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Unemployment rate in Carmel

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 8 of 11 · Towns of Indianapolis Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Carmel · Indiana · United States · World
−0.4 pp since 2015
Carmel Indiana United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Carmel
2.9%
Indiana
3.7%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Carmel · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 2.9% · 2025
First value 1.9% · 1990
Highest 6.1% · 2009
Lowest 1.0% · 1998
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCarmelChange IndianaUnited StatesWorld
2025 2.9% −0.3 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2024 3.2% +0.6 pp 4.0% — 4.8%
2023 2.6% +0.5 pp 3.4% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.1% −0.2 pp 3.1% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 2.3% −2.5 pp 3.9% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 4.8% +2.2 pp 7.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.6% ±0.0 pp 3.3% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 2.6% −0.1 pp 3.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 2.7% −0.4 pp 3.5% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.1% −0.2 pp 4.4% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.3% −0.6 pp 4.8% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 3.9% −0.8 pp 5.9% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 4.7% −0.2 pp 7.5% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 4.9% −0.2 pp 8.2% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 5.1% −0.6 pp 8.9% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 5.7% −0.4 pp 10.0% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.1% +2.6 pp 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 3.5% +1.1 pp 5.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 2.4% −0.3 pp 4.6% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 2.7% −0.2 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 2.9% −0.3 pp 5.4% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 3.2% +0.2 pp 5.4% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 3.0% ±0.0 pp 5.2% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 3.0% +0.7 pp 5.1% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 2.3% +0.6 pp 4.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 1.7% +0.7 pp 3.0% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 1.0% ±0.0 pp 2.9% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 1.0% −0.1 pp 3.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 1.1% −0.3 pp 3.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 1.4% −0.3 pp 3.9% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 1.7% −0.1 pp 4.4% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 1.8% −0.1 pp 4.6% — 5.8%
1993 1.9% −0.3 pp 5.1% — 5.5%
1992 2.2% +0.1 pp 6.1% — 5.3%
1991 2.1% +0.2 pp 5.7% — 5.1%
1990 1.9% 5.1% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Indianapolis

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Indianapolis 3.5%
2 Lawrence 3.2%
3 Franklin 3.1%
4 Plainfield 3.1%
5 Greenwood 3.0%
6 Brownsburg 2.8%
7 Zionsville 2.7%
8 Carmel 2.6%
9 Fishers 2.6%
10 Westfield 2.6%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2018

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.