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Cities in Michigan by unemployed people

Detroit, MI had the highest unemployed people of 51 cities in 2024, at 24,237. Wyandotte, MI had the lowest, at 282. The median was 1,245. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest24,237Detroit, MI
Lowest282Wyandotte, MI
Median1,24551 cities

All cities, 2024

Detroit, MI: 24,237 personsDetroit, MI24,237Grand Rapids, MI: 5,281 personsGrand Rapids, MI5,281Flint, MI: 4,089 personsFlint, MI4,089Warren, MI: 3,976 personsWarren, MI3,976Lansing, MI: 3,633 personsLansing, MI3,633Sterling Heights, MI: 3,231 personsSterling Heights, MI3,231Pontiac, MI: 2,370 personsPontiac, MI2,370Ann Arbor, MI: 2,144 personsAnn Arbor, MI2,144Kalamazoo, MI: 2,015 personsKalamazoo, MI2,015Southfield, MI: 2,013 personsSouthfield, MI2,013Dearborn, MI: 1,920 personsDearborn, MI1,920Saginaw, MI: 1,781 personsSaginaw, MI1,781Farmington Hills, MI: 1,729 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,729Wyoming, MI: 1,727 personsWyoming, MI1,727Eastpointe, MI: 1,711 personsEastpointe, MI1,711Battle Creek, MI: 1,461 personsBattle Creek, MI1,461Troy, MI: 1,424 personsTroy, MI1,424Westland, MI: 1,413 personsWestland, MI1,413Livonia, MI: 1,396 personsLivonia, MI1,396Kentwood, MI: 1,371 personsKentwood, MI1,371Roseville, MI: 1,359 personsRoseville, MI1,359Jackson, MI: 1,337 personsJackson, MI1,337Taylor, MI: 1,294 personsTaylor, MI1,294Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,290 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,290Bay City, MI: 1,257 personsBay City, MI1,257East Lansing, MI: 1,245 personsEast Lansing, MI1,245Oak Park, MI: 1,194 personsOak Park, MI1,194Rochester Hills, MI: 1,158 personsRochester Hills, MI1,158Muskegon, MI: 1,111 personsMuskegon, MI1,111St. Clair Shores, MI: 1,078 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI1,078Portage, MI: 1,016 personsPortage, MI1,016Novi, MI: 1,012 personsNovi, MI1,012Midland, MI: 908 personsMidland, MI908Inkster, MI: 892 personsInkster, MI892Port Huron, MI: 870 personsPort Huron, MI870Royal Oak, MI: 856 personsRoyal Oak, MI856Lincoln Park, MI: 842 personsLincoln Park, MI842Burton, MI: 780 personsBurton, MI780Mount Pleasant, MI: 759 personsMount Pleasant, MI759Garden City, MI: 685 personsGarden City, MI685Romulus, MI: 674 personsRomulus, MI674Hamtramck, MI: 647 personsHamtramck, MI647Auburn Hills, MI: 583 personsAuburn Hills, MI583Norton Shores, MI: 507 personsNorton Shores, MI507Southgate, MI: 477 personsSouthgate, MI477Holland, MI: 461 personsHolland, MI461Allen Park, MI: 458 personsAllen Park, MI458Ferndale, MI: 404 personsFerndale, MI404Walker, MI: 403 personsWalker, MI403Madison Heights, MI: 336 personsMadison Heights, MI336Wyandotte, MI: 282 personsWyandotte, MI282Detroit, MI: 24,237 personsDetroit, MI24,237Grand Rapids, MI: 5,281 personsGrand Rapids, MI5,281Flint, MI: 4,089 personsFlint, MI4,089Warren, MI: 3,976 personsWarren, MI3,976Lansing, MI: 3,633 personsLansing, MI3,633Sterling Heights, MI: 3,231 personsSterling Heights, MI3,231Pontiac, MI: 2,370 personsPontiac, MI2,370Ann Arbor, MI: 2,144 personsAnn Arbor, MI2,144Kalamazoo, MI: 2,015 personsKalamazoo, MI2,015Southfield, MI: 2,013 personsSouthfield, MI2,013Dearborn, MI: 1,920 personsDearborn, MI1,920Saginaw, MI: 1,781 personsSaginaw, MI1,781Farmington Hills, MI: 1,729 personsFarmington Hills, MI1,729Wyoming, MI: 1,727 personsWyoming, MI1,727Eastpointe, MI: 1,711 personsEastpointe, MI1,711Battle Creek, MI: 1,461 personsBattle Creek, MI1,461Troy, MI: 1,424 personsTroy, MI1,424Westland, MI: 1,413 personsWestland, MI1,413Livonia, MI: 1,396 personsLivonia, MI1,396Kentwood, MI: 1,371 personsKentwood, MI1,371Roseville, MI: 1,359 personsRoseville, MI1,359Jackson, MI: 1,337 personsJackson, MI1,337Taylor, MI: 1,294 personsTaylor, MI1,294Dearborn Heights, MI: 1,290 personsDearborn Heights, MI1,290Bay City, MI: 1,257 personsBay City, MI1,257East Lansing, MI: 1,245 personsEast Lansing, MI1,245Oak Park, MI: 1,194 personsOak Park, MI1,194Rochester Hills, MI: 1,158 personsRochester Hills, MI1,158Muskegon, MI: 1,111 personsMuskegon, MI1,111St. Clair Shores, MI: 1,078 personsSt. Clair Shores, MI1,078Portage, MI: 1,016 personsPortage, MI1,016Novi, MI: 1,012 personsNovi, MI1,012Midland, MI: 908 personsMidland, MI908Inkster, MI: 892 personsInkster, MI892Port Huron, MI: 870 personsPort Huron, MI870Royal Oak, MI: 856 personsRoyal Oak, MI856Lincoln Park, MI: 842 personsLincoln Park, MI842Burton, MI: 780 personsBurton, MI780Mount Pleasant, MI: 759 personsMount Pleasant, MI759Garden City, MI: 685 personsGarden City, MI685Romulus, MI: 674 personsRomulus, MI674Hamtramck, MI: 647 personsHamtramck, MI647Auburn Hills, MI: 583 personsAuburn Hills, MI583Norton Shores, MI: 507 personsNorton Shores, MI507Southgate, MI: 477 personsSouthgate, MI477Holland, MI: 461 personsHolland, MI461Allen Park, MI: 458 personsAllen Park, MI458Ferndale, MI: 404 personsFerndale, MI404Walker, MI: 403 personsWalker, MI403Madison Heights, MI: 336 personsMadison Heights, MI336Wyandotte, MI: 282 personsWyandotte, MI282
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Detroit, MI24,237+28.9%
2Grand Rapids, MI5,281+19.5%
3Flint, MI4,089+17.3%
4Warren, MI3,976+27.4%
5Lansing, MI3,633+18.4%
6Sterling Heights, MI3,231+27.6%
7Pontiac, MI2,370+22.5%
8Ann Arbor, MI2,144+18.1%
9Kalamazoo, MI2,015+16.3%
10Southfield, MI2,013+22.7%
11Dearborn, MI1,920+27.7%
12Saginaw, MI1,781+13.2%
13Farmington Hills, MI1,729+23.1%
14Wyoming, MI1,727+19.6%
15Eastpointe, MI1,711+27.5%
16Battle Creek, MI1,461+22.8%
17Troy, MI1,424+23.5%
18Westland, MI1,413+27.6%
19Livonia, MI1,396+27.7%
20Kentwood, MI1,371+19.5%
21Roseville, MI1,359+27.5%
22Jackson, MI1,337+16.2%
23Taylor, MI1,294+27.7%
24Dearborn Heights, MI1,290+27.6%
25Bay City, MI1,257+11.7%
26East Lansing, MI1,245+16.6%
27Oak Park, MI1,194+22.5%
28Rochester Hills, MI1,158+22.5%
29Muskegon, MI1,111+21.3%
30St. Clair Shores, MI1,078+27.6%
31Portage, MI1,016+17.7%
32Novi, MI1,012+22.7%
33Midland, MI908+17.8%
34Inkster, MI892+27.6%
35Port Huron, MI870+20%
36Royal Oak, MI856+22.5%
37Lincoln Park, MI842+27.4%
38Burton, MI780+17.3%
39Mount Pleasant, MI759+17.9%
40Garden City, MI685+27.6%
41Romulus, MI674+27.4%
42Hamtramck, MI647+27.6%
43Auburn Hills, MI583+24.3%
44Norton Shores, MI507+21.6%
45Southgate, MI477+27.9%
46Holland, MI461+20.4%
47Allen Park, MI458+27.6%
48Ferndale, MI404+23.2%
49Walker, MI403+21%
50Madison Heights, MI336+22.6%
51Wyandotte, MI282+27.6%

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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, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (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, 2024}},
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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Detroit, MI, with 24,237 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Wyandotte, MI, with 282 in 2024.

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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