Labor Force Estimates and
Unemployment Rates
Pick one of three ways to view labor force data, with your choice of whether the data are seasonally adjusted or not.
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Geography Available:
Nation, states, counties,
Indiana regions and custom regions
Note: The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not begin publishing data for the updated 2013 statistical area definitions until 2015.
Seasonally Adjusted
Geography Available:
Nation and states
Labor Force Projections, 2010 to 2040
These are the official labor force projections for the State of Indiana released in November 2012 by the Indiana Business Research Center.
- Data Tables
- Maps
- Methodology
- Analysis—Future Workers of Indiana: Projecting the Labor Force to 2040 (InContext, Nov-Dec 2012)
Labor Force Growing Older Across Indiana Metros
Click play below to watch how Indiana's labor force composition is expected to shift in the coming decades.
Areas of Substantial Unemployment
The Employment and Training Administration provides data for Areas of Substantial Unemployment at the county, city, town, township and tract level. These data are estimated for July 2011 through June 2012 and are available for those applying for Targeted Employment Area funding from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.
Download spreadsheetRelated Links
- Interactive Charts of Not-Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates: From Google's public data service, this provides graphing capability for all states and counties back to 1990.
- Hoosiers by the Numbers: Workforce-focused data portal for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
