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Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force, 2025

Indianapolis, IN had the highest civilian labor force of 40 cities in 2025, at 472,607. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 11,111. The median was 24,750. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest472,607Indianapolis, IN
Lowest11,111East Chicago, IN
Median24,75040 cities

All cities, 2025

Indianapolis, IN: 472,607 personsIndianapolis, IN472,607Fort Wayne, IN: 139,022 personsFort Wayne, IN139,022Fishers, IN: 59,034 personsFishers, IN59,034Carmel, IN: 57,835 personsCarmel, IN57,835Evansville, IN: 56,923 personsEvansville, IN56,923South Bend, IN: 47,590 personsSouth Bend, IN47,590Bloomington, IN: 42,800 personsBloomington, IN42,800Noblesville, IN: 41,990 personsNoblesville, IN41,990Lafayette, IN: 39,175 personsLafayette, IN39,175Greenwood, IN: 36,685 personsGreenwood, IN36,685Hammond, IN: 36,491 personsHammond, IN36,491Westfield, IN: 35,718 personsWestfield, IN35,718Muncie, IN: 30,231 personsMuncie, IN30,231Jeffersonville, IN: 28,337 personsJeffersonville, IN28,337Lawrence, IN: 28,322 personsLawrence, IN28,322Anderson, IN: 25,526 personsAnderson, IN25,526Terre Haute, IN: 25,395 personsTerre Haute, IN25,395Kokomo, IN: 25,224 personsKokomo, IN25,224Elkhart, IN: 25,179 personsElkhart, IN25,179Mishawaka, IN: 24,983 personsMishawaka, IN24,983Gary, IN: 24,517 personsGary, IN24,517Columbus, IN: 24,431 personsColumbus, IN24,431West Lafayette, IN: 22,304 personsWest Lafayette, IN22,304Plainfield, IN: 19,290 personsPlainfield, IN19,290Portage, IN: 19,143 personsPortage, IN19,143Brownsburg, IN: 18,856 personsBrownsburg, IN18,856New Albany, IN: 18,794 personsNew Albany, IN18,794Merrillville, IN: 18,535 personsMerrillville, IN18,535Valparaiso, IN: 17,982 personsValparaiso, IN17,982Zionsville, IN: 17,432 personsZionsville, IN17,432Crown Point, IN: 16,931 personsCrown Point, IN16,931Schererville, IN: 15,962 personsSchererville, IN15,962Richmond, IN: 15,674 personsRichmond, IN15,674Hobart, IN: 15,429 personsHobart, IN15,429Goshen, IN: 15,379 personsGoshen, IN15,379Greenfield, IN: 14,387 personsGreenfield, IN14,387Michigan City, IN: 13,668 personsMichigan City, IN13,668Franklin, IN: 13,124 personsFranklin, IN13,124Marion, IN: 12,472 personsMarion, IN12,472East Chicago, IN: 11,111 personsEast Chicago, IN11,111Indianapolis, IN: 472,607 personsIndianapolis, IN472,607Fort Wayne, IN: 139,022 personsFort Wayne, IN139,022Fishers, IN: 59,034 personsFishers, IN59,034Carmel, IN: 57,835 personsCarmel, IN57,835Evansville, IN: 56,923 personsEvansville, IN56,923South Bend, IN: 47,590 personsSouth Bend, IN47,590Bloomington, IN: 42,800 personsBloomington, IN42,800Noblesville, IN: 41,990 personsNoblesville, IN41,990Lafayette, IN: 39,175 personsLafayette, IN39,175Greenwood, IN: 36,685 personsGreenwood, IN36,685Hammond, IN: 36,491 personsHammond, IN36,491Westfield, IN: 35,718 personsWestfield, IN35,718Muncie, IN: 30,231 personsMuncie, IN30,231Jeffersonville, IN: 28,337 personsJeffersonville, IN28,337Lawrence, IN: 28,322 personsLawrence, IN28,322Anderson, IN: 25,526 personsAnderson, IN25,526Terre Haute, IN: 25,395 personsTerre Haute, IN25,395Kokomo, IN: 25,224 personsKokomo, IN25,224Elkhart, IN: 25,179 personsElkhart, IN25,179Mishawaka, IN: 24,983 personsMishawaka, IN24,983Gary, IN: 24,517 personsGary, IN24,517Columbus, IN: 24,431 personsColumbus, IN24,431West Lafayette, IN: 22,304 personsWest Lafayette, IN22,304Plainfield, IN: 19,290 personsPlainfield, IN19,290Portage, IN: 19,143 personsPortage, IN19,143Brownsburg, IN: 18,856 personsBrownsburg, IN18,856New Albany, IN: 18,794 personsNew Albany, IN18,794Merrillville, IN: 18,535 personsMerrillville, IN18,535Valparaiso, IN: 17,982 personsValparaiso, IN17,982Zionsville, IN: 17,432 personsZionsville, IN17,432Crown Point, IN: 16,931 personsCrown Point, IN16,931Schererville, IN: 15,962 personsSchererville, IN15,962Richmond, IN: 15,674 personsRichmond, IN15,674Hobart, IN: 15,429 personsHobart, IN15,429Goshen, IN: 15,379 personsGoshen, IN15,379Greenfield, IN: 14,387 personsGreenfield, IN14,387Michigan City, IN: 13,668 personsMichigan City, IN13,668Franklin, IN: 13,124 personsFranklin, IN13,124Marion, IN: 12,472 personsMarion, IN12,472East Chicago, IN: 11,111 personsEast Chicago, IN11,111
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Indianapolis, IN472,607+1.5%
2Fort Wayne, IN139,022+1.6%
3Fishers, IN59,034+1.5%
4Carmel, IN57,835+1.5%
5Evansville, IN56,923+0.8%
6South Bend, IN47,590+0.5%
7Bloomington, IN42,800+0.7%
8Noblesville, IN41,990+1.6%
9Lafayette, IN39,175+0.8%
10Greenwood, IN36,685+1.3%
11Hammond, IN36,491+0.9%
12Westfield, IN35,718+1.5%
13Muncie, IN30,231+0.9%
14Jeffersonville, IN28,337+0.6%
15Lawrence, IN28,322+1.6%
16Anderson, IN25,526+1.5%
17Terre Haute, IN25,395+1.1%
18Kokomo, IN25,224-1.5%
19Elkhart, IN25,179+0.3%
20Mishawaka, IN24,983+0.4%
21Gary, IN24,517+1.1%
22Columbus, IN24,431-0.1%
23West Lafayette, IN22,304+0.6%
24Plainfield, IN19,290+1.5%
25Portage, IN19,143+1.1%
26Brownsburg, IN18,856+1.5%
27New Albany, IN18,794+0.7%
28Merrillville, IN18,535+1.2%
29Valparaiso, IN17,982+1.1%
30Zionsville, IN17,432+1.4%
31Crown Point, IN16,931+1.2%
32Schererville, IN15,962+1.1%
33Richmond, IN15,674-0.2%
34Hobart, IN15,429+1.4%
35Goshen, IN15,379+0.7%
36Greenfield, IN14,387+1.6%
37Michigan City, IN13,668+0.1%
38Franklin, IN13,124+1.7%
39Marion, IN12,472+2%
40East Chicago, IN11,111+1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, 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. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. 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. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. 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: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force, 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/rankings/civilian-labor-force/indiana-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force, 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/rankings/civilian-labor-force/indiana-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/indiana-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Indianapolis, IN, with 472,607 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

East Chicago, IN, with 11,111 in 2025.

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: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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