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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Indianapolis: labour force

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 1 of 11 · Towns of Indianapolis Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Labour force, 1990 – 2025 people
+10% since 2015

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Labour force · people
Indianapolis 473K
Indiana 3.5M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics

The series at a glance Indianapolis · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 472,607 · 2025
First value 386,971 · 1990
Highest 472,607 · 2025
Lowest 386,971 · 1990
Average change +0.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearIndianapolisChange Marion CountyIndiana
2025 472,607 +1.5% 522K 3.5M
2024 465,684 +1.7% 514K 3.5M
2023 457,693 +0.9% 506K 3.4M
2022 453,569 +0.6% 501K 3.4M
2021 451,014 +0.2% 498K 3.3M
2020 450,226 −0.5% 497K 3.3M
2019 452,590 +0.8% 500K 3.4M
2018 449,064 +1.5% 496K 3.4M
2017 442,235 −0.0% 489K 3.3M
2016 442,282 +3.3% 489K 3.3M
2015 428,233 +1.0% 473K 3.3M
2014 423,973 +0.7% 468K 3.2M
2013 421,003 +1.1% 464K 3.2M
2012 416,227 +0.5% 459K 3.2M
2011 414,204 +0.9% 457K 3.2M
2010 410,594 −1.7% 453K 3.2M
2009 417,739 −1.1% 462K 3.2M
2008 422,429 +1.2% 467K 3.3M
2007 417,485 −0.5% 461K 3.2M
2006 419,495 +0.5% 463K 3.2M
2005 417,552 −0.1% 460K 3.2M
2004 417,892 −0.9% 460K 3.2M
2003 421,785 +0.6% 464K 3.2M
2002 419,115 +0.3% 462K 3.2M
2001 417,791 +1.2% 460K 3.1M
2000 413,038 +0.5% 455K 3.1M
1999 410,838 −0.9% 448K 3.1M
1998 414,369 −0.3% 452K 3.1M
1997 415,619 +0.3% 453K 3.1M
1996 414,560 −1.2% 452K 3.1M
1995 419,624 +1.3% 458K 3.1M
1994 414,049 +3.0% 451K 3M
1993 402,148 +2.0% 438K 2.9M
1992 394,449 +1.7% 430K 2.9M
1991 387,973 +0.3% 423K 2.8M
1990 386,971 422K 2.8M

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Indianapolis

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
8 Brownsburg 15,368
3 Carmel 51,943
2 Fishers 52,505
11 Franklin 12,086
10 Greenfield 12,143
4 Greenwood 32,524
1 Indianapolis 450K
5 Lawrence 26,547
7 Plainfield 16,682
6 Westfield 24,772
9 Zionsville 14,995

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2020

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.