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Cities in Michigan by unemployed people

Detroit, MI had the highest unemployed people of 51 cities in 2022, at 19,905. Wyandotte, MI had the lowest, at 237. The median was 1,084. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest19,905Detroit, MI
Lowest237Wyandotte, MI
Median1,08451 cities

All cities, 2022

Detroit, MI: 19,905 personsDetroit, MI19,905Grand Rapids, MI: 4,518 personsGrand Rapids, MI4,518Flint, MI: 3,695 personsFlint, MI3,695Warren, MI: 3,292 personsWarren, MI3,292Lansing, MI: 3,265 personsLansing, MI3,265Sterling Heights, MI: 2,647 personsSterling Heights, MI2,647Pontiac, MI: 1,985 personsPontiac, MI1,985Ann Arbor, MI: 1,876 personsAnn Arbor, MI1,876Kalamazoo, MI: 1,744 personsKalamazoo, MI1,744Southfield, MI: 1,673 personsSouthfield, MI1,673Saginaw, MI: 1,615 personsSaginaw, MI1,615Dearborn, MI: 1,610 personsDearborn, MI1,610Wyoming, MI: 1,462 personsWyoming, MI1,462Farmington Hills, MI: 1,439 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,439Eastpointe, MI: 1,416 personsEastpointe, MI1,416Battle Creek, MI: 1,238 personsBattle Creek, MI1,238Jackson, MI: 1,220 personsJackson, MI1,220Westland, MI: 1,188 personsWestland, MI1,188Troy, MI: 1,178 personsTroy, MI1,178Kentwood, MI: 1,174 personsKentwood, MI1,174Livonia, MI: 1,171 personsLivonia, MI1,171Bay City, MI: 1,137 personsBay City, MI1,137Roseville, MI: 1,124 personsRoseville, MI1,124East Lansing, MI: 1,104 personsEast Lansing, MI1,104Taylor, MI: 1,085 personsTaylor, MI1,085Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,084 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,084Oak Park, MI: 1,001 personsOak Park, MI1,001Muskegon, MI: 988 personsMuskegon, MI988Rochester Hills, MI: 964 personsRochester Hills, MI964St. Clair Shores, MI: 892 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI892Portage, MI: 866 personsPortage, MI866Novi, MI: 838 personsNovi, MI838Midland, MI: 805 personsMidland, MI805Inkster, MI: 751 personsInkster, MI751Port Huron, MI: 746 personsPort Huron, MI746Royal Oak, MI: 716 personsRoyal Oak, MI716Lincoln Park, MI: 709 personsLincoln Park, MI709Burton, MI: 705 personsBurton, MI705Mount Pleasant, MI: 670 personsMount Pleasant, MI670Garden City, MI: 576 personsGarden City, MI576Romulus, MI: 566 personsRomulus, MI566Hamtramck, MI: 544 personsHamtramck, MI544Auburn Hills, MI: 473 personsAuburn Hills, MI473Norton Shores, MI: 450 personsNorton Shores, MI450Southgate, MI: 400 personsSouthgate, MI400Allen Park, MI: 386 personsAllen Park, MI386Holland, MI: 383 personsHolland, MI383Walker, MI: 338 personsWalker, MI338Ferndale, MI: 334 personsFerndale, MI334Madison Heights, MI: 281 personsMadison Heights, MI281Wyandotte, MI: 237 personsWyandotte, MI237Detroit, MI: 19,905 personsDetroit, MI19,905Grand Rapids, MI: 4,518 personsGrand Rapids, MI4,518Flint, MI: 3,695 personsFlint, MI3,695Warren, MI: 3,292 personsWarren, MI3,292Lansing, MI: 3,265 personsLansing, MI3,265Sterling Heights, MI: 2,647 personsSterling Heights, MI2,647Pontiac, MI: 1,985 personsPontiac, MI1,985Ann Arbor, MI: 1,876 personsAnn Arbor, MI1,876Kalamazoo, MI: 1,744 personsKalamazoo, MI1,744Southfield, MI: 1,673 personsSouthfield, MI1,673Saginaw, MI: 1,615 personsSaginaw, MI1,615Dearborn, MI: 1,610 personsDearborn, MI1,610Wyoming, MI: 1,462 personsWyoming, MI1,462Farmington Hills, MI: 1,439 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,439Eastpointe, MI: 1,416 personsEastpointe, MI1,416Battle Creek, MI: 1,238 personsBattle Creek, MI1,238Jackson, MI: 1,220 personsJackson, MI1,220Westland, MI: 1,188 personsWestland, MI1,188Troy, MI: 1,178 personsTroy, MI1,178Kentwood, MI: 1,174 personsKentwood, MI1,174Livonia, MI: 1,171 personsLivonia, MI1,171Bay City, MI: 1,137 personsBay City, MI1,137Roseville, MI: 1,124 personsRoseville, MI1,124East Lansing, MI: 1,104 personsEast Lansing, MI1,104Taylor, MI: 1,085 personsTaylor, MI1,085Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,084 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,084Oak Park, MI: 1,001 personsOak Park, MI1,001Muskegon, MI: 988 personsMuskegon, MI988Rochester Hills, MI: 964 personsRochester Hills, MI964St. Clair Shores, MI: 892 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI892Portage, MI: 866 personsPortage, MI866Novi, MI: 838 personsNovi, MI838Midland, MI: 805 personsMidland, MI805Inkster, MI: 751 personsInkster, MI751Port Huron, MI: 746 personsPort Huron, MI746Royal Oak, MI: 716 personsRoyal Oak, MI716Lincoln Park, MI: 709 personsLincoln Park, MI709Burton, MI: 705 personsBurton, MI705Mount Pleasant, MI: 670 personsMount Pleasant, MI670Garden City, MI: 576 personsGarden City, MI576Romulus, MI: 566 personsRomulus, MI566Hamtramck, MI: 544 personsHamtramck, MI544Auburn Hills, MI: 473 personsAuburn Hills, MI473Norton Shores, MI: 450 personsNorton Shores, MI450Southgate, MI: 400 personsSouthgate, MI400Allen Park, MI: 386 personsAllen Park, MI386Holland, MI: 383 personsHolland, MI383Walker, MI: 338 personsWalker, MI338Ferndale, MI: 334 personsFerndale, MI334Madison Heights, MI: 281 personsMadison Heights, MI281Wyandotte, MI: 237 personsWyandotte, MI237
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Detroit, MI19,905-38.2%
2Grand Rapids, MI4,518-22.6%
3Flint, MI3,695-23.6%
4Warren, MI3,292-34.5%
5Lansing, MI3,265-18.2%
6Sterling Heights, MI2,647-34.3%
7Pontiac, MI1,985-32.4%
8Ann Arbor, MI1,876-12%
9Kalamazoo, MI1,744-18.2%
10Southfield, MI1,673-32.6%
11Saginaw, MI1,615-19.1%
12Dearborn, MI1,610-39%
13Wyoming, MI1,462-22.6%
14Farmington Hills, MI1,439-32.7%
15Eastpointe, MI1,416-34.4%
16Battle Creek, MI1,238-24.7%
17Jackson, MI1,220-19.2%
18Westland, MI1,188-38.9%
19Troy, MI1,178-32.5%
20Kentwood, MI1,174-22.6%
21Livonia, MI1,171-38.8%
22Bay City, MI1,137-12.1%
23Roseville, MI1,124-34.4%
24East Lansing, MI1,104+12.8%
25Taylor, MI1,085-38.8%
26Dearborn Heights, MI1,084-39%
27Oak Park, MI1,001-32.6%
28Muskegon, MI988-28.4%
29Rochester Hills, MI964-31.3%
30St. Clair Shores, MI892-34.4%
31Portage, MI866-18.8%
32Novi, MI838-32.3%
33Midland, MI805-7.6%
34Inkster, MI751-39%
35Port Huron, MI746-31.2%
36Royal Oak, MI716-32.5%
37Lincoln Park, MI709-39%
38Burton, MI705-23.2%
39Mount Pleasant, MI670-9.9%
40Garden City, MI576-39%
41Romulus, MI566-38.7%
42Hamtramck, MI544-39%
43Auburn Hills, MI473-31.1%
44Norton Shores, MI450-28.5%
45Southgate, MI400-38.8%
46Allen Park, MI386-38.9%
47Holland, MI383-16.6%
48Walker, MI338-22.8%
49Ferndale, MI334-32.7%
50Madison Heights, MI281-32.1%
51Wyandotte, MI237-38.9%

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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. 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.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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Michigan by unemployed people, 2022. 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/unemployed-people/michigan-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. 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/unemployed-people/michigan-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/michigan-cities?period=2022 (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, 2022}},
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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Detroit, MI, with 19,905 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Wyandotte, MI, with 237 in 2022.

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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