Navigating the Numbers. Region by Region.
A statistical resource for creating new paths to sustainable regional prosperity.
East Central Indiana
DIRECT JOBS
IN ADVANCED INDUSTRIES
SHARE OF TOTAL IN ADVANCED INDUSTRIES
INDIRECT JOBS CREATED
BY ADVANCED INDUSTRIES
TOP INDUSTRIES BY EMPLOYMENT
MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS
PLASTICS PRODUCTS
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING
METALWORKING MACHINERY
COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN
Where are we?
For the Indiana GPS Project, East Central Indiana is an 11-county region built around the cities of Kokomo, Muncie, and Anderson. This trio of proximate and similarly sized cities has traditionally not seen itself as a cohesive region, yet each have similar manufacturing-rich histories.
Where are we going?
Like other parts of the state, portions of East Central Indiana are among of the nation’s regions most exposed to the effects of automation. However, with a variety of assets ranging from Ball State University to the Grissom Air Reserve Base, East Central Indiana is capable of charting a new course for itself.
East Central Dashboard
In this region, as elsewhere in Indiana, the economy as a whole is providing too few good jobs, especially for sub-BA workers
Employment by job type
East Central, 2013-2017
Share of Employment
East Central Indiana, 2013-2017
Other jobs
Good jobs (sub-BA)
Good jobs (BA+)
