Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety54#24/51
Economy22#40/51
Housing86#8/51
Health20#41/51
Healthcare38#32/51
Environment19#40/49
Education36#33/51
Infrastructure34#34/51
Community30#36/51
Leisure & amenities8#47/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low3.0×
90/100United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Severe housing problems · low12.2%
90/100United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Math scores · high3.19
89/100United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Property crime rate · low1,052 /100k
86/100United States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drought exposure · low19%
84/100United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.452
82/100United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.8 µg/m³
8/100United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low3.8 /10k
10/100United States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public EV charging ports · low3.2 /10k
10/100United States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Gyms and fitness centers · low1.1 /10k
13/100United States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Grocery stores · low1.3 /10k
14/100United States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Some college · low63.1%
14/100United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
3% (2021) → 19% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+16 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
18.4% (2020 & 2021) → 30.8% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drinking water violationsWorsening
0 (2020) → 0 (2023)
+59%3 years
Drug overdose deathsImproving
39.9 /100k (2021) → 18.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.1% (2015-2019) → 89.9% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High ozone daysWorsening
2 days (2017) → 2 days (2022)
+47%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Indiana improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 7 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Students / teacher−1.6×17.0× → 15.3×
Weekly wage+25%$999 → $1,251
Broadband+9.8 points80.1% → 89.9%
Firearm deaths−15%17.1 /100k → 14.6 /100k
Overdose deaths−44%33.0 /100k → 18.5 /100k

Declined6

Airport+6 mi32 mi → 38 mi
Price / income+0.5×2.5× → 3.0×
Rent burden+1.4 points46.7% → 48.1%
Pharmacies−7.2%1.7 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Traffic deaths+4.4%12.7 /100k → 13.3 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.4 /10k2020	3.8 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	36%
Average commute time	23.8 min2015-2019	24.1 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Little change	32%
Average weekly wage	$9992020	$1,2512025	+25%	Improved	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	19%
Broadband subscriptions	80.1%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Improved	79%
Child poverty rate	15.1%2019	15.8%2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Distance to an airport	32 mi2020	38 mi2025	+6 mi	Declined	3%
Drug overdose deaths	33.0 /100k2020	18.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−44%	Improved	79%
Effective property tax rate	0.86%2015-2019	0.76%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	38%
Firearm deaths	17.1 /100k2020	14.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Improved	70%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+0.3%	Within the margin of error	44%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+16%	Improved	64%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	90.4%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Improved	58%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	48%
Homicide rate	9.1 /100k2020	5.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−38%	Improved	68%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,9992019	$68,6572024	+32%	Improved	44%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4522020-2024	−0.000	Within the margin of error	68%
Median household income	$57,6172019	$71,9582024	+25%	Improved	58%
New business applications	10.2 /1k2020	12.9 /1k2025	+27%	Improved	38%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−7.2%	Declined	58%
Poverty rate	11.9%2019	12.1%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−2.3%	Within the margin of error	62%
Public transit commuters	1.0%2015-2019	0.6%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	66%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Declined	57%
Rent-burdened households	46.7%2015-2019	48.1%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Declined	50%
Restaurants and bars	8.3 /10k2020	8.2 /10k2025	−1.1%	Within the margin of error	28%
Students per teacher	17.0×2019	15.3×2024	−1.6×	Improved	93%
Suicide rate	15.1 /100k2020	16.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6.6%	Within the margin of error	40%
Traffic deaths	12.7 /100k2015-2019	13.3 /100k2020-2024	+4.4%	Declined	56%
Unemployment rate	7.3%2020	3.7%2025	−3.7 points	Improved	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.3%2019	9.0%2024	−1.3 points	Improved	67%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Indiana itself moved +0.6 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,851,073 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,716,009 households (±6,039)

Indiana
United States share

Under $25k15%407,884
$25k–50k19%526,666
$50k–75k18%480,047

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,716,009 households (±6,039)

Indiana
United States share

Own71%1,916,243
Rent29%799,766

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.5 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,260,273 workers (±9,966)

Indiana
United States share

Drive alone76%2,486,433
Carpool9.1%297,252
Public transit0.6%20,644

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Indiana employ 748,140 people. 3 pay a median above the US median and 7 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Indiana by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand103,200 jobs	103,200	$41,340US $40,240	+3%	1.7×
Fast Food and Counter Workers97,290 jobs	97,290	$28,790US $31,200	−8%	1.23×
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators85,610 jobs	85,610	$45,550US $44,650	+2%	2.96×
Retail Salespersons83,670 jobs	83,670	$31,530US $35,410	−11%	1.04×
Registered Nurses68,980 jobs	68,980	$83,500US $97,550	−14%	0.99×
Cashiers68,350 jobs	68,350	$29,670US $32,880	−10%	1.07×
Stockers and Order Fillers66,420 jobs	66,420	$36,250US $37,330	−3%	1.14×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers59,090 jobs	59,090	$60,290US $58,640	+3%	1.39×
Office Clerks, General58,480 jobs	58,480	$44,520US $45,010	−1%	1.15×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides57,050 jobs	57,050	$35,060US $35,800	−2%	0.64×

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Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Indiana.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Indiana has 155,692 employer establishments, 226 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248), with 2,924,989 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,497. The Census Bureau also counts 506,144 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 155,692; 506,144 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 226; US 248
Paid employees: 2,924,989
Average annual pay: $57,497; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Indiana by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	12,613	18.3	0.88×About typical	181,750	$72,878	19,386
Restaurants and other eating places	11,578	16.8	0.92×About typical	243,226	$19,836	2,362
Specialty trade contractors	9,691	14.1	0.91×About typical	103,049	$71,647	34,573
Lessors of real estate	6,508	9.5	0.77×Fewer than typical	27,567	$63,224	49,814
Limited-service restaurants	5,396	7.8	0.98×About typical	116,100	$17,803	979
Religious organizations	5,296	7.7	1.39×More than typical	43,961	$26,051	—
Full-service restaurants	4,796	7	0.91×About typical	109,607	$22,169	899
Construction of buildings	4,531	6.6	0.87×About typical	34,035	$74,142	17,766
Truck transportation	4,388	6.4	1.26×More than typical	56,379	$62,184	18,321
Services to buildings and dwellings	4,356	6.3	0.94×About typical	39,358	$38,341	30,602
Offices of other health practitioners	3,757	5.5	0.90×About typical	27,542	$47,719	8,917
Automotive repair and maintenance	3,641	5.3	1.05×About typical	23,216	$47,559	6,375

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,881,373 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.9B on contracts performed in Indiana: $556 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.9B; −45% vs FY2025
Per resident: $556; US $1,994
Sole-source: 31%; US 30%
Single offer: 14%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$1.2B32%
Department of the Air Force$606.9M16%
Defense Logistics Agency$461.4M12%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$273.5M7.1%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$270.4M7.0%
Department of the Army$264.2M6.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$194.1M5.0%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$77M2.0%

Top recipients

ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION$871.4M22%
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$270M7.0%
LMI CONSULTING, LLC$251.8M6.5%
UNDERSEA SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC.$244.9M6.3%
AMERIQUAL GROUP LLC$166.2M4.3%

Spending by fiscal year

4.2BFY2017
4.1BFY2018
4.6BFY2019
4.5BFY2020
6.3BFY2021
8.2BFY2022
6BFY2023
5.3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$881.3M23%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$412.6M11%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$344.4M8.9%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$263.3M6.8%
Insurance carriers · 5241$207.7M5.4%
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing · 3114

Largest awards

DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING AND SUPPORT TO WEATHER OBSERVING INSTRUMENT$1B
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Allen County, IN· Research & development· Oct 7, 2016 – Jul 22, 2026· NNG04HZ07C
ENGINEERING SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO THE DELIVERY OF THE CROSS TRACK INFRARED SOUNDER (CRIS) INSTRUMENT AND SUPPORT.$814.4M
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.· Allen County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 3, 2016 – Sep 9, 2026· NNG10XA06C
PRICED DELIVERY ORDER OFF OF BASE CONTRACT, W56HZV-23-D-0008.$689.9M
AM GENERAL LLC· St. Joseph County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 30, 2024 – May 27, 2026· W912CH24F0207
JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHCILE (JLTV) FAMILY OF VEHICLES PRICED DELIVERY ORDER FOR 513 TRUCKS AND 273 TRAILERS TO SUPPORT UKRAINE TRANCHE PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $186.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Indiana: $26,788 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $186.8B; −6.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $26,788; US $12,955
Loan face value: $9.8B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$62.1B33%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$59.2B32%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$26.3B14%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$13.5B7.2%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$4.4B2.4%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$3.6B1.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$2.9B1.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.5B1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

INDIANA FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERV$15.9B8.5%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$1.6B0.9%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION INDIANA$1.4B0.8%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
INDIANA FINANCE AUTHORITY$445.8M0.2%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$139.8B75%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$33.3B18%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$3.3B1.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$2B1.1%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

166.5BFY2021
155.7BFY2022
177.8BFY2023
186.6BFY2024
200BFY2025
186.8BFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Indiana, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Indiana
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Indiana	United States
FY2017	$626	$1,436
FY2018	$613	$1,552
FY2019	$690	$1,654
FY2020	$668	$1,880
FY2021	$924	$1,810
FY2022	$1,194	$1,917
FY2023	$869	$2,079
FY2024	$762	$2,047
FY2025	$1,004	$2,165
FY2026	$556 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Indiana	United States
FY2017	$17.51	$93.28
FY2018	$32.07	$105
FY2019	$27.16	$128
FY2020	$30.41	$145
FY2021	$27.78	$117
FY2022	$54.75

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Indiana	United States
FY2021	$4,644	$5,748
FY2022	$4,197	$5,221
FY2023	$4,055	$5,364
FY2024	$4,105	$5,501
FY2025	$4,410	$5,732
FY2026	$3,556

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Indiana	United States
FY2021	$279	$298
FY2022	$259	$357
FY2023	$354	$301
FY2024	$235	$319
FY2025	$310	$360
FY2026	$276 (partial year)

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Indiana	United States
FY2021	$129	$239
FY2022	$109	$185
FY2023	$116	$229
FY2024	$117	$229
FY2025	$136	$249
FY2026	$107 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Indiana	United States
FY2021	$2,405	$2,304
FY2022	$2,224	$2,197
FY2023	$2,321	$2,274
FY2024	$2,337	$2,267
FY2025	$2,503	$2,397
FY2026	$2,275 (partial year)

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Indiana	United States
FY2021	$855	$1,186
FY2022	$285	$465
FY2023	$58.74	$76.52
FY2024	$102	$120
FY2025	$101	$148
FY2026	$78.35 (partial year)

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Indiana
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	1.5%	2.0%
2015	1.8%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Indiana whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Pike County, INContracts and grants · FY2024$1,559 (2.6×)
Bartholomew County, INFederal contracts · FY2024$1,301 (2.1×)
Wayne County, INTransportation grants · FY2024$729 (2.2×)
Gibson County, INTransportation grants · FY2024$536 (3.5×)
Perry County, INTransportation grants · FY2024$460 (3.2×)
Perry County, IN

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/18

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Indiana

All 92 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Indiana

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Indiana, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Indiana

By population.

All 974 cities and towns in Indiana

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	−4.6%	−4.2%
2015	−1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+3.3%
2018	+6.8%	+6.8%
2019	+9.5%	+10.5%
2020	+16.6%	+19.4%
2021	+23.3%	+26.1%
2022	+30.2%	+30.6%
2023	+33.8%	+35.0%
2024	+40.7%	+41.0%
2025	+46.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	−5.6%	−5.5%
2015	−2.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+4.1%
2018	+7.9%	+8.9%
2019	+11.9%	+13.5%
2020	+20.0%	+20.8%
2021	+33.0%	+32.1%
2022	+36.0%	+35.4%
2023	+42.3%	+42.9%
2024	+48.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	2.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.4/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	−5.6%	−6.9%
2015	−3.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.5%	+4.7%
2018	+6.6%	+7.5%
2019	+10.2%	+14.0%
2020	+16.3%	+16.9%
2021	+20.0%	+21.0%
2022	+27.7%	+29.7%
2023	+32.8%	+34.9%
2024	+37.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	−8.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+13.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+21.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+34.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+53.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+68.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+75.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+84.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+89.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	5.9%	6.2%
2015	4.8%	5.3%
2016	4.4%	4.9%
2017	3.5%	4.4%
2018	3.4%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	7.3%	8.1%
2021	3.9%	5.4%
2022	3.1%	3.7%
2023	3.4%	3.6%
2024	4.0%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	15.2%	15.5%
2015	14.4%	14.7%
2016	14.0%	14.0%
2017	13.3%	13.4%
2018	13.0%	13.1%
2019	11.9%	12.3%
2020	11.6%	11.9%
2021	12.1%	12.8%
2022	12.5%	12.6%
2023	12.2%	12.5%
2024	12.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	14.0%	13.5%
2015	11.3%	10.9%
2016	9.5%	10.0%
2017	9.6%	10.2%
2018	9.7%	10.4%
2019	10.3%	10.8%
2020	9.0%	10.4%
2021	8.9%	10.2%
2022	8.2%	9.5%
2023	8.2%	9.5%
2024	9.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Indiana	United States
2014	6.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	13.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.9/1k	16.6/1k

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