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Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2025

Detroit, MI had the highest unemployed people of 51 cities in 2025, at 26,437. Wyandotte, MI had the lowest, at 307. The median was 1,360. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest26,437Detroit, MI
Lowest307Wyandotte, MI
Median1,36051 cities

All cities, 2025

Detroit, MI: 26,437 personsDetroit, MI26,437Grand Rapids, MI: 5,827 personsGrand Rapids, MI5,827Flint, MI: 4,629 personsFlint, MI4,629Warren, MI: 4,313 personsWarren, MI4,313Lansing, MI: 3,966 personsLansing, MI3,966Sterling Heights, MI: 3,505 personsSterling Heights, MI3,505Pontiac, MI: 2,599 personsPontiac, MI2,599Ann Arbor, MI: 2,431 personsAnn Arbor, MI2,431Kalamazoo, MI: 2,248 personsKalamazoo, MI2,248Southfield, MI: 2,208 personsSouthfield, MI2,208Dearborn, MI: 2,095 personsDearborn, MI2,095Saginaw, MI: 1,980 personsSaginaw, MI1,980Wyoming, MI: 1,905 personsWyoming, MI1,905Farmington Hills, MI: 1,897 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,897Eastpointe, MI: 1,856 personsEastpointe, MI1,856Battle Creek, MI: 1,611 personsBattle Creek, MI1,611Troy, MI: 1,561 personsTroy, MI1,561Westland, MI: 1,541 personsWestland, MI1,541Livonia, MI: 1,523 personsLivonia, MI1,523Kentwood, MI: 1,513 personsKentwood, MI1,513Roseville, MI: 1,474 personsRoseville, MI1,474Jackson, MI: 1,473 personsJackson, MI1,473Taylor, MI: 1,412 personsTaylor, MI1,412Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,407 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,407Bay City, MI: 1,400 personsBay City, MI1,400East Lansing, MI: 1,360 personsEast Lansing, MI1,360Oak Park, MI: 1,310 personsOak Park, MI1,310Rochester Hills, MI: 1,270 personsRochester Hills, MI1,270Muskegon, MI: 1,249 personsMuskegon, MI1,249St. Clair Shores, MI: 1,169 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI1,169Portage, MI: 1,133 personsPortage, MI1,133Novi, MI: 1,110 personsNovi, MI1,110Midland, MI: 1,010 personsMidland, MI1,010Inkster, MI: 973 personsInkster, MI973Port Huron, MI: 965 personsPort Huron, MI965Royal Oak, MI: 938 personsRoyal Oak, MI938Lincoln Park, MI: 918 personsLincoln Park, MI918Burton, MI: 883 personsBurton, MI883Mount Pleasant, MI: 813 personsMount Pleasant, MI813Garden City, MI: 747 personsGarden City, MI747Romulus, MI: 736 personsRomulus, MI736Hamtramck, MI: 705 personsHamtramck, MI705Auburn Hills, MI: 640 personsAuburn Hills, MI640Norton Shores, MI: 569 personsNorton Shores, MI569Southgate, MI: 520 personsSouthgate, MI520Holland, MI: 508 personsHolland, MI508Allen Park, MI: 500 personsAllen Park, MI500Walker, MI: 445 personsWalker, MI445Ferndale, MI: 443 personsFerndale, MI443Madison Heights, MI: 368 personsMadison Heights, MI368Wyandotte, MI: 307 personsWyandotte, MI307Detroit, MI: 26,437 personsDetroit, MI26,437Grand Rapids, MI: 5,827 personsGrand Rapids, MI5,827Flint, MI: 4,629 personsFlint, MI4,629Warren, MI: 4,313 personsWarren, MI4,313Lansing, MI: 3,966 personsLansing, MI3,966Sterling Heights, MI: 3,505 personsSterling Heights, MI3,505Pontiac, MI: 2,599 personsPontiac, MI2,599Ann Arbor, MI: 2,431 personsAnn Arbor, MI2,431Kalamazoo, MI: 2,248 personsKalamazoo, MI2,248Southfield, MI: 2,208 personsSouthfield, MI2,208Dearborn, MI: 2,095 personsDearborn, MI2,095Saginaw, MI: 1,980 personsSaginaw, MI1,980Wyoming, MI: 1,905 personsWyoming, MI1,905Farmington Hills, MI: 1,897 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,897Eastpointe, MI: 1,856 personsEastpointe, MI1,856Battle Creek, MI: 1,611 personsBattle Creek, MI1,611Troy, MI: 1,561 personsTroy, MI1,561Westland, MI: 1,541 personsWestland, MI1,541Livonia, MI: 1,523 personsLivonia, MI1,523Kentwood, MI: 1,513 personsKentwood, MI1,513Roseville, MI: 1,474 personsRoseville, MI1,474Jackson, MI: 1,473 personsJackson, MI1,473Taylor, MI: 1,412 personsTaylor, MI1,412Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,407 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,407Bay City, MI: 1,400 personsBay City, MI1,400East Lansing, MI: 1,360 personsEast Lansing, MI1,360Oak Park, MI: 1,310 personsOak Park, MI1,310Rochester Hills, MI: 1,270 personsRochester Hills, MI1,270Muskegon, MI: 1,249 personsMuskegon, MI1,249St. Clair Shores, MI: 1,169 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI1,169Portage, MI: 1,133 personsPortage, MI1,133Novi, MI: 1,110 personsNovi, MI1,110Midland, MI: 1,010 personsMidland, MI1,010Inkster, MI: 973 personsInkster, MI973Port Huron, MI: 965 personsPort Huron, MI965Royal Oak, MI: 938 personsRoyal Oak, MI938Lincoln Park, MI: 918 personsLincoln Park, MI918Burton, MI: 883 personsBurton, MI883Mount Pleasant, MI: 813 personsMount Pleasant, MI813Garden City, MI: 747 personsGarden City, MI747Romulus, MI: 736 personsRomulus, MI736Hamtramck, MI: 705 personsHamtramck, MI705Auburn Hills, MI: 640 personsAuburn Hills, MI640Norton Shores, MI: 569 personsNorton Shores, MI569Southgate, MI: 520 personsSouthgate, MI520Holland, MI: 508 personsHolland, MI508Allen Park, MI: 500 personsAllen Park, MI500Walker, MI: 445 personsWalker, MI445Ferndale, MI: 443 personsFerndale, MI443Madison Heights, MI: 368 personsMadison Heights, MI368Wyandotte, MI: 307 personsWyandotte, MI307
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Detroit, MI26,437+9.1%
2Grand Rapids, MI5,827+10.3%
3Flint, MI4,629+13.2%
4Warren, MI4,313+8.5%
5Lansing, MI3,966+9.2%
6Sterling Heights, MI3,505+8.5%
7Pontiac, MI2,599+9.7%
8Ann Arbor, MI2,431+13.4%
9Kalamazoo, MI2,248+11.6%
10Southfield, MI2,208+9.7%
11Dearborn, MI2,095+9.1%
12Saginaw, MI1,980+11.2%
13Wyoming, MI1,905+10.3%
14Farmington Hills, MI1,897+9.7%
15Eastpointe, MI1,856+8.5%
16Battle Creek, MI1,611+10.3%
17Troy, MI1,561+9.6%
18Westland, MI1,541+9.1%
19Livonia, MI1,523+9.1%
20Kentwood, MI1,513+10.4%
21Roseville, MI1,474+8.5%
22Jackson, MI1,473+10.2%
23Taylor, MI1,412+9.1%
24Dearborn Heights, MI1,407+9.1%
25Bay City, MI1,400+11.4%
26East Lansing, MI1,360+9.2%
27Oak Park, MI1,310+9.7%
28Rochester Hills, MI1,270+9.7%
29Muskegon, MI1,249+12.4%
30St. Clair Shores, MI1,169+8.4%
31Portage, MI1,133+11.5%
32Novi, MI1,110+9.7%
33Midland, MI1,010+11.2%
34Inkster, MI973+9.1%
35Port Huron, MI965+10.9%
36Royal Oak, MI938+9.6%
37Lincoln Park, MI918+9%
38Burton, MI883+13.2%
39Mount Pleasant, MI813+7.1%
40Garden City, MI747+9.1%
41Romulus, MI736+9.2%
42Hamtramck, MI705+9%
43Auburn Hills, MI640+9.8%
44Norton Shores, MI569+12.2%
45Southgate, MI520+9%
46Holland, MI508+10.2%
47Allen Park, MI500+9.2%
48Walker, MI445+10.4%
49Ferndale, MI443+9.7%
50Madison Heights, MI368+9.5%
51Wyandotte, MI307+8.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/michigan-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/michigan-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/michigan-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Detroit, MI, with 26,437 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Wyandotte, MI, with 307 in 2025.

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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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