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Cities in Indiana by employed residents

Indianapolis, IN had the highest employed residents of 40 cities in 2021, at 428,732. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 10,033. The median was 22,853. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest428,732Indianapolis, IN
Lowest10,033East Chicago, IN
Median22,85340 cities

All cities, 2021

Indianapolis, IN: 428,732 personsIndianapolis, IN428,732Fort Wayne, IN: 125,470 personsFort Wayne, IN125,470Evansville, IN: 54,301 personsEvansville, IN54,301Fishers, IN: 53,262 personsFishers, IN53,262Carmel, IN: 52,119 personsCarmel, IN52,119South Bend, IN: 45,010 personsSouth Bend, IN45,010Bloomington, IN: 39,363 personsBloomington, IN39,363Noblesville, IN: 36,816 personsNoblesville, IN36,816Lafayette, IN: 35,330 personsLafayette, IN35,330Hammond, IN: 33,250 personsHammond, IN33,250Greenwood, IN: 32,260 personsGreenwood, IN32,260Muncie, IN: 28,117 personsMuncie, IN28,117Westfield, IN: 26,610 personsWestfield, IN26,610Elkhart, IN: 25,950 personsElkhart, IN25,950Lawrence, IN: 25,853 personsLawrence, IN25,853Jeffersonville, IN: 25,340 personsJeffersonville, IN25,340Kokomo, IN: 24,203 personsKokomo, IN24,203Mishawaka, IN: 23,800 personsMishawaka, IN23,800Terre Haute, IN: 23,498 personsTerre Haute, IN23,498Anderson, IN: 22,872 personsAnderson, IN22,872Columbus, IN: 22,834 personsColumbus, IN22,834Gary, IN: 21,516 personsGary, IN21,516West Lafayette, IN: 19,875 personsWest Lafayette, IN19,875New Albany, IN: 17,557 personsNew Albany, IN17,557Portage, IN: 17,156 personsPortage, IN17,156Plainfield, IN: 16,701 personsPlainfield, IN16,701Merrillville, IN: 16,274 personsMerrillville, IN16,274Valparaiso, IN: 16,145 personsValparaiso, IN16,145Goshen, IN: 15,854 personsGoshen, IN15,854Brownsburg, IN: 15,740 personsBrownsburg, IN15,740Zionsville, IN: 15,410 personsZionsville, IN15,410Crown Point, IN: 14,883 personsCrown Point, IN14,883Richmond, IN: 14,769 personsRichmond, IN14,769Schererville, IN: 14,474 personsSchererville, IN14,474Hobart, IN: 13,956 personsHobart, IN13,956Michigan City, IN: 12,616 personsMichigan City, IN12,616Greenfield, IN: 12,168 personsGreenfield, IN12,168Franklin, IN: 11,834 personsFranklin, IN11,834Marion, IN: 11,494 personsMarion, IN11,494East Chicago, IN: 10,033 personsEast Chicago, IN10,033Indianapolis, IN: 428,732 personsIndianapolis, IN428,732Fort Wayne, IN: 125,470 personsFort Wayne, IN125,470Evansville, IN: 54,301 personsEvansville, IN54,301Fishers, IN: 53,262 personsFishers, IN53,262Carmel, IN: 52,119 personsCarmel, IN52,119South Bend, IN: 45,010 personsSouth Bend, IN45,010Bloomington, IN: 39,363 personsBloomington, IN39,363Noblesville, IN: 36,816 personsNoblesville, IN36,816Lafayette, IN: 35,330 personsLafayette, IN35,330Hammond, IN: 33,250 personsHammond, IN33,250Greenwood, IN: 32,260 personsGreenwood, IN32,260Muncie, IN: 28,117 personsMuncie, IN28,117Westfield, IN: 26,610 personsWestfield, IN26,610Elkhart, IN: 25,950 personsElkhart, IN25,950Lawrence, IN: 25,853 personsLawrence, IN25,853Jeffersonville, IN: 25,340 personsJeffersonville, IN25,340Kokomo, IN: 24,203 personsKokomo, IN24,203Mishawaka, IN: 23,800 personsMishawaka, IN23,800Terre Haute, IN: 23,498 personsTerre Haute, IN23,498Anderson, IN: 22,872 personsAnderson, IN22,872Columbus, IN: 22,834 personsColumbus, IN22,834Gary, IN: 21,516 personsGary, IN21,516West Lafayette, IN: 19,875 personsWest Lafayette, IN19,875New Albany, IN: 17,557 personsNew Albany, IN17,557Portage, IN: 17,156 personsPortage, IN17,156Plainfield, IN: 16,701 personsPlainfield, IN16,701Merrillville, IN: 16,274 personsMerrillville, IN16,274Valparaiso, IN: 16,145 personsValparaiso, IN16,145Goshen, IN: 15,854 personsGoshen, IN15,854Brownsburg, IN: 15,740 personsBrownsburg, IN15,740Zionsville, IN: 15,410 personsZionsville, IN15,410Crown Point, IN: 14,883 personsCrown Point, IN14,883Richmond, IN: 14,769 personsRichmond, IN14,769Schererville, IN: 14,474 personsSchererville, IN14,474Hobart, IN: 13,956 personsHobart, IN13,956Michigan City, IN: 12,616 personsMichigan City, IN12,616Greenfield, IN: 12,168 personsGreenfield, IN12,168Franklin, IN: 11,834 personsFranklin, IN11,834Marion, IN: 11,494 personsMarion, IN11,494East Chicago, IN: 10,033 personsEast Chicago, IN10,033
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Indianapolis, IN428,732+3.7%
2Fort Wayne, IN125,470+4.1%
3Evansville, IN54,301+2.7%
4Fishers, IN53,262+6.2%
5Carmel, IN52,119+5.4%
6South Bend, IN45,010+3%
7Bloomington, IN39,363+3.6%
8Noblesville, IN36,816+6.1%
9Lafayette, IN35,330+5.4%
10Hammond, IN33,250+3.1%
11Greenwood, IN32,260+5.7%
12Muncie, IN28,117+0.8%
13Westfield, IN26,610+12.4%
14Elkhart, IN25,950+10.2%
15Lawrence, IN25,853+4.5%
16Jeffersonville, IN25,340+6.7%
17Kokomo, IN24,203-0.1%
18Mishawaka, IN23,800+3.1%
19Terre Haute, IN23,498+2.4%
20Anderson, IN22,872+4.4%
21Columbus, IN22,834+1.8%
22Gary, IN21,516+3.1%
23West Lafayette, IN19,875+5.9%
24New Albany, IN17,557+4.4%
25Portage, IN17,156+4.7%
26Plainfield, IN16,701+6.2%
27Merrillville, IN16,274+3.7%
28Valparaiso, IN16,145+4.9%
29Goshen, IN15,854+10%
30Brownsburg, IN15,740+7.9%
31Zionsville, IN15,410+7%
32Crown Point, IN14,883+4.3%
33Richmond, IN14,769+1.6%
34Schererville, IN14,474+4.1%
35Hobart, IN13,956+3.4%
36Michigan City, IN12,616+3.4%
37Greenfield, IN12,168+6.7%
38Franklin, IN11,834+5.4%
39Marion, IN11,494+1.6%
40East Chicago, IN10,033+3.3%

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.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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/indiana-cities?period=2021.

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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/indiana-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Indianapolis, IN, with 428,732 in 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

East Chicago, IN, with 10,033 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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