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Cities in Ohio by unemployed people

Columbus, OH had the highest unemployed people of 65 cities in 2016, at 19,372. Riverside, OH had the lowest, at 568. The median was 871. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest19,372Columbus, OH
Lowest568Riverside, OH
Median87165 cities

Top 40 cities, 2016

Columbus, OH: 19,372 personsColumbus, OH19,372Cleveland, OH: 11,193 personsCleveland, OH11,193Toledo, OH: 7,386 personsToledo, OH7,386Cincinnati, OH: 7,105 personsCincinnati, OH7,105Akron, OH: 5,344 personsAkron, OH5,344Dayton, OH: 3,430 personsDayton, OH3,430Parma, OH: 2,266 personsParma, OH2,266Lorain, OH: 2,212 personsLorain, OH2,212Canton, OH: 2,087 personsCanton, OH2,087Youngstown, OH: 1,778 personsYoungstown, OH1,778Elyria, OH: 1,657 personsElyria, OH1,657Euclid, OH: 1,561 personsEuclid, OH1,561Springfield, OH: 1,514 personsSpringfield, OH1,514Hamilton, OH: 1,418 personsHamilton, OH1,418Lakewood, OH: 1,306 personsLakewood, OH1,306Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 1,280 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH1,280Kettering, OH: 1,265 personsKettering, OH1,265Mentor, OH: 1,214 personsMentor, OH1,214Middletown, OH: 1,198 personsMiddletown, OH1,198Warren, OH: 1,144 personsWarren, OH1,144Mansfield, OH: 1,138 personsMansfield, OH1,138Cleveland Heights, OH: 1,104 personsCleveland Heights, OH1,104Strongsville, OH: 1,098 personsStrongsville, OH1,098Newark, OH: 1,096 personsNewark, OH1,096Fairfield, OH: 1,008 personsFairfield, OH1,008Huber Heights, OH: 956 personsHuber Heights, OH956Garfield Heights, OH: 920 personsGarfield Heights, OH920Lima, OH: 902 personsLima, OH902Reynoldsburg, OH: 901 personsReynoldsburg, OH901Massillon, OH: 897 personsMassillon, OH897Beavercreek, OH: 878 personsBeavercreek, OH878Lancaster, OH: 873 personsLancaster, OH873Brunswick, OH: 871 personsBrunswick, OH871Findlay, OH: 857 personsFindlay, OH857Dublin, OH: 848 personsDublin, OH848North Ridgeville, OH: 847 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH847Grove City, OH: 830 personsGrove City, OH830Delaware, OH: 824 personsDelaware, OH824Stow, OH: 818 personsStow, OH818North Olmsted, OH: 794 personsNorth Olmsted, OH794Columbus, OH: 19,372 personsColumbus, OH19,372Cleveland, OH: 11,193 personsCleveland, OH11,193Toledo, OH: 7,386 personsToledo, OH7,386Cincinnati, OH: 7,105 personsCincinnati, OH7,105Akron, OH: 5,344 personsAkron, OH5,344Dayton, OH: 3,430 personsDayton, OH3,430Parma, OH: 2,266 personsParma, OH2,266Lorain, OH: 2,212 personsLorain, OH2,212Canton, OH: 2,087 personsCanton, OH2,087Youngstown, OH: 1,778 personsYoungstown, OH1,778Elyria, OH: 1,657 personsElyria, OH1,657Euclid, OH: 1,561 personsEuclid, OH1,561Springfield, OH: 1,514 personsSpringfield, OH1,514Hamilton, OH: 1,418 personsHamilton, OH1,418Lakewood, OH: 1,306 personsLakewood, OH1,306Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 1,280 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH1,280Kettering, OH: 1,265 personsKettering, OH1,265Mentor, OH: 1,214 personsMentor, OH1,214Middletown, OH: 1,198 personsMiddletown, OH1,198Warren, OH: 1,144 personsWarren, OH1,144Mansfield, OH: 1,138 personsMansfield, OH1,138Cleveland Heights, OH: 1,104 personsCleveland Heights, OH1,104Strongsville, OH: 1,098 personsStrongsville, OH1,098Newark, OH: 1,096 personsNewark, OH1,096Fairfield, OH: 1,008 personsFairfield, OH1,008Huber Heights, OH: 956 personsHuber Heights, OH956Garfield Heights, OH: 920 personsGarfield Heights, OH920Lima, OH: 902 personsLima, OH902Reynoldsburg, OH: 901 personsReynoldsburg, OH901Massillon, OH: 897 personsMassillon, OH897Beavercreek, OH: 878 personsBeavercreek, OH878Lancaster, OH: 873 personsLancaster, OH873Brunswick, OH: 871 personsBrunswick, OH871Findlay, OH: 857 personsFindlay, OH857Dublin, OH: 848 personsDublin, OH848North Ridgeville, OH: 847 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH847Grove City, OH: 830 personsGrove City, OH830Delaware, OH: 824 personsDelaware, OH824Stow, OH: 818 personsStow, OH818North Olmsted, OH: 794 personsNorth Olmsted, OH794
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Columbus, OH19,372+4%
2Cleveland, OH11,193+5.7%
3Toledo, OH7,386-2.5%
4Cincinnati, OH7,105-1.2%
5Akron, OH5,344+1.3%
6Dayton, OH3,430-2%
7Parma, OH2,266+9.8%
8Lorain, OH2,212+9.3%
9Canton, OH2,087+5.6%
10Youngstown, OH1,778-1.2%
11Elyria, OH1,657+8.7%
12Euclid, OH1,561+12.3%
13Springfield, OH1,514+7.5%
14Hamilton, OH1,418-1.7%
15Lakewood, OH1,306+7.7%
16Cuyahoga Falls, OH1,280+5.4%
17Kettering, OH1,265+5.2%
18Mentor, OH1,214+15.6%
19Middletown, OH1,198-0.8%
20Warren, OH1,144+5.1%
21Mansfield, OH1,138+0.4%
22Cleveland Heights, OH1,104+8.2%
23Strongsville, OH1,098+10.4%
24Newark, OH1,096-1.3%
25Fairfield, OH1,008-3.6%
26Huber Heights, OH956+5.6%
27Garfield Heights, OH920+16.5%
28Lima, OH902+2.7%
29Reynoldsburg, OH901+8.7%
30Massillon, OH897+1.2%
31Beavercreek, OH878-2%
32Lancaster, OH873-0.6%
33Brunswick, OH871+6.7%
34Findlay, OH857+3.5%
35Dublin, OH848+11%
36North Ridgeville, OH847+15.6%
37Grove City, OH830+3.4%
38Delaware, OH824+7.9%
39Stow, OH818+1%
40North Olmsted, OH794+6.1%
40North Royalton, OH794+5.4%
42Marion, OH792-2.8%
43Maple Heights, OH787+11.8%
44Kent, OH784+1.8%
45Westerville, OH783+2.2%
46Fairborn, OH762+2.7%
47Barberton, OH756+9.4%
48Gahanna, OH751+5.9%
48Westlake, OH751+10.3%
50Bowling Green, OH740-2.5%
51Sandusky, OH726+3.9%
52Mason, OH676+8.9%
53Athens, OH6730%
54Shaker Heights, OH668+11.1%
55Hilliard, OH663+5.6%
56South Euclid, OH660+9.1%
57Green, OH659+4.9%
58Zanesville, OH652-0.2%
59Upper Arlington, OH639+6.3%
60Trotwood, OH636+1%
61Medina, OH611+12.1%
62Xenia, OH587+2.8%
63Troy, OH581+0.5%
64Wooster, OH575+5.7%
65Riverside, OH568-6.3%

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 2016 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.CurrentU15-19. 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, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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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, 2016. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/ohio-cities?period=2016. 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, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/ohio-cities?period=2016.

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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/ohio-cities?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Columbus, OH, with 19,372 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Riverside, OH, with 568 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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