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Cities in Indiana by unemployed people

Indianapolis, IN had the highest unemployed people of 40 cities in 2022, at 14,945. Zionsville, IN had the lowest, at 311. The median was 794. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest14,945Indianapolis, IN
Lowest311Zionsville, IN
Median79440 cities

All cities, 2022

Indianapolis, IN: 14,945 personsIndianapolis, IN14,945Fort Wayne, IN: 4,081 personsFort Wayne, IN4,081Gary, IN: 2,103 personsGary, IN2,103South Bend, IN: 1,981 personsSouth Bend, IN1,981Evansville, IN: 1,960 personsEvansville, IN1,960Hammond, IN: 1,679 personsHammond, IN1,679Kokomo, IN: 1,280 personsKokomo, IN1,280Fishers, IN: 1,232 personsFishers, IN1,232Lafayette, IN: 1,220 personsLafayette, IN1,220Carmel, IN: 1,159 personsCarmel, IN1,159Bloomington, IN: 1,117 personsBloomington, IN1,117Muncie, IN: 1,091 personsMuncie, IN1,091Elkhart, IN: 950 personsElkhart, IN950Anderson, IN: 944 personsAnderson, IN944Noblesville, IN: 925 personsNoblesville, IN925Merrillville, IN: 901 personsMerrillville, IN901Terre Haute, IN: 895 personsTerre Haute, IN895Greenwood, IN: 877 personsGreenwood, IN877Mishawaka, IN: 854 personsMishawaka, IN854Lawrence, IN: 832 personsLawrence, IN832Portage, IN: 756 personsPortage, IN756Jeffersonville, IN: 731 personsJeffersonville, IN731Hobart, IN: 702 personsHobart, IN702East Chicago, IN: 681 personsEast Chicago, IN681Columbus, IN: 637 personsColumbus, IN637Westfield, IN: 617 personsWestfield, IN617New Albany, IN: 577 personsNew Albany, IN577Crown Point, IN: 567 personsCrown Point, IN567Schererville, IN: 550 personsSchererville, IN550Michigan City, IN: 549 personsMichigan City, IN549Valparaiso, IN: 517 personsValparaiso, IN517Richmond, IN: 498 personsRichmond, IN498West Lafayette, IN: 498 personsWest Lafayette, IN498Plainfield, IN: 492 personsPlainfield, IN492Goshen, IN: 487 personsGoshen, IN487Marion, IN: 473 personsMarion, IN473Brownsburg, IN: 383 personsBrownsburg, IN383Greenfield, IN: 354 personsGreenfield, IN354Franklin, IN: 339 personsFranklin, IN339Zionsville, IN: 311 personsZionsville, IN311Indianapolis, IN: 14,945 personsIndianapolis, IN14,945Fort Wayne, IN: 4,081 personsFort Wayne, IN4,081Gary, IN: 2,103 personsGary, IN2,103South Bend, IN: 1,981 personsSouth Bend, IN1,981Evansville, IN: 1,960 personsEvansville, IN1,960Hammond, IN: 1,679 personsHammond, IN1,679Kokomo, IN: 1,280 personsKokomo, IN1,280Fishers, IN: 1,232 personsFishers, IN1,232Lafayette, IN: 1,220 personsLafayette, IN1,220Carmel, IN: 1,159 personsCarmel, IN1,159Bloomington, IN: 1,117 personsBloomington, IN1,117Muncie, IN: 1,091 personsMuncie, IN1,091Elkhart, IN: 950 personsElkhart, IN950Anderson, IN: 944 personsAnderson, IN944Noblesville, IN: 925 personsNoblesville, IN925Merrillville, IN: 901 personsMerrillville, IN901Terre Haute, IN: 895 personsTerre Haute, IN895Greenwood, IN: 877 personsGreenwood, IN877Mishawaka, IN: 854 personsMishawaka, IN854Lawrence, IN: 832 personsLawrence, IN832Portage, IN: 756 personsPortage, IN756Jeffersonville, IN: 731 personsJeffersonville, IN731Hobart, IN: 702 personsHobart, IN702East Chicago, IN: 681 personsEast Chicago, IN681Columbus, IN: 637 personsColumbus, IN637Westfield, IN: 617 personsWestfield, IN617New Albany, IN: 577 personsNew Albany, IN577Crown Point, IN: 567 personsCrown Point, IN567Schererville, IN: 550 personsSchererville, IN550Michigan City, IN: 549 personsMichigan City, IN549Valparaiso, IN: 517 personsValparaiso, IN517Richmond, IN: 498 personsRichmond, IN498West Lafayette, IN: 498 personsWest Lafayette, IN498Plainfield, IN: 492 personsPlainfield, IN492Goshen, IN: 487 personsGoshen, IN487Marion, IN: 473 personsMarion, IN473Brownsburg, IN: 383 personsBrownsburg, IN383Greenfield, IN: 354 personsGreenfield, IN354Franklin, IN: 339 personsFranklin, IN339Zionsville, IN: 311 personsZionsville, IN311
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Indianapolis, IN14,945-32.9%
2Fort Wayne, IN4,081-28.6%
3Gary, IN2,103-40.6%
4South Bend, IN1,981-34.1%
5Evansville, IN1,960-27.8%
6Hammond, IN1,679-35.1%
7Kokomo, IN1,280-29.9%
8Fishers, IN1,232-3.9%
9Lafayette, IN1,220-31.7%
10Carmel, IN1,159-7.1%
11Bloomington, IN1,117-10.6%
12Muncie, IN1,091-23.1%
13Elkhart, IN950-10.9%
14Anderson, IN944-30.9%
15Noblesville, IN925-7.6%
16Merrillville, IN901-32.5%
17Terre Haute, IN895-27.4%
18Greenwood, IN877-15%
19Mishawaka, IN854-20.3%
20Lawrence, IN832-22.2%
21Portage, IN756-23.9%
22Jeffersonville, IN731-25.7%
23Hobart, IN702-19.5%
24East Chicago, IN681-38.5%
25Columbus, IN637-20.5%
26Westfield, IN617+2%
27New Albany, IN577-25.5%
28Crown Point, IN567-9.1%
29Schererville, IN550-8.9%
30Michigan City, IN549-42.5%
31Valparaiso, IN517-17.3%
32Richmond, IN498-27.6%
32West Lafayette, IN498+4.6%
34Plainfield, IN492-6.3%
35Goshen, IN487-3%
36Marion, IN473-25.4%
37Brownsburg, IN383-11.1%
38Greenfield, IN354+0.6%
39Franklin, IN339-21.3%
40Zionsville, IN311-1%

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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/indiana-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/indiana-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/indiana-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Indianapolis, IN, with 14,945 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Zionsville, IN, with 311 in 2022.

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.

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