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Unemployment rate in Indiana

1976 – 2025 · 50 data points 14 of 17 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1976 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1976 – 2025 percent · Indiana · United States · World
−1.1 pp since 2015
Indiana United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1976 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
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 Indiana · 1976 – 2025
Latest value 3.7% · 2025
First value 6.1% · 1976
Highest 11.9% · 1982
Lowest 2.9% · 1999
Data points 50

By year

All years · 1976 – 2025

YearIndianaChange United StatesWorld
2025 3.7% −0.3 pp — 4.8%
2024 4.0% +0.6 pp — 4.8%
2023 3.4% +0.3 pp 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.1% −0.8 pp 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.9% −3.4 pp 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.3% +4.0 pp 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.3% −0.1 pp 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.4% −0.1 pp 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.5% −0.9 pp 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.4% −0.4 pp 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.8% −1.1 pp 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.9% −1.6 pp 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.5% −0.7 pp 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.2% −0.7 pp 8.1% 6.2%
2011 8.9% −1.1 pp 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.0% −0.2 pp 9.6% 6.3%
2009 10.2% +4.3 pp 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.9% +1.3 pp 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.6% −0.4 pp 4.6% 5.8%
2006 5.0% −0.4 pp 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.4% ±0.0 pp 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.4% +0.2 pp 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.2% +0.1 pp 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.1% +0.9 pp 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.2% +1.2 pp 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.0% +0.1 pp 4.0% 6.1%
1999 2.9% −0.1 pp 4.2% 6.3%
1998 3.0% −0.4 pp 4.5% 6.2%
1997 3.4% −0.5 pp 4.9% 6.0%
1996 3.9% −0.5 pp 5.4% 6.0%
1995 4.4% −0.2 pp 5.6% 5.9%
1994 4.6% −0.5 pp — 5.8%
1993 5.1% −1.0 pp — 5.5%
1992 6.1% +0.4 pp — 5.3%
1991 5.7% +0.6 pp — 5.1%
1990 5.1% +0.4 pp — —
1989 4.7% −0.5 pp — —
1988 5.2% −0.9 pp — —
1987 6.1% −0.7 pp — —
1986 6.8% −0.9 pp — —
1985 7.7% −0.8 pp — —
1984 8.5% −2.6 pp — —
1983 11.1% −0.8 pp — —
1982 11.9% +2.1 pp — —
1981 9.8% +0.2 pp — —
1980 9.6% +3.2 pp — —
1979 6.4% +0.8 pp — —
1978 5.6% −0.2 pp — —
1977 5.8% −0.3 pp — —
1976 6.1% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1976 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of United States

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
17 Utah 2.7%
16 Wisconsin 2.8%
15 Florida 2.9%
14 Missouri 3.1%
13 Idaho 3.2%
12 Tennessee 3.3%
11 Indiana 3.4%
10 Ohio 3.7%
9 Arizona 3.7%
8 Michigan 3.9%
7 Texas 4.0%
6 New York 4.0%
5 Kentucky 4.2%
4 Washington 4.2%
3 New Jersey 4.3%
2 Illinois 4.5%
1 California 4.7%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2023

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.