West Indy News

Hendricks County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,485 people out of the 172,100 living in Hendricks County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Hendricks County has decreased compared to the 3.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Hendricks County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.7%.

Of the 92,399 people who had a job during that time, 81 were employed in the Armed Forces and 92,318 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,485	2.6%
Employed	92,399	97.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	92,318	97.3%
Employed in armed forces	81	0.1%