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Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force

Indianapolis, IN had the highest civilian labor force of 39 cities in 2018, at 449,064. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 11,208. The median was 24,546. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest449,064Indianapolis, IN
Lowest11,208East Chicago, IN
Median24,54639 cities

All cities, 2018

Indianapolis, IN: 449,064 personsIndianapolis, IN449,064Fort Wayne, IN: 130,624 personsFort Wayne, IN130,624Evansville, IN: 59,103 personsEvansville, IN59,103Fishers, IN: 52,403 personsFishers, IN52,403Carmel, IN: 52,305 personsCarmel, IN52,305South Bend, IN: 49,942 personsSouth Bend, IN49,942Bloomington, IN: 41,497 personsBloomington, IN41,497Lafayette, IN: 37,766 personsLafayette, IN37,766Hammond, IN: 36,872 personsHammond, IN36,872Noblesville, IN: 36,328 personsNoblesville, IN36,328Greenwood, IN: 32,439 personsGreenwood, IN32,439Muncie, IN: 31,257 personsMuncie, IN31,257Kokomo, IN: 27,478 personsKokomo, IN27,478Elkhart, IN: 27,181 personsElkhart, IN27,181Lawrence, IN: 26,761 personsLawrence, IN26,761Terre Haute, IN: 26,013 personsTerre Haute, IN26,013Mishawaka, IN: 25,963 personsMishawaka, IN25,963Jeffersonville, IN: 25,476 personsJeffersonville, IN25,476Columbus, IN: 25,064 personsColumbus, IN25,064Gary, IN: 24,546 personsGary, IN24,546Anderson, IN: 24,277 personsAnderson, IN24,277Westfield, IN: 23,159 personsWestfield, IN23,159West Lafayette, IN: 19,705 personsWest Lafayette, IN19,705New Albany, IN: 18,475 personsNew Albany, IN18,475Portage, IN: 18,359 personsPortage, IN18,359Merrillville, IN: 17,800 personsMerrillville, IN17,800Valparaiso, IN: 17,127 personsValparaiso, IN17,127Goshen, IN: 16,487 personsGoshen, IN16,487Richmond, IN: 16,271 personsRichmond, IN16,271Plainfield, IN: 16,169 personsPlainfield, IN16,169Crown Point, IN: 15,706 personsCrown Point, IN15,706Schererville, IN: 15,558 personsSchererville, IN15,558Hobart, IN: 15,355 personsHobart, IN15,355Brownsburg, IN: 15,176 personsBrownsburg, IN15,176Zionsville, IN: 14,904 personsZionsville, IN14,904Michigan City, IN: 13,635 personsMichigan City, IN13,635Marion, IN: 12,427 personsMarion, IN12,427Franklin, IN: 11,935 personsFranklin, IN11,935East Chicago, IN: 11,208 personsEast Chicago, IN11,208Indianapolis, IN: 449,064 personsIndianapolis, IN449,064Fort Wayne, IN: 130,624 personsFort Wayne, IN130,624Evansville, IN: 59,103 personsEvansville, IN59,103Fishers, IN: 52,403 personsFishers, IN52,403Carmel, IN: 52,305 personsCarmel, IN52,305South Bend, IN: 49,942 personsSouth Bend, IN49,942Bloomington, IN: 41,497 personsBloomington, IN41,497Lafayette, IN: 37,766 personsLafayette, IN37,766Hammond, IN: 36,872 personsHammond, IN36,872Noblesville, IN: 36,328 personsNoblesville, IN36,328Greenwood, IN: 32,439 personsGreenwood, IN32,439Muncie, IN: 31,257 personsMuncie, IN31,257Kokomo, IN: 27,478 personsKokomo, IN27,478Elkhart, IN: 27,181 personsElkhart, IN27,181Lawrence, IN: 26,761 personsLawrence, IN26,761Terre Haute, IN: 26,013 personsTerre Haute, IN26,013Mishawaka, IN: 25,963 personsMishawaka, IN25,963Jeffersonville, IN: 25,476 personsJeffersonville, IN25,476Columbus, IN: 25,064 personsColumbus, IN25,064Gary, IN: 24,546 personsGary, IN24,546Anderson, IN: 24,277 personsAnderson, IN24,277Westfield, IN: 23,159 personsWestfield, IN23,159West Lafayette, IN: 19,705 personsWest Lafayette, IN19,705New Albany, IN: 18,475 personsNew Albany, IN18,475Portage, IN: 18,359 personsPortage, IN18,359Merrillville, IN: 17,800 personsMerrillville, IN17,800Valparaiso, IN: 17,127 personsValparaiso, IN17,127Goshen, IN: 16,487 personsGoshen, IN16,487Richmond, IN: 16,271 personsRichmond, IN16,271Plainfield, IN: 16,169 personsPlainfield, IN16,169Crown Point, IN: 15,706 personsCrown Point, IN15,706Schererville, IN: 15,558 personsSchererville, IN15,558Hobart, IN: 15,355 personsHobart, IN15,355Brownsburg, IN: 15,176 personsBrownsburg, IN15,176Zionsville, IN: 14,904 personsZionsville, IN14,904Michigan City, IN: 13,635 personsMichigan City, IN13,635Marion, IN: 12,427 personsMarion, IN12,427Franklin, IN: 11,935 personsFranklin, IN11,935East Chicago, IN: 11,208 personsEast Chicago, IN11,208
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

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Indianapolis, IN449,064+1.5%
2Fort Wayne, IN130,624+2.2%
3Evansville, IN59,103+0.9%
4Fishers, IN52,403+2.7%
5Carmel, IN52,305+2.6%
6South Bend, IN49,942+1.4%
7Bloomington, IN41,497+1.7%
8Lafayette, IN37,766+0.4%
9Hammond, IN36,8720%
10Noblesville, IN36,328+3%
11Greenwood, IN32,439+3%
12Muncie, IN31,257-0.8%
13Kokomo, IN27,478-1.3%
14Elkhart, IN27,181+2.8%
15Lawrence, IN26,761+1.5%
16Terre Haute, IN26,013+0.4%
17Mishawaka, IN25,963+2.9%
18Jeffersonville, IN25,476+1.2%
19Columbus, IN25,064+1.5%
20Gary, IN24,546-0.1%
21Anderson, IN24,277+0.3%
22Westfield, IN23,159+6%
23West Lafayette, IN19,705+4.3%
24New Albany, IN18,475+1.6%
25Portage, IN18,359+0.8%
26Merrillville, IN17,800+1.1%
27Valparaiso, IN17,127+1.6%
28Goshen, IN16,487+4.5%
29Richmond, IN16,271+1.5%
30Plainfield, IN16,169+5.3%
31Crown Point, IN15,706+2.5%
32Schererville, IN15,558+0.7%
33Hobart, IN15,355+0.2%
34Brownsburg, IN15,176+2.6%
35Zionsville, IN14,904+2.5%
36Michigan City, IN13,635+0.4%
37Marion, IN12,427+1%
38Franklin, IN11,935+1.7%
39East Chicago, IN11,208-0.2%

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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Indianapolis, IN, with 449,064 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

East Chicago, IN, with 11,208 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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