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Cities in Indiana by civilian labor force

Indianapolis, IN had the highest civilian labor force of 40 cities in 2024, at 465,684. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 11,004. The median was 24,673. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest465,684Indianapolis, IN
Lowest11,004East Chicago, IN
Median24,67340 cities

All cities, 2024

Indianapolis, IN: 465,684 personsIndianapolis, IN465,684Fort Wayne, IN: 136,808 personsFort Wayne, IN136,808Fishers, IN: 58,160 personsFishers, IN58,160Carmel, IN: 56,954 personsCarmel, IN56,954Evansville, IN: 56,480 personsEvansville, IN56,480South Bend, IN: 47,376 personsSouth Bend, IN47,376Bloomington, IN: 42,497 personsBloomington, IN42,497Noblesville, IN: 41,338 personsNoblesville, IN41,338Lafayette, IN: 38,865 personsLafayette, IN38,865Greenwood, IN: 36,209 personsGreenwood, IN36,209Hammond, IN: 36,178 personsHammond, IN36,178Westfield, IN: 35,181 personsWestfield, IN35,181Muncie, IN: 29,969 personsMuncie, IN29,969Jeffersonville, IN: 28,170 personsJeffersonville, IN28,170Lawrence, IN: 27,887 personsLawrence, IN27,887Kokomo, IN: 25,609 personsKokomo, IN25,609Anderson, IN: 25,138 personsAnderson, IN25,138Terre Haute, IN: 25,120 personsTerre Haute, IN25,120Elkhart, IN: 25,095 personsElkhart, IN25,095Mishawaka, IN: 24,895 personsMishawaka, IN24,895Columbus, IN: 24,450 personsColumbus, IN24,450Gary, IN: 24,252 personsGary, IN24,252West Lafayette, IN: 22,170 personsWest Lafayette, IN22,170Plainfield, IN: 19,006 personsPlainfield, IN19,006Portage, IN: 18,934 personsPortage, IN18,934New Albany, IN: 18,656 personsNew Albany, IN18,656Brownsburg, IN: 18,571 personsBrownsburg, IN18,571Merrillville, IN: 18,313 personsMerrillville, IN18,313Valparaiso, IN: 17,781 personsValparaiso, IN17,781Zionsville, IN: 17,196 personsZionsville, IN17,196Crown Point, IN: 16,730 personsCrown Point, IN16,730Schererville, IN: 15,788 personsSchererville, IN15,788Richmond, IN: 15,705 personsRichmond, IN15,705Goshen, IN: 15,273 personsGoshen, IN15,273Hobart, IN: 15,210 personsHobart, IN15,210Greenfield, IN: 14,160 personsGreenfield, IN14,160Michigan City, IN: 13,654 personsMichigan City, IN13,654Franklin, IN: 12,907 personsFranklin, IN12,907Marion, IN: 12,228 personsMarion, IN12,228East Chicago, IN: 11,004 personsEast Chicago, IN11,004Indianapolis, IN: 465,684 personsIndianapolis, IN465,684Fort Wayne, IN: 136,808 personsFort Wayne, IN136,808Fishers, IN: 58,160 personsFishers, IN58,160Carmel, IN: 56,954 personsCarmel, IN56,954Evansville, IN: 56,480 personsEvansville, IN56,480South Bend, IN: 47,376 personsSouth Bend, IN47,376Bloomington, IN: 42,497 personsBloomington, IN42,497Noblesville, IN: 41,338 personsNoblesville, IN41,338Lafayette, IN: 38,865 personsLafayette, IN38,865Greenwood, IN: 36,209 personsGreenwood, IN36,209Hammond, IN: 36,178 personsHammond, IN36,178Westfield, IN: 35,181 personsWestfield, IN35,181Muncie, IN: 29,969 personsMuncie, IN29,969Jeffersonville, IN: 28,170 personsJeffersonville, IN28,170Lawrence, IN: 27,887 personsLawrence, IN27,887Kokomo, IN: 25,609 personsKokomo, IN25,609Anderson, IN: 25,138 personsAnderson, IN25,138Terre Haute, IN: 25,120 personsTerre Haute, IN25,120Elkhart, IN: 25,095 personsElkhart, IN25,095Mishawaka, IN: 24,895 personsMishawaka, IN24,895Columbus, IN: 24,450 personsColumbus, IN24,450Gary, IN: 24,252 personsGary, IN24,252West Lafayette, IN: 22,170 personsWest Lafayette, IN22,170Plainfield, IN: 19,006 personsPlainfield, IN19,006Portage, IN: 18,934 personsPortage, IN18,934New Albany, IN: 18,656 personsNew Albany, IN18,656Brownsburg, IN: 18,571 personsBrownsburg, IN18,571Merrillville, IN: 18,313 personsMerrillville, IN18,313Valparaiso, IN: 17,781 personsValparaiso, IN17,781Zionsville, IN: 17,196 personsZionsville, IN17,196Crown Point, IN: 16,730 personsCrown Point, IN16,730Schererville, IN: 15,788 personsSchererville, IN15,788Richmond, IN: 15,705 personsRichmond, IN15,705Goshen, IN: 15,273 personsGoshen, IN15,273Hobart, IN: 15,210 personsHobart, IN15,210Greenfield, IN: 14,160 personsGreenfield, IN14,160Michigan City, IN: 13,654 personsMichigan City, IN13,654Franklin, IN: 12,907 personsFranklin, IN12,907Marion, IN: 12,228 personsMarion, IN12,228East Chicago, IN: 11,004 personsEast Chicago, IN11,004
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

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Indianapolis, IN465,684+1.7%
2Fort Wayne, IN136,808+1.5%
3Fishers, IN58,160+0.6%
4Carmel, IN56,954+2%
5Evansville, IN56,480+0.3%
6South Bend, IN47,376-0.7%
7Bloomington, IN42,497+0.7%
8Noblesville, IN41,338+2.5%
9Lafayette, IN38,865+0.1%
10Greenwood, IN36,209+3.6%
11Hammond, IN36,178+1%
12Westfield, IN35,181+9.9%
13Muncie, IN29,969+1.6%
14Jeffersonville, IN28,170+3.7%
15Lawrence, IN27,887+1.4%
16Kokomo, IN25,609+3.5%
17Anderson, IN25,138+1.9%
18Terre Haute, IN25,120+1.5%
19Elkhart, IN25,095-2.9%
20Mishawaka, IN24,895-0.6%
21Columbus, IN24,450+0.3%
22Gary, IN24,252+0.4%
23West Lafayette, IN22,170+2.7%
24Plainfield, IN19,006+2.8%
25Portage, IN18,934+1.3%
26New Albany, IN18,656+1.6%
27Brownsburg, IN18,571+4.4%
28Merrillville, IN18,313+2.9%
29Valparaiso, IN17,781+2.5%
30Zionsville, IN17,196+2.9%
31Crown Point, IN16,730+1.8%
32Schererville, IN15,788+1.2%
33Richmond, IN15,705+2%
34Goshen, IN15,273-3.1%
35Hobart, IN15,210+0.9%
36Greenfield, IN14,160+2.4%
37Michigan City, IN13,654+0.4%
38Franklin, IN12,907+1.7%
39Marion, IN12,228+2.2%
40East Chicago, IN11,004+0.8%

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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Indianapolis, IN, with 465,684 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

East Chicago, IN, with 11,004 in 2024.

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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