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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Indiana > Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County, IN

Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County, IN

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Chicago Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2026
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2026
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Third Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2026
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — Third Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2026
Chicago Area Employment — November 2024 Employment News Release Jan 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — December 2025 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County, IN Economy at a Glance:
Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County, IN
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 354.4 (2)- 353.4 (p)350.6    

Employment(1)

 339.0 (2)- 338.9 (p)339.0    

Unemployment(1)

 15.3 (2)- 14.5 (p)11.6    

Unemployment Rate(3)

 4.3 (2)- 4.1 (p)3.3    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 288.1 289.5 289.6 (p)288.5    

12-month % change

 0.6 0.7 0.8 (p)0.7    

Mining and Logging(4)

 0.1 0.1 0.1 (p)0.1    

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0    

Construction(4)

 18.5 18.7 18.0 (p)17.3    

12-month % change

 -2.6 -1.1 1.1 (p)0.6    

Manufacturing(4)

 33.8 33.7 33.5 (p)33.6    

12-month % change

 -0.9 -1.5 -2.0 (p)-1.5    

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 61.3 61.2 62.8 (p)63.2    

12-month % change

 0.5 -0.8 -0.8 (p)-1.1    

Information(4)

 1.9 1.9 1.9 (p)1.9    

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0    

Financial Activities(4)

 9.2 9.2 9.2 (p)9.2    

12-month % change

 -3.2 -3.2 -2.1 (p)-2.1    

Professional and Business Services(4)

 30.1 30.5 30.0 (p)29.7    

12-month % change

 4.2 5.2 5.3 (p)4.6    

Education and Health Services(4)

 53.2 54.1 54.2 (p)54.0    

12-month % change

 3.3 4.2 3.6 (p)3.3    

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 32.5 32.2 31.8 (p)31.3    

12-month % change

 -1.2 -2.7 -1.9 (p)-3.4    

Other Services(4)

 14.7 14.7 14.8 (p)14.6    

12-month % change

 1.4 0.7 1.4 (p)0.7    

Government(4)

 32.8 33.2 33.3 (p)33.6    

12-month % change

 -0.3 1.5 1.8 (p)4.3    

Consumer Price Index: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

CPI-U, All items(5)

 304.472 (6)- 301.839 301.159 302.224 304.489

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   2.9   2.5 2.2 1.3 2.0

CPI-W, All items(7)

 295.312 (6)- 292.753 291.288 291.952 294.397

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(7)

   2.7   2.4 1.8 0.9 1.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations
(7) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary