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Cities in Michigan by unemployed people

Detroit, MI had the highest unemployed people of 50 cities in 2016, at 26,267. Wyandotte, MI had the lowest, at 318. The median was 1,292. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest26,267Detroit, MI
Lowest318Wyandotte, MI
Median1,29250 cities

All cities, 2016

Detroit, MI: 26,267 personsDetroit, MI26,267Warren, MI: 4,659 personsWarren, MI4,659Grand Rapids, MI: 4,568 personsGrand Rapids, MI4,568Flint, MI: 4,035 personsFlint, MI4,035Sterling Heights, MI: 3,701 personsSterling Heights, MI3,701Lansing, MI: 3,264 personsLansing, MI3,264Pontiac, MI: 2,714 personsPontiac, MI2,714Southfield, MI: 2,321 personsSouthfield, MI2,321Dearborn, MI: 2,166 personsDearborn, MI2,166Eastpointe, MI: 2,020 personsEastpointe, MI2,020Farmington Hills, MI: 2,000 personsFarmington Hills, MI2,000Ann Arbor, MI: 1,934 personsAnn Arbor, MI1,934Kalamazoo, MI: 1,883 personsKalamazoo, MI1,883Saginaw, MI: 1,730 personsSaginaw, MI1,730Roseville, MI: 1,603 personsRoseville, MI1,603Troy, MI: 1,595 personsTroy, MI1,595Westland, MI: 1,586 personsWestland, MI1,586Livonia, MI: 1,561 personsLivonia, MI1,561Wyoming, MI: 1,478 personsWyoming, MI1,478Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,462 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,462Taylor, MI: 1,456 personsTaylor, MI1,456Oak Park, MI: 1,395 personsOak Park, MI1,395Battle Creek, MI: 1,377 personsBattle Creek, MI1,377Jackson, MI: 1,362 personsJackson, MI1,362Bay City, MI: 1,303 personsBay City, MI1,303Rochester Hills, MI: 1,281 personsRochester Hills, MI1,281St. Clair Shores, MI: 1,272 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI1,272Kentwood, MI: 1,205 personsKentwood, MI1,205Port Huron, MI: 1,192 personsPort Huron, MI1,192East Lansing, MI: 1,156 personsEast Lansing, MI1,156Muskegon, MI: 1,140 personsMuskegon, MI1,140Novi, MI: 1,108 personsNovi, MI1,108Inkster, MI: 1,014 personsInkster, MI1,014Royal Oak, MI: 978 personsRoyal Oak, MI978Lincoln Park, MI: 959 personsLincoln Park, MI959Midland, MI: 925 personsMidland, MI925Portage, MI: 902 personsPortage, MI902Mount Pleasant, MI: 802 personsMount Pleasant, MI802Garden City, MI: 780 personsGarden City, MI780Burton, MI: 749 personsBurton, MI749Romulus, MI: 739 personsRomulus, MI739Hamtramck, MI: 733 personsHamtramck, MI733Southgate, MI: 532 personsSouthgate, MI532Allen Park, MI: 522 personsAllen Park, MI522Norton Shores, MI: 492 personsNorton Shores, MI492Ferndale, MI: 456 personsFerndale, MI456Holland, MI: 412 personsHolland, MI412Madison Heights, MI: 388 personsMadison Heights, MI388Walker, MI: 341 personsWalker, MI341Wyandotte, MI: 318 personsWyandotte, MI318Detroit, MI: 26,267 personsDetroit, MI26,267Warren, MI: 4,659 personsWarren, MI4,659Grand Rapids, MI: 4,568 personsGrand Rapids, MI4,568Flint, MI: 4,035 personsFlint, MI4,035Sterling Heights, MI: 3,701 personsSterling Heights, MI3,701Lansing, MI: 3,264 personsLansing, MI3,264Pontiac, MI: 2,714 personsPontiac, MI2,714Southfield, MI: 2,321 personsSouthfield, MI2,321Dearborn, MI: 2,166 personsDearborn, MI2,166Eastpointe, MI: 2,020 personsEastpointe, MI2,020Farmington Hills, MI: 2,000 personsFarmington Hills, MI2,000Ann Arbor, MI: 1,934 personsAnn Arbor, MI1,934Kalamazoo, MI: 1,883 personsKalamazoo, MI1,883Saginaw, MI: 1,730 personsSaginaw, MI1,730Roseville, MI: 1,603 personsRoseville, MI1,603Troy, MI: 1,595 personsTroy, MI1,595Westland, MI: 1,586 personsWestland, MI1,586Livonia, MI: 1,561 personsLivonia, MI1,561Wyoming, MI: 1,478 personsWyoming, MI1,478Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,462 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,462Taylor, MI: 1,456 personsTaylor, MI1,456Oak Park, MI: 1,395 personsOak Park, MI1,395Battle Creek, MI: 1,377 personsBattle Creek, MI1,377Jackson, MI: 1,362 personsJackson, MI1,362Bay City, MI: 1,303 personsBay City, MI1,303Rochester Hills, MI: 1,281 personsRochester Hills, MI1,281St. Clair Shores, MI: 1,272 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI1,272Kentwood, MI: 1,205 personsKentwood, MI1,205Port Huron, MI: 1,192 personsPort Huron, MI1,192East Lansing, MI: 1,156 personsEast Lansing, MI1,156Muskegon, MI: 1,140 personsMuskegon, MI1,140Novi, MI: 1,108 personsNovi, MI1,108Inkster, MI: 1,014 personsInkster, MI1,014Royal Oak, MI: 978 personsRoyal Oak, MI978Lincoln Park, MI: 959 personsLincoln Park, MI959Midland, MI: 925 personsMidland, MI925Portage, MI: 902 personsPortage, MI902Mount Pleasant, MI: 802 personsMount Pleasant, MI802Garden City, MI: 780 personsGarden City, MI780Burton, MI: 749 personsBurton, MI749Romulus, MI: 739 personsRomulus, MI739Hamtramck, MI: 733 personsHamtramck, MI733Southgate, MI: 532 personsSouthgate, MI532Allen Park, MI: 522 personsAllen Park, MI522Norton Shores, MI: 492 personsNorton Shores, MI492Ferndale, MI: 456 personsFerndale, MI456Holland, MI: 412 personsHolland, MI412Madison Heights, MI: 388 personsMadison Heights, MI388Walker, MI: 341 personsWalker, MI341Wyandotte, MI: 318 personsWyandotte, MI318
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Detroit, MI26,267-8.2%
2Warren, MI4,659+8.8%
3Grand Rapids, MI4,568-9.3%
4Flint, MI4,035+7.6%
5Sterling Heights, MI3,701+4.3%
6Lansing, MI3,264-14.6%
7Pontiac, MI2,714+0.3%
8Southfield, MI2,321+1.5%
9Dearborn, MI2,166+28%
10Eastpointe, MI2,020+60.4%
11Farmington Hills, MI2,000+54.3%
12Ann Arbor, MI1,934+1.4%
13Kalamazoo, MI1,883-5.5%
14Saginaw, MI1,730-11.1%
15Roseville, MI1,603-4.1%
16Troy, MI1,595-1.5%
17Westland, MI1,586-22.3%
18Livonia, MI1,561+1.2%
19Wyoming, MI1,478-17%
20Dearborn Heights, MI1,462+18.3%
21Taylor, MI1,456-24.2%
22Oak Park, MI1,395+26.8%
23Battle Creek, MI1,377-2.5%
24Jackson, MI1,362+11.5%
25Bay City, MI1,303+6.5%
26Rochester Hills, MI1,281-13.2%
27St. Clair Shores, MI1,272-24.8%
28Kentwood, MI1,205+15.4%
29Port Huron, MI1,192+2.5%
30East Lansing, MI1,156+49.5%
31Muskegon, MI1,140-18.2%
32Novi, MI1,108+11.9%
33Inkster, MI1,014+14.3%
34Royal Oak, MI978-8.5%
35Lincoln Park, MI959+8%
36Midland, MI925+10.5%
37Portage, MI902-7.9%
38Mount Pleasant, MI802+26.3%
39Garden City, MI780+16.1%
40Burton, MI749-8.4%
41Romulus, MI739+8%
42Hamtramck, MI733+19%
43Southgate, MI532-14.2%
44Allen Park, MI522-15.3%
45Norton Shores, MI492-6.3%
46Ferndale, MI456-27.7%
47Holland, MI412-42.7%
48Madison Heights, MI388-61.8%
49Walker, MI341-24.6%
50Wyandotte, MI318-48%

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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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/michigan-cities?period=2016. 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, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/michigan-cities?period=2016.

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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/michigan-cities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average: Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2016}},
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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Detroit, MI, with 26,267 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Wyandotte, MI, with 318 in 2016.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.

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