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Unemployment rate in Greenwood

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 6 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 · Greenwood · Indiana · United States · World
−1.1 pp since 2015
Greenwood 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
Greenwood
3.1%
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 Greenwood · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.1% · 2025
First value 2.1% · 1990
Highest 8.9% · 2010
Lowest 1.3% · 1998
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearGreenwoodChange IndianaUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.1% −0.4 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2024 3.5% +0.6 pp 4.0% — 4.8%
2023 2.9% +0.3 pp 3.4% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.6% −0.5 pp 3.1% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.1% −3.1 pp 3.9% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 6.2% +3.4 pp 7.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.8% −0.2 pp 3.3% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.0% ±0.0 pp 3.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.0% −0.6 pp 3.5% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.6% −0.6 pp 4.4% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.2% −1.0 pp 4.8% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.2% −1.1 pp 5.9% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.3% −0.8 pp 7.5% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.1% −0.7 pp 8.2% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.8% −1.1 pp 8.9% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 8.9% +0.6 pp 10.0% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.3% +3.6 pp 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.7% +1.0 pp 5.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.7% −0.2 pp 4.6% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.9% −0.6 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.5% +0.4 pp 5.4% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.1% +0.4 pp 5.4% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 3.7% ±0.0 pp 5.2% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 3.7% +1.1 pp 5.1% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 2.6% +0.6 pp 4.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.0% +0.7 pp 3.0% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 1.3% ±0.0 pp 2.9% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 1.3% −0.1 pp 3.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 1.4% −0.2 pp 3.4% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 1.6% −0.3 pp 3.9% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 1.9% −0.3 pp 4.4% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 2.2% ±0.0 pp 4.6% — 5.8%
1993 2.2% −0.5 pp 5.1% — 5.5%
1992 2.7% +0.3 pp 6.1% — 5.3%
1991 2.4% +0.3 pp 5.7% — 5.1%
1990 2.1% 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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Indianapolis 5.1%
2 Franklin 4.6%
3 Lawrence 4.6%
4 Plainfield 4.3%
5 Greenwood 4.2%
6 Brownsburg 3.4%
7 Carmel 3.3%
8 Fishers 3.2%
9 Westfield 3.1%
10 Zionsville 3.0%

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

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.