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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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force
47 Adams County 16,911
3 Allen County 178K
18 Bartholomew County 43,611
89 Benton County 4,580
85 Blackford County 5,245
24 Boone County 33,518
79 Brown County 7,448
68 Carroll County 10,029
44 Cass County 17,771
13 Clark County 58,821
63 Clay County 12,375
46 Clinton County 16,929
87 Crawford County 4,919
51 Daviess County 15,706
34 DeKalb County 21,798
28 Dearborn County 25,229
54 Decatur County 14,302
15 Delaware County 54,471
31 Dubois County 22,690
6 Elkhart County 105K
73 Fayette County 8,994
20 Floyd County 39,884
78 Fountain County 8,047
64 Franklin County 11,395
70 Fulton County 9,866
…
2 Lake County 230K
36 Lawrence County 20,290
14 Madison County 58,259
1 Marion County 473K
29 Marshall County 24,024
86 Martin County 5,050
50 Miami County 15,761
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2015

What it means

Residents who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.