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Cities in Indiana by unemployed people

Indianapolis, IN had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2016, at 19,493. Zionsville, IN had the lowest, at 460. The median was 1,093. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest19,493Indianapolis, IN
Lowest460Zionsville, IN
Median1,09339 cities

All cities, 2016

Indianapolis, IN: 19,493 personsIndianapolis, IN19,493Fort Wayne, IN: 5,468 personsFort Wayne, IN5,468Evansville, IN: 2,557 personsEvansville, IN2,557South Bend, IN: 2,429 personsSouth Bend, IN2,429Gary, IN: 2,351 personsGary, IN2,351Hammond, IN: 2,315 personsHammond, IN2,315Bloomington, IN: 1,719 personsBloomington, IN1,719Muncie, IN: 1,714 personsMuncie, IN1,714Carmel, IN: 1,568 personsCarmel, IN1,568Fishers, IN: 1,549 personsFishers, IN1,549Lafayette, IN: 1,505 personsLafayette, IN1,505Terre Haute, IN: 1,434 personsTerre Haute, IN1,434Anderson, IN: 1,350 personsAnderson, IN1,350Kokomo, IN: 1,291 personsKokomo, IN1,291Merrillville, IN: 1,135 personsMerrillville, IN1,135Noblesville, IN: 1,133 personsNoblesville, IN1,133Greenwood, IN: 1,118 personsGreenwood, IN1,118Portage, IN: 1,104 personsPortage, IN1,104Mishawaka, IN: 1,100 personsMishawaka, IN1,100Lawrence, IN: 1,093 personsLawrence, IN1,093Elkhart, IN: 1,060 personsElkhart, IN1,060Hobart, IN: 1,022 personsHobart, IN1,022Jeffersonville, IN: 988 personsJeffersonville, IN988East Chicago, IN: 885 personsEast Chicago, IN885Columbus, IN: 880 personsColumbus, IN880Michigan City, IN: 862 personsMichigan City, IN862New Albany, IN: 861 personsNew Albany, IN861Crown Point, IN: 828 personsCrown Point, IN828Schererville, IN: 785 personsSchererville, IN785Richmond, IN: 762 personsRichmond, IN762Valparaiso, IN: 761 personsValparaiso, IN761Marion, IN: 689 personsMarion, IN689West Lafayette, IN: 671 personsWest Lafayette, IN671Westfield, IN: 629 personsWestfield, IN629Goshen, IN: 590 personsGoshen, IN590Plainfield, IN: 563 personsPlainfield, IN563Brownsburg, IN: 484 personsBrownsburg, IN484Franklin, IN: 478 personsFranklin, IN478Zionsville, IN: 460 personsZionsville, IN460Indianapolis, IN: 19,493 personsIndianapolis, IN19,493Fort Wayne, IN: 5,468 personsFort Wayne, IN5,468Evansville, IN: 2,557 personsEvansville, IN2,557South Bend, IN: 2,429 personsSouth Bend, IN2,429Gary, IN: 2,351 personsGary, IN2,351Hammond, IN: 2,315 personsHammond, IN2,315Bloomington, IN: 1,719 personsBloomington, IN1,719Muncie, IN: 1,714 personsMuncie, IN1,714Carmel, IN: 1,568 personsCarmel, IN1,568Fishers, IN: 1,549 personsFishers, IN1,549Lafayette, IN: 1,505 personsLafayette, IN1,505Terre Haute, IN: 1,434 personsTerre Haute, IN1,434Anderson, IN: 1,350 personsAnderson, IN1,350Kokomo, IN: 1,291 personsKokomo, IN1,291Merrillville, IN: 1,135 personsMerrillville, IN1,135Noblesville, IN: 1,133 personsNoblesville, IN1,133Greenwood, IN: 1,118 personsGreenwood, IN1,118Portage, IN: 1,104 personsPortage, IN1,104Mishawaka, IN: 1,100 personsMishawaka, IN1,100Lawrence, IN: 1,093 personsLawrence, IN1,093Elkhart, IN: 1,060 personsElkhart, IN1,060Hobart, IN: 1,022 personsHobart, IN1,022Jeffersonville, IN: 988 personsJeffersonville, IN988East Chicago, IN: 885 personsEast Chicago, IN885Columbus, IN: 880 personsColumbus, IN880Michigan City, IN: 862 personsMichigan City, IN862New Albany, IN: 861 personsNew Albany, IN861Crown Point, IN: 828 personsCrown Point, IN828Schererville, IN: 785 personsSchererville, IN785Richmond, IN: 762 personsRichmond, IN762Valparaiso, IN: 761 personsValparaiso, IN761Marion, IN: 689 personsMarion, IN689West Lafayette, IN: 671 personsWest Lafayette, IN671Westfield, IN: 629 personsWestfield, IN629Goshen, IN: 590 personsGoshen, IN590Plainfield, IN: 563 personsPlainfield, IN563Brownsburg, IN: 484 personsBrownsburg, IN484Franklin, IN: 478 personsFranklin, IN478Zionsville, IN: 460 personsZionsville, IN460
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Indianapolis, IN19,493-9.9%
2Fort Wayne, IN5,468-8.5%
3Evansville, IN2,557-4.2%
4South Bend, IN2,429-8%
5Gary, IN2,351-12.6%
6Hammond, IN2,315-5.4%
7Bloomington, IN1,719-12.3%
8Muncie, IN1,714-10.6%
9Carmel, IN1,568+1.4%
10Fishers, IN1,549-0.4%
11Lafayette, IN1,505-6.1%
12Terre Haute, IN1,434-13.7%
13Anderson, IN1,350-7.3%
14Kokomo, IN1,291+5%
15Merrillville, IN1,135-2.9%
16Noblesville, IN1,133+2.3%
17Greenwood, IN1,118-7.9%
18Portage, IN1,104-1.6%
19Mishawaka, IN1,100-4.9%
20Lawrence, IN1,093-6.2%
21Elkhart, IN1,060-10.9%
22Hobart, IN1,022-9.1%
23Jeffersonville, IN988+6.2%
24East Chicago, IN885-3.4%
25Columbus, IN880-0.7%
26Michigan City, IN862-5.8%
27New Albany, IN861-2.7%
28Crown Point, IN828-1.5%
29Schererville, IN785-1.5%
30Richmond, IN762-11.8%
31Valparaiso, IN761-5.5%
32Marion, IN689-18.1%
33West Lafayette, IN671-11%
34Westfield, IN629+1.9%
35Goshen, IN590-2.6%
36Plainfield, IN563-11.3%
37Brownsburg, IN484+1.5%
38Franklin, IN478-12.1%
39Zionsville, IN460+12.2%

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 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Indianapolis, IN, with 19,493 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Zionsville, IN, with 460 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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