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Cities in Indiana by unemployed people

Indianapolis, IN had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2018, at 15,644. Franklin, IN had the lowest, at 374. The median was 845. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest15,644Indianapolis, IN
Lowest374Franklin, IN
Median84539 cities

All cities, 2018

Indianapolis, IN: 15,644 personsIndianapolis, IN15,644Fort Wayne, IN: 4,134 personsFort Wayne, IN4,134Evansville, IN: 1,999 personsEvansville, IN1,999South Bend, IN: 1,948 personsSouth Bend, IN1,948Gary, IN: 1,861 personsGary, IN1,861Hammond, IN: 1,820 personsHammond, IN1,820Bloomington, IN: 1,395 personsBloomington, IN1,395Fishers, IN: 1,379 personsFishers, IN1,379Carmel, IN: 1,377 personsCarmel, IN1,377Muncie, IN: 1,304 personsMuncie, IN1,304Terre Haute, IN: 1,166 personsTerre Haute, IN1,166Lafayette, IN: 1,128 personsLafayette, IN1,128Kokomo, IN: 1,126 personsKokomo, IN1,126Noblesville, IN: 1,010 personsNoblesville, IN1,010Anderson, IN: 998 personsAnderson, IN998Greenwood, IN: 959 personsGreenwood, IN959Merrillville, IN: 950 personsMerrillville, IN950Elkhart, IN: 866 personsElkhart, IN866Mishawaka, IN: 864 personsMishawaka, IN864Lawrence, IN: 845 personsLawrence, IN845Portage, IN: 797 personsPortage, IN797Jeffersonville, IN: 767 personsJeffersonville, IN767Hobart, IN: 744 personsHobart, IN744Columbus, IN: 696 personsColumbus, IN696Crown Point, IN: 695 personsCrown Point, IN695New Albany, IN: 662 personsNew Albany, IN662East Chicago, IN: 643 personsEast Chicago, IN643Westfield, IN: 610 personsWestfield, IN610Michigan City, IN: 605 personsMichigan City, IN605Schererville, IN: 600 personsSchererville, IN600Valparaiso, IN: 595 personsValparaiso, IN595Richmond, IN: 586 personsRichmond, IN586West Lafayette, IN: 585 personsWest Lafayette, IN585Marion, IN: 546 personsMarion, IN546Plainfield, IN: 509 personsPlainfield, IN509Goshen, IN: 468 personsGoshen, IN468Brownsburg, IN: 425 personsBrownsburg, IN425Zionsville, IN: 395 personsZionsville, IN395Franklin, IN: 374 personsFranklin, IN374Indianapolis, IN: 15,644 personsIndianapolis, IN15,644Fort Wayne, IN: 4,134 personsFort Wayne, IN4,134Evansville, IN: 1,999 personsEvansville, IN1,999South Bend, IN: 1,948 personsSouth Bend, IN1,948Gary, IN: 1,861 personsGary, IN1,861Hammond, IN: 1,820 personsHammond, IN1,820Bloomington, IN: 1,395 personsBloomington, IN1,395Fishers, IN: 1,379 personsFishers, IN1,379Carmel, IN: 1,377 personsCarmel, IN1,377Muncie, IN: 1,304 personsMuncie, IN1,304Terre Haute, IN: 1,166 personsTerre Haute, IN1,166Lafayette, IN: 1,128 personsLafayette, IN1,128Kokomo, IN: 1,126 personsKokomo, IN1,126Noblesville, IN: 1,010 personsNoblesville, IN1,010Anderson, IN: 998 personsAnderson, IN998Greenwood, IN: 959 personsGreenwood, IN959Merrillville, IN: 950 personsMerrillville, IN950Elkhart, IN: 866 personsElkhart, IN866Mishawaka, IN: 864 personsMishawaka, IN864Lawrence, IN: 845 personsLawrence, IN845Portage, IN: 797 personsPortage, IN797Jeffersonville, IN: 767 personsJeffersonville, IN767Hobart, IN: 744 personsHobart, IN744Columbus, IN: 696 personsColumbus, IN696Crown Point, IN: 695 personsCrown Point, IN695New Albany, IN: 662 personsNew Albany, IN662East Chicago, IN: 643 personsEast Chicago, IN643Westfield, IN: 610 personsWestfield, IN610Michigan City, IN: 605 personsMichigan City, IN605Schererville, IN: 600 personsSchererville, IN600Valparaiso, IN: 595 personsValparaiso, IN595Richmond, IN: 586 personsRichmond, IN586West Lafayette, IN: 585 personsWest Lafayette, IN585Marion, IN: 546 personsMarion, IN546Plainfield, IN: 509 personsPlainfield, IN509Goshen, IN: 468 personsGoshen, IN468Brownsburg, IN: 425 personsBrownsburg, IN425Zionsville, IN: 395 personsZionsville, IN395Franklin, IN: 374 personsFranklin, IN374
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
persons		Change on 2017
1Indianapolis, IN15,644-1.5%
2Fort Wayne, IN4,134-3.7%
3Evansville, IN1,999-2.4%
4South Bend, IN1,948+3%
5Gary, IN1,861-3.9%
6Hammond, IN1,820-4.4%
7Bloomington, IN1,395+1.5%
8Fishers, IN1,379-0.4%
9Carmel, IN1,377+0.6%
10Muncie, IN1,304-6.5%
11Terre Haute, IN1,166+4.2%
12Lafayette, IN1,128-6.9%
13Kokomo, IN1,126+5.5%
14Noblesville, IN1,0100%
15Anderson, IN998-4.2%
16Greenwood, IN959+0.3%
17Merrillville, IN950+4.7%
18Elkhart, IN866+10.3%
19Mishawaka, IN864-1.6%
20Lawrence, IN845-6.6%
21Portage, IN797-6.2%
22Jeffersonville, IN767-8.8%
23Hobart, IN744-5.9%
24Columbus, IN696-1.4%
25Crown Point, IN695+2.5%
26New Albany, IN662-2.6%
27East Chicago, IN643-7.3%
28Westfield, IN610+7.4%
29Michigan City, IN605-4.9%
30Schererville, IN600-1.6%
31Valparaiso, IN595-6.2%
32Richmond, IN586-4.7%
33West Lafayette, IN585+7.3%
34Marion, IN546-1.6%
35Plainfield, IN509+6.7%
36Goshen, IN468+4.7%
37Brownsburg, IN425+2.7%
38Zionsville, IN395+1.3%
39Franklin, IN374+0.3%

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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 2018 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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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, 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Indianapolis, IN, with 15,644 in 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Franklin, IN, with 374 in 2018.

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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 2018 and are not ranked.

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