Starke 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	4,010	4,065	4,152	4,134	4,103	93	2.32%
Total Private Employment	3,120	3,162	3,243	3,210	3,154	34	1.09%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	132	166	164	115	84	-48	-36.36%
Mining	0	0	0	0	D	11	N/A
Construction	97	113	118	139	171	74	76.29%
Manufacturing	592	669	654	636	634	42	7.09%
Wholesale Trade	77	79	80	101	100	23	29.87%
Retail Trade	528	540	563	578	551	23	4.36%
Transport. and Warehousing	68	69	94	85	94	26	38.24%
Utilities	0	D	D	D	D	1	N/A
Information	39	34	32	40	33	-6	-15.38%
Finance and Insurance	77	103	114	122	139	62	80.52%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	21	15	16	15	13	-8	-38.10%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	60	64	59	61	54	-6	-10.00%
Mgmt. of Companies	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
Admin. and Waste Services	505	379	452	436	392	-113	-22.38%
Educational Services	D	17	15	14	11	1	10.00%
Health Care and Social Assistance	420	426	431	424	416	-4	-0.95%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	23	21	25	22	25	2	8.70%
Accommodation and Food Service	391	381	332	326	330	-61	-15.60%
Other Services	81	85	93	97	94	13	16.05%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	890	903	909	924	949	59	6.63%

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	317	326	334	336	344	27	8.52%
Total Private Establishments	292	301	311	313	320	28	9.59%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	17	17	17	16	15	-2	-11.76%
Mining	0	0	0	0	D	1	N/A
Construction	30	31	30	29	33	3	10.00%
Manufacturing	21	23	24	23	22	1	4.76%
Wholesale Trade	12	12	13	15	15	3	25.00%
Retail Trade	53	55	58	60	59	6	11.32%
Transport. and Warehousing	18	18	18	17	17	-1	-5.56%
Utilities	0	D	D	D	D	1	N/A
Information	5	6	5	5	5	0	0.00%
Finance and Insurance	15	17	17	17	16	1	6.67%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	11	10	10	9	9	-2	-18.18%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	17	17	15	19	21	4	23.53%
Mgmt. of Companies	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
Admin. and Waste Services	12	12	16	16	17	5	41.67%
Educational Services	D	3	3	3	3	1	50.00%
Health Care and Social Assistance	22	23	26	27	28	6	27.27%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	6	6	5	4	3	-3	-50.00%
Accommodation and Food Service	29	27	27	25	28	-1	-3.45%
Other Services	23	24	27	29	29	6	26.09%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	25	25	23	23	24	-1	-4.00%

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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