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Cities in Indiana by unemployed people

Indianapolis, IN had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2017, at 15,886. Franklin, IN had the lowest, at 373. The median was 850. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest15,886Indianapolis, IN
Lowest373Franklin, IN
Median85039 cities

All cities, 2017

Indianapolis, IN: 15,886 personsIndianapolis, IN15,886Fort Wayne, IN: 4,291 personsFort Wayne, IN4,291Evansville, IN: 2,049 personsEvansville, IN2,049Gary, IN: 1,936 personsGary, IN1,936Hammond, IN: 1,904 personsHammond, IN1,904South Bend, IN: 1,892 personsSouth Bend, IN1,892Muncie, IN: 1,394 personsMuncie, IN1,394Fishers, IN: 1,385 personsFishers, IN1,385Bloomington, IN: 1,375 personsBloomington, IN1,375Carmel, IN: 1,369 personsCarmel, IN1,369Lafayette, IN: 1,212 personsLafayette, IN1,212Terre Haute, IN: 1,119 personsTerre Haute, IN1,119Kokomo, IN: 1,067 personsKokomo, IN1,067Anderson, IN: 1,042 personsAnderson, IN1,042Noblesville, IN: 1,010 personsNoblesville, IN1,010Greenwood, IN: 956 personsGreenwood, IN956Merrillville, IN: 907 personsMerrillville, IN907Lawrence, IN: 905 personsLawrence, IN905Mishawaka, IN: 878 personsMishawaka, IN878Portage, IN: 850 personsPortage, IN850Jeffersonville, IN: 841 personsJeffersonville, IN841Hobart, IN: 791 personsHobart, IN791Elkhart, IN: 785 personsElkhart, IN785Columbus, IN: 706 personsColumbus, IN706East Chicago, IN: 694 personsEast Chicago, IN694New Albany, IN: 680 personsNew Albany, IN680Crown Point, IN: 678 personsCrown Point, IN678Michigan City, IN: 636 personsMichigan City, IN636Valparaiso, IN: 634 personsValparaiso, IN634Richmond, IN: 615 personsRichmond, IN615Schererville, IN: 610 personsSchererville, IN610Westfield, IN: 568 personsWestfield, IN568Marion, IN: 555 personsMarion, IN555West Lafayette, IN: 545 personsWest Lafayette, IN545Plainfield, IN: 477 personsPlainfield, IN477Goshen, IN: 447 personsGoshen, IN447Brownsburg, IN: 414 personsBrownsburg, IN414Zionsville, IN: 390 personsZionsville, IN390Franklin, IN: 373 personsFranklin, IN373Indianapolis, IN: 15,886 personsIndianapolis, IN15,886Fort Wayne, IN: 4,291 personsFort Wayne, IN4,291Evansville, IN: 2,049 personsEvansville, IN2,049Gary, IN: 1,936 personsGary, IN1,936Hammond, IN: 1,904 personsHammond, IN1,904South Bend, IN: 1,892 personsSouth Bend, IN1,892Muncie, IN: 1,394 personsMuncie, IN1,394Fishers, IN: 1,385 personsFishers, IN1,385Bloomington, IN: 1,375 personsBloomington, IN1,375Carmel, IN: 1,369 personsCarmel, IN1,369Lafayette, IN: 1,212 personsLafayette, IN1,212Terre Haute, IN: 1,119 personsTerre Haute, IN1,119Kokomo, IN: 1,067 personsKokomo, IN1,067Anderson, IN: 1,042 personsAnderson, IN1,042Noblesville, IN: 1,010 personsNoblesville, IN1,010Greenwood, IN: 956 personsGreenwood, IN956Merrillville, IN: 907 personsMerrillville, IN907Lawrence, IN: 905 personsLawrence, IN905Mishawaka, IN: 878 personsMishawaka, IN878Portage, IN: 850 personsPortage, IN850Jeffersonville, IN: 841 personsJeffersonville, IN841Hobart, IN: 791 personsHobart, IN791Elkhart, IN: 785 personsElkhart, IN785Columbus, IN: 706 personsColumbus, IN706East Chicago, IN: 694 personsEast Chicago, IN694New Albany, IN: 680 personsNew Albany, IN680Crown Point, IN: 678 personsCrown Point, IN678Michigan City, IN: 636 personsMichigan City, IN636Valparaiso, IN: 634 personsValparaiso, IN634Richmond, IN: 615 personsRichmond, IN615Schererville, IN: 610 personsSchererville, IN610Westfield, IN: 568 personsWestfield, IN568Marion, IN: 555 personsMarion, IN555West Lafayette, IN: 545 personsWest Lafayette, IN545Plainfield, IN: 477 personsPlainfield, IN477Goshen, IN: 447 personsGoshen, IN447Brownsburg, IN: 414 personsBrownsburg, IN414Zionsville, IN: 390 personsZionsville, IN390Franklin, IN: 373 personsFranklin, IN373
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Indianapolis, IN15,886-18.5%
2Fort Wayne, IN4,291-21.5%
3Evansville, IN2,049-19.9%
4Gary, IN1,936-17.7%
5Hammond, IN1,904-17.8%
6South Bend, IN1,892-22.1%
7Muncie, IN1,394-18.7%
8Fishers, IN1,385-10.6%
9Bloomington, IN1,375-20%
10Carmel, IN1,369-12.7%
11Lafayette, IN1,212-19.5%
12Terre Haute, IN1,119-22%
13Kokomo, IN1,067-17.4%
14Anderson, IN1,042-22.8%
15Noblesville, IN1,010-10.9%
16Greenwood, IN956-14.5%
17Merrillville, IN907-20.1%
18Lawrence, IN905-17.2%
19Mishawaka, IN878-20.2%
20Portage, IN850-23%
21Jeffersonville, IN841-14.9%
22Hobart, IN791-22.6%
23Elkhart, IN785-25.9%
24Columbus, IN706-19.8%
25East Chicago, IN694-21.6%
26New Albany, IN680-21%
27Crown Point, IN678-18.1%
28Michigan City, IN636-26.2%
29Valparaiso, IN634-16.7%
30Richmond, IN615-19.3%
31Schererville, IN610-22.3%
32Westfield, IN568-9.7%
33Marion, IN555-19.4%
34West Lafayette, IN545-18.8%
35Plainfield, IN477-15.3%
36Goshen, IN447-24.2%
37Brownsburg, IN414-14.5%
38Zionsville, IN390-15.2%
39Franklin, IN373-22%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Indianapolis, IN, with 15,886 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Franklin, IN, with 373 in 2017.

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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 2017 and are not ranked.

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