2024 population: 3,149,079 ( 91,189 from 2020)
Land area: 13208.7 square miles
Population density: 238.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,283,321	72.51%	0.7%
Black:	396,820	12.60%	11.0%
Indian:	6,873	0.22%	2.6%
Asian:	125,821	4.00%	22.9%
2+ races:	73,292	2.33%	15.2%
Hispanic:	262,952	8.35%	15.7%

Total non-White:	865,758	27.49%	14.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	154,541	12.6
Deaths:	137,013	11.2
Net Migration:	20,016	1.6
Net Immigration:	53,606	4.4

Change in White population:	-17,064	-0.6
Change in Non-White pop.:	108,253	3.5

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
3,057,890
2,300,385	75.23%
357,561	11.69%
6,696	0.22%
102,341	3.35%
63,619	2.08%
227,288	7.43%
757,505	24.77%

2010
2,843,447
2,284,424	80.34%
300,158	10.56%
6,093	0.21%
54,599	1.92%
46,315	1.63%
147,189	5.18%
559,023	19.66%

2000
2,601,941
2,223,971	85.47%
250,255	9.62%
5,815	0.22%
29,241	1.12%
26,401	1.01%
63,055	2.42%
377,970	14.53%

1990
2,321,420
2,074,383	89.36%
203,938	8.79%
5,942	0.26%
17,159	0.74%
n/a
19,998	0.86%
247,037	10.64%

1980
2,277,693
2,055,536	90.25%
189,407	8.32%
3,366	0.15%
10,827	0.48%
n/a
17,429	0.77%
222,157	9.75%

1970
2,170,498
1,985,274	91.47%
164,345	7.57%
1,569	0.07%
2,982	0.14%
n/a
14,662	0.68%
185,224	8.53%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
343,403	12.1
238,590	8.4
19,333	0.7
60,536	2.1

15,961	0.6
198,482	7.0

Number	Rate
2000's
357,129	13.7
213,820	8.2
32,855	1.3
42,478	1.6

60,453	2.3
181,053	7.0

Number	Rate
1990's
362,801	15.6
217,097	9.4
51,613	2.2
16,450	0.7

149,588	6.4
130,933	5.6

Number	Rate
1980's
339,022	14.9
196,276	8.6
-88,471	-3.9
n/a

18,847	0.8
24,880	1.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-94,242	-4.3
n/a

70,262	3.2
36,933	1.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Indianapolis, IN 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
37.5
708,259	11.4%
5,498,710	88.6%
465,520	7.5%

1,198,714
2.47

756,213	63.1%
565,847	74.8%
74,975	9.9%
442,501	36.9%

2010
Number	Percent
36.4
704,563	24.8%
2,138,884	75.2%
351,358	12.4%

1,107,621
2.49

729,582	65.9%
536,468	73.5%
83,621	11.5%
378,039	34.1%

2000
Number	Percent
35.0
667,351	25.6%
1,934,590	74.4%
308,029	11.8%

1,017,377
2.48

688,589	67.7%
540,928	78.6%
68,699	10.0%
328,788	32.3%

1990
Number	Percent
32.7
594,543	25.6%
1,726,877	74.4%
279,062	12.0%

882,149
2.55

625,582	70.9%
511,050	81.7%
54,528	8.7%
256,567	29.1%

1980
Number	Percent
29.6
665,370	29.2%
1,612,323	70.8%
234,412	10.3%

809,215
2.74

606,224	74.9%
514,564	84.9%
48,737	8.0%
202,991	25.1%

2022 Housing Data for Indianapolis, IN Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	61,289	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	41,145	3.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	40,757	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	48,648	4.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	47,006	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	47,356	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	49,775	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	47,262	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	48,323	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	90,702	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	122,554	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	164,834	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	119,018	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	81,279	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	91,798	7.7%
$200,000 or more	96,968	8.1%

Median Household Income	71,417
Per Capita Income	37,568

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	87

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	57,697	4.8%
Public Assistance	21,710	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	115,765	9.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,331,992	72.9%
Unemployed	62,962	3.4%
In Armed Forces	2,715	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,397,669	76.5%
Not in Labor Force	430,110	23.5%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.0%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	586,740	470,593	55.5%
Non-Profit	48,484	100,150	32.6%
Self-Employed	72,116	44,144	62.0%

Local Government	37,287	52,949	41.3%
State Government	23,639	33,052	41.7%
Federal Government	16,196	15,511	51.1%

Total Private + Self	658,856	514,737	56.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	125,606	201,662	38.4%
Total	784,462	716,399	52.3%

Pct. Govt.	11.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	245,468	16.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	301,913	20.1%
Professional, Technical	353,250	23.5%
Service Occupations	230,138	15.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,439	0.3%
All others	372,352	24.8%

White Collar		59.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	223,608	14.9%
Health care and social assistance	214,089	14.2%
Retail trade	165,137	11.0%
Educational services	135,811	9.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	98,223	6.5%
Accommodation and food services	96,533	6.4%
Construction	94,205	6.3%
Transportation and warehousing	86,215	5.7%
Other services	68,144	4.5%
Finance and insurance	66,853	4.4%
Public administration	59,958	4.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	59,232	3.9%
Wholesale trade	36,408	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	27,511	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	25,508	1.7%
Information	19,000	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	12,845	0.9%
Utilities	10,796	0.7%
Management	1,642	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,403	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	130,133	4.28%
Puerto Rican	14,766	0.49%
Cuban	4,006	0.13%
Dominican	3,380	0.11%

Total Central American	21,788	0.72%
Costa Rican	425	0.01%
Guatemalan	5,809	0.19%
Honduran	4,933	0.16%
Nicaraguan	1,738	0.06%
Panamanian	916	0.03%
Salvadoran	7,419	0.24%
Other Central American	548	0.02%

Total South American	11,916	0.39%
Argentinean	1,170	0.04%
Bolivian	67	0.00%
Chilean	428	0.01%
Colombian	2,581	0.08%
Ecuadorian	838	0.03%
Paraguayan	36	0.00%
Peruvian	1,743	0.06%
Uruguayan	56	0.00%
Venezuelan	4,922	0.16%
Other South American	75	0.00%

Other Hispanic	12,795	0.42%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	31,735	1.04%
Chinese	17,452	0.57%
Burmese	16,389	0.54%
Filipino	6,457	0.21%
Korean	5,128	0.17%
Vietnamese	4,480	0.15%
Japanese	3,261	0.11%
Thai	938	0.03%
Bangladeshi	844	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,597,623	90.8%
Spanish	129,801	4.5%
Other Indo-European	29,864	1.0%
Other Asian	27,950	1.0%
Other	16,941	0.6%
Chinese	13,732	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	12,828	0.4%
German, other Germanic	7,682	0.3%
Arabic	7,543	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	518,400	17.0%
English	320,765	10.5%
Irish	293,328	9.6%
American	246,281	8.1%
Italian	71,628	2.4%
European	58,225	1.9%
Scottish	53,611	1.8%
Polish	49,500	1.6%
French	45,980	1.5%
Dutch	34,215	1.1%
African	27,851	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	23,963	0.8%
Swedish	19,136	0.6%
British	17,771	0.6%
Welsh	16,643	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,923,555	96.1%
Not a citizen	119,934	3.9%

Native	2,845,310	93.5%
Foreign-born	198,179	6.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
60,556	3.0%	130,357	6.4%	612,331	30.2%	558,975	27.5%	421,092	20.7%	246,957	12.2%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	60,556	3.0%
9-12 Years	130,357	6.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	612,331	30.2%
Some College	558,975	27.5%
Bach. Degree	421,092	20.7%
Grad Degree	246,957	12.2%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,194,173	1,140,752	53,421	4.5%
1991	1,192,598	1,131,640	60,958	5.1%
1992	1,220,686	1,152,693	67,993	5.6%
1993	1,260,632	1,202,237	58,395	4.6%
1994	1,309,850	1,251,830	58,020	4.4%
1995	1,337,120	1,282,869	54,251	4.1%
1996	1,328,547	1,281,437	47,110	3.5%
1997	1,338,643	1,297,597	41,046	3.1%
1998	1,342,275	1,304,648	37,627	2.8%
1999	1,344,320	1,308,991	35,329	2.6%

2000	1,348,311	1,311,089	37,222	2.8%
2001	1,367,498	1,313,596	53,902	3.9%
2002	1,378,854	1,309,953	68,901	5.0%
2003	1,392,837	1,320,963	71,874	5.2%
2004	1,387,026	1,313,128	73,898	5.3%
2005	1,401,152	1,326,369	74,783	5.3%
2006	1,417,508	1,349,812	67,696	4.8%
2007	1,406,869	1,344,209	62,660	4.5%
2008	1,432,386	1,352,244	80,142	5.6%
2009	1,425,200	1,287,914	137,286	9.6%

2010	1,399,069	1,262,379	136,690	9.8%
2011	1,408,859	1,284,902	123,957	8.8%
2012	1,409,607	1,295,264	114,343	8.1%
2013	1,423,434	1,317,963	105,471	7.4%
2014	1,440,317	1,356,459	83,858	5.8%
2015	1,461,231	1,393,525	67,706	4.6%
2016	1,494,963	1,432,847	62,116	4.2%
2017	1,496,467	1,445,877	50,590	3.4%
2018	1,519,106	1,469,416	49,690	3.3%
2019	1,532,213	1,485,583	46,630	3.0%

2020	1,511,622	1,411,199	100,423	6.6%
2021	1,535,654	1,477,428	58,226	3.8%
2022	1,562,679	1,517,742	44,937	2.9%
2023	1,567,578	1,518,618	48,960	3.1%
2024	1,603,026	1,538,862	64,164	4.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,317,346
Median Value	$200,211

Occupied	1,198,714	91.0%
Vacant	118,632	9.0%

Owned	809,935	67.6%
Rented	388,779	32.4%
Median Rent	$1,033

Single-Family Units	999,948	75.9%
Detached	934,523	70.9%
Attached	65,425	5.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	193,747	14.7%
Mobile Homes	45,035	3.4%

Indianapolis, IN Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Indianapolis, IN Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Indianapolis, IN Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Indianapolis, IN Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Indianapolis, IN Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Indianapolis, IN Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Indianapolis, IN Market Area