2024 population: 762,092 ( 17,479 from 2020)
Land area: 4787.0 square miles
Population density: 159.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	610,622	80.12%	0.0%
Black:	48,974	6.43%	4.2%
Indian:	2,063	0.27%	2.1%
Asian:	26,328	3.45%	30.4%
2+ races:	17,298	2.27%	12.7%
Hispanic:	56,807	7.45%	15.5%

Total non-White:	151,470	19.88%	13.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	40,822	13.7
Deaths:	34,452	11.6
Net Migration:	4,498	1.5
Net Immigration:	6,449	2.2

Change in White population:	-257	-0.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	17,736	2.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
744,613
610,879	82.04%
47,005	6.31%
2,020	0.27%
20,187	2.71%
15,348	2.06%
49,174	6.60%
133,734	17.96%

2010
714,211
611,200	85.58%
42,514	5.95%
1,892	0.26%
11,079	1.55%
11,070	1.55%
35,647	4.99%
103,011	14.42%

2000
688,348
612,024	88.91%
38,350	5.57%
1,944	0.28%
5,801	0.84%
6,966	1.01%
22,567	3.28%
76,324	11.09%

1990
629,137
583,361	92.72%
30,519	4.85%
1,862	0.30%
3,713	0.59%
n/a
9,682	1.54%
45,776	7.28%

1980
616,548
578,138	93.77%
26,531	4.30%
1,166	0.19%
2,578	0.42%
n/a
7,823	1.27%
38,410	6.23%

1970
579,541
551,866	95.22%
19,812	3.42%
627	0.11%
613	0.11%
n/a
6,019	1.04%
27,675	4.78%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
90,004	12.6
62,333	8.7
-10,012	-1.4
6,569	0.9

-321	-0.0
30,723	4.3

Number	Rate
2000's
94,477	13.7
55,023	8.0
-22,621	-3.3
10,135	1.5

-824	-0.1
26,687	3.9

Number	Rate
1990's
100,135	15.9
56,573	9.0
-6,348	-1.0
4,299	0.7

28,663	4.6
30,548	4.9

Number	Rate
1980's
98,274	15.9
52,047	8.4
-31,363	-5.1
n/a

5,223	0.8
7,366	1.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-20,752	-3.6
n/a

26,272	4.5
10,735	1.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Fort Wayne, IN-OH Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.0
183,417	24.1%
578,675	75.9%
123,285	16.2%

292,655
2.50

191,514	65.4%
145,622	76.0%
18,338	9.6%
101,141	34.6%

2010
Number	Percent
37.1
187,575	26.3%
526,636	73.7%
94,727	13.3%

274,595
2.55

187,391	68.2%
143,228	76.4%
19,292	10.3%
87,204	31.8%

2000
Number	Percent
34.9
188,776	27.4%
499,572	72.6%
84,965	12.3%

262,773
2.57

184,047	70.0%
148,130	80.5%
16,727	9.1%
78,726	30.0%

1990
Number	Percent
32.4
176,434	28.0%
452,703	72.0%
78,442	12.5%

231,670
2.67

170,345	73.5%
144,046	84.6%
12,355	7.3%
61,325	26.5%

1980
Number	Percent
29.2
189,052	30.7%
427,496	69.3%
66,085	10.7%

215,395
2.81

164,423	76.3%
142,636	86.7%
11,344	6.9%
50,972	23.7%

2022 Housing Data for Fort Wayne, IN-OH Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	10,459	3.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	10,039	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	10,290	3.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	11,977	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	12,828	4.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	12,887	4.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	12,959	4.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	12,502	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	12,561	4.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	25,857	8.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	32,026	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	45,089	15.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	30,670	10.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	19,081	6.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	18,311	6.3%
$200,000 or more	15,119	5.2%

Median Household Income	66,137
Per Capita Income	34,027

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	80

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	14,171	4.8%
Public Assistance	4,979	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	26,282	9.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	320,506	74.5%
Unemployed	15,170	3.5%
In Armed Forces	330	0.1%

Total Labor Force	336,006	78.1%
Not in Labor Force	94,474	21.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	150,277	110,721	57.6%
Non-Profit	11,832	26,553	30.8%
Self-Employed	18,233	10,180	64.2%

Local Government	9,188	13,582	40.4%
State Government	2,888	4,492	39.1%
Federal Government	1,872	1,664	52.9%

Total Private + Self	168,510	120,901	58.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	25,780	46,291	35.8%
Total	194,290	167,192	53.7%

Pct. Govt.	9.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	47,150	13.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	69,778	19.3%
Professional, Technical	74,754	20.6%
Service Occupations	53,588	14.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,707	0.5%
All others	116,793	32.3%

White Collar		52.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	89,182	24.6%
Health care and social assistance	54,126	14.9%
Retail trade	38,773	10.7%
Educational services	26,848	7.4%
Accommodation and food services	21,237	5.9%
Construction	20,978	5.8%
Other services	16,846	4.7%
Transportation and warehousing	15,829	4.4%
Finance and insurance	14,530	4.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	13,939	3.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	10,625	2.9%
Public administration	9,563	2.6%
Wholesale trade	8,075	2.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,960	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	4,850	1.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4,423	1.2%
Information	4,098	1.1%
Utilities	2,398	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	583	0.2%
Management	200	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	35,582	4.78%
Puerto Rican	2,714	0.36%
Cuban	422	0.06%
Dominican	143	0.02%

Total Central American	3,792	0.51%
Costa Rican	38	0.01%
Guatemalan	2,150	0.29%
Honduran	289	0.04%
Nicaraguan	75	0.01%
Panamanian	358	0.05%
Salvadoran	882	0.12%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,076	0.14%
Argentinean	97	0.01%
Bolivian	73	0.01%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	463	0.06%
Ecuadorian	179	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	107	0.01%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	157	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	2,990	0.40%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Burmese	8,877	1.19%
Filipino	2,179	0.29%
Indian	2,130	0.29%
Vietnamese	1,716	0.23%
Chinese	1,604	0.22%
Korean	1,008	0.14%
Malaysian	303	0.04%
Laotian	288	0.04%
Thai	275	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	632,810	90.9%
Spanish	27,507	4.0%
German, other Germanic	13,407	1.9%
Other Asian	9,666	1.4%
Other Indo-European	1,913	0.3%
Arabic	1,581	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,507	0.2%
Other	1,442	0.2%
Vietnamese	1,379	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	202,808	27.2%
English	72,029	9.7%
Irish	69,050	9.3%
American	49,338	6.6%
European	20,169	2.7%
French	19,328	2.6%
Italian	14,229	1.9%
Polish	13,827	1.9%
Scottish	12,480	1.7%
Swiss	10,893	1.5%
Dutch	9,800	1.3%
Swedish	5,502	0.7%
Welsh	5,063	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	4,766	0.6%
Norwegian	3,603	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	726,856	97.6%
Not a citizen	17,945	2.4%

Native	709,689	95.3%
Foreign-born	35,112	4.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
20,598	4.2%	28,201	5.7%	172,930	35.0%	149,226	30.2%	82,739	16.7%	40,827	8.3%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	20,598	4.2%
9-12 Years	28,201	5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	172,930	35.0%
Some College	149,226	30.2%
Bach. Degree	82,739	16.7%
Grad Degree	40,827	8.3%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	333,382	314,992	18,390	5.5%
1991	331,477	309,650	21,827	6.6%
1992	337,355	316,455	20,900	6.2%
1993	345,128	328,105	17,023	4.9%
1994	355,854	341,026	14,828	4.2%
1995	365,428	351,484	13,944	3.8%
1996	364,010	350,817	13,193	3.6%
1997	367,265	356,043	11,222	3.1%
1998	367,569	356,847	10,722	2.9%
1999	364,560	353,649	10,911	3.0%

2000	364,648	354,071	10,577	2.9%
2001	361,770	345,174	16,596	4.6%
2002	361,885	343,062	18,823	5.2%
2003	364,423	344,387	20,036	5.5%
2004	362,174	342,294	19,880	5.5%
2005	366,123	346,260	19,863	5.4%
2006	369,680	350,888	18,792	5.1%
2007	364,275	346,357	17,918	4.9%
2008	365,221	341,104	24,117	6.6%
2009	359,619	315,498	44,121	12.3%

2010	356,499	317,709	38,790	10.9%
2011	355,986	323,500	32,486	9.1%
2012	350,460	322,207	28,253	8.1%
2013	351,144	326,005	25,139	7.2%
2014	354,645	335,357	19,288	5.4%
2015	358,638	342,872	15,766	4.4%
2016	362,676	347,932	14,744	4.1%
2017	361,378	349,683	11,695	3.2%
2018	366,708	355,454	11,254	3.1%
2019	370,161	359,048	11,113	3.0%

2020	362,585	336,623	25,962	7.2%
2021	363,489	350,426	13,063	3.6%
2022	368,950	358,810	10,140	2.7%
2023	369,671	358,400	11,271	3.0%
2024	377,236	362,338	14,898	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	320,368
Median Value	$164,317

Occupied	292,655	91.3%
Vacant	27,713	8.7%

Owned	216,943	74.1%
Rented	75,712	25.9%
Median Rent	$862

Single-Family Units	255,142	79.6%
Detached	248,686	77.6%
Attached	6,456	2.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	33,064	10.3%
Mobile Homes	14,946	4.7%

Fort Wayne, IN-OH Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Fort Wayne, IN-OH Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Fort Wayne, IN-OH Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Fort Wayne, IN-OH Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Fort Wayne, IN-OH Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Fort Wayne, IN-OH Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Fort Wayne, IN-OH Market Area