It has become common knowledge that the majority of our region's jobs are found outside of the central city. To quote the Detroit Works Project's website, "Over 77% of all the region’s jobs are 10 miles or more from central Detroit." I have hear that jobs are more decentralized in Metro Detroit than in any other region of comparable size. Still, there are people who live and work in the city, as well as a large amount of people who live in the suburbs and work in the city. Does anyone have any idea how many jobs are located inside the City of Detroit?

Crain's publishes a book of lists annually that ranks the city's top employers, but this is far from a complete picture. It is easier to gather job totals at county and state levels than city levels. Does anyone have any creative ideas of how to figure out how many people work in the City of Detroit?