Johnson County
Johnson County is part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood Metropolitan Statistical Area in central Indiana.* Greenwood, Indiana, is the most populous city in Johnson County, with 68,175 residents as of 2024.
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Johnson County Futurecast Event
The Sycamore at Mallow Run
7070 West Whiteland Road,
Bargersville, IN 46106
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Join us to discuss how the changing economic environment will affect the local region, Indiana and the nation in the coming year.
This event is co-hosted by the Aspire Economic Development + Chamber Alliance, the IBRC and the Kelley School of Business.
What did we say last year about Johnson County?
Published December 2025
National economic retrenchment diminished economic momentum in Johnson County in 2025. Higher business uncertainty and a consumer spending pullback generated negative growth in tradeable industries that dominate the county. Employment in the county’s two largest tradeable industries– logistics and manufacturing – fell 5.3% and 1.1%, respectively, between 2024 Q1 and 2025 Q1.
The Johnson County unemployment rate fell from 3.4% in September 2024 to 3.1% in September 2025 despite near zero countywide employment growth and contraction of jobs in key tradeable industries. A proportionally large exit of residents from the Johnson County labor force, mostly through retirement, would explain this phenomenon.
The 2025 stall in Johnson County’s economic momentum will continue in 2026. The county’s reliance on logistics and manufacturing for income make it dependent upon a reversal of slow growth in the U.S. economy, which is not expected to happen in 2026. Johnson County is expected to only grow between 0.5% and 1.0% next year. Trends suggest a rise in unemployment to between 3.5% and 4.0% in Johnson County.
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Each year in December, the Indiana Business Research Center publishes a special Outlook edition of the Indiana Business Review.
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