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Lowest labor force participation, Ohio cities

Ohio cities with the smallest share of adults 16+ in the civilian labor force (2024 ACS). This list covers the 292 cities in Ohio that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 292 is 63.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Dent, OH, up 198 places to #82.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONVS 2020

01Grafton, OHOH5,76426.6%+5.9 pts

02▲4Portsmouth, OHOH17,28245.7%−0.9 pts

03▲1Warren, OHOH38,32846.6%+1.2 pts

04▼1Oxford, OHOH22,38746.7%+1.8 pts

05▲2Mansfield, OHOH47,38148.5%+0.5 pts

06▲2Marion, OHOH35,58749.5%−0.1 pts

07▲10Youngstown, OHOH58,83250.2%−2.2 pts

08▲5East Cleveland, OHOH13,22950.8%−1.2 pts

09▼7Ironton, OHOH10,14851.4%+6.8 pts

10▼1Conneaut, OHOH12,24751.8%+2.1 pts

11▲9The Village of Indian Hill, OHOH6,11452.7%−0.4 pts

12▲37East Liverpool, OHOH9,56952.9%−5.4 pts

13▲3Oberlin, OHOH8,60353.3%+1.0 pts

14▲83Uhrichsville, OHOH5,14553.4%−7.9 pts

15▲7Wellston, OHOH5,48853.7%+0.2 pts

16▲5Steubenville, OHOH17,92254.3%+1.2 pts

17▲54Canfield, OHOH7,58454.9%−5.1 pts

18▼8Granville, OHOH6,25255.3%+5.1 pts

19▲42Willard, OHOH6,13055.3%−4.1 pts

20▲11Cambridge, OHOH10,05555.4%−0.7 pts

21▲101Girard, OHOH9,38455.5%−7.4 pts

22▲7Chillicothe, OHOH21,81555.7%+0.1 pts

23▼12Circleville, OHOH14,63455.8%+4.8 pts

24▲3Wheelersburg, OHOH6,31356.1%+1.4 pts

25▲58Geneva, OHOH5,80656.1%−4.7 pts

26▼21Hillsboro, OHOH6,76356.2%+10.1 pts

27▲12Campbell, OHOH7,72156.3%−1.4 pts

28▼10Zanesville, OHOH25,13856.6%+3.8 pts

29▼17Brookville, OHOH5,99956.7%+5.3 pts

30▲162Bellevue, OHOH8,15456.8%−9.0 pts

31▲23Niles, OHOH18,11657.1%−1.7 pts

32▲67Northridge, OHOH7,81757.2%−4.3 pts

33▼8Toronto, OHOH5,14957.2%+2.6 pts

34▲12Springfield, OHOH58,28157.4%−0.8 pts

35▼20Kenton, OHOH7,80857.5%+5.4 pts

36▼12Marietta, OHOH13,05357.7%+3.3 pts

37▼9Greenville, OHOH12,68057.8%+2.5 pts

38▲38Lima, OHOH34,69558.1%−2.4 pts

39▲52Martins Ferry, OHOH6,04858.1%−3.1 pts

40▼17Port Clinton, OHOH5,87558.2%+4.3 pts

41▲119Bryan, OHOH8,57958.2%−6.1 pts

42▲1Wilmington, OHOH12,80258.4%+0.4 pts

43▼7Alliance, OHOH21,58258.5%+1.3 pts

44▼12Lorain, OHOH65,36658.6%+2.2 pts

45▼8Vermilion, OHOH10,69558.7%+1.2 pts

46▼4Xenia, OHOH26,42558.7%+0.8 pts

47▲48Chardon, OHOH5,25158.7%−2.6 pts

48Coshocton, OHOH11,16958.8%+0.5 pts

49▲2Warrensville Heights, OHOH13,35358.8%+0.3 pts

50▲22Franklin, OHOH11,64759.0%−1.2 pts

51▼1Barberton, OHOH24,74859.1%+0.5 pts

52▼26Ashtabula, OHOH17,47459.1%+4.4 pts

53▲99Salem, OHOH11,65559.2%−5.0 pts

54▼2Dayton, OHOH136,68859.2%+0.5 pts

55▲20Wooster, OHOH27,11559.4%−1.1 pts

56▼37Athens, OHOH25,31359.4%+6.6 pts

57▲20Mount Vernon, OHOH17,28759.5%−1.0 pts

58▼44New Burlington, OHOH5,42659.5%+7.5 pts

59▼21Galion, OHOH10,37059.6%+2.1 pts

60▲74Kenwood, OHOH8,32659.7%−3.9 pts

61▲13Fremont, OHOH15,76559.7%−0.7 pts

62▼4Apple Valley, OHOH5,54859.7%+0.5 pts

63▲16Canton, OHOH69,00159.7%−0.8 pts

64▼24Washington Court House, OHOH14,37559.7%+2.0 pts

65▲1Shelby, OHOH9,23159.8%0.0 pts

66▼25Bucyrus, OHOH11,63159.8%+2.1 pts

67▼10Springdale, OHOH11,13459.9%+0.7 pts

68▲83Canal Fulton, OHOH5,41259.9%−4.2 pts

69▲35Kirtland, OHOH6,92560.0%−1.8 pts

70▼25Cortland, OHOH7,02460.0%+1.9 pts

71▲41Columbiana, OHOH6,75660.2%−2.2 pts

72▲146Jackson, OHOH6,23360.2%−7.3 pts

73▼6Newark, OHOH51,47360.2%+0.4 pts

74▼40Logan, OHOH7,16460.3%+3.2 pts

75▲63Westlake, OHOH33,90460.5%−3.3 pts

76▼13Cleveland, OHOH363,60860.5%+1.0 pts

77▼17Chesterland, OHOH7,08660.5%+1.2 pts

78▲9Carlisle, OHOH5,88560.6%−0.5 pts

79▲158Bellbrook, OHOH7,56360.6%−8.0 pts

80▼10Shiloh, OHOH10,52660.7%+0.7 pts

81▲13Hamilton, OHOH64,64460.7%−0.6 pts

82▲198Dent, OHOH11,97360.7%−11.7 pts

83▲61Clyde, OHOH6,36160.7%−3.2 pts

84▼15Tiffin, OHOH17,80360.8%+0.9 pts

85▲24Tallmadge, OHOH18,52160.8%−1.4 pts

86▲7Mount Healthy, OHOH6,91760.9%−0.3 pts

87▼40Middleburg Heights, OHOH15,55860.9%+2.6 pts

88▼35Lancaster, OHOH41,95660.9%+2.1 pts

89▲41Miami Heights, OHOH5,26961.0%−2.5 pts

90▲116Blacklick Estates, OHOH8,38961.0%−5.6 pts

91▲80Austintown, OHOH30,16461.1%−3.7 pts

92▼30Heath, OHOH10,85961.1%+1.6 pts

93▼38Centerville, OHOH25,19461.2%+2.1 pts

94▲2Ashland, OHOH18,73061.2%−0.1 pts

95▼60Belpre, OHOH6,65761.2%+4.1 pts

96▲74Maple Heights, OHOH22,90261.5%−3.2 pts

97▼64Eaton, OHOH8,32761.6%+4.6 pts

98▲7Elyria, OHOH53,63461.6%−0.3 pts

99▼9Rittman, OHOH6,12061.6%+0.4 pts

100▲23Richmond Heights, OHOH10,47561.6%−1.4 pts

101▼45Trotwood, OHOH23,19061.6%+2.5 pts

102▼37Seven Hills, OHOH11,46461.7%+1.9 pts

103▲7Berea, OHOH17,92061.7%−0.5 pts

104▲13Louisville, OHOH9,87461.8%−0.8 pts

105▼19Norwalk, OHOH17,19161.9%+0.8 pts

106▲15Defiance, OHOH17,00961.9%−0.9 pts

107▲56Dover, OHOH12,94761.9%−2.5 pts

108▲6Wapakoneta, OHOH9,71161.9%−0.7 pts

109▲67Milford, OHOH6,43662.0%−3.0 pts

110▼51Middletown, OHOH52,14662.0%+2.8 pts

111▼8Toledo, OHOH263,42362.1%+0.4 pts

112▲92West Jefferson, OHOH5,82762.2%−4.3 pts

113▼31New Philadelphia, OHOH17,42462.3%+1.6 pts

114▲134Trenton, OHOH14,24162.3%−7.1 pts

115▼51Fostoria, OHOH12,92062.4%+2.6 pts

116Champion Heights, OHOH6,38062.4%−0.2 pts

117▲83Strongsville, OHOH45,62962.4%−4.0 pts

118▲50Waterville, OHOH6,03762.5%−2.2 pts

119▼35Montgomery, OHOH10,92262.6%+1.7 pts

120▼5Van Wert, OHOH11,20062.6%−0.1 pts

121▼41Englewood, OHOH13,34362.7%+2.2 pts

122▲27North Canton, OHOH17,69262.8%−1.2 pts

123▼45Forestville, OHOH10,83162.8%+2.4 pts

124▲152Bowling Green, OHOH31,18262.9%−8.8 pts

125▼1Aurora, OHOH18,01462.9%−0.1 pts

126▲5Akron, OHOH189,69163.1%−0.4 pts

127▲26Clayton, OHOH13,39763.2%−1.0 pts

128▼9Oregon, OHOH19,67463.2%+0.4 pts

129▲28Findlay, OHOH40,37063.2%−1.1 pts

130▲11Brook Park, OHOH18,19563.2%−0.7 pts

131▼46Massillon, OHOH32,16863.3%+2.3 pts

132▼88Urbana, OHOH11,14063.3%+5.2 pts

133▲55Sharonville, OHOH13,99763.4%−2.3 pts

134▲76Fort Shawnee, OHOH6,20963.4%−3.7 pts

135▲11Ravenna, OHOH11,13663.4%−0.6 pts

136▼1Bridgetown, OHOH13,46463.4%−0.1 pts

137▼31Bedford, OHOH12,72363.5%+1.5 pts

138▲69Sidney, OHOH20,12463.6%−3.1 pts

139▲54Willoughby, OHOH24,23463.6%−2.3 pts

140▼29Bedford Heights, OHOH10,69163.7%+1.4 pts

141▲42Moraine, OHOH6,62763.7%−1.7 pts

142▲39Kent, OHOH27,73763.7%−1.6 pts

143▼55Highland Heights, OHOH8,55963.8%+2.7 pts

144▼42Bellefontaine, OHOH14,15163.8%+2.1 pts

145▼2Uniontown, OHOH7,92063.8%−0.1 pts

146▼19Upper Sandusky, OHOH6,66163.9%+0.7 pts

147▼10Struthers, OHOH9,83763.9%+0.2 pts

148▼56Euclid, OHOH47,96263.9%+2.8 pts

149▼76Orrville, OHOH8,46163.9%+3.7 pts

150▼120Beachwood, OHOH13,67364.0%+7.9 pts

151▲7Garfield Heights, OHOH28,79064.0%−0.3 pts

152▲12Independence, OHOH7,45664.1%−0.4 pts

153▲19Bainbridge, OHOH8,62364.1%−0.6 pts

154Lyndhurst, OHOH13,52264.3%+0.1 pts

155▲60North College Hill, OHOH9,54464.3%−3.0 pts

156▲60Mack, OHOH11,51664.3%−3.0 pts

157▼10Green, OHOH27,55364.4%+0.4 pts

158▲38North Madison, OHOH8,59464.5%−1.7 pts

159▼23Beavercreek, OHOH48,13464.5%+0.9 pts

160▲2Norton, OHOH11,49364.5%+0.1 pts

161▼33Pepper Pike, OHOH6,88664.5%+1.3 pts

162▲115Obetz, OHOH7,34264.6%−7.1 pts

163▲64Solon, OHOH23,67964.7%−3.4 pts

164▼83London, OHOH10,81364.7%+4.1 pts

165▲9New Franklin, OHOH13,87364.7%−0.3 pts

166▼34Brooklyn, OHOH11,07264.9%+1.4 pts

167▼28Rocky River, OHOH21,39764.9%+1.2 pts

168▼55Mentor, OHOH47,01064.9%+2.4 pts

169▲21Worthington, OHOH14,54364.9%−0.8 pts

170▲27Westerville, OHOH38,16565.0%−1.2 pts

171▼82Tipp City, OHOH10,64465.0%+3.8 pts

172▼22Sylvania, OHOH18,88365.0%+0.9 pts

173▲21Delphos, OHOH7,09665.0%−0.9 pts

174▲71New Albany, OHOH11,80365.1%−4.1 pts

175▲14Hudson, OHOH23,08565.1%−0.6 pts

176▲37Finneytown, OHOH12,50665.2%−2.1 pts

177▲7Eastlake, OHOH17,35765.2%−0.2 pts

178▲55Bay, OHOH15,79265.3%−3.1 pts

179▲65Whitehouse, OHOH5,07365.4%−3.7 pts

180▼13Piqua, OHOH21,06465.4%+0.6 pts

181▼36Sandusky, OHOH24,00165.4%+1.4 pts

182▼4Powell, OHOH18,26965.4%+0.2 pts

183▼41Fairlawn, OHOH7,81565.4%+1.6 pts

184▼59Painesville, OHOH20,66065.5%+2.4 pts

185▼29North Ridgeville, OHOH37,78665.5%+1.3 pts

186▼118Huron, OHOH6,58565.6%+5.7 pts

187▼28Parma Heights, OHOH20,32765.6%+1.3 pts

188▼55Riverside, OHOH24,70665.7%+2.1 pts

189▲39Sheffield Lake, OHOH8,97165.9%−2.2 pts

190▲27Troy, OHOH27,34465.9%−1.4 pts

191▼83Amherst, OHOH12,97466.0%+3.9 pts

192▲40Olmsted Falls, OHOH8,66966.0%−2.3 pts

193▼73Northgate, OHOH6,72366.0%+3.3 pts

194▲9Cincinnati, OHOH314,36766.1%−0.5 pts

195▲60Northbrook, OHOH10,74266.1%−3.8 pts

196▼23Brecksville, OHOH13,84366.2%+1.3 pts

197▼90Hubbard, OHOH7,52866.2%+4.1 pts

198Kettering, OHOH57,39666.3%0.0 pts

199▲37Wickliffe, OHOH12,64966.3%−2.2 pts

200▲81Portage Lakes, OHOH5,91366.4%−6.3 pts

201▲25Celina, OHOH10,93666.4%−1.6 pts

202▼37Perry Heights, OHOH8,75666.5%+1.9 pts

203▼42Fairborn, OHOH35,75466.5%+2.1 pts

204▲27Pataskala, OHOH18,52966.5%−1.8 pts

205▲53University Heights, OHOH13,20066.6%−3.3 pts

206▲45Bexley, OHOH12,45266.6%−2.9 pts

207▼12North Olmsted, OHOH31,54266.6%+0.7 pts

208▲12Macedonia, OHOH12,14766.8%−0.7 pts

209▼91Lebanon, OHOH22,11066.8%+4.1 pts

210▲64Dublin, OHOH49,09466.8%−4.4 pts

211▲53Madeira, OHOH9,63766.9%−3.7 pts

212▲2Blue Ash, OHOH13,70766.9%−0.4 pts

213▼11Lincoln, OHOH8,92866.9%+0.4 pts

214▼2Stow, OHOH33,94166.9%−0.2 pts

215▼24Parma, OHOH78,58166.9%+1.1 pts

216▼90Cleveland Heights, OHOH43,75067.0%+3.9 pts

217▲21Broadview Heights, OHOH19,75567.0%−1.6 pts

218▼78Marysville, OHOH30,19067.0%+3.3 pts

219▼50Miamisburg, OHOH20,41467.1%+2.3 pts

220▼91Withamsville, OHOH7,42967.1%+3.6 pts

221▲13Shaker Heights, OHOH28,46667.1%−1.3 pts

222▼37Napoleon, OHOH8,68067.1%+1.6 pts

223▲31Medina, OHOH25,69267.1%−2.7 pts

224▲6North Royalton, OHOH30,93667.2%−1.0 pts

225▼50Ontario, OHOH6,69267.3%+2.2 pts

226▼46Huber Heights, OHOH43,90567.3%+2.0 pts

227▲59Landen, OHOH7,49967.3%−6.0 pts

228▲1Fairfield, OHOH44,68267.3%−0.8 pts

229▲37Amelia, OHOH12,87167.3%−3.4 pts

230▼43Avon Lake, OHOH26,48667.6%+2.0 pts

231▼20Northwood, OHOH5,25267.6%+0.5 pts

232▲7Loveland, OHOH13,28867.6%−1.0 pts

233▼24South Euclid, OHOH21,24867.6%+0.9 pts

234▼48Wauseon, OHOH7,43067.8%+2.2 pts

235▼14Mason, OHOH35,83467.9%+0.3 pts

236▼37Avon, OHOH25,61168.0%+1.6 pts

237▼14Reading, OHOH10,49168.2%+0.2 pts

238▲14Willowick, OHOH14,17868.2%−1.4 pts

239▼138New Carlisle, OHOH5,52568.2%+6.5 pts

240▼15Springboro, OHOH19,60668.2%+0.2 pts

241▲38Twinsburg, OHOH18,93968.2%−4.0 pts

242▼60Wyoming, OHOH8,80768.2%+2.9 pts

243▼19Whitehall, OHOH19,80568.3%+0.3 pts

244▼9Upper Arlington, OHOH35,89368.3%−0.2 pts

245▲1Maumee, OHOH13,52168.3%−1.0 pts

246▲32Delhi Hills, OHOH5,24168.5%−3.3 pts

247▲3Groesbeck, OHOH7,82468.6%−0.9 pts

248▼6Cuyahoga Falls, OHOH50,97568.7%−0.2 pts

249▲34Union, OHOH7,17768.7%−4.3 pts

250▼7Gahanna, OHOH35,98668.7%−0.3 pts

251▼29White Oak, OHOH19,21668.8%+1.1 pts

252▲9Reynoldsburg, OHOH43,35068.8%−1.3 pts

253▼48Wadsworth, OHOH24,72068.9%+2.2 pts

254▼7Pleasant Run, OHOH5,62968.9%−0.4 pts

255▲20Reminderville, OHOH5,33668.9%−2.6 pts

256▲3Brunswick, OHOH35,11469.1%−0.8 pts

257▲10Perrysburg, OHOH25,44169.1%−1.6 pts

258▼9Forest Park, OHOH20,04169.1%−0.3 pts

259▼2Fairview Park, OHOH16,74869.2%−0.6 pts

260▲5Monfort Heights, OHOH12,44169.3%−1.3 pts

261▼53Mayfield Heights, OHOH19,66769.3%+2.6 pts

262▲9Grove City, OHOH45,18069.4%−1.4 pts

263▲5Vandalia, OHOH15,01469.5%−1.3 pts

264▼166Montrose-Ghent, OHOH5,90370.0%+8.6 pts

265▼86Groveport, OHOH5,81870.0%+4.8 pts

266▼65Streetsboro, OHOH17,73070.1%+3.6 pts

267▼7St. Marys, OHOH8,39870.1%0.0 pts

268▼6Columbus, OHOH938,39670.1%−0.2 pts

269▼114Howland Center, OHOH6,26670.2%+6.0 pts

270▼104Germantown, OHOH5,94770.2%+5.6 pts

271▼8Dry Run, OHOH7,68770.3%0.0 pts

272▼124Canal Winchester, OHOH10,05870.4%+6.4 pts

273▼17Delaware, OHOH46,63670.4%+0.5 pts

274▼4Norwood, OHOH19,65870.8%0.0 pts

275▼34West Carrollton, OHOH12,96370.9%+2.2 pts

276▼23Sunbury, OHOH8,85770.9%+1.2 pts

277▼58Beckett Ridge, OHOH9,49671.4%+4.0 pts

278▼101Mentor-on-the-Lake, OHOH7,12071.6%+6.5 pts

279▼179Covedale, OHOH6,50071.7%+10.1 pts

280▼8Rossford, OHOH6,36972.7%+1.9 pts

281▼41Willoughby Hills, OHOH9,99272.8%+4.2 pts

282▼13Oakwood, OHOH9,44173.3%+2.5 pts

283▲6Pickerington, OHOH26,33373.3%−1.3 pts

284▼2Monroe, OHOH15,88074.0%+1.2 pts

285▲6Lakewood, OHOH49,02774.7%−0.2 pts

286▲1Harrison, OHOH13,79574.9%+1.5 pts

287▲1Cheviot, OHOH8,62375.3%+1.1 pts

288▲2Hilliard, OHOH38,89875.5%+0.8 pts

289▼16Johnstown, OHOH5,47676.3%+5.1 pts

290▼6South Lebanon, OHOH6,96577.2%+4.0 pts

291▼6Deer Park, OHOH5,55778.2%+5.0 pts

292Grandview Heights, OHOH9,11280.0%−1.7 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES