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Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force

Indianapolis, IN had the highest civilian labor force of 40 cities in 2021, at 451,014. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 11,141. The median was 24,485. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest451,014Indianapolis, IN
Lowest11,141East Chicago, IN
Median24,48540 cities

All cities, 2021

Indianapolis, IN: 451,014 personsIndianapolis, IN451,014Fort Wayne, IN: 131,186 personsFort Wayne, IN131,186Evansville, IN: 57,016 personsEvansville, IN57,016Fishers, IN: 54,544 personsFishers, IN54,544Carmel, IN: 53,366 personsCarmel, IN53,366South Bend, IN: 48,016 personsSouth Bend, IN48,016Bloomington, IN: 40,612 personsBloomington, IN40,612Noblesville, IN: 37,817 personsNoblesville, IN37,817Lafayette, IN: 37,116 personsLafayette, IN37,116Hammond, IN: 35,838 personsHammond, IN35,838Greenwood, IN: 33,292 personsGreenwood, IN33,292Muncie, IN: 29,535 personsMuncie, IN29,535Westfield, IN: 27,215 personsWestfield, IN27,215Elkhart, IN: 27,016 personsElkhart, IN27,016Lawrence, IN: 26,922 personsLawrence, IN26,922Jeffersonville, IN: 26,324 personsJeffersonville, IN26,324Kokomo, IN: 26,030 personsKokomo, IN26,030Gary, IN: 25,056 personsGary, IN25,056Mishawaka, IN: 24,871 personsMishawaka, IN24,871Terre Haute, IN: 24,731 personsTerre Haute, IN24,731Anderson, IN: 24,238 personsAnderson, IN24,238Columbus, IN: 23,635 personsColumbus, IN23,635West Lafayette, IN: 20,351 personsWest Lafayette, IN20,351New Albany, IN: 18,332 personsNew Albany, IN18,332Portage, IN: 18,150 personsPortage, IN18,150Merrillville, IN: 17,608 personsMerrillville, IN17,608Plainfield, IN: 17,226 personsPlainfield, IN17,226Valparaiso, IN: 16,770 personsValparaiso, IN16,770Goshen, IN: 16,356 personsGoshen, IN16,356Brownsburg, IN: 16,171 personsBrownsburg, IN16,171Zionsville, IN: 15,724 personsZionsville, IN15,724Crown Point, IN: 15,507 personsCrown Point, IN15,507Richmond, IN: 15,457 personsRichmond, IN15,457Schererville, IN: 15,078 personsSchererville, IN15,078Hobart, IN: 14,828 personsHobart, IN14,828Michigan City, IN: 13,571 personsMichigan City, IN13,571Greenfield, IN: 12,520 personsGreenfield, IN12,520Franklin, IN: 12,265 personsFranklin, IN12,265Marion, IN: 12,128 personsMarion, IN12,128East Chicago, IN: 11,141 personsEast Chicago, IN11,141Indianapolis, IN: 451,014 personsIndianapolis, IN451,014Fort Wayne, IN: 131,186 personsFort Wayne, IN131,186Evansville, IN: 57,016 personsEvansville, IN57,016Fishers, IN: 54,544 personsFishers, IN54,544Carmel, IN: 53,366 personsCarmel, IN53,366South Bend, IN: 48,016 personsSouth Bend, IN48,016Bloomington, IN: 40,612 personsBloomington, IN40,612Noblesville, IN: 37,817 personsNoblesville, IN37,817Lafayette, IN: 37,116 personsLafayette, IN37,116Hammond, IN: 35,838 personsHammond, IN35,838Greenwood, IN: 33,292 personsGreenwood, IN33,292Muncie, IN: 29,535 personsMuncie, IN29,535Westfield, IN: 27,215 personsWestfield, IN27,215Elkhart, IN: 27,016 personsElkhart, IN27,016Lawrence, IN: 26,922 personsLawrence, IN26,922Jeffersonville, IN: 26,324 personsJeffersonville, IN26,324Kokomo, IN: 26,030 personsKokomo, IN26,030Gary, IN: 25,056 personsGary, IN25,056Mishawaka, IN: 24,871 personsMishawaka, IN24,871Terre Haute, IN: 24,731 personsTerre Haute, IN24,731Anderson, IN: 24,238 personsAnderson, IN24,238Columbus, IN: 23,635 personsColumbus, IN23,635West Lafayette, IN: 20,351 personsWest Lafayette, IN20,351New Albany, IN: 18,332 personsNew Albany, IN18,332Portage, IN: 18,150 personsPortage, IN18,150Merrillville, IN: 17,608 personsMerrillville, IN17,608Plainfield, IN: 17,226 personsPlainfield, IN17,226Valparaiso, IN: 16,770 personsValparaiso, IN16,770Goshen, IN: 16,356 personsGoshen, IN16,356Brownsburg, IN: 16,171 personsBrownsburg, IN16,171Zionsville, IN: 15,724 personsZionsville, IN15,724Crown Point, IN: 15,507 personsCrown Point, IN15,507Richmond, IN: 15,457 personsRichmond, IN15,457Schererville, IN: 15,078 personsSchererville, IN15,078Hobart, IN: 14,828 personsHobart, IN14,828Michigan City, IN: 13,571 personsMichigan City, IN13,571Greenfield, IN: 12,520 personsGreenfield, IN12,520Franklin, IN: 12,265 personsFranklin, IN12,265Marion, IN: 12,128 personsMarion, IN12,128East Chicago, IN: 11,141 personsEast Chicago, IN11,141
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

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Indianapolis, IN451,014+0.2%
2Fort Wayne, IN131,186-0.3%
3Evansville, IN57,016-1.5%
4Fishers, IN54,544+3.9%
5Carmel, IN53,366+2.7%
6South Bend, IN48,016-1.9%
7Bloomington, IN40,612+1.1%
8Noblesville, IN37,817+3.2%
9Lafayette, IN37,116+1%
10Hammond, IN35,838-0.4%
11Greenwood, IN33,292+2.4%
12Muncie, IN29,535-2.8%
13Westfield, IN27,215+9.9%
14Elkhart, IN27,016+3.2%
15Lawrence, IN26,922+1.4%
16Jeffersonville, IN26,324+2.4%
17Kokomo, IN26,030-5%
18Gary, IN25,056-0.8%
19Mishawaka, IN24,871-1.9%
20Terre Haute, IN24,731-1.6%
21Anderson, IN24,238-0.2%
22Columbus, IN23,635-2.1%
23West Lafayette, IN20,351+4.6%
24New Albany, IN18,332-0.6%
25Portage, IN18,150-0.5%
26Merrillville, IN17,608-0.7%
27Plainfield, IN17,226+3.3%
28Valparaiso, IN16,770+0.6%
29Goshen, IN16,356+3.3%
30Brownsburg, IN16,171+5.2%
31Zionsville, IN15,724+4.9%
32Crown Point, IN15,507-0.9%
33Richmond, IN15,457-2.1%
34Schererville, IN15,078-0.4%
35Hobart, IN14,828-2.3%
36Michigan City, IN13,571-2.1%
37Greenfield, IN12,520+3.1%
38Franklin, IN12,265+1.5%
39Marion, IN12,128-1.1%
40East Chicago, IN11,141-0.1%

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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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, 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Indianapolis, IN, with 451,014 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

East Chicago, IN, with 11,141 in 2021.

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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