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Porter County, IN

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Labor Force

An area's labor force provides insight on the availability factor and is residence-based—that is, the people are working or seeking work and reside in the particular county or region.

Annual Labor Force Estimates in 2024
 NumberPct. Chg. from 2019
Labor Force87,9691.8%
Employed84,0341.1%
Unemployed3,93519.9%
Rate4.518.4%
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Force Estimates
 Labor
Force
Emp.Unemp.Area
Rate
State
Rate
2014 84,13578,9325,2036.25.9
2015 84,75780,2224,5355.44.8
2016 85,21780,8264,3915.24.4
2017 84,94281,4473,4954.13.5
2018 86,04082,6993,3413.93.4
2019 86,39783,1143,2833.83.3
2020 84,14477,1476,9978.37.3
2021 84,02180,5083,5134.23.9
2022 85,59582,7152,8803.43.1
2023 86,87183,5593,3123.83.4
2024 87,96984,0343,9354.54.2
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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