2024 population: 2,174,833 ( 85,164 from 2020)
Land area: 4086.5 square miles
Population density: 532.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,450,859	66.71%	0.6%
Black:	361,028	16.60%	11.4%
Indian:	3,904	0.18%	0.6%
Asian:	100,863	4.64%	27.8%
2+ races:	53,092	2.44%	14.4%
Hispanic:	205,087	9.43%	15.8%

Total non-White:	723,974	33.29%	14.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	112,119	13.4
Deaths:	85,235	10.2
Net Migration:	15,936	1.9
Net Immigration:	42,619	5.1

Change in White population:	-8,238	-0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	93,402	4.5

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
2,089,669
1,459,097	69.82%
324,187	15.51%
3,929	0.19%
78,908	3.78%
46,399	2.22%
177,149	8.48%
630,572	30.18%

2010
1,865,850
1,403,896	75.24%
269,848	14.46%
3,683	0.20%
40,169	2.15%
32,457	1.74%
112,207	6.01%
461,954	24.76%

2000
1,639,020
1,330,108	81.15%
222,631	13.58%
3,282	0.20%
20,076	1.22%
17,414	1.06%
43,326	2.64%
308,912	18.85%

1990
1,410,690
1,203,998	85.35%
180,638	12.80%
2,947	0.21%
10,972	0.78%
n/a
12,135	0.86%
206,692	14.65%

1980
1,335,107
1,149,786	86.12%
166,053	12.44%
1,790	0.13%
6,842	0.51%
n/a
9,976	0.75%
185,321	13.88%

1970
1,274,040
1,117,105	87.68%
144,331	11.33%
859	0.07%
1,739	0.14%
n/a
9,272	0.73%
156,935	12.32%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
244,152	13.1
146,941	7.9
46,201	2.5
43,224	2.3

55,201	3.0
168,618	9.0

Number	Rate
2000's
247,884	15.1
128,977	7.9
67,935	4.1
29,288	1.8

73,788	4.5
153,042	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
238,758	16.9
129,740	9.2
53,995	3.8
12,381	0.9

126,110	8.9
102,220	7.2

Number	Rate
1980's
215,998	16.2
115,032	8.6
-17,704	-1.3
n/a

54,212	4.1
21,371	1.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-64,612	-5.1
n/a

32,681	2.6
28,386	2.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro 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):

2024
Number	Percent
37.1
527,981	24.3%
1,646,852	75.7%
319,080	14.7%

856,907
2.48

548,362	64.0%
407,736	74.4%
56,098	10.2%
308,545	36.0%

2010
Number	Percent
35.8
485,943	26.0%
1,379,907	74.0%
208,814	11.2%

725,643
2.53

480,659	66.2%
346,448	72.1%
59,462	12.4%
244,984	33.8%

2000
Number	Percent
34.8
434,622	26.5%
1,204,398	73.5%
180,081	11.0%

642,441
2.50

432,964	67.4%
332,711	76.8%
47,168	10.9%
209,477	32.6%

1990
Number	Percent
41.3
472,568	33.5%
938,122	66.5%
198,473	14.1%

673,188
2.04

485,053	72.1%
396,110	81.7%
41,994	8.7%
188,135	27.9%

1980
Number	Percent
29.6
394,974	29.6%
940,133	70.4%
132,407	9.9%

479,061
2.73

356,217	74.4%
296,497	83.2%
32,323	9.1%
122,844	25.6%

2024 Housing Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	37,247	4.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	25,459	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	21,344	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	27,038	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	25,399	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	29,118	3.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	30,801	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	32,024	3.7%
$45,000 to $49,999	29,491	3.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	57,565	6.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	88,078	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	113,635	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	90,650	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	65,064	7.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	83,685	9.8%
$200,000 or more	100,309	11.7%

Median Household Income	82,942
Per Capita Income	43,312

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	89

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	36,472	4.3%
Public Assistance	16,850	2.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	82,208	9.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	954,577	75.6%
Unemployed	38,408	3.0%
In Armed Forces	2,354	0.2%

Total Labor Force	995,339	78.9%
Not in Labor Force	266,716	21.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	424,794	342,419	55.4%
Non-Profit	39,528	80,798	32.9%
Self-Employed	53,163	32,933	61.7%

Local Government	27,119	40,565	40.1%
State Government	13,608	20,117	40.3%
Federal Government	11,802	13,948	45.8%

Total Private + Self	477,957	375,352	56.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	92,057	155,428	37.2%
Total	570,014	530,780	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	11.6%
Pct. Private + Self	77.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	204,195	18.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	218,421	19.8%
Professional, Technical	281,822	25.6%
Service Occupations	153,198	13.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,868	0.2%
All others	244,665	22.2%

White Collar		63.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	164,356	14.9%
Manufacturing	133,521	12.1%
Retail trade	121,442	11.0%
Educational services	92,149	8.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	91,260	8.3%
Transportation and warehousing	73,369	6.7%
Construction	72,131	6.5%
Accommodation and food services	63,581	5.8%
Finance and insurance	54,589	5.0%
Other services	48,686	4.4%
Public administration	44,726	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	44,026	4.0%
Wholesale trade	26,562	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	21,556	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	19,874	1.8%
Information	13,662	1.2%
Utilities	8,575	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	6,179	0.6%
Management	1,242	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	815	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	113,525	5.24%
Puerto Rican	14,221	0.66%
Cuban	4,129	0.19%
Dominican	4,573	0.21%

Total Central American	28,758	1.33%
Costa Rican	464	0.02%
Guatemalan	6,954	0.32%
Honduran	8,536	0.39%
Nicaraguan	2,774	0.13%
Panamanian	940	0.04%
Salvadoran	8,490	0.39%
Other Central American	600	0.03%

Total South American	15,800	0.73%
Argentinean	1,499	0.07%
Bolivian	461	0.02%
Chilean	914	0.04%
Colombian	2,780	0.13%
Ecuadorian	701	0.03%
Paraguayan	16	0.00%
Peruvian	1,548	0.07%
Uruguayan	34	0.00%
Venezuelan	7,833	0.36%
Other South American	14	0.00%

Other Hispanic	9,558	0.44%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	29,896	1.38%
Burmese	16,907	0.78%
Chinese	11,123	0.51%
Filipino	5,554	0.26%
Korean	3,487	0.16%
Vietnamese	2,645	0.12%
Japanese	2,300	0.11%
Indonesian	838	0.04%
Bangladeshi	717	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,772,184	87.2%
Spanish	131,768	6.5%
Other Indo-European	30,309	1.5%
Other Asian	24,862	1.2%
Other	22,272	1.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	16,117	0.8%
Chinese	9,056	0.4%
Arabic	7,808	0.4%
German, other Germanic	4,430	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	362,560	16.7%
English	247,248	11.4%
Irish	201,570	9.3%
American	156,527	7.2%
Italian	51,577	2.4%
Scottish	39,927	1.8%
Polish	36,707	1.7%
European	33,302	1.5%
French	31,308	1.4%
African	26,678	1.2%
Dutch	20,497	0.9%
Nigerian	16,650	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	15,888	0.7%
Swedish	14,672	0.7%
Welsh	9,863	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,048,898	94.5%
Not a citizen	118,437	5.5%

Native	1,970,747	90.9%
Foreign-born	196,588	9.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
46,533	3.2%	79,301	5.5%	387,394	26.7%	383,979	26.4%	351,068	24.2%	203,863	14.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	46,533	3.2%
9-12 Years	79,301	5.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	387,394	26.7%
Some College	383,979	26.4%
Bach. Degree	351,068	24.2%
Grad Degree	203,863	14.0%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	1,509,529	1,455,671	53,858	3.6%
1991	1,515,167	1,450,407	64,760	4.3%
1992	1,545,126	1,469,916	75,210	4.9%
1993	1,593,559	1,529,622	63,937	4.0%
1994	1,655,936	1,591,434	64,502	3.9%
1995	1,697,354	1,635,280	62,074	3.7%
1996	1,696,108	1,643,175	52,933	3.1%
1997	1,719,570	1,673,160	46,410	2.7%
1998	1,735,683	1,693,405	42,278	2.4%
1999	1,744,904	1,703,847	41,057	2.4%

2000	1,758,342	1,713,867	44,475	2.5%
2001	1,794,290	1,731,775	62,515	3.5%
2002	1,820,264	1,734,777	85,487	4.7%
2003	1,854,897	1,765,942	88,955	4.8%
2004	1,854,679	1,763,110	91,569	4.9%
2005	1,878,950	1,785,541	93,409	5.0%
2006	1,911,511	1,826,352	85,159	4.5%
2007	1,907,296	1,827,020	80,276	4.2%
2008	1,945,982	1,844,126	101,856	5.2%
2009	1,935,264	1,762,486	172,778	8.9%

2010	1,901,481	1,724,074	177,407	9.3%
2011	1,919,690	1,755,763	163,927	8.5%
2012	1,928,462	1,776,071	152,391	7.9%
2013	1,957,669	1,816,046	141,623	7.2%
2014	1,986,167	1,873,221	112,946	5.7%
2015	2,021,952	1,930,924	91,028	4.5%
2016	2,077,797	1,994,654	83,143	4.0%
2017	2,088,617	2,020,272	68,345	3.3%
2018	2,125,794	2,058,428	67,366	3.2%
2019	2,157,669	2,094,424	63,245	2.9%

2020	2,135,832	1,995,608	140,224	6.6%
2021	2,187,146	2,104,650	82,496	3.8%
2022	2,233,343	2,171,541	61,802	2.8%
2023	2,246,064	2,178,610	67,454	3.0%
2024	2,300,596	2,212,209	88,387	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	925,194
Median Value	$265,932

Occupied	856,907	92.6%
Vacant	68,287	7.4%

Owned	573,828	67.0%
Rented	283,079	33.0%
Median Rent	$1,227

Single-Family Units	694,571	75.1%
Detached	639,651	69.1%
Attached	54,920	5.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	151,786	16.4%
Mobile Homes	20,467	2.2%

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area