# Cities in Ohio by unemployed people, 2025

All 71 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployed_persons`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: 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. 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.
- Source: 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.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/ohio-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Columbus, OH | 23,021 |
| 2 | Toledo, OH | 8,348 |
| 3 | Cleveland, OH | 8,149 |
| 4 | Cincinnati, OH | 8,040 |
| 5 | Akron, OH | 5,163 |
| 6 | Dayton, OH | 3,609 |
| 7 | Canton, OH | 1,796 |
| 8 | Parma, OH | 1,722 |
| 9 | Lorain, OH | 1,532 |
| 10 | Youngstown, OH | 1,482 |
| 11 | Hamilton, OH | 1,476 |
| 12 | Springfield, OH | 1,435 |
| 13 | Middletown, OH | 1,345 |
| 14 | Kettering, OH | 1,279 |
| 15 | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | 1,258 |
| 16 | Elyria, OH | 1,214 |
| 17 | Euclid, OH | 1,163 |
| 18 | Newark, OH | 1,156 |
| 19 | Mansfield, OH | 1,113 |
| 20 | Delaware, OH | 1,041 |
| 21 | Warren, OH | 1,023 |
| 22 | Huber Heights, OH | 1,022 |
| 23 | Fairfield, OH | 1,011 |
| 23 | Lakewood, OH | 1,011 |
| 25 | Reynoldsburg, OH | 1,007 |
| 26 | Grove City, OH | 960 |
| 27 | Dublin, OH | 957 |
| 28 | Beavercreek, OH | 944 |
| 29 | Lancaster, OH | 938 |
| 30 | Mentor, OH | 916 |
| 31 | Findlay, OH | 912 |
| 32 | Cleveland Heights, OH | 898 |
| 33 | Strongsville, OH | 868 |
| 34 | Lima, OH | 842 |
| 35 | Westerville, OH | 841 |
| 36 | Fairborn, OH | 823 |
| 37 | Hilliard, OH | 818 |
| 38 | Gahanna, OH | 817 |
| 39 | Massillon, OH | 804 |
| 40 | Stow, OH | 797 |
| 41 | Mason, OH | 741 |
| 42 | North Ridgeville, OH | 734 |
| 43 | Bowling Green, OH | 730 |
| 44 | Sandusky, OH | 725 |
| 45 | Garfield Heights, OH | 716 |
| 46 | Upper Arlington, OH | 710 |
| 47 | Marion, OH | 709 |
| 48 | Kent, OH | 690 |
| 49 | Barberton, OH | 680 |
| 50 | Brunswick, OH | 665 |
| 51 | Trotwood, OH | 644 |
| 52 | Westlake, OH | 636 |
| 53 | North Royalton, OH | 623 |
| 54 | Green, OH | 622 |
| 55 | Athens, OH | 617 |
| 55 | North Olmsted, OH | 617 |
| 57 | Xenia, OH | 606 |
| 58 | Zanesville, OH | 603 |
| 59 | Troy, OH | 591 |
| 60 | Riverside, OH | 577 |
| 61 | Maple Heights, OH | 576 |
| 62 | Pickerington, OH | 563 |
| 63 | Marysville, OH | 554 |
| 63 | Wooster, OH | 554 |
| 65 | Shaker Heights, OH | 540 |
| 66 | Centerville, OH | 534 |
| 67 | Perrysburg, OH | 524 |
| 68 | South Euclid, OH | 499 |
| 69 | Medina, OH | 472 |
| 70 | Avon Lake, OH | 471 |
| 71 | Avon, OH | 432 |