Hancock County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Hancock County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Hancock County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
48,913
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
82,013
people in Hancock County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$91,326
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Hancock County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 13.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 13.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.2%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+1,834 jobs), wholesale (+371 jobs)

Local job-market news

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Hancock County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Hancock County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hancock County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Indiana? How to file for unemployment in Indiana (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Region 5 Workforce Board, Inc.
Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Morgan, Shelby

WorkOne Express - Greenfield
Greenfield · Affiliate · 317-462-7711
Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri 8am-4:30pm

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Indiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Indiana unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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