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Cities in Michigan by unemployed people

Detroit, MI had the highest unemployed people of 50 cities in 2019, at 21,714. Wyandotte, MI had the lowest, at 263. The median was 1,073. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest21,714Detroit, MI
Lowest263Wyandotte, MI
Median1,07350 cities

All cities, 2019

Detroit, MI: 21,714 personsDetroit, MI21,714Grand Rapids, MI: 3,941 personsGrand Rapids, MI3,941Warren, MI: 3,821 personsWarren, MI3,821Flint, MI: 3,523 personsFlint, MI3,523Sterling Heights, MI: 3,062 personsSterling Heights, MI3,062Lansing, MI: 2,777 personsLansing, MI2,777Pontiac, MI: 2,255 personsPontiac, MI2,255Southfield, MI: 1,934 personsSouthfield, MI1,934Dearborn, MI: 1,792 personsDearborn, MI1,792Farmington Hills, MI: 1,665 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,665Eastpointe, MI: 1,646 personsEastpointe, MI1,646Ann Arbor, MI: 1,594 personsAnn Arbor, MI1,594Kalamazoo, MI: 1,558 personsKalamazoo, MI1,558Saginaw, MI: 1,526 personsSaginaw, MI1,526Troy, MI: 1,342 personsTroy, MI1,342Westland, MI: 1,317 personsWestland, MI1,317Roseville, MI: 1,310 personsRoseville, MI1,310Livonia, MI: 1,294 personsLivonia, MI1,294Wyoming, MI: 1,247 personsWyoming, MI1,247Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,208 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,208Taylor, MI: 1,204 personsTaylor, MI1,204Oak Park, MI: 1,156 personsOak Park, MI1,156Battle Creek, MI: 1,146 personsBattle Creek, MI1,146Rochester Hills, MI: 1,088 personsRochester Hills, MI1,088Bay City, MI: 1,083 personsBay City, MI1,083Jackson, MI: 1,063 personsJackson, MI1,063St. Clair Shores, MI: 1,039 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI1,039Kentwood, MI: 1,019 personsKentwood, MI1,019East Lansing, MI: 953 personsEast Lansing, MI953Port Huron, MI: 952 personsPort Huron, MI952Novi, MI: 951 personsNovi, MI951Muskegon, MI: 873 personsMuskegon, MI873Inkster, MI: 837 personsInkster, MI837Royal Oak, MI: 824 personsRoyal Oak, MI824Lincoln Park, MI: 791 personsLincoln Park, MI791Portage, MI: 760 personsPortage, MI760Midland, MI: 729 personsMidland, MI729Burton, MI: 664 personsBurton, MI664Garden City, MI: 642 personsGarden City, MI642Mount Pleasant, MI: 630 personsMount Pleasant, MI630Romulus, MI: 620 personsRomulus, MI620Hamtramck, MI: 606 personsHamtramck, MI606Southgate, MI: 440 personsSouthgate, MI440Allen Park, MI: 430 personsAllen Park, MI430Norton Shores, MI: 397 personsNorton Shores, MI397Ferndale, MI: 380 personsFerndale, MI380Holland, MI: 341 personsHolland, MI341Madison Heights, MI: 322 personsMadison Heights, MI322Walker, MI: 289 personsWalker, MI289Wyandotte, MI: 263 personsWyandotte, MI263Detroit, MI: 21,714 personsDetroit, MI21,714Grand Rapids, MI: 3,941 personsGrand Rapids, MI3,941Warren, MI: 3,821 personsWarren, MI3,821Flint, MI: 3,523 personsFlint, MI3,523Sterling Heights, MI: 3,062 personsSterling Heights, MI3,062Lansing, MI: 2,777 personsLansing, MI2,777Pontiac, MI: 2,255 personsPontiac, MI2,255Southfield, MI: 1,934 personsSouthfield, MI1,934Dearborn, MI: 1,792 personsDearborn, MI1,792Farmington Hills, MI: 1,665 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,665Eastpointe, MI: 1,646 personsEastpointe, MI1,646Ann Arbor, MI: 1,594 personsAnn Arbor, MI1,594Kalamazoo, MI: 1,558 personsKalamazoo, MI1,558Saginaw, MI: 1,526 personsSaginaw, MI1,526Troy, MI: 1,342 personsTroy, MI1,342Westland, MI: 1,317 personsWestland, MI1,317Roseville, MI: 1,310 personsRoseville, MI1,310Livonia, MI: 1,294 personsLivonia, MI1,294Wyoming, MI: 1,247 personsWyoming, MI1,247Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,208 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,208Taylor, MI: 1,204 personsTaylor, MI1,204Oak Park, MI: 1,156 personsOak Park, MI1,156Battle Creek, MI: 1,146 personsBattle Creek, MI1,146Rochester Hills, MI: 1,088 personsRochester Hills, MI1,088Bay City, MI: 1,083 personsBay City, MI1,083Jackson, MI: 1,063 personsJackson, MI1,063St. Clair Shores, MI: 1,039 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI1,039Kentwood, MI: 1,019 personsKentwood, MI1,019East Lansing, MI: 953 personsEast Lansing, MI953Port Huron, MI: 952 personsPort Huron, MI952Novi, MI: 951 personsNovi, MI951Muskegon, MI: 873 personsMuskegon, MI873Inkster, MI: 837 personsInkster, MI837Royal Oak, MI: 824 personsRoyal Oak, MI824Lincoln Park, MI: 791 personsLincoln Park, MI791Portage, MI: 760 personsPortage, MI760Midland, MI: 729 personsMidland, MI729Burton, MI: 664 personsBurton, MI664Garden City, MI: 642 personsGarden City, MI642Mount Pleasant, MI: 630 personsMount Pleasant, MI630Romulus, MI: 620 personsRomulus, MI620Hamtramck, MI: 606 personsHamtramck, MI606Southgate, MI: 440 personsSouthgate, MI440Allen Park, MI: 430 personsAllen Park, MI430Norton Shores, MI: 397 personsNorton Shores, MI397Ferndale, MI: 380 personsFerndale, MI380Holland, MI: 341 personsHolland, MI341Madison Heights, MI: 322 personsMadison Heights, MI322Walker, MI: 289 personsWalker, MI289Wyandotte, MI: 263 personsWyandotte, MI263
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Detroit, MI21,714-3.3%
2Grand Rapids, MI3,941-1.9%
3Warren, MI3,821+3.1%
4Flint, MI3,523+1.6%
5Sterling Heights, MI3,062+3.2%
6Lansing, MI2,777-2%
7Pontiac, MI2,255+0.3%
8Southfield, MI1,934+0.4%
9Dearborn, MI1,792-3.2%
10Farmington Hills, MI1,665+0.4%
11Eastpointe, MI1,646+2.9%
12Ann Arbor, MI1,594-3.8%
13Kalamazoo, MI1,558-3.2%
14Saginaw, MI1,526+0.6%
15Troy, MI1,342+0.7%
16Westland, MI1,317-3.1%
17Roseville, MI1,310+2.8%
18Livonia, MI1,294-3.1%
19Wyoming, MI1,247-2.5%
20Dearborn Heights, MI1,208-3.3%
21Taylor, MI1,204-3.2%
22Oak Park, MI1,156+0.3%
23Battle Creek, MI1,146-2.6%
24Rochester Hills, MI1,088+0.8%
25Bay City, MI1,083-2.6%
26Jackson, MI1,063-4.2%
27St. Clair Shores, MI1,039+3%
28Kentwood, MI1,019-2.2%
29East Lansing, MI953-1.8%
30Port Huron, MI952+1.1%
31Novi, MI951+1%
32Muskegon, MI873-8%
33Inkster, MI837-3.2%
34Royal Oak, MI824+0.6%
35Lincoln Park, MI791-3.3%
36Portage, MI760-2.2%
37Midland, MI729-6.2%
38Burton, MI664+1.8%
39Garden City, MI642-3.5%
40Mount Pleasant, MI630-2.5%
41Romulus, MI620-2.8%
42Hamtramck, MI606-3.2%
43Southgate, MI440-3.5%
44Allen Park, MI430-3.4%
45Norton Shores, MI397-6.1%
46Ferndale, MI380+0.5%
47Holland, MI341-2%
48Madison Heights, MI3220%
49Walker, MI289-2.4%
50Wyandotte, MI263-3.3%

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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (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, 2019}},
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  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/michigan-cities?period=2019. Publisher attribution: 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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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Detroit, MI, with 21,714 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Wyandotte, MI, with 263 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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