County Employment Projections

Michigan County Employment Forecast

Michigan County Employment Forecast

Michigan Employment (000s) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
State Total: employment 4,732,487.5 4,764,976.1 4,367,233.1 4,495,895.9 4,667,775.5 4,841,143.5
  1.0% 0.7% -8.3% 2.9% 3.8% 3.7%
Alcona County, MI: employment 3,561.4 3,640.6 3,440.9 3,461.4 3,633.1 3,790.9
  -0.1% 2.2% -5.5% 0.6% 5.0% 4.3%
Alger County, MI: employment 2,957.4 2,934.4 2,768.5 2,839.0 3,003.3 3,127.2
  -2.1% -0.8% -5.7% 2.5% 5.8% 4.1%
Allegan County, MI: employment 59,951.5 60,468.7 57,269.5 57,730.8 60,361.2 62,729.6
  1.7% 0.9% -5.3% 0.8% 4.6% 3.9%
Alpena County, MI: employment 12,667.2 12,565.0 12,144.5 12,455.9 13,059.2 13,464.8
  -1.4% -0.8% -3.3% 2.6% 4.8% 3.1%
Antrim County, MI: employment 9,490.9 9,760.9 9,080.3 9,165.8 9,488.1 9,906.7
  0.8% 2.8% -7.0% 0.9% 3.5% 4.4%
Arenac County, MI: employment 5,548.0 5,648.9 5,245.1 5,233.7 5,459.3 5,698.2
  0.1% 1.8% -7.1% -0.2% 4.3% 4.4%
Baraga County, MI: employment 2,965.2 3,003.0 2,758.3 2,768.6 2,900.8 3,036.1
  1.1% 1.3% -8.1% 0.4% 4.8% 4.7%
Barry County, MI: employment 30,584.5 30,806.9 28,974.2 29,440.6 30,849.4 32,352.0
  1.7% 0.7% -5.9% 1.6% 4.8% 4.9%
Bay County, MI: employment 47,973.1 47,804.5 44,621.5 45,003.5 46,656.9 47,998.3
  -0.4% -0.4% -6.7% 0.9% 3.7% 2.9%
Benzie County, MI: employment 8,301.2 8,376.0 7,815.6 7,947.5 8,416.9 8,881.1
  0.3% 0.9% -6.7% 1.7% 5.9% 5.5%
Berrien County, MI: employment 70,166.0 70,943.7 65,848.1 65,848.8 68,367.3 70,444.3
  -0.5% 1.1% -7.2% 0.0% 3.8% 3.0%
Branch County, MI: employment 18,619.1 18,613.5 18,012.8 18,139.4 18,602.9 19,013.0
  1.4% 0.0% -3.2% 0.7% 2.6% 2.2%
Calhoun County, MI: employment 60,448.3 59,901.3 55,529.1 55,455.7 57,584.7 59,431.7
  -0.7% -0.9% -7.3% -0.1% 3.8% 3.2%
Cass County, MI: employment 23,461.2 23,702.5 22,102.5 21,980.4 22,958.2 23,768.8
  1.1% 1.0% -6.8% -0.6% 4.4% 3.5%
Charlevoix County, MI: employment 12,484.6 12,286.1 11,225.6 11,481.2 11,932.6 12,448.8
  1.1% -1.6% -8.6% 2.3% 3.9% 4.3%
Cheboygan County, MI: employment 9,716.8 9,588.1 8,783.8 9,107.0 9,527.6 9,976.1
  -0.2% -1.3% -8.4% 3.7% 4.6% 4.7%
Chippewa County, MI: employment 15,159.7 15,072.0 14,395.5 14,748.7 15,492.8 15,934.6
  0.3% -0.6% -4.5% 2.5% 5.0% 2.9%
Clare County, MI: employment 11,091.5 11,073.6 10,289.7 10,250.2 10,601.5 11,087.3
  -0.4% -0.2% -7.1% -0.4% 3.4% 4.6%
Clinton County, MI: employment 39,825.0 40,046.1 37,451.8 37,176.2 38,939.2 40,587.1
  0.8% 0.6% -6.5% -0.7% 4.7% 4.2%
Crawford County, MI: employment 5,206.8 5,274.8 4,975.6 4,980.4 5,090.7 5,257.3
  3.2% 1.3% -5.7% 0.1% 2.2% 3.3%
Delta County, MI: employment 16,131.5 16,226.8 15,281.5 15,240.5 15,644.8 16,052.9
  0.9% 0.6% -5.8% -0.3% 2.7% 2.6%
Dickinson County, MI: employment 12,053.8 11,745.4 11,215.7 11,550.0 11,794.1 11,939.4
  0.8% -2.6% -4.5% 3.0% 2.1% 1.2%
Eaton County, MI: employment 55,250.2 55,518.9 51,625.7 51,209.2 53,696.7 55,756.5
  0.5% 0.5% -7.0% -0.8% 4.9% 3.8%
Emmet County, MI: employment 16,655.6 16,746.0 15,312.3 15,301.8 15,903.0 16,707.0
  0.9% 0.5% -8.6% -0.1% 3.9% 5.1%
Genesee County, MI: employment 171,782.2 172,232.7 158,650.0 161,237.2 168,379.5 176,006.5
  0.8% 0.3% -7.9% 1.6% 4.4% 4.5%
Gladwin County, MI: employment 9,351.3 9,337.0 8,827.9 8,915.3 9,201.2 9,640.1
  1.1% -0.2% -5.5% 1.0% 3.2% 4.8%
Gogebic County, MI: employment 5,881.2 5,694.6 5,336.8 5,272.3 5,402.1 5,483.8
  -1.0% -3.2% -6.3% -1.2% 2.5% 1.5%
Grand Traverse County, MI: employment 47,378.3 48,003.8 44,752.9 45,511.0 48,230.0 50,804.0
  0.2% 1.3% -6.8% 1.7% 6.0% 5.3%
Gratiot County, MI: employment 16,978.2 17,246.6 16,310.2 16,092.6 16,532.4 16,926.9
  0.5% 1.6% -5.4% -1.3% 2.7% 2.4%
Hillsdale County, MI: employment 19,745.1 19,632.2 18,195.5 18,631.6 19,304.6 20,055.6
  -0.8% -0.6% -7.3% 2.4% 3.6% 3.9%
Houghton County, MI: employment 15,345.9 15,452.1 14,659.0 14,889.8 15,329.4 15,800.2
  -1.0% 0.7% -5.1% 1.6% 3.0% 3.1%
Huron County, MI: employment 14,739.0 14,738.1 14,048.7 14,056.9 14,309.9 14,710.1
  -0.5% 0.0% -4.7% 0.1% 1.8% 2.8%
Ingham County, MI: employment 145,805.5 145,772.7 134,848.6 133,758.4 140,272.8 145,202.6
  0.7% 0.0% -7.5% -0.8% 4.9% 3.5%
Ionia County, MI: employment 28,903.3 29,306.9 27,630.3 28,105.4 29,252.4 30,594.1
  0.8% 1.4% -5.7% 1.7% 4.1% 4.6%
Iosco County, MI: employment 9,435.4 9,571.6 9,003.3 9,106.5 9,639.1 10,013.2
  0.5% 1.4% -5.9% 1.1% 5.8% 3.9%
Iron County, MI: employment 4,849.5 4,832.7 4,505.0 4,452.7 4,639.8 4,697.6
  0.3% -0.3% -6.8% -1.2% 4.2% 1.2%
Isabella County, MI: employment 33,523.5 33,361.8 30,080.2 30,095.0 31,377.7 32,950.7
  -0.3% -0.5% -9.8% 0.0% 4.3% 5.0%
Jackson County, MI: employment 71,593.4 71,767.4 67,409.6 67,865.8 70,470.7 72,951.3
  0.9% 0.2% -6.1% 0.7% 3.8% 3.5%
Kalamazoo County, MI: employment 129,189.9 129,610.9 121,711.3 122,187.0 127,446.3 131,742.5
  1.3% 0.3% -6.1% 0.4% 4.3% 3.4%
Kalkaska County, MI: employment 7,371.5 7,519.7 6,957.3 7,076.6 7,504.2 7,905.1
  0.4% 2.0% -7.5% 1.7% 6.0% 5.3%
Kent County, MI: employment 349,214.7 350,903.8 327,404.5 332,733.4 349,146.8 366,877.8
  1.7% 0.5% -6.7% 1.6% 4.9% 5.1%
Keweenaw County, MI: employment 820.0 839.7 811.6 824.5 847.9 885.2
  -0.3% 2.4% -3.4% 1.6% 2.8% 4.4%
Lake County, MI: employment 3,386.9 3,530.1 3,508.5 3,525.3 3,807.5 4,065.4
  -1.1% 4.2% -0.6% 0.5% 8.0% 6.8%
Lapeer County, MI: employment 39,337.9 39,624.6 35,554.7 37,706.3 39,150.6 40,877.4
  0.5% 0.7% -10.3% 6.1% 3.8% 4.4%
Leelanau County, MI: employment 9,976.6 10,065.5 9,366.8 9,522.9 10,062.5 10,540.6
  -0.2% 0.9% -6.9% 1.7% 5.7% 4.8%
Lenawee County, MI: employment 44,947.5 44,597.4 41,322.7 42,094.8 43,014.9 44,360.7
  0.0% -0.8% -7.3% 1.9% 2.2% 3.1%
Livingston County, MI: employment 101,009.1 102,558.6 92,041.9 97,624.2 101,549.7 107,392.1
  1.6% 1.5% -10.3% 6.1% 4.0% 5.8%
Luce County, MI: employment 2,231.2 2,123.7 2,020.5 1,968.0 1,985.3 2,012.4
  -0.8% -4.8% -4.9% -2.6% 0.9% 1.4%
Mackinac County, MI: employment 4,696.6 4,699.9 4,276.2 4,378.1 4,688.2 4,976.2
  0.6% 0.1% -9.0% 2.4% 7.1% 6.1%
Macomb County, MI: employment 433,303.9 437,649.5 390,039.6 413,665.3 430,200.1 449,900.4
  1.2% 1.0% -10.9% 6.1% 4.0% 4.6%
Manistee County, MI: employment 9,745.0 9,827.8 9,020.2 9,032.1 9,691.5 10,159.3
  0.0% 0.8% -8.2% 0.1% 7.3% 4.8%
Marquette County, MI: employment 30,928.9 30,888.1 28,907.5 28,997.2 30,044.5 30,990.7
  -0.5% -0.1% -6.4% 0.3% 3.6% 3.1%
Mason County, MI: employment 13,109.8 12,970.3 11,994.6 12,169.0 12,578.3 13,036.4
  -1.0% -1.1% -7.5% 1.5% 3.4% 3.6%
Mecosta County, MI: employment 17,555.7 17,555.5 16,548.6 16,603.1 17,589.7 18,405.9
  -1.0% 0.0% -5.7% 0.3% 5.9% 4.6%
Menominee County, MI: employment 10,554.4 10,559.0 9,917.4 9,964.7 10,182.3 10,421.2
  0.8% 0.0% -6.1% 0.5% 2.2% 2.3%
Midland County, MI: employment 39,086.9 38,630.6 36,111.8 36,393.5 37,486.8 38,559.1
  1.0% -1.2% -6.5% 0.8% 3.0% 2.9%
Missaukee County, MI: employment 6,522.2 6,594.9 6,239.8 6,419.2 6,630.4 6,910.0
  0.1% 1.1% -5.4% 2.9% 3.3% 4.2%
Monroe County, MI: employment 72,800.1 72,746.9 67,311.1 67,816.6 71,203.9 73,991.3
  0.4% -0.1% -7.5% 0.8% 5.0% 3.9%
Montcalm County, MI: employment 27,136.4 27,144.2 25,153.9 25,558.1 26,783.9 28,072.0
  1.4% 0.0% -7.3% 1.6% 4.8% 4.8%
Montmorency County, MI: employment 2,753.9 2,741.6 2,597.4 2,660.4 2,823.8 2,936.0
  0.4% -0.4% -5.3% 2.4% 6.1% 4.0%
Muskegon County, MI: employment 74,475.9 73,913.4 68,201.0 69,665.5 73,284.1 76,200.3
  0.9% -0.8% -7.7% 2.1% 5.2% 4.0%
Newaygo County, MI: employment 22,178.5 22,412.0 21,172.5 21,528.9 22,731.3 23,837.1
  0.1% 1.1% -5.5% 1.7% 5.6% 4.9%
Oakland County, MI: employment 659,078.8 665,346.7 593,527.6 629,391.1 654,321.6 683,715.3
  1.5% 1.0% -10.8% 6.0% 4.0% 4.5%
Oceana County, MI: employment 11,290.2 11,337.0 10,700.5 10,720.5 11,265.6 11,658.8
  -0.6% 0.4% -5.6% 0.2% 5.1% 3.5%
Ogemaw County, MI: employment 7,643.8 7,496.5 7,130.2 7,253.7 7,609.5 7,965.1
  1.2% -1.9% -4.9% 1.7% 4.9% 4.7%
Ontonagon County, MI: employment 1,933.3 1,939.2 1,820.7 1,858.8 1,968.3 2,018.0
  -2.2% 0.3% -6.1% 2.1% 5.9% 2.5%
Osceola County, MI: employment 10,412.6 10,798.6 10,511.1 10,651.8 11,290.5 11,910.2
  4.1% 3.7% -2.7% 1.3% 6.0% 5.5%
Oscoda County, MI: employment 2,759.3 2,777.5 2,439.2 2,389.2 2,411.9 2,484.6
  2.2% 0.7% -12.2% -2.1% 1.0% 3.0%
Otsego County, MI: employment 10,993.4 11,041.4 10,365.4 10,577.1 11,003.5 11,498.4
  0.2% 0.4% -6.1% 2.0% 4.0% 4.5%
Ottawa County, MI: employment 156,393.8 157,264.9 147,945.9 150,333.7 157,685.0 166,207.5
  2.2% 0.6% -5.9% 1.6% 4.9% 5.4%
Presque Isle County, MI: employment 4,638.5 4,570.5 4,366.6 4,417.2 4,643.6 4,806.2
  -1.2% -1.5% -4.5% 1.2% 5.1% 3.5%
Roscommon County, MI: employment 7,238.8 7,178.7 6,754.0 6,677.7 6,764.8 6,988.0
  1.2% -0.8% -5.9% -1.1% 1.3% 3.3%
Saginaw County, MI: employment 82,967.5 82,608.6 75,661.9 75,578.4 77,999.4 80,689.5
  -0.1% -0.4% -8.4% -0.1% 3.2% 3.4%
St. Clair County, MI: employment 72,722.3 73,452.5 65,877.7 69,867.5 72,596.7 75,828.4
  0.8% 1.0% -10.3% 6.1% 3.9% 4.5%
St. Joseph County, MI: employment 27,265.9 26,970.9 26,259.5 26,356.3 27,137.2 27,765.1
  -1.0% -1.1% -2.6% 0.4% 3.0% 2.3%
Sanilac County, MI: employment 18,235.7 18,620.3 17,439.6 17,765.6 18,513.8 19,253.1
  0.3% 2.1% -6.3% 1.9% 4.2% 4.0%
Schoolcraft County, MI: employment 3,126.0 3,065.7 2,909.9 2,876.4 2,968.2 3,048.2
  1.4% -1.9% -5.1% -1.2% 3.2% 2.7%
Shiawassee County, MI: employment 31,791.8 32,006.2 29,591.3 29,907.1 31,187.3 32,375.4
  0.4% 0.7% -7.5% 1.1% 4.3% 3.8%
Tuscola County, MI: employment 22,456.7 22,667.7 21,120.9 21,234.2 21,987.2 22,774.7
  0.0% 0.9% -6.8% 0.5% 3.5% 3.6%
Van Buren County, MI: employment 33,391.5 33,708.1 31,643.4 31,794.0 33,084.3 34,137.9
  0.3% 0.9% -6.1% 0.5% 4.1% 3.2%
Washtenaw County, MI: employment 190,167.3 193,094.2 180,078.4 181,383.9 191,900.1 199,200.3
  1.4% 1.5% -6.7% 0.7% 5.8% 3.8%
Wayne County, MI: employment 765,807.4 776,160.2 694,327.6 734,257.4 759,021.8 778,255.6
  1.2% 1.4% -10.5% 5.8% 3.4% 2.5%
Wexford County, MI: employment 14,036.1 14,174.0 13,291.9 13,691.0 14,175.2 14,810.8
  0.5% 1.0% -6.2% 3.0% 3.5% 4.5%