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Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force

Indianapolis, IN had the highest civilian labor force of 40 cities in 2023, at 457,693. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 10,918. The median was 24,526. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest457,693Indianapolis, IN
Lowest10,918East Chicago, IN
Median24,52640 cities

All cities, 2023

Indianapolis, IN: 457,693 personsIndianapolis, IN457,693Fort Wayne, IN: 134,791 personsFort Wayne, IN134,791Fishers, IN: 57,834 personsFishers, IN57,834Evansville, IN: 56,321 personsEvansville, IN56,321Carmel, IN: 55,819 personsCarmel, IN55,819South Bend, IN: 47,698 personsSouth Bend, IN47,698Bloomington, IN: 42,213 personsBloomington, IN42,213Noblesville, IN: 40,324 personsNoblesville, IN40,324Lafayette, IN: 38,826 personsLafayette, IN38,826Hammond, IN: 35,836 personsHammond, IN35,836Greenwood, IN: 34,953 personsGreenwood, IN34,953Westfield, IN: 32,007 personsWestfield, IN32,007Muncie, IN: 29,509 personsMuncie, IN29,509Lawrence, IN: 27,490 personsLawrence, IN27,490Jeffersonville, IN: 27,160 personsJeffersonville, IN27,160Elkhart, IN: 25,850 personsElkhart, IN25,850Mishawaka, IN: 25,046 personsMishawaka, IN25,046Kokomo, IN: 24,753 personsKokomo, IN24,753Terre Haute, IN: 24,746 personsTerre Haute, IN24,746Anderson, IN: 24,681 personsAnderson, IN24,681Columbus, IN: 24,370 personsColumbus, IN24,370Gary, IN: 24,166 personsGary, IN24,166West Lafayette, IN: 21,583 personsWest Lafayette, IN21,583Portage, IN: 18,689 personsPortage, IN18,689Plainfield, IN: 18,481 personsPlainfield, IN18,481New Albany, IN: 18,364 personsNew Albany, IN18,364Merrillville, IN: 17,794 personsMerrillville, IN17,794Brownsburg, IN: 17,786 personsBrownsburg, IN17,786Valparaiso, IN: 17,351 personsValparaiso, IN17,351Zionsville, IN: 16,710 personsZionsville, IN16,710Crown Point, IN: 16,436 personsCrown Point, IN16,436Goshen, IN: 15,766 personsGoshen, IN15,766Schererville, IN: 15,606 personsSchererville, IN15,606Richmond, IN: 15,400 personsRichmond, IN15,400Hobart, IN: 15,075 personsHobart, IN15,075Greenfield, IN: 13,822 personsGreenfield, IN13,822Michigan City, IN: 13,593 personsMichigan City, IN13,593Franklin, IN: 12,697 personsFranklin, IN12,697Marion, IN: 11,966 personsMarion, IN11,966East Chicago, IN: 10,918 personsEast Chicago, IN10,918Indianapolis, IN: 457,693 personsIndianapolis, IN457,693Fort Wayne, IN: 134,791 personsFort Wayne, IN134,791Fishers, IN: 57,834 personsFishers, IN57,834Evansville, IN: 56,321 personsEvansville, IN56,321Carmel, IN: 55,819 personsCarmel, IN55,819South Bend, IN: 47,698 personsSouth Bend, IN47,698Bloomington, IN: 42,213 personsBloomington, IN42,213Noblesville, IN: 40,324 personsNoblesville, IN40,324Lafayette, IN: 38,826 personsLafayette, IN38,826Hammond, IN: 35,836 personsHammond, IN35,836Greenwood, IN: 34,953 personsGreenwood, IN34,953Westfield, IN: 32,007 personsWestfield, IN32,007Muncie, IN: 29,509 personsMuncie, IN29,509Lawrence, IN: 27,490 personsLawrence, IN27,490Jeffersonville, IN: 27,160 personsJeffersonville, IN27,160Elkhart, IN: 25,850 personsElkhart, IN25,850Mishawaka, IN: 25,046 personsMishawaka, IN25,046Kokomo, IN: 24,753 personsKokomo, IN24,753Terre Haute, IN: 24,746 personsTerre Haute, IN24,746Anderson, IN: 24,681 personsAnderson, IN24,681Columbus, IN: 24,370 personsColumbus, IN24,370Gary, IN: 24,166 personsGary, IN24,166West Lafayette, IN: 21,583 personsWest Lafayette, IN21,583Portage, IN: 18,689 personsPortage, IN18,689Plainfield, IN: 18,481 personsPlainfield, IN18,481New Albany, IN: 18,364 personsNew Albany, IN18,364Merrillville, IN: 17,794 personsMerrillville, IN17,794Brownsburg, IN: 17,786 personsBrownsburg, IN17,786Valparaiso, IN: 17,351 personsValparaiso, IN17,351Zionsville, IN: 16,710 personsZionsville, IN16,710Crown Point, IN: 16,436 personsCrown Point, IN16,436Goshen, IN: 15,766 personsGoshen, IN15,766Schererville, IN: 15,606 personsSchererville, IN15,606Richmond, IN: 15,400 personsRichmond, IN15,400Hobart, IN: 15,075 personsHobart, IN15,075Greenfield, IN: 13,822 personsGreenfield, IN13,822Michigan City, IN: 13,593 personsMichigan City, IN13,593Franklin, IN: 12,697 personsFranklin, IN12,697Marion, IN: 11,966 personsMarion, IN11,966East Chicago, IN: 10,918 personsEast Chicago, IN10,918
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

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Indianapolis, IN457,693+0.9%
2Fort Wayne, IN134,791+1%
3Fishers, IN57,834+3%
4Evansville, IN56,321-0.5%
5Carmel, IN55,819+1.4%
6South Bend, IN47,698-0.2%
7Bloomington, IN42,213+1.5%
8Noblesville, IN40,324+2.2%
9Lafayette, IN38,826+1.9%
10Hammond, IN35,836+0.8%
11Greenwood, IN34,953+2.5%
12Westfield, IN32,007+6.9%
13Muncie, IN29,509+0.6%
14Lawrence, IN27,490+0.9%
15Jeffersonville, IN27,160+1%
16Elkhart, IN25,850-5.6%
17Mishawaka, IN25,0460%
18Kokomo, IN24,753-1.1%
19Terre Haute, IN24,746+0.3%
20Anderson, IN24,681+1.3%
21Columbus, IN24,370+1%
22Gary, IN24,166+0.6%
23West Lafayette, IN21,583+2.4%
24Portage, IN18,689+1.5%
25Plainfield, IN18,481+3.4%
26New Albany, IN18,364-0.2%
27Merrillville, IN17,794+1.5%
28Brownsburg, IN17,786+4.2%
29Valparaiso, IN17,351+1.3%
30Zionsville, IN16,710+2.9%
31Crown Point, IN16,436+2.6%
32Goshen, IN15,766-5.1%
33Schererville, IN15,606+1.4%
34Richmond, IN15,400-0.5%
35Hobart, IN15,075+0.7%
36Greenfield, IN13,822+5.4%
37Michigan City, IN13,593+1.3%
38Franklin, IN12,697+1.8%
39Marion, IN11,966-1.2%
40East Chicago, IN10,918+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. 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Indianapolis, IN, with 457,693 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

East Chicago, IN, with 10,918 in 2023.

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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