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Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force

Indianapolis, IN had the highest civilian labor force of 39 cities in 2015, at 428,233. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 10,133. The median was 24,155. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest428,233Indianapolis, IN
Lowest10,133East Chicago, IN
Median24,15539 cities

All cities, 2015

Indianapolis, IN: 428,233 personsIndianapolis, IN428,233Fort Wayne, IN: 122,792 personsFort Wayne, IN122,792Evansville, IN: 58,750 personsEvansville, IN58,750Fishers, IN: 48,302 personsFishers, IN48,302Carmel, IN: 47,057 personsCarmel, IN47,057South Bend, IN: 46,376 personsSouth Bend, IN46,376Lafayette, IN: 37,486 personsLafayette, IN37,486Bloomington, IN: 37,145 personsBloomington, IN37,145Hammond, IN: 34,731 personsHammond, IN34,731Noblesville, IN: 32,348 personsNoblesville, IN32,348Muncie, IN: 31,627 personsMuncie, IN31,627Greenwood, IN: 28,633 personsGreenwood, IN28,633Gary, IN: 27,369 personsGary, IN27,369Terre Haute, IN: 25,595 personsTerre Haute, IN25,595Lawrence, IN: 25,566 personsLawrence, IN25,566Kokomo, IN: 25,335 personsKokomo, IN25,335Columbus, IN: 24,989 personsColumbus, IN24,989Mishawaka, IN: 24,767 personsMishawaka, IN24,767Elkhart, IN: 24,745 personsElkhart, IN24,745Jeffersonville, IN: 24,155 personsJeffersonville, IN24,155Anderson, IN: 23,197 personsAnderson, IN23,197West Lafayette, IN: 20,799 personsWest Lafayette, IN20,799Westfield, IN: 19,847 personsWestfield, IN19,847New Albany, IN: 18,231 personsNew Albany, IN18,231Portage, IN: 17,812 personsPortage, IN17,812Merrillville, IN: 16,999 personsMerrillville, IN16,999Goshen, IN: 16,258 personsGoshen, IN16,258Valparaiso, IN: 16,022 personsValparaiso, IN16,022Schererville, IN: 15,989 personsSchererville, IN15,989Richmond, IN: 14,958 personsRichmond, IN14,958Hobart, IN: 14,952 personsHobart, IN14,952Crown Point, IN: 14,768 personsCrown Point, IN14,768Plainfield, IN: 14,676 personsPlainfield, IN14,676Brownsburg, IN: 14,082 personsBrownsburg, IN14,082Zionsville, IN: 13,522 personsZionsville, IN13,522Michigan City, IN: 12,966 personsMichigan City, IN12,966Marion, IN: 12,957 personsMarion, IN12,957Franklin, IN: 11,775 personsFranklin, IN11,775East Chicago, IN: 10,133 personsEast Chicago, IN10,133Indianapolis, IN: 428,233 personsIndianapolis, IN428,233Fort Wayne, IN: 122,792 personsFort Wayne, IN122,792Evansville, IN: 58,750 personsEvansville, IN58,750Fishers, IN: 48,302 personsFishers, IN48,302Carmel, IN: 47,057 personsCarmel, IN47,057South Bend, IN: 46,376 personsSouth Bend, IN46,376Lafayette, IN: 37,486 personsLafayette, IN37,486Bloomington, IN: 37,145 personsBloomington, IN37,145Hammond, IN: 34,731 personsHammond, IN34,731Noblesville, IN: 32,348 personsNoblesville, IN32,348Muncie, IN: 31,627 personsMuncie, IN31,627Greenwood, IN: 28,633 personsGreenwood, IN28,633Gary, IN: 27,369 personsGary, IN27,369Terre Haute, IN: 25,595 personsTerre Haute, IN25,595Lawrence, IN: 25,566 personsLawrence, IN25,566Kokomo, IN: 25,335 personsKokomo, IN25,335Columbus, IN: 24,989 personsColumbus, IN24,989Mishawaka, IN: 24,767 personsMishawaka, IN24,767Elkhart, IN: 24,745 personsElkhart, IN24,745Jeffersonville, IN: 24,155 personsJeffersonville, IN24,155Anderson, IN: 23,197 personsAnderson, IN23,197West Lafayette, IN: 20,799 personsWest Lafayette, IN20,799Westfield, IN: 19,847 personsWestfield, IN19,847New Albany, IN: 18,231 personsNew Albany, IN18,231Portage, IN: 17,812 personsPortage, IN17,812Merrillville, IN: 16,999 personsMerrillville, IN16,999Goshen, IN: 16,258 personsGoshen, IN16,258Valparaiso, IN: 16,022 personsValparaiso, IN16,022Schererville, IN: 15,989 personsSchererville, IN15,989Richmond, IN: 14,958 personsRichmond, IN14,958Hobart, IN: 14,952 personsHobart, IN14,952Crown Point, IN: 14,768 personsCrown Point, IN14,768Plainfield, IN: 14,676 personsPlainfield, IN14,676Brownsburg, IN: 14,082 personsBrownsburg, IN14,082Zionsville, IN: 13,522 personsZionsville, IN13,522Michigan City, IN: 12,966 personsMichigan City, IN12,966Marion, IN: 12,957 personsMarion, IN12,957Franklin, IN: 11,775 personsFranklin, IN11,775East Chicago, IN: 10,133 personsEast Chicago, IN10,133
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

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Indianapolis, IN428,233+1%
2Fort Wayne, IN122,792+1.2%
3Evansville, IN58,750-0.3%
4Fishers, IN48,302+4.1%
5Carmel, IN47,057+3.8%
6South Bend, IN46,376+1%
7Lafayette, IN37,486+1%
8Bloomington, IN37,145-0.2%
9Hammond, IN34,731-0.9%
10Noblesville, IN32,348+3.8%
11Muncie, IN31,627+1.7%
12Greenwood, IN28,633+3.2%
13Gary, IN27,369-1.4%
14Terre Haute, IN25,595-1.2%
15Lawrence, IN25,566+1.2%
16Kokomo, IN25,335+2.2%
17Columbus, IN24,989+2.5%
18Mishawaka, IN24,767+0.9%
19Elkhart, IN24,745+3.2%
20Jeffersonville, IN24,155+2.3%
21Anderson, IN23,1970%
22West Lafayette, IN20,799+42.6%
23Westfield, IN19,847+5.7%
24New Albany, IN18,231+1.2%
25Portage, IN17,812-0%
26Merrillville, IN16,999-0.5%
27Goshen, IN16,258+3.9%
28Valparaiso, IN16,022+1.3%
29Schererville, IN15,9890%
30Richmond, IN14,958-1%
31Hobart, IN14,952-0.9%
32Crown Point, IN14,768+1%
33Plainfield, IN14,676+1.8%
34Brownsburg, IN14,082+8.4%
35Zionsville, IN13,522+4.1%
36Michigan City, IN12,966+0.1%
37Marion, IN12,957-0.7%
38Franklin, IN11,775+2.1%
39East Chicago, IN10,133-1.5%

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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU15-19. 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: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/indiana-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/indiana-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/indiana-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Indianapolis, IN, with 428,233 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

East Chicago, IN, with 10,133 in 2015.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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