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Cities in Indiana by unemployed people

Indianapolis, IN had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2019, at 14,821. Franklin, IN had the lowest, at 357. The median was 814. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest14,821Indianapolis, IN
Lowest357Franklin, IN
Median81439 cities

All cities, 2019

Indianapolis, IN: 14,821 personsIndianapolis, IN14,821Fort Wayne, IN: 4,183 personsFort Wayne, IN4,183Evansville, IN: 1,961 personsEvansville, IN1,961South Bend, IN: 1,947 personsSouth Bend, IN1,947Hammond, IN: 1,910 personsHammond, IN1,910Gary, IN: 1,864 personsGary, IN1,864Carmel, IN: 1,394 personsCarmel, IN1,394Bloomington, IN: 1,323 personsBloomington, IN1,323Fishers, IN: 1,297 personsFishers, IN1,297Muncie, IN: 1,251 personsMuncie, IN1,251Terre Haute, IN: 1,188 personsTerre Haute, IN1,188Kokomo, IN: 1,097 personsKokomo, IN1,097Elkhart, IN: 1,048 personsElkhart, IN1,048Lafayette, IN: 1,014 personsLafayette, IN1,014Anderson, IN: 974 personsAnderson, IN974Merrillville, IN: 973 personsMerrillville, IN973Noblesville, IN: 930 personsNoblesville, IN930Mishawaka, IN: 928 personsMishawaka, IN928Greenwood, IN: 913 personsGreenwood, IN913Portage, IN: 814 personsPortage, IN814Lawrence, IN: 810 personsLawrence, IN810Hobart, IN: 805 personsHobart, IN805Jeffersonville, IN: 708 personsJeffersonville, IN708East Chicago, IN: 675 personsEast Chicago, IN675Columbus, IN: 659 personsColumbus, IN659Westfield, IN: 623 personsWestfield, IN623New Albany, IN: 612 personsNew Albany, IN612Michigan City, IN: 600 personsMichigan City, IN600Richmond, IN: 599 personsRichmond, IN599West Lafayette, IN: 583 personsWest Lafayette, IN583Valparaiso, IN: 580 personsValparaiso, IN580Schererville, IN: 575 personsSchererville, IN575Crown Point, IN: 557 personsCrown Point, IN557Goshen, IN: 540 personsGoshen, IN540Marion, IN: 502 personsMarion, IN502Plainfield, IN: 495 personsPlainfield, IN495Brownsburg, IN: 402 personsBrownsburg, IN402Zionsville, IN: 372 personsZionsville, IN372Franklin, IN: 357 personsFranklin, IN357Indianapolis, IN: 14,821 personsIndianapolis, IN14,821Fort Wayne, IN: 4,183 personsFort Wayne, IN4,183Evansville, IN: 1,961 personsEvansville, IN1,961South Bend, IN: 1,947 personsSouth Bend, IN1,947Hammond, IN: 1,910 personsHammond, IN1,910Gary, IN: 1,864 personsGary, IN1,864Carmel, IN: 1,394 personsCarmel, IN1,394Bloomington, IN: 1,323 personsBloomington, IN1,323Fishers, IN: 1,297 personsFishers, IN1,297Muncie, IN: 1,251 personsMuncie, IN1,251Terre Haute, IN: 1,188 personsTerre Haute, IN1,188Kokomo, IN: 1,097 personsKokomo, IN1,097Elkhart, IN: 1,048 personsElkhart, IN1,048Lafayette, IN: 1,014 personsLafayette, IN1,014Anderson, IN: 974 personsAnderson, IN974Merrillville, IN: 973 personsMerrillville, IN973Noblesville, IN: 930 personsNoblesville, IN930Mishawaka, IN: 928 personsMishawaka, IN928Greenwood, IN: 913 personsGreenwood, IN913Portage, IN: 814 personsPortage, IN814Lawrence, IN: 810 personsLawrence, IN810Hobart, IN: 805 personsHobart, IN805Jeffersonville, IN: 708 personsJeffersonville, IN708East Chicago, IN: 675 personsEast Chicago, IN675Columbus, IN: 659 personsColumbus, IN659Westfield, IN: 623 personsWestfield, IN623New Albany, IN: 612 personsNew Albany, IN612Michigan City, IN: 600 personsMichigan City, IN600Richmond, IN: 599 personsRichmond, IN599West Lafayette, IN: 583 personsWest Lafayette, IN583Valparaiso, IN: 580 personsValparaiso, IN580Schererville, IN: 575 personsSchererville, IN575Crown Point, IN: 557 personsCrown Point, IN557Goshen, IN: 540 personsGoshen, IN540Marion, IN: 502 personsMarion, IN502Plainfield, IN: 495 personsPlainfield, IN495Brownsburg, IN: 402 personsBrownsburg, IN402Zionsville, IN: 372 personsZionsville, IN372Franklin, IN: 357 personsFranklin, IN357
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Indianapolis, IN14,821-5.3%
2Fort Wayne, IN4,183+1.2%
3Evansville, IN1,961-1.9%
4South Bend, IN1,947-0.1%
5Hammond, IN1,910+4.9%
6Gary, IN1,864+0.2%
7Carmel, IN1,394+1.2%
8Bloomington, IN1,323-5.2%
9Fishers, IN1,297-5.9%
10Muncie, IN1,251-4.1%
11Terre Haute, IN1,188+1.9%
12Kokomo, IN1,097-2.6%
13Elkhart, IN1,048+21%
14Lafayette, IN1,014-10.1%
15Anderson, IN974-2.4%
16Merrillville, IN973+2.4%
17Noblesville, IN930-7.9%
18Mishawaka, IN928+7.4%
19Greenwood, IN913-4.8%
20Portage, IN814+2.1%
21Lawrence, IN810-4.1%
22Hobart, IN805+8.2%
23Jeffersonville, IN708-7.7%
24East Chicago, IN675+5%
25Columbus, IN659-5.3%
26Westfield, IN623+2.1%
27New Albany, IN612-7.6%
28Michigan City, IN600-0.8%
29Richmond, IN599+2.2%
30West Lafayette, IN583-0.3%
31Valparaiso, IN580-2.5%
32Schererville, IN575-4.2%
33Crown Point, IN557-19.9%
34Goshen, IN540+15.4%
35Marion, IN502-8.1%
36Plainfield, IN495-2.8%
37Brownsburg, IN402-5.4%
38Zionsville, IN372-5.8%
39Franklin, IN357-4.5%

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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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Indianapolis, IN, with 14,821 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Franklin, IN, with 357 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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