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Cities in Ohio by unemployed people

Columbus, OH had the highest unemployed people of 65 cities in 2014, at 21,619. Wooster, OH had the lowest, at 626. The median was 987. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest21,619Columbus, OH
Lowest626Wooster, OH
Median98765 cities

Top 40 cities, 2014

Columbus, OH: 21,619 personsColumbus, OH21,619Cleveland, OH: 12,741 personsCleveland, OH12,741Toledo, OH: 9,066 personsToledo, OH9,066Cincinnati, OH: 8,637 personsCincinnati, OH8,637Akron, OH: 6,195 personsAkron, OH6,195Dayton, OH: 4,266 personsDayton, OH4,266Parma, OH: 2,507 personsParma, OH2,507Lorain, OH: 2,346 personsLorain, OH2,346Canton, OH: 2,259 personsCanton, OH2,259Youngstown, OH: 2,052 personsYoungstown, OH2,052Elyria, OH: 1,788 personsElyria, OH1,788Hamilton, OH: 1,742 personsHamilton, OH1,742Euclid, OH: 1,667 personsEuclid, OH1,667Springfield, OH: 1,637 personsSpringfield, OH1,637Lakewood, OH: 1,496 personsLakewood, OH1,496Kettering, OH: 1,494 personsKettering, OH1,494Middletown, OH: 1,463 personsMiddletown, OH1,463Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 1,434 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH1,434Newark, OH: 1,338 personsNewark, OH1,338Mansfield, OH: 1,331 personsMansfield, OH1,331Mentor, OH: 1,315 personsMentor, OH1,315Warren, OH: 1,288 personsWarren, OH1,288Fairfield, OH: 1,244 personsFairfield, OH1,244Cleveland Heights, OH: 1,239 personsCleveland Heights, OH1,239Strongsville, OH: 1,206 personsStrongsville, OH1,206Huber Heights, OH: 1,098 personsHuber Heights, OH1,098Lancaster, OH: 1,074 personsLancaster, OH1,074Lima, OH: 1,064 personsLima, OH1,064Beavercreek, OH: 1,033 personsBeavercreek, OH1,033Massillon, OH: 998 personsMassillon, OH998Garfield Heights, OH: 989 personsGarfield Heights, OH989Reynoldsburg, OH: 988 personsReynoldsburg, OH988Findlay, OH: 987 personsFindlay, OH987Brunswick, OH: 980 personsBrunswick, OH980Stow, OH: 968 personsStow, OH968North Olmsted, OH: 929 personsNorth Olmsted, OH929Marion, OH: 927 personsMarion, OH927Grove City, OH: 918 personsGrove City, OH918Kent, OH: 900 personsKent, OH900North Royalton, OH: 885 personsNorth Royalton, OH885Columbus, OH: 21,619 personsColumbus, OH21,619Cleveland, OH: 12,741 personsCleveland, OH12,741Toledo, OH: 9,066 personsToledo, OH9,066Cincinnati, OH: 8,637 personsCincinnati, OH8,637Akron, OH: 6,195 personsAkron, OH6,195Dayton, OH: 4,266 personsDayton, OH4,266Parma, OH: 2,507 personsParma, OH2,507Lorain, OH: 2,346 personsLorain, OH2,346Canton, OH: 2,259 personsCanton, OH2,259Youngstown, OH: 2,052 personsYoungstown, OH2,052Elyria, OH: 1,788 personsElyria, OH1,788Hamilton, OH: 1,742 personsHamilton, OH1,742Euclid, OH: 1,667 personsEuclid, OH1,667Springfield, OH: 1,637 personsSpringfield, OH1,637Lakewood, OH: 1,496 personsLakewood, OH1,496Kettering, OH: 1,494 personsKettering, OH1,494Middletown, OH: 1,463 personsMiddletown, OH1,463Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 1,434 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH1,434Newark, OH: 1,338 personsNewark, OH1,338Mansfield, OH: 1,331 personsMansfield, OH1,331Mentor, OH: 1,315 personsMentor, OH1,315Warren, OH: 1,288 personsWarren, OH1,288Fairfield, OH: 1,244 personsFairfield, OH1,244Cleveland Heights, OH: 1,239 personsCleveland Heights, OH1,239Strongsville, OH: 1,206 personsStrongsville, OH1,206Huber Heights, OH: 1,098 personsHuber Heights, OH1,098Lancaster, OH: 1,074 personsLancaster, OH1,074Lima, OH: 1,064 personsLima, OH1,064Beavercreek, OH: 1,033 personsBeavercreek, OH1,033Massillon, OH: 998 personsMassillon, OH998Garfield Heights, OH: 989 personsGarfield Heights, OH989Reynoldsburg, OH: 988 personsReynoldsburg, OH988Findlay, OH: 987 personsFindlay, OH987Brunswick, OH: 980 personsBrunswick, OH980Stow, OH: 968 personsStow, OH968North Olmsted, OH: 929 personsNorth Olmsted, OH929Marion, OH: 927 personsMarion, OH927Grove City, OH: 918 personsGrove City, OH918Kent, OH: 900 personsKent, OH900North Royalton, OH: 885 personsNorth Royalton, OH885
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Columbus, OH21,619-22.7%
2Cleveland, OH12,741-9.8%
3Toledo, OH9,066-25.6%
4Cincinnati, OH8,637-23.7%
5Akron, OH6,195-21.2%
6Dayton, OH4,266-26.2%
7Parma, OH2,507-10.1%
8Lorain, OH2,346-9.5%
9Canton, OH2,259-22.3%
10Youngstown, OH2,052-21.5%
11Elyria, OH1,788-12.7%
12Hamilton, OH1,742-27.4%
13Euclid, OH1,667-8.4%
14Springfield, OH1,637-20.8%
15Lakewood, OH1,496-10.4%
16Kettering, OH1,494-26.5%
17Middletown, OH1,463-24.5%
18Cuyahoga Falls, OH1,434-22.1%
19Newark, OH1,338-22.4%
20Mansfield, OH1,331-20.7%
21Mentor, OH1,315-12.2%
22Warren, OH1,288-22.6%
23Fairfield, OH1,244-25%
24Cleveland Heights, OH1,239-10.2%
25Strongsville, OH1,206-11.6%
26Huber Heights, OH1,098-26.2%
27Lancaster, OH1,074-18%
28Lima, OH1,064-27.4%
29Beavercreek, OH1,033-24%
30Massillon, OH998-21.3%
31Garfield Heights, OH989-9%
32Reynoldsburg, OH988-20.8%
33Findlay, OH987-27%
34Brunswick, OH980-9.4%
35Stow, OH968-18.5%
36North Olmsted, OH929-7.9%
37Marion, OH927-23.3%
38Grove City, OH918-19.3%
39Kent, OH900-29.7%
40North Royalton, OH885-9.1%
41Bowling Green, OH882-23.5%
42North Ridgeville, OH872-11.7%
43Dublin, OH865-21.9%
44Maple Heights, OH863-8.6%
45Westerville, OH860-23.6%
46Sandusky, OH854-20.3%
47Delaware, OH853-22.6%
48Fairborn, OH849-24.9%
49Gahanna, OH832-19.8%
50Westlake, OH812-9.7%
51Zanesville, OH803-22.2%
52Barberton, OH801-23.3%
53Trotwood, OH782-27.7%
54Shaker Heights, OH728-6.9%
55Green, OH725-21%
56Xenia, OH723-20.6%
57South Euclid, OH721-6.1%
58Athens, OH717-21.6%
59Riverside, OH707-24.2%
60Upper Arlington, OH701-20.6%
61Mason, OH697-25.6%
62Hilliard, OH690-21.9%
63Medina, OH686-15.5%
64Troy, OH683-23.6%
65Wooster, OH626-25.5%

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. 6 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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.CurrentU10-14. 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 Ohio by unemployed people, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Ohio by unemployed people, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/ohio-cities?period=2014. 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 Ohio by unemployed people, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/ohio-cities?period=2014.

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 Ohio by unemployed people, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/ohio-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Columbus, OH, with 21,619 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Wooster, OH, with 626 in 2014.

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. 6 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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