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Cities in Indiana by unemployed people

Indianapolis, IN had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2015, at 21,638. Zionsville, IN had the lowest, at 410. The median was 1,124. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest21,638Indianapolis, IN
Lowest410Zionsville, IN
Median1,12439 cities

All cities, 2015

Indianapolis, IN: 21,638 personsIndianapolis, IN21,638Fort Wayne, IN: 5,973 personsFort Wayne, IN5,973Gary, IN: 2,690 personsGary, IN2,690Evansville, IN: 2,669 personsEvansville, IN2,669South Bend, IN: 2,641 personsSouth Bend, IN2,641Hammond, IN: 2,447 personsHammond, IN2,447Bloomington, IN: 1,959 personsBloomington, IN1,959Muncie, IN: 1,918 personsMuncie, IN1,918Terre Haute, IN: 1,662 personsTerre Haute, IN1,662Lafayette, IN: 1,602 personsLafayette, IN1,602Fishers, IN: 1,555 personsFishers, IN1,555Carmel, IN: 1,546 personsCarmel, IN1,546Anderson, IN: 1,457 personsAnderson, IN1,457Kokomo, IN: 1,230 personsKokomo, IN1,230Greenwood, IN: 1,214 personsGreenwood, IN1,214Elkhart, IN: 1,190 personsElkhart, IN1,190Merrillville, IN: 1,169 personsMerrillville, IN1,169Lawrence, IN: 1,165 personsLawrence, IN1,165Mishawaka, IN: 1,157 personsMishawaka, IN1,157Hobart, IN: 1,124 personsHobart, IN1,124Portage, IN: 1,122 personsPortage, IN1,122Noblesville, IN: 1,107 personsNoblesville, IN1,107Jeffersonville, IN: 930 personsJeffersonville, IN930East Chicago, IN: 916 personsEast Chicago, IN916Michigan City, IN: 915 personsMichigan City, IN915Columbus, IN: 886 personsColumbus, IN886New Albany, IN: 885 personsNew Albany, IN885Richmond, IN: 864 personsRichmond, IN864Crown Point, IN: 841 personsCrown Point, IN841Marion, IN: 841 personsMarion, IN841Valparaiso, IN: 805 personsValparaiso, IN805Schererville, IN: 797 personsSchererville, IN797West Lafayette, IN: 754 personsWest Lafayette, IN754Plainfield, IN: 635 personsPlainfield, IN635Westfield, IN: 617 personsWestfield, IN617Goshen, IN: 606 personsGoshen, IN606Franklin, IN: 544 personsFranklin, IN544Brownsburg, IN: 477 personsBrownsburg, IN477Zionsville, IN: 410 personsZionsville, IN410Indianapolis, IN: 21,638 personsIndianapolis, IN21,638Fort Wayne, IN: 5,973 personsFort Wayne, IN5,973Gary, IN: 2,690 personsGary, IN2,690Evansville, IN: 2,669 personsEvansville, IN2,669South Bend, IN: 2,641 personsSouth Bend, IN2,641Hammond, IN: 2,447 personsHammond, IN2,447Bloomington, IN: 1,959 personsBloomington, IN1,959Muncie, IN: 1,918 personsMuncie, IN1,918Terre Haute, IN: 1,662 personsTerre Haute, IN1,662Lafayette, IN: 1,602 personsLafayette, IN1,602Fishers, IN: 1,555 personsFishers, IN1,555Carmel, IN: 1,546 personsCarmel, IN1,546Anderson, IN: 1,457 personsAnderson, IN1,457Kokomo, IN: 1,230 personsKokomo, IN1,230Greenwood, IN: 1,214 personsGreenwood, IN1,214Elkhart, IN: 1,190 personsElkhart, IN1,190Merrillville, IN: 1,169 personsMerrillville, IN1,169Lawrence, IN: 1,165 personsLawrence, IN1,165Mishawaka, IN: 1,157 personsMishawaka, IN1,157Hobart, IN: 1,124 personsHobart, IN1,124Portage, IN: 1,122 personsPortage, IN1,122Noblesville, IN: 1,107 personsNoblesville, IN1,107Jeffersonville, IN: 930 personsJeffersonville, IN930East Chicago, IN: 916 personsEast Chicago, IN916Michigan City, IN: 915 personsMichigan City, IN915Columbus, IN: 886 personsColumbus, IN886New Albany, IN: 885 personsNew Albany, IN885Richmond, IN: 864 personsRichmond, IN864Crown Point, IN: 841 personsCrown Point, IN841Marion, IN: 841 personsMarion, IN841Valparaiso, IN: 805 personsValparaiso, IN805Schererville, IN: 797 personsSchererville, IN797West Lafayette, IN: 754 personsWest Lafayette, IN754Plainfield, IN: 635 personsPlainfield, IN635Westfield, IN: 617 personsWestfield, IN617Goshen, IN: 606 personsGoshen, IN606Franklin, IN: 544 personsFranklin, IN544Brownsburg, IN: 477 personsBrownsburg, IN477Zionsville, IN: 410 personsZionsville, IN410
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Indianapolis, IN21,638-21.3%
2Fort Wayne, IN5,973-18.5%
3Gary, IN2,690-14.2%
4Evansville, IN2,669-22.4%
5South Bend, IN2,641-23%
6Hammond, IN2,447-13.2%
7Bloomington, IN1,959-12.4%
8Muncie, IN1,918-15%
9Terre Haute, IN1,662-20.9%
10Lafayette, IN1,602-15.8%
11Fishers, IN1,555-13.7%
12Carmel, IN1,546-12.9%
13Anderson, IN1,457-22.4%
14Kokomo, IN1,230-18.9%
15Greenwood, IN1,214-15.7%
16Elkhart, IN1,190-20.8%
17Merrillville, IN1,169-13.7%
18Lawrence, IN1,165-21.7%
19Mishawaka, IN1,157-26.5%
20Hobart, IN1,124-14.4%
21Portage, IN1,122-15.4%
22Noblesville, IN1,107-17.2%
23Jeffersonville, IN930-15.1%
24East Chicago, IN916-15.8%
25Michigan City, IN915-11.7%
26Columbus, IN886-12%
27New Albany, IN885-17.7%
28Richmond, IN864-20.1%
29Crown Point, IN841-15.1%
29Marion, IN841-21.3%
31Valparaiso, IN805-10.8%
32Schererville, IN797-12.2%
33West Lafayette, IN754+21%
34Plainfield, IN635-14.1%
35Westfield, IN617-10.4%
36Goshen, IN606-22%
37Franklin, IN544-16.8%
38Brownsburg, IN477-13.6%
39Zionsville, IN410-10.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Indiana by unemployed people, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Indiana by unemployed people, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/indiana-cities?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Indiana by unemployed people, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/indiana-cities?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Indiana by unemployed people, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/indiana-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Indianapolis, IN, with 21,638 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Zionsville, IN, with 410 in 2015.

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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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