STATE · ADMITTED 1816 · 1990 CENSUS

Indiana

5,544,159 residents · 92 counties · 976 cities · 35,826 sq mi · 1,696 census tracts

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Indiana is home to 5,544,159 people. Median home value sits at $53,500. 70% of homes are owner-occupied. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. There are 536,326 fewer people here than in 2000. Median household income is $28,797, close to the national figure.

Section 01

Population & growth

Total population

5,544,159

−9%vs 2000

vs 6,080,485 in 2000

1990 – 2024

Median age

32.9

−7%vs 2000

vs 35.2 in 2000

US average: 33.0

Land area

35,826 sq mi

Population, 1990 – 2024

20246.9M

Age distribution, 1990

Under 57.2%(397,999)

US avg: 7.3%

5 to 97.4%(408,860)

US avg: 7.3%

10 to 147.4%(408,100)

US avg: 6.9%

15 to 197.7%(426,604)

US avg: 7.1%

20 to 247.5%(413,126)

US avg: 7.5%

25 to 3416.6%(919,953)

US avg: 17.5%

35 to 4414.8%(819,602)

US avg: 15.1%

45 to 5410.3%(572,617)

US avg: 10.2%

55 to 648.7%(481,353)

US avg: 8.5%

65 to 747.3%(406,424)

US avg: 7.3%

75 to 844%(220,019)

US avg: 4%

85 and over1.3%(69,502)

US avg: 1.2%

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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income

$28,797

−9%inflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $41,567 in 2000

US average: $30,130

1990 – 2024

Per capita income

$13,149

−36%vs 2000

vs $20,397 in 2000

US average: $14,340

Poverty rate

10.7%

+1.2 ptsvs 2000

vs 9.5% in 2000

US average: 13.2%

Section 03

Housing

Median home value

$53,500

−24%inflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $92,500 in 2000

US average: $93,722

1990 – 2024

Median gross rent

$374

−5%inflation adjusted, since 2000

vs $521 in 2000

US average: $450

Owner-occupied

70.2%

−1.2 ptsvs 2000

vs 71.4% in 2000

29.8% rent

Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000

White, non-Hispanic85.8%(5,219,373)

Black8.3%(505,462)

Hispanic / Latino3.5%(214,536)

Asian1%(58,424)

Other0%

1990

White, non-Hispanic90.6%(5,022,596)

Black7.8%(429,722)

Hispanic / Latino1.7%(95,363)

Asian0.7%(36,595)

Other1%(55,246)

No data for the years selected.

Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Detailed origin tables are available for 2024; showing 2024 data.

Hispanic origin

Mexican5.7%(393,454)

Central American0.9%(61,889)

Puerto Rican0.8%(53,919)

South American0.5%(32,230)

Guatemalan0.3%(18,870)

Salvadoran0.3%(17,930)

Honduran0.2%(16,574)

Venezuelan0.2%(12,727)

Cuban0.1%(9,342)

Spaniard0.1%(7,815)

Colombian0.1%(7,564)

Dominican0.1%(6,461)

+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data

Nicaraguan0.1%(4,327)

Peruvian0.1%(4,124)

Argentine0%(2,487)

Ecuadorian0%(2,336)

Panamanian0%(2,316)

Chilean0%(1,421)

Costa Rican0%(1,247)

Bolivian0%(1,034)

Uruguayan0%(235)

Paraguayan0%(72)

Asian origin

Asian Indian0.8%(54,238)

Chinese0.4%(29,589)

Burmese0.4%(27,101)

Filipino0.2%(16,227)

Korean0.1%(9,862)

Vietnamese0.1%(8,809)

Japanese0.1%(6,048)

Pakistani0.1%(5,856)

Kazakh0%(2,009)

Thai0%(1,863)

Taiwanese0%(1,574)

Laotian0%(1,494)

+ 12 more asian origin groups with data

Bangladeshi0%(1,429)

Indonesian0%(1,344)

Cambodian0%(1,248)

Nepalese0%(1,158)

Sri Lankan0%(536)

Malaysian0%(434)

Singaporean0%(242)

Mongolian0%(233)

Hmong0%(202)

Mien0%(92)

Uzbek0%(69)

Okinawan0%(1)

Pacific Islander origin

Native Hawaiian0%(2,592)

Samoan0%(870)

Chamorro0%(737)

Marshallese0%(654)

Tongan0%(123)

Guamanian0%(85)

Fijian0%(20)

Chuukese0%(6)

Ancestry

German19.5%(1,335,951)

English11.3%(773,441)

Irish10.1%(690,715)

American6.9%(472,462)

Polish2.7%(186,612)

Italian2.5%(168,009)

Scottish1.8%(120,226)

French1.6%(108,017)

Dutch1.3%(86,851)

Subsaharan African1.2%(80,831)

Swedish0.7%(51,295)

Scotch-Irish0.7%(47,123)

+ 51 more ancestry groups with data

Swiss0.6%(39,134)

Welsh0.5%(33,726)

Norwegian0.5%(32,731)

Hungarian0.4%(27,939)

Arab0.4%(24,278)

British0.3%(22,493)

West Indian0.3%(21,786)

Nigerian0.3%(20,517)

Greek0.3%(19,734)

Russian0.3%(18,547)

Slovak0.2%(16,016)

Czech0.2%(14,159)

Haitian0.2%(13,037)

French Canadian0.2%(12,134)

Croatian0.2%(11,303)

Belgian0.2%(10,958)

Danish0.2%(10,587)

Ukrainian0.1%(9,732)

Lithuanian0.1%(9,600)

Serbian0.1%(8,928)

Austrian0.1%(7,946)

Romanian0.1%(7,477)

Canadian0.1%(7,222)

Finnish0.1%(5,836)

Lebanese0.1%(5,755)

Portuguese0.1%(4,729)

Jamaican0.1%(4,548)

Macedonian0.1%(3,898)

Egyptian0.1%(3,877)

Ethiopian0.1%(3,608)

Brazilian0%(3,048)

Slovene0%(2,890)

Iranian0%(2,785)

Syrian0%(2,749)

Kenyan0%(2,714)

Armenian0%(2,021)

Bulgarian0%(1,991)

Jordanian0%(1,957)

Ghanaian0%(1,864)

Turkish0%(1,707)

Palestinian0%(1,691)

Australian0%(1,243)

Latvian0%(1,237)

Iraqi0%(1,009)

Israeli0%(976)

Moroccan0%(872)

Trinidadian & Tobagonian0%(856)

Guyanese0%(348)

Somali0%(281)

Barbadian0%(274)

Cape Verdean0%(87)

RANKED:Largest German population · Largest English population · Largest Irish population · Largest American population · Largest Mexican population

Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

15.6%

−3.8 ptsvs 2000

vs 19.4% in 2000

US average: 20.3%

High school or higher

75.6%

−6.5 ptsvs 2000

vs 82.1% in 2000

US average: 75.2%

Graduate degree

6.4%

−0.8 ptsvs 2000

vs 7.2% in 2000

US average: 7.1%

Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute

20.1 min

+32%vs 2000

vs 15.2 min in 2000

US average: 21.9

Section 07

Work & employment

No data for the years selected.

Section 08

People & community

No data for the years selected.

Marital status (2024)

Men 15+

Never married34.9%(951,944)

Married51.2%(1,396,183)

Widowed2.9%(78,558)

Divorced11%(300,144)

Women 15+

Never married29.2%(821,740)

Married49%(1,378,300)

Widowed8.7%(244,081)

Divorced13.2%(371,382)

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Section 09

Health coverage

Showing 2024 (the nearest year with coverage data).

Uninsured

7.4%

−6.8 ptssince 2013

from 14.2% in 2013

US average: 8.4%

Employer-based

57.6%

−1.6 ptssince 2020

from 59.2% in 2020

US average: 54.8%

Direct-purchase

12.6%

−0.6 ptssince 2020

from 13.2% in 2020

US average: 13.8%

Medicare

18.3%

+0.6 ptssince 2020

from 17.7% in 2020

US average: 18.4%

Medicaid

20.3%

+2.4 ptssince 2020

from 17.9% in 2020

US average: 20.9%

VA health care

2.1%

−0.2 ptssince 2020

from 2.3% in 2020

US average: 2.2%

Any private

68.4%

−2.2 ptssince 2020

from 70.6% in 2020

US average: 67.1%

Any public

36.3%

+2.7 ptssince 2020

from 33.6% in 2020

US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024

Gulf War (2001 or later)21.2%(69,787)

US avg: 26.4%

Gulf War (1990s)20.9%(68,777)

US avg: 24.3%

Vietnam era34.1%(111,993)

US avg: 33.1%

Korean War4.5%(14,934)

US avg: 4.5%

World War II0.9%(2,894)

US avg: 1%

Share of the 328,414 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Section 02

Largest cities

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1.Indianapolis city901,116

2.Fort Wayne275,203

3.Evansville116,176

4.Carmel105,634

5.Fishers104,812

6.South Bend103,201

7.Bloomington83,307

8.Noblesville76,111

9.Hammond75,712

10.Lafayette71,238

11.Greenwood69,349

12.Gary67,289

13.Westfield66,258

14.Muncie65,466

15.Kokomo59,999

16.Terre Haute58,764

17.Anderson56,153

18.Jeffersonville54,134

19.Elkhart54,092

20.Columbus52,655

21.Mishawaka51,226

22.Lawrence50,420

23.West Lafayette45,747

24.Portage38,634

25.Plainfield38,574

26.New Albany37,463

27.Merrillville37,407

28.Crown Point35,616

29.Richmond35,376

30.Valparaiso35,177

31.Goshen34,525

32.Brownsburg34,089

33.Zionsville33,624

34.Michigan City31,338

35.Granger30,321

36.Schererville29,825

37.Hobart29,298

38.Marion28,234

39.Franklin26,743

40.Greenfield26,544

41.East Chicago25,610

42.Avon25,350

43.St. John24,841

44.Munster23,504

45.Highland23,409

Section 03

Metropolitan & micropolitan areas

Metropolitan areas (12)

1.Indianapolis2,205,695

2.Fort Wayne466,258

3.South Bend324,538

4.Evansville273,786

5.Lafayette228,468

6.Elkhart208,774

7.Terre Haute169,241

8.Bloomington165,231

9.Muncie113,106

10.Michigan City111,294

11.Columbus85,729

12.Kokomo83,904

Micropolitan areas (25)

1.Warsaw80,892

2.Marion66,524

3.Richmond66,169

4.New Castle49,137

5.Kendallville47,937

6.Seymour47,370

7.Plymouth46,599

8.Bedford45,568

9.Auburn44,535

10.Jasper44,016

11.Crawfordsville38,954

12.Greencastle37,876

13.Logansport37,836

14.Huntington37,224

15.Decatur36,650

16.Vincennes35,652

17.Angola34,799

18.Peru34,487

19.Washington34,209

20.Frankfort33,322

21.Madison33,279

22.Wabash30,713

23.Greensburg26,576

24.Monticello25,164

25.Connersville23,533

Metropolitan areas are built around an urban core of 50,000 or more people; micropolitan areas around a core of 10,000 to 50,000. A statistical area can cross state lines, so each is listed under its primary state.

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