In 2016, Indiana had four cities with populations of over 100,000: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville and South Bend. Rounding out the top 10 cities in the state were: Carmel, Fishers, Bloomington, Hammond, Gary and Lafayette.[1]
The city of Indianapolis had a population of over 860,000 and there were over 2 million people living in the metropolitan area of Indianapolis in 2016.[2] During the same time period, the population of the city of Fort Wayne was almost one-third the size of Indianapolis at close to 264,000 people, with roughly 430,000 in its metropolitan area.[3] The other two cities with populations over 100,000, Evansville and South Bend, both had approximately 269,000 people living in their metropolitan areas.[4][5]
The following is the list of metropolitan areas in Indiana with population estimates from 2010 through 2021.[6]
Table
| Metro city | Population estimates as of July 1 | % Change | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
| Bloomington | 160,132 | 161,722 | 162,852 | 163,221 | 164,422 | 165,073 | 166,655 | 167,429 | 168,092 | 169,230 | 160,815 | 161,321 | +0.74% |
| Columbus | 76,818 | 77,620 | 79,001 | 79,655 | 80,497 | 81,458 | 82,231 | 82,213 | 82,722 | 83,779 | 82,157 | 82,475 | +7.36% |
| Elkhart–Goshen | 197,451 | 198,279 | 198,968 | 200,205 | 201,423 | 202,995 | 203,642 | 204,194 | 205,617 | 206,341 | 206,842 | 206,921 | +4.80% |
| Evansville | 311,802 | 312,698 | 313,422 | 314,331 | 314,859 | 314,983 | 315,283 | 314,791 | 314,660 | 315,086 | 313,930 | 313,946 | +0.69% |
| Fort Wayne | 389,298 | 392,332 | 394,225 | 396,638 | 398,591 | 400,806 | 402,887 | 405,445 | 409,126 | 413,263 | 420,208 | 423,038 | +8.67% |
| Chicagoland (Gary, IN Metropolitan Division) | 708,163 | 707,978 | 706,627 | 705,661 | 705,792 | 702,691 | 700,964 | 700,547 | 701,279 | 703,428 | 718,555 | 719,700 | +1.63% |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson | 1,892,640 | 1,910,719 | 1,929,678 | 1,953,600 | 1,971,006 | 1,986,119 | 2,006,760 | 2,027,584 | 2,052,368 | 2,074,537 | 2,113,700 | 2,126,804 | +12.37% |
| Kokomo | 82,752 | 82,797 | 82,839 | 82,738 | 82,605 | 82,338 | 82,304 | 82,210 | 82,257 | 82,544 | 83,619 | 83,687 | +1.08% |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette | 210,687 | 213,230 | 216,449 | 219,183 | 221,445 | 223,573 | 227,088 | 228,101 | 230,938 | 233,002 | 223,679 | 224,709 | +6.66% |
| Michigan City–La Porte | 111,459 | 111,317 | 111,304 | 111,423 | 111,735 | 110,835 | 110,222 | 109,842 | 109,981 | 109,888 | 112,222 | 112,390 | +0.84% |
| Muncie | 117,665 | 117,901 | 117,027 | 116,831 | 116,487 | 115,767 | 115,657 | 115,246 | 114,297 | 114,135 | 111,669 | 111,871 | -4.92% |
| South Bend–Mishawaka | 319,044 | 318,884 | 318,296 | 318,639 | 319,410 | 319,703 | 321,144 | 321,538 | 322,697 | 323,613 | 324,112 | 323,695 | +1.46% |
| Terre Haute | 189,523 | 189,541 | 189,555 | 189,089 | 188,240 | 187,365 | 187,241 | 186,846 | 186,726 | 186,367 | 184,784 | 184,910 | -2.43% |
