Employed residents in Portage, IN

Employed residents in Portage, IN was 18,259 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.5% from 2024. That is the 26th highest of 40 cities in 2025.

2025, persons18,259
Change on 2024+1.5%
Series high18,2592025
Series low13,4181990

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Employed residents in Portage, IN, 1990 to 2025

13K14K15K16K17K18K19K19901996200220082014202020251990: 13,418 persons1991: 13,621 persons1992: 13,733 persons1993: 14,170 persons1994: 14,522 persons1995: 14,869 persons1996: 15,248 persons1997: 15,762 persons1998: 15,951 persons1999: 15,858 persons2000: 16,653 persons2001: 16,749 persons2002: 16,719 persons2003: 16,796 persons2004: 16,738 persons2005: 16,731 persons2006: 17,223 persons2007: 17,379 persons2008: 17,631 persons2009: 16,812 persons2010: 15,795 persons2011: 16,095 persons2012: 16,119 persons2013: 16,263 persons2014: 16,492 persons2015: 16,690 persons2016: 17,266 persons2017: 17,357 persons2018: 17,562 persons2019: 17,637 persons2020: 16,383 persons2021: 17,156 persons2022: 17,648 persons2023: 17,868 persons2024: 17,995 persons2025: 18,259 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202518,259
202417,995
202317,868
202217,648
202117,156
202016,383
201917,637
201817,562
201717,357
201617,266
201516,690
201416,492
201316,263
201216,119
201116,095
201015,795
200916,812
200817,631
200717,379
200617,223
200516,731
200416,738
200316,796
200216,719
200116,749
200016,653
199915,858
199815,951
199715,762
199615,248
199514,869
199414,522
199314,170
199213,733
199113,621
199013,418

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. 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. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Portage, IN, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Portage, IN, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/portage-in. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Portage, IN, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/portage-in.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Portage, IN, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/portage-in (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the employed residents in Portage, IN?

Employed residents in Portage, IN was 18,259 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.5% from 2024. That is the 26th highest of 40 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Portage, IN?

18,259 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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