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Cities in Indiana by employed residents

Indianapolis, IN had the highest employed residents of 40 cities in 2022, at 438,624. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 10,211. The median was 23,464. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest438,624Indianapolis, IN
Lowest10,211East Chicago, IN
Median23,46440 cities

All cities, 2022

Indianapolis, IN: 438,624 personsIndianapolis, IN438,624Fort Wayne, IN: 129,353 personsFort Wayne, IN129,353Fishers, IN: 54,893 personsFishers, IN54,893Evansville, IN: 54,672 personsEvansville, IN54,672Carmel, IN: 53,916 personsCarmel, IN53,916South Bend, IN: 45,796 personsSouth Bend, IN45,796Bloomington, IN: 40,456 personsBloomington, IN40,456Noblesville, IN: 38,546 personsNoblesville, IN38,546Lafayette, IN: 36,877 personsLafayette, IN36,877Hammond, IN: 33,867 personsHammond, IN33,867Greenwood, IN: 33,227 personsGreenwood, IN33,227Westfield, IN: 29,326 personsWestfield, IN29,326Muncie, IN: 28,237 personsMuncie, IN28,237Elkhart, IN: 26,422 personsElkhart, IN26,422Lawrence, IN: 26,409 personsLawrence, IN26,409Jeffersonville, IN: 26,148 personsJeffersonville, IN26,148Mishawaka, IN: 24,190 personsMishawaka, IN24,190Terre Haute, IN: 23,789 personsTerre Haute, IN23,789Kokomo, IN: 23,743 personsKokomo, IN23,743Columbus, IN: 23,502 personsColumbus, IN23,502Anderson, IN: 23,425 personsAnderson, IN23,425Gary, IN: 21,918 personsGary, IN21,918West Lafayette, IN: 20,574 personsWest Lafayette, IN20,574New Albany, IN: 17,819 personsNew Albany, IN17,819Portage, IN: 17,648 personsPortage, IN17,648Plainfield, IN: 17,383 personsPlainfield, IN17,383Brownsburg, IN: 16,691 personsBrownsburg, IN16,691Merrillville, IN: 16,625 personsMerrillville, IN16,625Valparaiso, IN: 16,618 personsValparaiso, IN16,618Goshen, IN: 16,128 personsGoshen, IN16,128Zionsville, IN: 15,934 personsZionsville, IN15,934Crown Point, IN: 15,458 personsCrown Point, IN15,458Richmond, IN: 14,980 personsRichmond, IN14,980Schererville, IN: 14,836 personsSchererville, IN14,836Hobart, IN: 14,264 personsHobart, IN14,264Michigan City, IN: 12,872 personsMichigan City, IN12,872Greenfield, IN: 12,757 personsGreenfield, IN12,757Franklin, IN: 12,131 personsFranklin, IN12,131Marion, IN: 11,633 personsMarion, IN11,633East Chicago, IN: 10,211 personsEast Chicago, IN10,211Indianapolis, IN: 438,624 personsIndianapolis, IN438,624Fort Wayne, IN: 129,353 personsFort Wayne, IN129,353Fishers, IN: 54,893 personsFishers, IN54,893Evansville, IN: 54,672 personsEvansville, IN54,672Carmel, IN: 53,916 personsCarmel, IN53,916South Bend, IN: 45,796 personsSouth Bend, IN45,796Bloomington, IN: 40,456 personsBloomington, IN40,456Noblesville, IN: 38,546 personsNoblesville, IN38,546Lafayette, IN: 36,877 personsLafayette, IN36,877Hammond, IN: 33,867 personsHammond, IN33,867Greenwood, IN: 33,227 personsGreenwood, IN33,227Westfield, IN: 29,326 personsWestfield, IN29,326Muncie, IN: 28,237 personsMuncie, IN28,237Elkhart, IN: 26,422 personsElkhart, IN26,422Lawrence, IN: 26,409 personsLawrence, IN26,409Jeffersonville, IN: 26,148 personsJeffersonville, IN26,148Mishawaka, IN: 24,190 personsMishawaka, IN24,190Terre Haute, IN: 23,789 personsTerre Haute, IN23,789Kokomo, IN: 23,743 personsKokomo, IN23,743Columbus, IN: 23,502 personsColumbus, IN23,502Anderson, IN: 23,425 personsAnderson, IN23,425Gary, IN: 21,918 personsGary, IN21,918West Lafayette, IN: 20,574 personsWest Lafayette, IN20,574New Albany, IN: 17,819 personsNew Albany, IN17,819Portage, IN: 17,648 personsPortage, IN17,648Plainfield, IN: 17,383 personsPlainfield, IN17,383Brownsburg, IN: 16,691 personsBrownsburg, IN16,691Merrillville, IN: 16,625 personsMerrillville, IN16,625Valparaiso, IN: 16,618 personsValparaiso, IN16,618Goshen, IN: 16,128 personsGoshen, IN16,128Zionsville, IN: 15,934 personsZionsville, IN15,934Crown Point, IN: 15,458 personsCrown Point, IN15,458Richmond, IN: 14,980 personsRichmond, IN14,980Schererville, IN: 14,836 personsSchererville, IN14,836Hobart, IN: 14,264 personsHobart, IN14,264Michigan City, IN: 12,872 personsMichigan City, IN12,872Greenfield, IN: 12,757 personsGreenfield, IN12,757Franklin, IN: 12,131 personsFranklin, IN12,131Marion, IN: 11,633 personsMarion, IN11,633East Chicago, IN: 10,211 personsEast Chicago, IN10,211
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Indianapolis, IN438,624+2.3%
2Fort Wayne, IN129,353+3.1%
3Fishers, IN54,893+3.1%
4Evansville, IN54,672+0.7%
5Carmel, IN53,916+3.4%
6South Bend, IN45,796+1.7%
7Bloomington, IN40,456+2.8%
8Noblesville, IN38,546+4.7%
9Lafayette, IN36,877+4.4%
10Hammond, IN33,867+1.9%
11Greenwood, IN33,227+3%
12Westfield, IN29,326+10.2%
13Muncie, IN28,237+0.4%
14Elkhart, IN26,422+1.8%
15Lawrence, IN26,409+2.2%
16Jeffersonville, IN26,148+3.2%
17Mishawaka, IN24,190+1.6%
18Terre Haute, IN23,789+1.2%
19Kokomo, IN23,743-1.9%
20Columbus, IN23,502+2.9%
21Anderson, IN23,425+2.4%
22Gary, IN21,918+1.9%
23West Lafayette, IN20,574+3.5%
24New Albany, IN17,819+1.5%
25Portage, IN17,648+2.9%
26Plainfield, IN17,383+4.1%
27Brownsburg, IN16,691+6%
28Merrillville, IN16,625+2.2%
29Valparaiso, IN16,618+2.9%
30Goshen, IN16,128+1.7%
31Zionsville, IN15,934+3.4%
32Crown Point, IN15,458+3.9%
33Richmond, IN14,980+1.4%
34Schererville, IN14,836+2.5%
35Hobart, IN14,264+2.2%
36Michigan City, IN12,872+2%
37Greenfield, IN12,757+4.8%
38Franklin, IN12,131+2.5%
39Marion, IN11,633+1.2%
40East Chicago, IN10,211+1.8%

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Indianapolis, IN, with 438,624 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

East Chicago, IN, with 10,211 in 2022.

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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