737 personsMiddletown, OH23,737Springfield, OH: 23,598 personsSpringfield, OH23,598Newark, OH: 23,221 personsNewark, OH23,221Euclid, OH: 23,134 personsEuclid, OH23,134Beavercreek, OH: 23,065 personsBeavercreek, OH23,065Strongsville, OH: 22,956 personsStrongsville, OH22,956Grove City, OH: 22,761 personsGrove City, OH22,761Fairfield, OH: 22,664 personsFairfield, OH22,664Cleveland Heights, OH: 22,229 personsCleveland Heights, OH22,229Reynoldsburg, OH: 21,502 personsReynoldsburg, OH21,502Hilliard, OH: 21,203 personsHilliard, OH21,203Huber Heights, OH: 20,864 personsHuber Heights, OH20,864Youngstown, OH: 20,845 personsYoungstown, OH20,845Brunswick, OH: 19,271 personsBrunswick, OH19,271Westerville, OH: 19,159 personsWesterville, OH19,159Mason, OH: 18,902 personsMason, OH18,902Findlay, OH: 18,873 personsFindlay, OH18,873North Ridgeville, OH: 18,844 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH18,844Gahanna, OH: 18,418 personsGahanna, OH18,418Lancaster, OH: 18,398 personsLancaster, OH18,398Upper Arlington, OH: 17,559 personsUpper Arlington, OH17,559Fairborn, OH: 17,389 personsFairborn, OH17,389Stow, OH: 17,203 personsStow, OH17,203
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Columbus, OH489,879+1.6%
2Cleveland, OH157,393+1.3%
3Cincinnati, OH156,610+0.3%
4Toledo, OH116,335-0.1%
5Akron, OH87,253+0.2%
6Dayton, OH55,979+1%
7Parma, OH41,897+1.1%
8Lakewood, OH30,394+0.9%
9Hamilton, OH28,356+0.3%
10Canton, OH28,327+1.1%
11Kettering, OH28,042+0.7%
12Cuyahoga Falls, OH27,741+0.1%
13Lorain, OH27,305+1.5%
14Elyria, OH25,322+1.8%
15Mentor, OH24,839+1.2%
16Dublin, OH24,807+0.5%
17Delaware, OH24,311+2.7%
18Middletown, OH23,737+0.4%
19Springfield, OH23,598-0.7%
20Newark, OH23,221+0.6%
21Euclid, OH23,134+1%
22Beavercreek, OH23,065+2.1%
23Strongsville, OH22,956+1.1%
24Grove City, OH22,761+2.2%
25Fairfield, OH22,664+0.2%
26Cleveland Heights, OH22,229+0.9%
27Reynoldsburg, OH21,502+3.5%
28Hilliard, OH21,203+3.4%
29Huber Heights, OH20,864+1%
30Youngstown, OH20,845+0.6%
31Brunswick, OH19,271+1.2%
32Westerville, OH19,159+0.5%
33Mason, OH18,902+0.1%
34Findlay, OH18,873-0.5%
35North Ridgeville, OH18,844+2.1%
36Gahanna, OH18,418+0.4%
37Lancaster, OH18,398+0.6%
38Upper Arlington, OH17,559+0.5%
39Fairborn, OH17,389+1.5%
40Stow, OH17,203+0.1%
41Mansfield, OH16,920+0.9%
42Westlake, OH16,661+1.3%
43North Olmsted, OH16,399+1%
44North Royalton, OH16,297+1.2%
45Bowling Green, OH15,885+0.2%
46Massillon, OH15,647+2%
47Marysville, OH14,947+3%
48Shaker Heights, OH14,352+1%
49Lima, OH14,296-0.1%
50Pickerington, OH13,728+2.3%
51Avon Lake, OH13,605+2.5%
52Green, OH13,574+0.2%
53Kent, OH13,5150%
54Wooster, OH13,495-0.1%
55Medina, OH13,327+0.4%
56Garfield Heights, OH13,120+0.9%
57Avon, OH12,978+1.6%
58Troy, OH12,960+1.6%
59Warren, OH12,898+0.5%
60Marion, OH12,724-0.4%
61Perrysburg, OH12,485+0.2%
62Centerville, OH12,236+2.8%
63Sandusky, OH11,380+0.3%
64Xenia, OH11,333+1.6%
65Athens, OH11,230+2.1%
66South Euclid, OH11,004+1%
67Riverside, OH10,807+0.9%
68Barberton, OH10,594-0.1%
69Zanesville, OH10,135+0.8%
70Trotwood, OH9,922+0.9%
71Maple Heights, OH9,730+1%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 2024. 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=2024.

Harvard

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Columbus, OH, with 489,879 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Maple Heights, OH, with 9,730 in 2024.

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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