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Cities in Ohio by unemployed people

Columbus, OH had the highest unemployed people of 65 cities in 2017, at 19,106. Troy, OH had the lowest, at 538. The median was 874. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest19,106Columbus, OH
Lowest538Troy, OH
Median87465 cities

Top 40 cities, 2017

Columbus, OH: 19,106 personsColumbus, OH19,106Cleveland, OH: 11,415 personsCleveland, OH11,415Toledo, OH: 8,509 personsToledo, OH8,509Cincinnati, OH: 7,030 personsCincinnati, OH7,030Akron, OH: 5,165 personsAkron, OH5,165Dayton, OH: 3,343 personsDayton, OH3,343Parma, OH: 2,334 personsParma, OH2,334Lorain, OH: 2,219 personsLorain, OH2,219Canton, OH: 1,960 personsCanton, OH1,960Youngstown, OH: 1,858 personsYoungstown, OH1,858Elyria, OH: 1,672 personsElyria, OH1,672Euclid, OH: 1,606 personsEuclid, OH1,606Hamilton, OH: 1,371 personsHamilton, OH1,371Lakewood, OH: 1,355 personsLakewood, OH1,355Springfield, OH: 1,329 personsSpringfield, OH1,329Kettering, OH: 1,262 personsKettering, OH1,262Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 1,255 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH1,255Mentor, OH: 1,231 personsMentor, OH1,231Warren, OH: 1,228 personsWarren, OH1,228Cleveland Heights, OH: 1,177 personsCleveland Heights, OH1,177Middletown, OH: 1,166 personsMiddletown, OH1,166Strongsville, OH: 1,139 personsStrongsville, OH1,139Mansfield, OH: 1,090 personsMansfield, OH1,090Newark, OH: 1,052 personsNewark, OH1,052Fairfield, OH: 1,011 personsFairfield, OH1,011Huber Heights, OH: 956 personsHuber Heights, OH956Garfield Heights, OH: 941 personsGarfield Heights, OH941Brunswick, OH: 911 personsBrunswick, OH911North Ridgeville, OH: 902 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH902Lima, OH: 892 personsLima, OH892Reynoldsburg, OH: 888 personsReynoldsburg, OH888Dublin, OH: 880 personsDublin, OH880Beavercreek, OH: 874 personsBeavercreek, OH874Lancaster, OH: 872 personsLancaster, OH872Grove City, OH: 841 personsGrove City, OH841North Olmsted, OH: 841 personsNorth Olmsted, OH841North Royalton, OH: 841 personsNorth Royalton, OH841Sandusky, OH: 828 personsSandusky, OH828Findlay, OH: 827 personsFindlay, OH827Massillon, OH: 819 personsMassillon, OH819Columbus, OH: 19,106 personsColumbus, OH19,106Cleveland, OH: 11,415 personsCleveland, OH11,415Toledo, OH: 8,509 personsToledo, OH8,509Cincinnati, OH: 7,030 personsCincinnati, OH7,030Akron, OH: 5,165 personsAkron, OH5,165Dayton, OH: 3,343 personsDayton, OH3,343Parma, OH: 2,334 personsParma, OH2,334Lorain, OH: 2,219 personsLorain, OH2,219Canton, OH: 1,960 personsCanton, OH1,960Youngstown, OH: 1,858 personsYoungstown, OH1,858Elyria, OH: 1,672 personsElyria, OH1,672Euclid, OH: 1,606 personsEuclid, OH1,606Hamilton, OH: 1,371 personsHamilton, OH1,371Lakewood, OH: 1,355 personsLakewood, OH1,355Springfield, OH: 1,329 personsSpringfield, OH1,329Kettering, OH: 1,262 personsKettering, OH1,262Cuyahoga Falls, OH: 1,255 personsCuyahoga Falls, OH1,255Mentor, OH: 1,231 personsMentor, OH1,231Warren, OH: 1,228 personsWarren, OH1,228Cleveland Heights, OH: 1,177 personsCleveland Heights, OH1,177Middletown, OH: 1,166 personsMiddletown, OH1,166Strongsville, OH: 1,139 personsStrongsville, OH1,139Mansfield, OH: 1,090 personsMansfield, OH1,090Newark, OH: 1,052 personsNewark, OH1,052Fairfield, OH: 1,011 personsFairfield, OH1,011Huber Heights, OH: 956 personsHuber Heights, OH956Garfield Heights, OH: 941 personsGarfield Heights, OH941Brunswick, OH: 911 personsBrunswick, OH911North Ridgeville, OH: 902 personsNorth Ridgeville, OH902Lima, OH: 892 personsLima, OH892Reynoldsburg, OH: 888 personsReynoldsburg, OH888Dublin, OH: 880 personsDublin, OH880Beavercreek, OH: 874 personsBeavercreek, OH874Lancaster, OH: 872 personsLancaster, OH872Grove City, OH: 841 personsGrove City, OH841North Olmsted, OH: 841 personsNorth Olmsted, OH841North Royalton, OH: 841 personsNorth Royalton, OH841Sandusky, OH: 828 personsSandusky, OH828Findlay, OH: 827 personsFindlay, OH827Massillon, OH: 819 personsMassillon, OH819
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Columbus, OH19,106-1.4%
2Cleveland, OH11,415+2%
3Toledo, OH8,509+15.2%
4Cincinnati, OH7,030-1.1%
5Akron, OH5,165-3.3%
6Dayton, OH3,343-2.5%
7Parma, OH2,334+3%
8Lorain, OH2,219+0.3%
9Canton, OH1,960-6.1%
10Youngstown, OH1,858+4.5%
11Elyria, OH1,672+0.9%
12Euclid, OH1,606+2.9%
13Hamilton, OH1,371-3.3%
14Lakewood, OH1,355+3.8%
15Springfield, OH1,329-12.2%
16Kettering, OH1,262-0.2%
17Cuyahoga Falls, OH1,255-2%
18Mentor, OH1,231+1.4%
19Warren, OH1,228+7.3%
20Cleveland Heights, OH1,177+6.6%
21Middletown, OH1,166-2.7%
22Strongsville, OH1,139+3.7%
23Mansfield, OH1,090-4.2%
24Newark, OH1,052-4%
25Fairfield, OH1,011+0.3%
26Huber Heights, OH9560%
27Garfield Heights, OH941+2.3%
28Brunswick, OH911+4.6%
29North Ridgeville, OH902+6.5%
30Lima, OH892-1.1%
31Reynoldsburg, OH888-1.4%
32Dublin, OH880+3.8%
33Beavercreek, OH874-0.5%
34Lancaster, OH872-0.1%
35Grove City, OH841+1.3%
35North Olmsted, OH841+5.9%
35North Royalton, OH841+5.9%
38Sandusky, OH828+14%
39Findlay, OH827-3.5%
40Massillon, OH819-8.7%
41Stow, OH812-0.7%
42Westerville, OH799+2%
43Westlake, OH782+4.1%
44Maple Heights, OH780-0.9%
45Delaware, OH773-6.2%
46Marion, OH770-2.8%
47Gahanna, OH767+2.1%
48Kent, OH756-3.6%
49Bowling Green, OH755+2%
50Fairborn, OH746-2.1%
51Barberton, OH725-4.1%
52Mason, OH692+2.4%
53Shaker Heights, OH672+0.6%
54Medina, OH670+9.7%
54South Euclid, OH670+1.5%
56Hilliard, OH662-0.2%
57Green, OH655-0.6%
58Upper Arlington, OH643+0.6%
59Zanesville, OH640-1.8%
60Trotwood, OH638+0.3%
61Athens, OH630-6.4%
62Wooster, OH579+0.7%
63Xenia, OH572-2.6%
64Riverside, OH543-4.4%
65Troy, OH538-7.4%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Columbus, OH, with 19,106 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Troy, OH, with 538 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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