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Cities in Indiana by employed residents

Indianapolis, IN had the highest employed residents of 40 cities in 2024, at 446,601. East Chicago, IN had the lowest, at 10,270. The median was 23,581. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest446,601Indianapolis, IN
Lowest10,270East Chicago, IN
Median23,58140 cities

All cities, 2024

Indianapolis, IN: 446,601 personsIndianapolis, IN446,601Fort Wayne, IN: 131,404 personsFort Wayne, IN131,404Fishers, IN: 56,336 personsFishers, IN56,336Carmel, IN: 55,149 personsCarmel, IN55,149Evansville, IN: 54,152 personsEvansville, IN54,152South Bend, IN: 44,983 personsSouth Bend, IN44,983Bloomington, IN: 40,850 personsBloomington, IN40,850Noblesville, IN: 40,002 personsNoblesville, IN40,002Lafayette, IN: 37,381 personsLafayette, IN37,381Greenwood, IN: 34,952 personsGreenwood, IN34,952Westfield, IN: 34,098 personsWestfield, IN34,098Hammond, IN: 34,086 personsHammond, IN34,086Muncie, IN: 28,518 personsMuncie, IN28,518Jeffersonville, IN: 27,087 personsJeffersonville, IN27,087Lawrence, IN: 26,861 personsLawrence, IN26,861Anderson, IN: 23,998 personsAnderson, IN23,998Terre Haute, IN: 23,929 personsTerre Haute, IN23,929Kokomo, IN: 23,823 personsKokomo, IN23,823Elkhart, IN: 23,701 personsElkhart, IN23,701Mishawaka, IN: 23,671 personsMishawaka, IN23,671Columbus, IN: 23,490 personsColumbus, IN23,490Gary, IN: 22,076 personsGary, IN22,076West Lafayette, IN: 21,412 personsWest Lafayette, IN21,412Plainfield, IN: 18,314 personsPlainfield, IN18,314Portage, IN: 17,995 personsPortage, IN17,995Brownsburg, IN: 17,977 personsBrownsburg, IN17,977New Albany, IN: 17,897 personsNew Albany, IN17,897Merrillville, IN: 17,203 personsMerrillville, IN17,203Valparaiso, IN: 17,078 personsValparaiso, IN17,078Zionsville, IN: 16,662 personsZionsville, IN16,662Crown Point, IN: 15,930 personsCrown Point, IN15,930Schererville, IN: 15,097 personsSchererville, IN15,097Richmond, IN: 14,982 personsRichmond, IN14,982Goshen, IN: 14,544 personsGoshen, IN14,544Hobart, IN: 14,440 personsHobart, IN14,440Greenfield, IN: 13,671 personsGreenfield, IN13,671Michigan City, IN: 12,965 personsMichigan City, IN12,965Franklin, IN: 12,439 personsFranklin, IN12,439Marion, IN: 11,602 personsMarion, IN11,602East Chicago, IN: 10,270 personsEast Chicago, IN10,270Indianapolis, IN: 446,601 personsIndianapolis, IN446,601Fort Wayne, IN: 131,404 personsFort Wayne, IN131,404Fishers, IN: 56,336 personsFishers, IN56,336Carmel, IN: 55,149 personsCarmel, IN55,149Evansville, IN: 54,152 personsEvansville, IN54,152South Bend, IN: 44,983 personsSouth Bend, IN44,983Bloomington, IN: 40,850 personsBloomington, IN40,850Noblesville, IN: 40,002 personsNoblesville, IN40,002Lafayette, IN: 37,381 personsLafayette, IN37,381Greenwood, IN: 34,952 personsGreenwood, IN34,952Westfield, IN: 34,098 personsWestfield, IN34,098Hammond, IN: 34,086 personsHammond, IN34,086Muncie, IN: 28,518 personsMuncie, IN28,518Jeffersonville, IN: 27,087 personsJeffersonville, IN27,087Lawrence, IN: 26,861 personsLawrence, IN26,861Anderson, IN: 23,998 personsAnderson, IN23,998Terre Haute, IN: 23,929 personsTerre Haute, IN23,929Kokomo, IN: 23,823 personsKokomo, IN23,823Elkhart, IN: 23,701 personsElkhart, IN23,701Mishawaka, IN: 23,671 personsMishawaka, IN23,671Columbus, IN: 23,490 personsColumbus, IN23,490Gary, IN: 22,076 personsGary, IN22,076West Lafayette, IN: 21,412 personsWest Lafayette, IN21,412Plainfield, IN: 18,314 personsPlainfield, IN18,314Portage, IN: 17,995 personsPortage, IN17,995Brownsburg, IN: 17,977 personsBrownsburg, IN17,977New Albany, IN: 17,897 personsNew Albany, IN17,897Merrillville, IN: 17,203 personsMerrillville, IN17,203Valparaiso, IN: 17,078 personsValparaiso, IN17,078Zionsville, IN: 16,662 personsZionsville, IN16,662Crown Point, IN: 15,930 personsCrown Point, IN15,930Schererville, IN: 15,097 personsSchererville, IN15,097Richmond, IN: 14,982 personsRichmond, IN14,982Goshen, IN: 14,544 personsGoshen, IN14,544Hobart, IN: 14,440 personsHobart, IN14,440Greenfield, IN: 13,671 personsGreenfield, IN13,671Michigan City, IN: 12,965 personsMichigan City, IN12,965Franklin, IN: 12,439 personsFranklin, IN12,439Marion, IN: 11,602 personsMarion, IN11,602East Chicago, IN: 10,270 personsEast Chicago, IN10,270
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Indianapolis, IN446,601+1.1%
2Fort Wayne, IN131,404+0.8%
3Fishers, IN56,336+0.1%
4Carmel, IN55,149+1.4%
5Evansville, IN54,152-0.3%
6South Bend, IN44,983-1.3%
7Bloomington, IN40,850-0.2%
8Noblesville, IN40,002+1.9%
9Lafayette, IN37,381-0.7%
10Greenwood, IN34,952+3%
11Westfield, IN34,098+9.4%
12Hammond, IN34,086+0.3%
13Muncie, IN28,518+0.8%
14Jeffersonville, IN27,087+3%
15Lawrence, IN26,861+0.9%
16Anderson, IN23,998+1.2%
17Terre Haute, IN23,929+0.7%
18Kokomo, IN23,823+1.6%
19Elkhart, IN23,701-3.1%
20Mishawaka, IN23,671-1.3%
21Columbus, IN23,490-0.4%
22Gary, IN22,076+0.4%
23West Lafayette, IN21,412+2%
24Plainfield, IN18,314+2.1%
25Portage, IN17,995+0.7%
26Brownsburg, IN17,977+3.8%
27New Albany, IN17,897+0.7%
28Merrillville, IN17,203+2.3%
29Valparaiso, IN17,078+1.8%
30Zionsville, IN16,662+2.3%
31Crown Point, IN15,930+1.2%
32Schererville, IN15,097+0.9%
33Richmond, IN14,982+1%
34Goshen, IN14,544-3.1%
35Hobart, IN14,440+0.6%
36Greenfield, IN13,671+1.9%
37Michigan City, IN12,965-0.4%
38Franklin, IN12,439+1.1%
39Marion, IN11,602+1.2%
40East Chicago, IN10,270+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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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, 2024) [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, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in Indiana by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/indiana-cities?period=2024.

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

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Indianapolis, IN, with 446,601 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

East Chicago, IN, with 10,270 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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