Which counties in Indiana are adding jobs fastest?

Boone County (+61.3%), Hancock County (+25.4%) and Owen County (+24.6%) added private-sector jobs fastest in Indiana between 2018 and 2023.

Data as of 2023 · updated November 5, 2026

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Indiana counties ranked by private-sector job growth
Rank	County	Change 2018–23	Private jobs 2023	Residents
1	Boone County	+61.3%	40,984	80,689
2	Hancock County	+25.4%	25,531	90,969
3	Owen County	+24.6%	4,050	21,886
4	Johnson County	+20.6%	60,256	174,262
5	Hendricks County	+19.6%	74,107	193,510
6	Orange County	+18.3%	8,500	19,834
7	Fountain County	+16.5%	4,384	17,013
8	Fulton County	+13.7%	5,685	20,091
9	Daviess County	+13.5%	12,065	34,209
10	Crawford County	+13.1%	1,545	10,509
11	Warrick County	+13.1%	16,783	66,803
12	Vermillion County	+13.0%	3,921	15,488
13	Pulaski County	+11.9%	4,369	12,463
14	Hamilton County	+11.7%	165,539	387,036
15	Jennings County	+11.0%	7,070	27,622
16	Starke County	+11.0%	3,394	23,425
17	Carroll County	+10.9%	5,264	20,655
18	Brown County	+10.6%	2,567	15,777
19	Whitley County	+10.2%	12,810	35,046
20	White County	+9.7%	8,057	25,164
21	Clinton County	+9.0%	10,963	33,322
22	Clay County	+8.0%	6,428	26,410
23	Clark County	+7.6%	53,705	130,451
24	Posey County	+7.3%	9,770	24,988
25	Ripley County	+7.2%	10,076	29,434
26	Gibson County	+6.9%	20,517	33,091
27	Montgomery County	+6.7%	14,331	38,954
28	Tippecanoe County	+6.5%	75,889	190,456
29	Parke County	+5.9%	2,282	16,642
30	Jasper County	+5.8%	9,205	33,894
31	Allen County	+5.7%	190,285	402,329
32	Marshall County	+5.4%	18,275	46,599
33	Vanderburgh County	+5.3%	110,804	181,995
34	Floyd County	+5.3%	30,712	82,153
35	Morgan County	+5.2%	13,063	74,967
36	Sullivan County	+5.0%	4,125	20,831
37	Jefferson County	+4.3%	11,850	33,279
38	Union County	+4.3%	980	6,863
39	Monroe County	+3.7%	53,866	143,345
40	Shelby County	+3.7%	17,044	45,882
41	Jackson County	+3.0%	21,905	47,370
42	Marion County	+2.9%	544,147	992,196
43	Greene County	+2.5%	4,823	31,165
44	Lake County	+2.0%	171,790	504,612
45	Lawrence County	+1.7%	12,033	45,568
46	Kosciusko County	+0.9%	38,731	80,892
47	Dearborn County	+0.9%	12,570	51,609
48	Porter County	+0.7%	55,789	176,049
49	Randolph County	+0.6%	5,559	24,438
50	Grant County	+0.5%	28,381	66,524
51	Wabash County	+0.1%	10,893	30,713
52	Decatur County	−0.2%	12,035	26,576
53	Adams County	−0.3%	11,967	36,650
54	Knox County	−0.4%	14,031	35,652
55	Wayne County	−0.5%	25,774	66,169
56	Tipton County	−0.7%	4,565	15,319
57	Wells County	−0.8%	10,361	28,883
58	Bartholomew County	−0.9%	47,016	85,729
59	Dubois County	−1.1%	28,700	44,016
60	Harrison County	−1.3%	8,843	40,437
61	Jay County	−1.4%	6,301	20,118
62	Spencer County	−1.4%	5,132	20,061
63	St. Joseph County	−1.6%	120,211	272,861
64	Washington County	−1.6%	4,789	28,383
65	Henry County	−2.1%	10,929	49,137
66	Putnam County	−2.3%	11,696	37,876
67	Huntington County	−2.4%	12,827	37,224
68	Pike County	−2.7%	1,993	12,003
69	Madison County	−2.8%	34,645	135,088
70	LaGrange County	−4.0%	13,799	41,305
71	Miami County	−4.1%	6,390	34,487
72	LaPorte County	−4.3%	34,909	111,294
73	Delaware County	−4.6%	40,098	113,106
74	Rush County	−4.6%	3,819	16,767
75	Steuben County	−4.8%	14,322	34,799
76	Elkhart County	−5.1%	136,199	208,774
77	Howard County	−5.5%	31,554	83,904
78	DeKalb County	−5.7%	21,088	44,535
79	Cass County	−6.1%	12,070	37,836
80	Newton County	−6.2%	2,151	14,188
81	Warren County	−6.5%	1,549	8,474
82	Vigo County	−6.8%	41,318	106,512
83	Fayette County	−6.8%	4,784	23,533
84	Perry County	−6.8%	5,380	19,389
85	Scott County	−6.9%	6,580	25,053
86	Noble County	−7.2%	15,650	47,937
87	Blackford County	−8.5%	2,639	11,730
88	Martin County	−10.5%	2,220	9,856
89	Switzerland County	−10.6%	1,406	10,037
90	Benton County	−11.4%	1,214	8,883
91	Ohio County	−21.0%	801	5,994
92	Franklin County	−21.1%	4,609	23,286

How this is ranked

The change in paid employees of private employers in mid-March between 2018 and 2023 (Census Bureau County Business Patterns). Government jobs and the self-employed are not counted. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.

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Which county in Indiana has the fastest job growth?

Boone County: +61.3%, ahead of Hancock County (+25.4%) and Owen County (+24.6%), of 92 Indiana counties ranked.

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