# Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2025

All 51 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: 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. 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/michigan-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Detroit, MI | 26,437 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids, MI | 5,827 |
| 3 | Flint, MI | 4,629 |
| 4 | Warren, MI | 4,313 |
| 5 | Lansing, MI | 3,966 |
| 6 | Sterling Heights, MI | 3,505 |
| 7 | Pontiac, MI | 2,599 |
| 8 | Ann Arbor, MI | 2,431 |
| 9 | Kalamazoo, MI | 2,248 |
| 10 | Southfield, MI | 2,208 |
| 11 | Dearborn, MI | 2,095 |
| 12 | Saginaw, MI | 1,980 |
| 13 | Wyoming, MI | 1,905 |
| 14 | Farmington Hills, MI | 1,897 |
| 15 | Eastpointe, MI | 1,856 |
| 16 | Battle Creek, MI | 1,611 |
| 17 | Troy, MI | 1,561 |
| 18 | Westland, MI | 1,541 |
| 19 | Livonia, MI | 1,523 |
| 20 | Kentwood, MI | 1,513 |
| 21 | Roseville, MI | 1,474 |
| 22 | Jackson, MI | 1,473 |
| 23 | Taylor, MI | 1,412 |
| 24 | Dearborn Heights, MI | 1,407 |
| 25 | Bay City, MI | 1,400 |
| 26 | East Lansing, MI | 1,360 |
| 27 | Oak Park, MI | 1,310 |
| 28 | Rochester Hills, MI | 1,270 |
| 29 | Muskegon, MI | 1,249 |
| 30 | St. Clair Shores, MI | 1,169 |
| 31 | Portage, MI | 1,133 |
| 32 | Novi, MI | 1,110 |
| 33 | Midland, MI | 1,010 |
| 34 | Inkster, MI | 973 |
| 35 | Port Huron, MI | 965 |
| 36 | Royal Oak, MI | 938 |
| 37 | Lincoln Park, MI | 918 |
| 38 | Burton, MI | 883 |
| 39 | Mount Pleasant, MI | 813 |
| 40 | Garden City, MI | 747 |
| 41 | Romulus, MI | 736 |
| 42 | Hamtramck, MI | 705 |
| 43 | Auburn Hills, MI | 640 |
| 44 | Norton Shores, MI | 569 |
| 45 | Southgate, MI | 520 |
| 46 | Holland, MI | 508 |
| 47 | Allen Park, MI | 500 |
| 48 | Walker, MI | 445 |
| 49 | Ferndale, MI | 443 |
| 50 | Madison Heights, MI | 368 |
| 51 | Wyandotte, MI | 307 |