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Unemployment rate in Plainfield

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 4 of 11 · Towns of Indianapolis Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Plainfield · Indiana · United States · World
−1.0 pp since 2015
Plainfield Indiana United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Plainfield
3.3%
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 Plainfield · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 3.3% · 2025
First value 2.9% · 2000
Highest 8.4% · 2010
Lowest 2.8% · 2022
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearPlainfieldChange IndianaUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.3% −0.3 pp 3.7% — 4.8%
2024 3.6% +0.6 pp 4.0% — 4.8%
2023 3.0% +0.2 pp 3.4% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.8% −0.2 pp 3.1% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.0% −2.7 pp 3.9% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 5.7% +2.7 pp 7.3% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.0% −0.1 pp 3.3% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.1% ±0.0 pp 3.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.1% −0.7 pp 3.5% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.8% −0.5 pp 4.4% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.3% −0.8 pp 4.8% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.1% −1.0 pp 5.9% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.1% −0.8 pp 7.5% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.9% −0.7 pp 8.2% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.6% −0.8 pp 8.9% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 8.4% +0.7 pp 10.0% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 7.7% +3.1 pp 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.6% +1.3 pp 5.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.3% −0.5 pp 4.6% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.8% −0.8 pp 5.0% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.6% −1.2 pp 5.4% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.8% −0.2 pp 5.4% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 6.0% +0.5 pp 5.2% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.5% +1.5 pp 5.1% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.0% +1.1 pp 4.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.9% 3.0% 4.0% 6.1%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Indianapolis

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
6 Brownsburg 2.6%
7 Carmel 2.6%
10 Fishers 2.4%
4 Franklin 2.9%
5 Greenwood 2.8%
1 Indianapolis 3.3%
2 Lawrence 3.0%
3 Plainfield 3.0%
8 Westfield 2.5%
9 Zionsville 2.5%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2019

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.