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Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 2025

Indianapolis, IN had the highest employed residents of 40 cities in 2025, at 454,912. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 10,431. The median was 23,557. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest454,912Indianapolis, IN
Lowest10,431East Chicago, IN
Median23,55740 cities

All cities, 2025

Indianapolis, IN: 454,912 personsIndianapolis, IN454,912Fort Wayne, IN: 134,077 personsFort Wayne, IN134,077Fishers, IN: 57,369 personsFishers, IN57,369Carmel, IN: 56,159 personsCarmel, IN56,159Evansville, IN: 54,759 personsEvansville, IN54,759South Bend, IN: 45,498 personsSouth Bend, IN45,498Bloomington, IN: 41,275 personsBloomington, IN41,275Noblesville, IN: 40,735 personsNoblesville, IN40,735Lafayette, IN: 37,738 personsLafayette, IN37,738Greenwood, IN: 35,563 personsGreenwood, IN35,563Westfield, IN: 34,723 personsWestfield, IN34,723Hammond, IN: 34,620 personsHammond, IN34,620Muncie, IN: 28,883 personsMuncie, IN28,883Lawrence, IN: 27,361 personsLawrence, IN27,361Jeffersonville, IN: 27,318 personsJeffersonville, IN27,318Anderson, IN: 24,433 personsAnderson, IN24,433Terre Haute, IN: 24,303 personsTerre Haute, IN24,303Elkhart, IN: 24,067 personsElkhart, IN24,067Mishawaka, IN: 23,942 personsMishawaka, IN23,942Columbus, IN: 23,558 personsColumbus, IN23,558Kokomo, IN: 23,555 personsKokomo, IN23,555Gary, IN: 22,421 personsGary, IN22,421West Lafayette, IN: 21,616 personsWest Lafayette, IN21,616Plainfield, IN: 18,653 personsPlainfield, IN18,653Brownsburg, IN: 18,309 personsBrownsburg, IN18,309Portage, IN: 18,259 personsPortage, IN18,259New Albany, IN: 18,026 personsNew Albany, IN18,026Merrillville, IN: 17,473 personsMerrillville, IN17,473Valparaiso, IN: 17,330 personsValparaiso, IN17,330Zionsville, IN: 16,953 personsZionsville, IN16,953Crown Point, IN: 16,180 personsCrown Point, IN16,180Schererville, IN: 15,333 personsSchererville, IN15,333Richmond, IN: 15,014 personsRichmond, IN15,014Goshen, IN: 14,769 personsGoshen, IN14,769Hobart, IN: 14,666 personsHobart, IN14,666Greenfield, IN: 13,931 personsGreenfield, IN13,931Michigan City, IN: 13,023 personsMichigan City, IN13,023Franklin, IN: 12,656 personsFranklin, IN12,656Marion, IN: 11,896 personsMarion, IN11,896East Chicago, IN: 10,431 personsEast Chicago, IN10,431Indianapolis, IN: 454,912 personsIndianapolis, IN454,912Fort Wayne, IN: 134,077 personsFort Wayne, IN134,077Fishers, IN: 57,369 personsFishers, IN57,369Carmel, IN: 56,159 personsCarmel, IN56,159Evansville, IN: 54,759 personsEvansville, IN54,759South Bend, IN: 45,498 personsSouth Bend, IN45,498Bloomington, IN: 41,275 personsBloomington, IN41,275Noblesville, IN: 40,735 personsNoblesville, IN40,735Lafayette, IN: 37,738 personsLafayette, IN37,738Greenwood, IN: 35,563 personsGreenwood, IN35,563Westfield, IN: 34,723 personsWestfield, IN34,723Hammond, IN: 34,620 personsHammond, IN34,620Muncie, IN: 28,883 personsMuncie, IN28,883Lawrence, IN: 27,361 personsLawrence, IN27,361Jeffersonville, IN: 27,318 personsJeffersonville, IN27,318Anderson, IN: 24,433 personsAnderson, IN24,433Terre Haute, IN: 24,303 personsTerre Haute, IN24,303Elkhart, IN: 24,067 personsElkhart, IN24,067Mishawaka, IN: 23,942 personsMishawaka, IN23,942Columbus, IN: 23,558 personsColumbus, IN23,558Kokomo, IN: 23,555 personsKokomo, IN23,555Gary, IN: 22,421 personsGary, IN22,421West Lafayette, IN: 21,616 personsWest Lafayette, IN21,616Plainfield, IN: 18,653 personsPlainfield, IN18,653Brownsburg, IN: 18,309 personsBrownsburg, IN18,309Portage, IN: 18,259 personsPortage, IN18,259New Albany, IN: 18,026 personsNew Albany, IN18,026Merrillville, IN: 17,473 personsMerrillville, IN17,473Valparaiso, IN: 17,330 personsValparaiso, IN17,330Zionsville, IN: 16,953 personsZionsville, IN16,953Crown Point, IN: 16,180 personsCrown Point, IN16,180Schererville, IN: 15,333 personsSchererville, IN15,333Richmond, IN: 15,014 personsRichmond, IN15,014Goshen, IN: 14,769 personsGoshen, IN14,769Hobart, IN: 14,666 personsHobart, IN14,666Greenfield, IN: 13,931 personsGreenfield, IN13,931Michigan City, IN: 13,023 personsMichigan City, IN13,023Franklin, IN: 12,656 personsFranklin, IN12,656Marion, IN: 11,896 personsMarion, IN11,896East Chicago, IN: 10,431 personsEast Chicago, IN10,431
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Indianapolis, IN454,912+1.9%
2Fort Wayne, IN134,077+2%
3Fishers, IN57,369+1.8%
4Carmel, IN56,159+1.8%
5Evansville, IN54,759+1.1%
6South Bend, IN45,498+1.1%
7Bloomington, IN41,275+1%
8Noblesville, IN40,735+1.8%
9Lafayette, IN37,738+1%
10Greenwood, IN35,563+1.7%
11Westfield, IN34,723+1.8%
12Hammond, IN34,620+1.6%
13Muncie, IN28,883+1.3%
14Lawrence, IN27,361+1.9%
15Jeffersonville, IN27,318+0.9%
16Anderson, IN24,433+1.8%
17Terre Haute, IN24,303+1.6%
18Elkhart, IN24,067+1.5%
19Mishawaka, IN23,942+1.1%
20Columbus, IN23,558+0.3%
21Kokomo, IN23,555-1.1%
22Gary, IN22,421+1.6%
23West Lafayette, IN21,616+1%
24Plainfield, IN18,653+1.9%
25Brownsburg, IN18,309+1.8%
26Portage, IN18,259+1.5%
27New Albany, IN18,026+0.7%
28Merrillville, IN17,473+1.6%
29Valparaiso, IN17,330+1.5%
30Zionsville, IN16,953+1.7%
31Crown Point, IN16,180+1.6%
32Schererville, IN15,333+1.6%
33Richmond, IN15,014+0.2%
34Goshen, IN14,769+1.5%
35Hobart, IN14,666+1.6%
36Greenfield, IN13,931+1.9%
37Michigan City, IN13,023+0.4%
38Franklin, IN12,656+1.7%
39Marion, IN11,896+2.5%
40East Chicago, IN10,431+1.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/indiana-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/indiana-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/indiana-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Indianapolis, IN, with 454,912 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

East Chicago, IN, with 10,431 in 2025.

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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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