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Blackford County, IN Highlights

Employment

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	2,822	2,938	2,980	2,840	2,876	54	1.91%
Total Private Employment	2,342	2,440	2,483	2,343	2,370	28	1.20%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	46	42	42	49	47	1	2.17%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	1	8.33%
Construction	116	154	158	168	166	50	43.10%
Manufacturing	805	816	851	839	818	13	1.61%
Wholesale Trade	106	109	99	86	92	-14	-13.21%
Retail Trade	259	290	304	298	279	20	7.72%
Transport. and Warehousing	84	91	95	74	57	-27	-32.14%
Utilities	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Information	D	D	D	D	D	1	33.33%
Finance and Insurance	88	86	86	82	78	-10	-11.36%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	14	15	16	17	16	2	14.29%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	54	55	69	73	85	31	57.41%
Mgmt. of Companies	D	D	D	D	D	-1	-33.33%
Admin. and Waste Services	20	17	20	25	95	75	375.00%
Educational Services	D	D	D	D	D	3	N/A
Health Care and Social Assistance	401	402	377	282	271	-130	-32.42%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	D	D	D	D	D	5	33.33%
Accommodation and Food Service	241	250	259	249	256	15	6.22%
Other Services	74	76	70	63	67	-7	-9.46%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	480	498	497	497	506	26	5.42%

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	226	237	242	245	253	27	11.95%
Total Private Establishments	210	221	228	231	239	29	13.81%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	7	7	8	9	9	2	28.57%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Construction	17	19	20	18	18	1	5.88%
Manufacturing	23	24	24	23	22	-1	-4.35%
Wholesale Trade	13	12	14	13	15	2	15.38%
Retail Trade	26	29	32	35	36	10	38.46%
Transport. and Warehousing	13	15	14	15	16	3	23.08%
Utilities	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Information	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Finance and Insurance	20	19	18	16	16	-4	-20.00%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	6	6	6	7	5	-1	-16.67%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	12	13	15	18	19	7	58.33%
Mgmt. of Companies	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	11	12	11	11	13	2	18.18%
Educational Services	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Health Care and Social Assistance	18	19	21	23	24	6	33.33%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Accommodation and Food Service	19	20	21	20	22	3	15.79%
Other Services	20	18	17	18	18	-2	-10.00%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	16	17	14	14	14	-2	-12.50%

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.