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Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force

Indianapolis, IN had the highest civilian labor force of 40 cities in 2020, at 450,226. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 11,151. The median was 24,528. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest450,226Indianapolis, IN
Lowest11,151East Chicago, IN
Median24,52840 cities

All cities, 2020

Indianapolis, IN: 450,226 personsIndianapolis, IN450,226Fort Wayne, IN: 131,631 personsFort Wayne, IN131,631Evansville, IN: 57,895 personsEvansville, IN57,895Fishers, IN: 52,505 personsFishers, IN52,505Carmel, IN: 51,943 personsCarmel, IN51,943South Bend, IN: 48,924 personsSouth Bend, IN48,924Bloomington, IN: 40,170 personsBloomington, IN40,170Lafayette, IN: 36,731 personsLafayette, IN36,731Noblesville, IN: 36,627 personsNoblesville, IN36,627Hammond, IN: 35,980 personsHammond, IN35,980Greenwood, IN: 32,524 personsGreenwood, IN32,524Muncie, IN: 30,371 personsMuncie, IN30,371Kokomo, IN: 27,405 personsKokomo, IN27,405Lawrence, IN: 26,547 personsLawrence, IN26,547Elkhart, IN: 26,177 personsElkhart, IN26,177Jeffersonville, IN: 25,695 personsJeffersonville, IN25,695Mishawaka, IN: 25,363 personsMishawaka, IN25,363Gary, IN: 25,270 personsGary, IN25,270Terre Haute, IN: 25,122 personsTerre Haute, IN25,122Westfield, IN: 24,772 personsWestfield, IN24,772Anderson, IN: 24,283 personsAnderson, IN24,283Columbus, IN: 24,131 personsColumbus, IN24,131West Lafayette, IN: 19,463 personsWest Lafayette, IN19,463New Albany, IN: 18,438 personsNew Albany, IN18,438Portage, IN: 18,242 personsPortage, IN18,242Merrillville, IN: 17,727 personsMerrillville, IN17,727Plainfield, IN: 16,682 personsPlainfield, IN16,682Valparaiso, IN: 16,665 personsValparaiso, IN16,665Goshen, IN: 15,836 personsGoshen, IN15,836Richmond, IN: 15,783 personsRichmond, IN15,783Crown Point, IN: 15,641 personsCrown Point, IN15,641Brownsburg, IN: 15,368 personsBrownsburg, IN15,368Hobart, IN: 15,177 personsHobart, IN15,177Schererville, IN: 15,146 personsSchererville, IN15,146Zionsville, IN: 14,995 personsZionsville, IN14,995Michigan City, IN: 13,865 personsMichigan City, IN13,865Marion, IN: 12,268 personsMarion, IN12,268Greenfield, IN: 12,143 personsGreenfield, IN12,143Franklin, IN: 12,086 personsFranklin, IN12,086East Chicago, IN: 11,151 personsEast Chicago, IN11,151Indianapolis, IN: 450,226 personsIndianapolis, IN450,226Fort Wayne, IN: 131,631 personsFort Wayne, IN131,631Evansville, IN: 57,895 personsEvansville, IN57,895Fishers, IN: 52,505 personsFishers, IN52,505Carmel, IN: 51,943 personsCarmel, IN51,943South Bend, IN: 48,924 personsSouth Bend, IN48,924Bloomington, IN: 40,170 personsBloomington, IN40,170Lafayette, IN: 36,731 personsLafayette, IN36,731Noblesville, IN: 36,627 personsNoblesville, IN36,627Hammond, IN: 35,980 personsHammond, IN35,980Greenwood, IN: 32,524 personsGreenwood, IN32,524Muncie, IN: 30,371 personsMuncie, IN30,371Kokomo, IN: 27,405 personsKokomo, IN27,405Lawrence, IN: 26,547 personsLawrence, IN26,547Elkhart, IN: 26,177 personsElkhart, IN26,177Jeffersonville, IN: 25,695 personsJeffersonville, IN25,695Mishawaka, IN: 25,363 personsMishawaka, IN25,363Gary, IN: 25,270 personsGary, IN25,270Terre Haute, IN: 25,122 personsTerre Haute, IN25,122Westfield, IN: 24,772 personsWestfield, IN24,772Anderson, IN: 24,283 personsAnderson, IN24,283Columbus, IN: 24,131 personsColumbus, IN24,131West Lafayette, IN: 19,463 personsWest Lafayette, IN19,463New Albany, IN: 18,438 personsNew Albany, IN18,438Portage, IN: 18,242 personsPortage, IN18,242Merrillville, IN: 17,727 personsMerrillville, IN17,727Plainfield, IN: 16,682 personsPlainfield, IN16,682Valparaiso, IN: 16,665 personsValparaiso, IN16,665Goshen, IN: 15,836 personsGoshen, IN15,836Richmond, IN: 15,783 personsRichmond, IN15,783Crown Point, IN: 15,641 personsCrown Point, IN15,641Brownsburg, IN: 15,368 personsBrownsburg, IN15,368Hobart, IN: 15,177 personsHobart, IN15,177Schererville, IN: 15,146 personsSchererville, IN15,146Zionsville, IN: 14,995 personsZionsville, IN14,995Michigan City, IN: 13,865 personsMichigan City, IN13,865Marion, IN: 12,268 personsMarion, IN12,268Greenfield, IN: 12,143 personsGreenfield, IN12,143Franklin, IN: 12,086 personsFranklin, IN12,086East Chicago, IN: 11,151 personsEast Chicago, IN11,151
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

RankCities2020
persons		Change on 2019
1Indianapolis, IN450,226-0.5%
2Fort Wayne, IN131,631-0.6%
3Evansville, IN57,895-1.5%
4Fishers, IN52,505-1.9%
5Carmel, IN51,943-3%
6South Bend, IN48,924-2.1%
7Bloomington, IN40,170-4%
8Lafayette, IN36,731-0.7%
9Noblesville, IN36,627-1.3%
10Hammond, IN35,980-2.4%
11Greenwood, IN32,524-1.2%
12Muncie, IN30,371-1.9%
13Kokomo, IN27,405+2.4%
14Lawrence, IN26,547-1.8%
15Elkhart, IN26,177-0.8%
16Jeffersonville, IN25,695-0.3%
17Mishawaka, IN25,363-3.6%
18Gary, IN25,270+3.3%
19Terre Haute, IN25,122-2.3%
20Westfield, IN24,772+1.3%
21Anderson, IN24,2830%
22Columbus, IN24,131-3.6%
23West Lafayette, IN19,463-4.6%
24New Albany, IN18,438-0.5%
25Portage, IN18,242-1.1%
26Merrillville, IN17,727-0.8%
27Plainfield, IN16,6820%
28Valparaiso, IN16,665-3.1%
29Goshen, IN15,836-1%
30Richmond, IN15,783-2.2%
31Crown Point, IN15,641-0.9%
32Brownsburg, IN15,368-1.1%
33Hobart, IN15,177-1.5%
34Schererville, IN15,146-2.8%
35Zionsville, IN14,995-1.2%
36Michigan City, IN13,865+1.5%
37Marion, IN12,268-0%
38Greenfield, IN12,143n/a
39Franklin, IN12,086-0.6%
40East Chicago, IN11,151-0.5%

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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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, 2020. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/indiana-cities?period=2020. 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, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/indiana-cities?period=2020.

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, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/indiana-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Indianapolis, IN, with 450,226 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

East Chicago, IN, with 11,151 in 2020.

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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