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Cities in Michigan by unemployed people

Detroit, MI had the highest unemployed people of 51 cities in 2023, at 18,800. Wyandotte, MI had the lowest, at 221. The median was 1,011. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest18,800Detroit, MI
Lowest221Wyandotte, MI
Median1,01151 cities

All cities, 2023

Detroit, MI: 18,800 personsDetroit, MI18,800Grand Rapids, MI: 4,421 personsGrand Rapids, MI4,421Flint, MI: 3,486 personsFlint, MI3,486Warren, MI: 3,120 personsWarren, MI3,120Lansing, MI: 3,069 personsLansing, MI3,069Sterling Heights, MI: 2,533 personsSterling Heights, MI2,533Pontiac, MI: 1,935 personsPontiac, MI1,935Ann Arbor, MI: 1,816 personsAnn Arbor, MI1,816Kalamazoo, MI: 1,733 personsKalamazoo, MI1,733Southfield, MI: 1,641 personsSouthfield, MI1,641Saginaw, MI: 1,573 personsSaginaw, MI1,573Dearborn, MI: 1,503 personsDearborn, MI1,503Wyoming, MI: 1,444 personsWyoming, MI1,444Farmington Hills, MI: 1,405 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,405Eastpointe, MI: 1,342 personsEastpointe, MI1,342Battle Creek, MI: 1,190 personsBattle Creek, MI1,190Troy, MI: 1,153 personsTroy, MI1,153Jackson, MI: 1,151 personsJackson, MI1,151Kentwood, MI: 1,147 personsKentwood, MI1,147Bay City, MI: 1,125 personsBay City, MI1,125Westland, MI: 1,107 personsWestland, MI1,107Livonia, MI: 1,093 personsLivonia, MI1,093East Lansing, MI: 1,068 personsEast Lansing, MI1,068Roseville, MI: 1,066 personsRoseville, MI1,066Taylor, MI: 1,013 personsTaylor, MI1,013Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,011 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,011Oak Park, MI: 975 personsOak Park, MI975Rochester Hills, MI: 945 personsRochester Hills, MI945Muskegon, MI: 916 personsMuskegon, MI916Portage, MI: 863 personsPortage, MI863St. Clair Shores, MI: 845 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI845Novi, MI: 825 personsNovi, MI825Midland, MI: 771 personsMidland, MI771Port Huron, MI: 725 personsPort Huron, MI725Inkster, MI: 699 personsInkster, MI699Royal Oak, MI: 699 personsRoyal Oak, MI699Burton, MI: 665 personsBurton, MI665Lincoln Park, MI: 661 personsLincoln Park, MI661Mount Pleasant, MI: 644 personsMount Pleasant, MI644Garden City, MI: 537 personsGarden City, MI537Romulus, MI: 529 personsRomulus, MI529Hamtramck, MI: 507 personsHamtramck, MI507Auburn Hills, MI: 469 personsAuburn Hills, MI469Norton Shores, MI: 417 personsNorton Shores, MI417Holland, MI: 383 personsHolland, MI383Southgate, MI: 373 personsSouthgate, MI373Allen Park, MI: 359 personsAllen Park, MI359Walker, MI: 333 personsWalker, MI333Ferndale, MI: 328 personsFerndale, MI328Madison Heights, MI: 274 personsMadison Heights, MI274Wyandotte, MI: 221 personsWyandotte, MI221Detroit, MI: 18,800 personsDetroit, MI18,800Grand Rapids, MI: 4,421 personsGrand Rapids, MI4,421Flint, MI: 3,486 personsFlint, MI3,486Warren, MI: 3,120 personsWarren, MI3,120Lansing, MI: 3,069 personsLansing, MI3,069Sterling Heights, MI: 2,533 personsSterling Heights, MI2,533Pontiac, MI: 1,935 personsPontiac, MI1,935Ann Arbor, MI: 1,816 personsAnn Arbor, MI1,816Kalamazoo, MI: 1,733 personsKalamazoo, MI1,733Southfield, MI: 1,641 personsSouthfield, MI1,641Saginaw, MI: 1,573 personsSaginaw, MI1,573Dearborn, MI: 1,503 personsDearborn, MI1,503Wyoming, MI: 1,444 personsWyoming, MI1,444Farmington Hills, MI: 1,405 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,405Eastpointe, MI: 1,342 personsEastpointe, MI1,342Battle Creek, MI: 1,190 personsBattle Creek, MI1,190Troy, MI: 1,153 personsTroy, MI1,153Jackson, MI: 1,151 personsJackson, MI1,151Kentwood, MI: 1,147 personsKentwood, MI1,147Bay City, MI: 1,125 personsBay City, MI1,125Westland, MI: 1,107 personsWestland, MI1,107Livonia, MI: 1,093 personsLivonia, MI1,093East Lansing, MI: 1,068 personsEast Lansing, MI1,068Roseville, MI: 1,066 personsRoseville, MI1,066Taylor, MI: 1,013 personsTaylor, MI1,013Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,011 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,011Oak Park, MI: 975 personsOak Park, MI975Rochester Hills, MI: 945 personsRochester Hills, MI945Muskegon, MI: 916 personsMuskegon, MI916Portage, MI: 863 personsPortage, MI863St. Clair Shores, MI: 845 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI845Novi, MI: 825 personsNovi, MI825Midland, MI: 771 personsMidland, MI771Port Huron, MI: 725 personsPort Huron, MI725Inkster, MI: 699 personsInkster, MI699Royal Oak, MI: 699 personsRoyal Oak, MI699Burton, MI: 665 personsBurton, MI665Lincoln Park, MI: 661 personsLincoln Park, MI661Mount Pleasant, MI: 644 personsMount Pleasant, MI644Garden City, MI: 537 personsGarden City, MI537Romulus, MI: 529 personsRomulus, MI529Hamtramck, MI: 507 personsHamtramck, MI507Auburn Hills, MI: 469 personsAuburn Hills, MI469Norton Shores, MI: 417 personsNorton Shores, MI417Holland, MI: 383 personsHolland, MI383Southgate, MI: 373 personsSouthgate, MI373Allen Park, MI: 359 personsAllen Park, MI359Walker, MI: 333 personsWalker, MI333Ferndale, MI: 328 personsFerndale, MI328Madison Heights, MI: 274 personsMadison Heights, MI274Wyandotte, MI: 221 personsWyandotte, MI221
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Detroit, MI18,800-5.6%
2Grand Rapids, MI4,421-2.1%
3Flint, MI3,486-5.7%
4Warren, MI3,120-5.2%
5Lansing, MI3,069-6%
6Sterling Heights, MI2,533-4.3%
7Pontiac, MI1,935-2.5%
8Ann Arbor, MI1,816-3.2%
9Kalamazoo, MI1,733-0.6%
10Southfield, MI1,641-1.9%
11Saginaw, MI1,573-2.6%
12Dearborn, MI1,503-6.6%
13Wyoming, MI1,444-1.2%
14Farmington Hills, MI1,405-2.4%
15Eastpointe, MI1,342-5.2%
16Battle Creek, MI1,190-3.9%
17Troy, MI1,153-2.1%
18Jackson, MI1,151-5.7%
19Kentwood, MI1,147-2.3%
20Bay City, MI1,125-1.1%
21Westland, MI1,107-6.8%
22Livonia, MI1,093-6.7%
23East Lansing, MI1,068-3.3%
24Roseville, MI1,066-5.2%
25Taylor, MI1,013-6.6%
26Dearborn Heights, MI1,011-6.7%
27Oak Park, MI975-2.6%
28Rochester Hills, MI945-2%
29Muskegon, MI916-7.3%
30Portage, MI863-0.3%
31St. Clair Shores, MI845-5.3%
32Novi, MI825-1.6%
33Midland, MI771-4.2%
34Port Huron, MI725-2.8%
35Inkster, MI699-6.9%
35Royal Oak, MI699-2.4%
37Burton, MI665-5.7%
38Lincoln Park, MI661-6.8%
39Mount Pleasant, MI644-3.9%
40Garden City, MI537-6.8%
41Romulus, MI529-6.5%
42Hamtramck, MI507-6.8%
43Auburn Hills, MI469-0.8%
44Norton Shores, MI417-7.3%
45Holland, MI3830%
46Southgate, MI373-6.8%
47Allen Park, MI359-7%
48Walker, MI333-1.5%
49Ferndale, MI328-1.8%
50Madison Heights, MI274-2.5%
51Wyandotte, MI221-6.8%

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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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Detroit, MI, with 18,800 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Wyandotte, MI, with 221 in 2023.

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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