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Economy & jobs Statistics · Region

Employment rate in Indiana

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points 22 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 22, 2026
Economy & jobs · Indiana United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 71.6% −0.1 pp since 2023
Regions of United States · 2024 22 of 51 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +2.5 pp
vs United States +1.3 pp United States: 70.3% · 2024
Employment rate, 2000 – 2024 percent · Indiana · United States
+2.5 pp since 2014
Indiana United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Compared with Employment rate · percent
Indiana
71.6%
United States
70.3%

Source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Indiana · 2000 – 2024
Latest value 71.6% · 2024
First value 75.9% · 2000
Highest 75.9% · 2000
Lowest 65.4% · 2010
Data points 25

By year

All years · 2000 – 2024

YearIndianaChange United States
2024 71.6% −0.1 pp 70.3%
2023 71.7% −0.2 pp 70.9%
2022 71.9% +2.4 pp 70.0%
2021 69.5% +0.6 pp 67.7%
2020 68.9% −3.2 pp 67.1%
2019 72.1% −0.9 pp 70.1%
2018 73.0% +1.2 pp 69.4%
2017 71.8% +0.3 pp 68.8%
2016 71.5% +2.4 pp 68.1%
2015 69.1% ±0.0 pp 67.4%
2014 69.1% +2.3 pp 68.1%
2013 66.8% ±0.0 pp 67.4%
2012 66.8% −0.1 pp 67.1%
2011 66.9% +1.5 pp 66.6%
2010 65.4% −1.4 pp 66.7%
2009 66.8% −4.7 pp 67.6%
2008 71.5% +0.2 pp 70.9%
2007 71.3% −0.8 pp 71.8%
2006 72.1% +0.1 pp 72.0%
2005 72.0% −0.2 pp 71.5%
2004 72.2% −2.0 pp 71.2%
2003 74.2% −0.5 pp 71.2%
2002 74.7% −0.1 pp 71.9%
2001 74.8% −1.1 pp 73.1%
2000 75.9% 74.2%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
51 Mississippi 60.2%
50 New Mexico 62.1%
49 Louisiana 62.4%
48 West Virginia 63.3%
47 Nevada 63.6%
46 Arkansas 63.7%
45 Kentucky 63.7%
44 Hawaii 63.9%
43 New York 64.2%
42 Alabama 64.3%
41 Alaska 64.6%
40 California 64.6%
39 North Carolina 64.9%
38 South Carolina 65.4%
37 Michigan 65.8%
36 Texas 66.1%
35 Oklahoma 66.6%
34 Georgia 67.4%
33 Tennessee 67.8%
32 Pennsylvania 68.0%
31 New Jersey 68.1%
30 Florida 68.1%
29 Connecticut 68.6%
28 Ohio 68.8%
27 Rhode Island 69.4%
26 Maine 69.4%
25 Indiana 69.5%
24 Virginia 69.6%
23 Illinois 69.6%
22 Delaware 69.7%
21 Washington 69.7%
20 Oregon 70.2%
19 Arizona 70.2%
18 Vermont 70.3%
17 Missouri 70.5%
16 Maryland 70.5%
15 Idaho 71.2%
14 Massachusetts 71.3%
13 Wyoming 71.3%
12 District of Columbia 71.8%
11 Montana 72.2%
10 New Hampshire 72.7%
9 Colorado 72.8%
8 Kansas 73.0%
7 Utah 73.6%
6 North Dakota 74.8%
5 Iowa 75.5%
4 Minnesota 75.5%
3 Wisconsin 75.7%
2 South Dakota 77.5%
1 Nebraska 78.2%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2021

What it means

The share of working-age people who have a job.

How it is calculated

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.