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Cities in Indiana by employed residents

Indianapolis, IN had the highest employed residents of 40 cities in 2023, at 441,914. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 10,241. The median was 23,523. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest441,914Indianapolis, IN
Lowest10,241East Chicago, IN
Median23,52340 cities

All cities, 2023

Indianapolis, IN: 441,914 personsIndianapolis, IN441,914Fort Wayne, IN: 130,414 personsFort Wayne, IN130,414Fishers, IN: 56,306 personsFishers, IN56,306Carmel, IN: 54,366 personsCarmel, IN54,366Evansville, IN: 54,322 personsEvansville, IN54,322South Bend, IN: 45,570 personsSouth Bend, IN45,570Bloomington, IN: 40,915 personsBloomington, IN40,915Noblesville, IN: 39,240 personsNoblesville, IN39,240Lafayette, IN: 37,655 personsLafayette, IN37,655Hammond, IN: 33,980 personsHammond, IN33,980Greenwood, IN: 33,939 personsGreenwood, IN33,939Westfield, IN: 31,178 personsWestfield, IN31,178Muncie, IN: 28,301 personsMuncie, IN28,301Lawrence, IN: 26,620 personsLawrence, IN26,620Jeffersonville, IN: 26,297 personsJeffersonville, IN26,297Elkhart, IN: 24,450 personsElkhart, IN24,450Mishawaka, IN: 23,973 personsMishawaka, IN23,973Terre Haute, IN: 23,764 personsTerre Haute, IN23,764Anderson, IN: 23,703 personsAnderson, IN23,703Columbus, IN: 23,588 personsColumbus, IN23,588Kokomo, IN: 23,458 personsKokomo, IN23,458Gary, IN: 21,998 personsGary, IN21,998West Lafayette, IN: 20,987 personsWest Lafayette, IN20,987Plainfield, IN: 17,933 personsPlainfield, IN17,933Portage, IN: 17,868 personsPortage, IN17,868New Albany, IN: 17,770 personsNew Albany, IN17,770Brownsburg, IN: 17,320 personsBrownsburg, IN17,320Merrillville, IN: 16,817 personsMerrillville, IN16,817Valparaiso, IN: 16,777 personsValparaiso, IN16,777Zionsville, IN: 16,293 personsZionsville, IN16,293Crown Point, IN: 15,745 personsCrown Point, IN15,745Goshen, IN: 15,003 personsGoshen, IN15,003Schererville, IN: 14,955 personsSchererville, IN14,955Richmond, IN: 14,831 personsRichmond, IN14,831Hobart, IN: 14,357 personsHobart, IN14,357Greenfield, IN: 13,422 personsGreenfield, IN13,422Michigan City, IN: 13,017 personsMichigan City, IN13,017Franklin, IN: 12,309 personsFranklin, IN12,309Marion, IN: 11,463 personsMarion, IN11,463East Chicago, IN: 10,241 personsEast Chicago, IN10,241Indianapolis, IN: 441,914 personsIndianapolis, IN441,914Fort Wayne, IN: 130,414 personsFort Wayne, IN130,414Fishers, IN: 56,306 personsFishers, IN56,306Carmel, IN: 54,366 personsCarmel, IN54,366Evansville, IN: 54,322 personsEvansville, IN54,322South Bend, IN: 45,570 personsSouth Bend, IN45,570Bloomington, IN: 40,915 personsBloomington, IN40,915Noblesville, IN: 39,240 personsNoblesville, IN39,240Lafayette, IN: 37,655 personsLafayette, IN37,655Hammond, IN: 33,980 personsHammond, IN33,980Greenwood, IN: 33,939 personsGreenwood, IN33,939Westfield, IN: 31,178 personsWestfield, IN31,178Muncie, IN: 28,301 personsMuncie, IN28,301Lawrence, IN: 26,620 personsLawrence, IN26,620Jeffersonville, IN: 26,297 personsJeffersonville, IN26,297Elkhart, IN: 24,450 personsElkhart, IN24,450Mishawaka, IN: 23,973 personsMishawaka, IN23,973Terre Haute, IN: 23,764 personsTerre Haute, IN23,764Anderson, IN: 23,703 personsAnderson, IN23,703Columbus, IN: 23,588 personsColumbus, IN23,588Kokomo, IN: 23,458 personsKokomo, IN23,458Gary, IN: 21,998 personsGary, IN21,998West Lafayette, IN: 20,987 personsWest Lafayette, IN20,987Plainfield, IN: 17,933 personsPlainfield, IN17,933Portage, IN: 17,868 personsPortage, IN17,868New Albany, IN: 17,770 personsNew Albany, IN17,770Brownsburg, IN: 17,320 personsBrownsburg, IN17,320Merrillville, IN: 16,817 personsMerrillville, IN16,817Valparaiso, IN: 16,777 personsValparaiso, IN16,777Zionsville, IN: 16,293 personsZionsville, IN16,293Crown Point, IN: 15,745 personsCrown Point, IN15,745Goshen, IN: 15,003 personsGoshen, IN15,003Schererville, IN: 14,955 personsSchererville, IN14,955Richmond, IN: 14,831 personsRichmond, IN14,831Hobart, IN: 14,357 personsHobart, IN14,357Greenfield, IN: 13,422 personsGreenfield, IN13,422Michigan City, IN: 13,017 personsMichigan City, IN13,017Franklin, IN: 12,309 personsFranklin, IN12,309Marion, IN: 11,463 personsMarion, IN11,463East Chicago, IN: 10,241 personsEast Chicago, IN10,241
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Indianapolis, IN441,914+0.8%
2Fort Wayne, IN130,414+0.8%
3Fishers, IN56,306+2.6%
4Carmel, IN54,366+0.8%
5Evansville, IN54,322-0.6%
6South Bend, IN45,570-0.5%
7Bloomington, IN40,915+1.1%
8Noblesville, IN39,240+1.8%
9Lafayette, IN37,655+2.1%
10Hammond, IN33,980+0.3%
11Greenwood, IN33,939+2.1%
12Westfield, IN31,178+6.3%
13Muncie, IN28,301+0.2%
14Lawrence, IN26,620+0.8%
15Jeffersonville, IN26,297+0.6%
16Elkhart, IN24,450-7.5%
17Mishawaka, IN23,973-0.9%
18Terre Haute, IN23,764-0.1%
19Anderson, IN23,703+1.2%
20Columbus, IN23,588+0.4%
21Kokomo, IN23,458-1.2%
22Gary, IN21,998+0.4%
23West Lafayette, IN20,987+2%
24Plainfield, IN17,933+3.2%
25Portage, IN17,868+1.2%
26New Albany, IN17,770-0.3%
27Brownsburg, IN17,320+3.8%
28Merrillville, IN16,817+1.2%
29Valparaiso, IN16,777+1%
30Zionsville, IN16,293+2.3%
31Crown Point, IN15,745+1.9%
32Goshen, IN15,003-7%
33Schererville, IN14,955+0.8%
34Richmond, IN14,831-1%
35Hobart, IN14,357+0.7%
36Greenfield, IN13,422+5.2%
37Michigan City, IN13,017+1.1%
38Franklin, IN12,309+1.5%
39Marion, IN11,463-1.5%
40East Chicago, IN10,241+0.3%

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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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, 2023) [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, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/indiana-cities?period=2023.

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

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Indianapolis, IN, with 441,914 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

East Chicago, IN, with 10,241 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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