Johnson County is part of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metropolitan Statistical Area in central Indiana.* Greenwood, Indiana, is the most populous city in Johnson County, with 65,406 residents as of 2022.
* MSAs are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. The OMB released new statistical area delineations in 2023. The Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson MSA is called the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood MSA in the latest revisions, and it also now includes Tipton County instead of Putnam County. However, the new definitions will not be reflected here until the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics implements these changes into their data.Click on any quick stat to view details and a comparison table.
Johnson County Futurecast Event
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023
Breakfast served at 8:30 am.
The Sycamore at Mallow Run
7070 West Whiteland Road,
Bargersville, IN 46106
This event is co-hosted by the Aspire Economic Development + Chamber Alliance, the IBRC and the Kelley School of Business.
The Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson metro area expects 2.7% real GDP growth in 2022 and 0.8% in 2023. In a normal year, real GDP grows between 2.0% and 3.0%. An expected rise in the federal funds rate from 0.8% in the second quarter of 2022 to 4.5% through the fourth quarter of 2023 will dampen demand and severely slow growth within the economy. Spending on goods will especially decline and have a disproportionately negative impact on regional economies that rely upon manufacturing.
With a forecast of slower growth, unemployment is expected to increase to 4.2% nationally, 3.4% in the state and 3.0% in Indianapolis during 2023. The pandemic accelerated retirements and motivated many of working age to leave the labor force. This combined with demographic shrinkage in the annual number of young adults leaving school suggests continued tightness in the availability of talent in Indianapolis. For this reason, any spike in unemployment will be mild when compared to economic slowdowns in the past.
Read the full Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson article »Each year in December, the Indiana Business Research Center publishes a special Outlook edition of the Indiana Business Review.
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