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Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force

Indianapolis, IN had the highest civilian labor force of 39 cities in 2016, at 442,282. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 11,496. The median was 24,752. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest442,282Indianapolis, IN
Lowest11,496East Chicago, IN
Median24,75239 cities

All cities, 2016

Indianapolis, IN: 442,282 personsIndianapolis, IN442,282Fort Wayne, IN: 127,656 personsFort Wayne, IN127,656Evansville, IN: 58,642 personsEvansville, IN58,642Carmel, IN: 50,378 personsCarmel, IN50,378Fishers, IN: 50,123 personsFishers, IN50,123South Bend, IN: 49,456 personsSouth Bend, IN49,456Bloomington, IN: 40,599 personsBloomington, IN40,599Lafayette, IN: 37,560 personsLafayette, IN37,560Hammond, IN: 37,452 personsHammond, IN37,452Noblesville, IN: 34,515 personsNoblesville, IN34,515Muncie, IN: 32,061 personsMuncie, IN32,061Greenwood, IN: 31,091 personsGreenwood, IN31,091Kokomo, IN: 27,888 personsKokomo, IN27,888Lawrence, IN: 26,297 personsLawrence, IN26,297Terre Haute, IN: 26,140 personsTerre Haute, IN26,140Elkhart, IN: 25,792 personsElkhart, IN25,792Mishawaka, IN: 25,210 personsMishawaka, IN25,210Gary, IN: 25,124 personsGary, IN25,124Jeffersonville, IN: 24,985 personsJeffersonville, IN24,985Columbus, IN: 24,752 personsColumbus, IN24,752Anderson, IN: 24,542 personsAnderson, IN24,542Westfield, IN: 20,814 personsWestfield, IN20,814West Lafayette, IN: 18,873 personsWest Lafayette, IN18,873Portage, IN: 18,370 personsPortage, IN18,370New Albany, IN: 18,314 personsNew Albany, IN18,314Merrillville, IN: 17,858 personsMerrillville, IN17,858Valparaiso, IN: 16,746 personsValparaiso, IN16,746Richmond, IN: 16,056 personsRichmond, IN16,056Schererville, IN: 15,619 personsSchererville, IN15,619Hobart, IN: 15,551 personsHobart, IN15,551Goshen, IN: 15,315 personsGoshen, IN15,315Crown Point, IN: 15,268 personsCrown Point, IN15,268Plainfield, IN: 14,695 personsPlainfield, IN14,695Brownsburg, IN: 14,560 personsBrownsburg, IN14,560Zionsville, IN: 14,288 personsZionsville, IN14,288Michigan City, IN: 13,844 personsMichigan City, IN13,844Marion, IN: 12,440 personsMarion, IN12,440Franklin, IN: 11,710 personsFranklin, IN11,710East Chicago, IN: 11,496 personsEast Chicago, IN11,496Indianapolis, IN: 442,282 personsIndianapolis, IN442,282Fort Wayne, IN: 127,656 personsFort Wayne, IN127,656Evansville, IN: 58,642 personsEvansville, IN58,642Carmel, IN: 50,378 personsCarmel, IN50,378Fishers, IN: 50,123 personsFishers, IN50,123South Bend, IN: 49,456 personsSouth Bend, IN49,456Bloomington, IN: 40,599 personsBloomington, IN40,599Lafayette, IN: 37,560 personsLafayette, IN37,560Hammond, IN: 37,452 personsHammond, IN37,452Noblesville, IN: 34,515 personsNoblesville, IN34,515Muncie, IN: 32,061 personsMuncie, IN32,061Greenwood, IN: 31,091 personsGreenwood, IN31,091Kokomo, IN: 27,888 personsKokomo, IN27,888Lawrence, IN: 26,297 personsLawrence, IN26,297Terre Haute, IN: 26,140 personsTerre Haute, IN26,140Elkhart, IN: 25,792 personsElkhart, IN25,792Mishawaka, IN: 25,210 personsMishawaka, IN25,210Gary, IN: 25,124 personsGary, IN25,124Jeffersonville, IN: 24,985 personsJeffersonville, IN24,985Columbus, IN: 24,752 personsColumbus, IN24,752Anderson, IN: 24,542 personsAnderson, IN24,542Westfield, IN: 20,814 personsWestfield, IN20,814West Lafayette, IN: 18,873 personsWest Lafayette, IN18,873Portage, IN: 18,370 personsPortage, IN18,370New Albany, IN: 18,314 personsNew Albany, IN18,314Merrillville, IN: 17,858 personsMerrillville, IN17,858Valparaiso, IN: 16,746 personsValparaiso, IN16,746Richmond, IN: 16,056 personsRichmond, IN16,056Schererville, IN: 15,619 personsSchererville, IN15,619Hobart, IN: 15,551 personsHobart, IN15,551Goshen, IN: 15,315 personsGoshen, IN15,315Crown Point, IN: 15,268 personsCrown Point, IN15,268Plainfield, IN: 14,695 personsPlainfield, IN14,695Brownsburg, IN: 14,560 personsBrownsburg, IN14,560Zionsville, IN: 14,288 personsZionsville, IN14,288Michigan City, IN: 13,844 personsMichigan City, IN13,844Marion, IN: 12,440 personsMarion, IN12,440Franklin, IN: 11,710 personsFranklin, IN11,710East Chicago, IN: 11,496 personsEast Chicago, IN11,496
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

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Indianapolis, IN442,282+3.3%
2Fort Wayne, IN127,656+4%
3Evansville, IN58,642-0.2%
4Carmel, IN50,378+7.1%
5Fishers, IN50,123+3.8%
6South Bend, IN49,456+6.6%
7Bloomington, IN40,599+9.3%
8Lafayette, IN37,560+0.2%
9Hammond, IN37,452+7.8%
10Noblesville, IN34,515+6.7%
11Muncie, IN32,061+1.4%
12Greenwood, IN31,091+8.6%
13Kokomo, IN27,888+10.1%
14Lawrence, IN26,297+2.9%
15Terre Haute, IN26,140+2.1%
16Elkhart, IN25,792+4.2%
17Mishawaka, IN25,210+1.8%
18Gary, IN25,124-8.2%
19Jeffersonville, IN24,985+3.4%
20Columbus, IN24,752-0.9%
21Anderson, IN24,542+5.8%
22Westfield, IN20,814+4.9%
23West Lafayette, IN18,873-9.3%
24Portage, IN18,370+3.1%
25New Albany, IN18,314+0.5%
26Merrillville, IN17,858+5.1%
27Valparaiso, IN16,746+4.5%
28Richmond, IN16,056+7.3%
29Schererville, IN15,619-2.3%
30Hobart, IN15,551+4%
31Goshen, IN15,315-5.8%
32Crown Point, IN15,268+3.4%
33Plainfield, IN14,695+0.1%
34Brownsburg, IN14,560+3.4%
35Zionsville, IN14,288+5.7%
36Michigan City, IN13,844+6.8%
37Marion, IN12,440-4%
38Franklin, IN11,710-0.6%
39East Chicago, IN11,496+13.5%

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 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Indianapolis, IN, with 442,282 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

East Chicago, IN, with 11,496 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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