Fountain County, IN

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Industry employment is tabulated as jobs by place-of-work. Keep in mind that people may hold multiple jobs and that each job is counted by its industry.

Average Employment by Sector
	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Employment	4,607	4,912	5,050	4,952	4,710	103	2.24%
Total Private Employment	3,829	4,127	4,279	4,169	3,940	111	2.90%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	123	125	129	126	125	2	1.63%
Mining	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
Construction	81	106	107	120	128	47	58.02%
Manufacturing	1,604	1,764	1,918	1,890	1,717	113	7.04%
Wholesale Trade	93	86	89	96	109	16	17.20%
Retail Trade	554	576	584	555	530	-24	-4.33%
Transport. and Warehousing	161	114	99	84	79	-82	-50.93%
Utilities	D	D	D	D	D	2	25.00%
Information	43	46	42	40	35	-8	-18.60%
Finance and Insurance	163	168	169	162	154	-9	-5.52%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	27	24	26	22	25	-2	-7.41%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	68	68	67	72	71	3	4.41%
Mgmt. of Companies	D	D	D	D	D	19	190.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	48	47	39	39	48	0	0.00%
Educational Services	D	D	D	D	D	-5	-35.71%
Health Care and Social Assistance	297	373	428	364	334	37	12.46%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	49	55	55	58	54	5	10.20%
Accommodation and Food Service	321	370	385	399	387	66	20.56%
Other Services	165	172	113	100	98	-67	-40.61%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	778	785	771	783	770	-8	-1.03%

Note: D = non-discloseable in compliance with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and/or State of Indiana confidentiality guidelines. Source: Indiana Department of Workforce Development, as of 6/16/26.

Establishments by Sector
	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Establishments	373	383	404	370	370	-3	-0.80%
Total Private Establishments	336	346	376	342	341	5	1.49%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	20	19	22	22	21	1	5.00%
Mining	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
Construction	31	34	33	31	33	2	6.45%
Manufacturing	23	26	27	27	26	3	13.04%
Wholesale Trade	17	17	19	19	18	1	5.88%
Retail Trade	53	54	55	53	51	-2	-3.77%
Transport. and Warehousing	22	20	20	17	18	-4	-18.18%
Utilities	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Information	6	6	4	4	4	-2	-33.33%
Finance and Insurance	27	28	25	24	23	-4	-14.81%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	9	10	11	9	9	0	0.00%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	22	23	23	23	22	0	0.00%
Mgmt. of Companies	D	D	D	D	D	1	100.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	18	17	17	13	12	-6	-33.33%
Educational Services	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Health Care and Social Assistance	18	19	47	26	27	9	50.00%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	7	7	7	6	7	0	0.00%
Accommodation and Food Service	31	31	30	32	35	4	12.90%
Other Services	31	34	35	33	32	1	3.23%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	37	36	28	29	29	-8	-21.62%

Note: �Total employment represents the sum of total private sector and total government sector employment. �State and local government schools and hospitals are included in the government total. �Sectors may not sum to the total (or agree with BLS published total employment) due to suppression issues. �D = non-discloseable in compliance with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and/or State of Indiana confidentiality guidelines. �Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics & Indiana Department of Workforce Development, as of June 2026.

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