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Economy & jobs Statistics · Area

Labour force in Marion County

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 1 of 92 · Regions of Indiana Updated Oct 23, 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
Marion County 522K
Indiana 3.5M

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

The series at a glance Marion County · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 522,126 · 2025
First value 421,972 · 1990
Highest 522,126 · 2025
Lowest 421,972 · 1990
Average change +0.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearMarion CountyChange Indiana
2025 522,126 +1.5% 3.5M
2024 514,443 +1.7% 3.5M
2023 505,809 +0.9% 3.4M
2022 501,058 +0.6% 3.4M
2021 498,075 +0.2% 3.3M
2020 497,084 −0.6% 3.3M
2019 499,986 +0.8% 3.4M
2018 496,151 +1.5% 3.4M
2017 488,679 −0.0% 3.3M
2016 488,704 +3.4% 3.3M
2015 472,598 +1.0% 3.3M
2014 468,016 +0.8% 3.2M
2013 464,497 +1.2% 3.2M
2012 459,171 +0.4% 3.2M
2011 457,318 +0.9% 3.2M
2010 453,408 −1.8% 3.2M
2009 461,743 −1.1% 3.2M
2008 466,690 +1.2% 3.3M
2007 461,101 −0.4% 3.2M
2006 463,162 +0.6% 3.2M
2005 460,405 +0.1% 3.2M
2004 460,112 −0.9% 3.2M
2003 464,435 +0.6% 3.2M
2002 461,510 +0.3% 3.2M
2001 460,231 +1.1% 3.1M
2000 455,127 +1.6% 3.1M
1999 448,098 −0.9% 3.1M
1998 451,943 −0.3% 3.1M
1997 453,272 +0.3% 3.1M
1996 452,064 −1.2% 3.1M
1995 457,515 +1.4% 3.1M
1994 451,405 +3.0% 3M
1993 438,429 +2.0% 2.9M
1992 429,936 +1.6% 2.9M
1991 422,979 +0.2% 2.8M
1990 421,972 2.8M

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

Ranking · Regions of Indiana

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
51 Adams County 15,917
4 Allen County 204K
22 Bartholomew County 39,837
89 Benton County 4,533
86 Blackford County 5,174
19 Boone County 43,356
79 Brown County 7,917
65 Carroll County 10,979
42 Cass County 18,185
13 Clark County 68,434
61 Clay County 12,392
47 Clinton County 17,127
87 Crawford County 4,586
49 Daviess County 16,513
35 DeKalb County 22,233
28 Dearborn County 27,191
59 Decatur County 13,282
15 Delaware County 53,287
36 Dubois County 22,189
8 Elkhart County 99,292
68 Fayette County 10,287
20 Floyd County 42,519
77 Fountain County 8,109
63 Franklin County 11,944
71 Fulton County 9,559
…
2 Lake County 243K
34 Lawrence County 22,266
14 Madison County 65,347
1 Marion County 522K
31 Marshall County 23,109
85 Martin County 5,232
50 Miami County 16,087
…

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

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.