2024 population: 434,180 ( 14,590 from 2020)
Land area: 992.9 square miles
Population density: 437.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	310,661	71.55%	0.3%
Black:	45,991	10.59%	3.1%
Indian:	1,013	0.23%	5.1%
Asian:	24,369	5.61%	31.9%
2+ races:	13,095	3.02%	10.7%
Hispanic:	39,051	8.99%	15.8%

Total non-White:	123,519	28.45%	12.6%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	23,597	14.1
Deaths:	17,650	10.5
Net Migration:	3,380	2.0
Net Immigration:	5,166	3.1

Change in White population:	782	0.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	13,808	3.3

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
419,590
309,879	73.85%
44,619	10.63%
1,068	0.25%
18,480	4.40%
11,827	2.82%
33,717	8.04%
109,711	26.15%

2010
416,257
330,540	79.41%
41,183	9.89%
1,134	0.27%
9,947	2.39%
8,598	2.07%
24,172	5.81%
85,717	20.59%

2000
390,156
326,656	83.72%
37,247	9.55%
1,147	0.29%
4,830	1.24%
5,149	1.32%
14,550	3.73%
63,500	16.28%

1990
354,435
314,420	88.71%
29,896	8.43%
995	0.28%
2,969	0.84%
n/a
6,155	1.74%
40,015	11.29%

1980
345,951
312,388	90.30%
25,801	7.46%
678	0.20%
1,944	0.56%
n/a
4,969	1.44%
33,563	9.70%

1970
327,671
303,894	92.74%
19,140	5.84%
337	0.10%
469	0.14%
n/a
3,483	1.06%
23,777	7.26%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
51,797	12.4
31,507	7.6
-1,330	-0.3
5,989	1.4

-20,661	-5.0
23,994	5.8

Number	Rate
2000's
56,366	14.4
29,234	7.5
-8,043	-2.1
7,560	1.9

3,884	1.0
22,217	5.7

Number	Rate
1990's
58,594	16.5
30,198	8.5
-8,742	-2.5
3,381	1.0

12,236	3.5
23,485	6.6

Number	Rate
1980's
56,832	16.4
27,544	8.0
-19,410	-5.6
n/a

2,032	0.6
6,452	1.9

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-17,309	-5.3
n/a

8,494	2.6
9,786	3.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Fort Wayne, 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):

2022
Number	Percent
36.6
105,759	24.4%
328,421	75.6%
64,415	14.8%

165,703
2.50

105,887	63.9%
78,533	74.2%
11,849	11.2%
59,816	36.1%

2010
Number	Percent
36.0
111,040	26.7%
305,217	73.3%
51,126	12.3%

161,632
2.53

107,804	66.7%
80,131	74.3%
12,767	11.8%
53,828	33.3%

2000
Number	Percent
34.5
107,522	27.6%
282,634	72.4%
45,634	11.7%

151,048
2.54

103,015	68.2%
80,821	78.5%
10,882	10.6%
48,033	31.8%

1990
Number	Percent
32.2
98,503	27.8%
255,932	72.2%
41,347	11.7%

132,595
2.63

94,927	71.6%
78,428	82.6%
8,017	8.4%
37,668	28.4%

1980
Number	Percent
28.9
105,544	30.5%
240,407	69.5%
33,922	9.8%

122,118
2.79

91,210	74.7%
77,305	84.8%
7,605	8.3%
30,908	25.3%

2022 Housing Data for Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	6,422	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,734	3.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,919	3.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	6,305	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,208	4.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	7,186	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	7,109	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,909	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	6,993	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	14,331	8.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	18,084	10.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	25,081	15.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	15,975	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	10,859	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	11,202	6.8%
$200,000 or more	10,386	6.3%

Median Household Income	66,840
Per Capita Income	35,482

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	83

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,106	4.9%
Public Assistance	3,020	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	16,256	9.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	181,178	74.7%
Unemployed	9,371	3.9%
In Armed Forces	226	0.1%

Total Labor Force	190,775	78.7%
Not in Labor Force	51,694	21.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	84,342	63,938	56.9%
Non-Profit	7,872	16,629	32.1%
Self-Employed	9,533	5,955	61.6%

Local Government	4,722	7,230	39.5%
State Government	1,690	2,465	40.7%
Federal Government	1,297	971	57.2%

Total Private + Self	93,875	69,893	57.3%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	15,581	27,295	36.3%
Total	109,456	97,188	53.0%

Pct. Govt.	8.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	28,762	13.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	41,735	20.2%
Professional, Technical	48,028	23.2%
Service Occupations	31,590	15.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	461	0.2%
All others	56,886	27.5%

White Collar		57.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	41,044	19.8%
Health care and social assistance	34,052	16.5%
Retail trade	23,055	11.1%
Educational services	15,726	7.6%
Accommodation and food services	13,800	6.7%
Construction	11,700	5.7%
Transportation and warehousing	9,661	4.7%
Finance and insurance	9,608	4.6%
Other services	9,569	4.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	9,545	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	7,125	3.4%
Wholesale trade	5,276	2.5%
Public administration	5,111	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,359	1.6%
Information	2,827	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,748	1.3%
Utilities	1,293	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	1,176	0.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	224	0.1%
Management	102	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	23,358	5.57%
Puerto Rican	2,105	0.50%
Cuban	182	0.04%
Dominican	67	0.02%

Total Central American	3,426	0.82%
Costa Rican	13	0.00%
Guatemalan	1,973	0.47%
Honduran	260	0.06%
Nicaraguan	73	0.02%
Panamanian	333	0.08%
Salvadoran	774	0.18%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	791	0.19%
Argentinean	89	0.02%
Bolivian	29	0.01%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	402	0.10%
Ecuadorian	93	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	104	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	74	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,738	0.41%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Burmese	8,798	2.10%
Indian	2,046	0.49%
Filipino	1,793	0.43%
Vietnamese	1,466	0.35%
Chinese	1,268	0.30%
Korean	851	0.20%
Malaysian	303	0.07%
Laotian	281	0.07%
Thai	253	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	347,716	88.8%
Spanish	19,242	4.9%
Other Asian	9,501	2.4%
German, other Germanic	4,593	1.2%
Other Indo-European	1,714	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,362	0.3%
Other	1,295	0.3%
Vietnamese	1,174	0.3%
Tagalog	1,037	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	109,702	26.1%
Irish	39,291	9.4%
English	37,865	9.0%
American	24,581	5.9%
French	11,919	2.8%
European	11,302	2.7%
Italian	9,301	2.2%
Polish	8,728	2.1%
Scottish	6,990	1.7%
Dutch	4,630	1.1%
Swedish	4,264	1.0%
Swiss	3,869	0.9%
Welsh	2,686	0.6%
Scotch-Irish	2,539	0.6%
Norwegian	2,260	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	405,031	96.5%
Not a citizen	14,684	3.5%

Native	390,459	93.0%
Foreign-born	29,256	7.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
12,027	4.4%	14,814	5.4%	79,814	29.0%	86,752	31.5%	55,018	20.0%	27,156	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	12,027	4.4%
9-12 Years	14,814	5.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	79,814	29.0%
Some College	86,752	31.5%
Bach. Degree	55,018	20.0%
Grad Degree	27,156	9.9%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	353,892	336,274	17,618	5.0%
1991	351,616	331,394	20,222	5.8%
1992	358,040	337,044	20,996	5.9%
1993	366,314	348,650	17,664	4.8%
1994	375,986	360,500	15,486	4.1%
1995	384,400	370,510	13,890	3.6%
1996	382,826	369,934	12,892	3.4%
1997	387,308	376,622	10,686	2.8%
1998	389,680	379,174	10,506	2.7%
1999	386,698	375,734	10,964	2.8%

2000	385,506	375,156	10,350	2.7%
2001	385,066	368,948	16,118	4.2%
2002	387,508	368,216	19,292	5.0%
2003	392,976	372,240	20,736	5.3%
2004	388,664	367,764	20,900	5.4%
2005	392,786	372,390	20,396	5.2%
2006	400,466	380,782	19,684	4.9%
2007	396,266	377,286	18,980	4.8%
2008	399,930	375,894	24,036	6.0%
2009	394,868	352,116	42,752	10.8%

2010	387,248	346,506	40,742	10.5%
2011	387,960	352,502	35,458	9.1%
2012	381,794	350,372	31,422	8.2%
2013	382,496	354,402	28,094	7.3%
2014	385,204	363,396	21,808	5.7%
2015	390,040	372,366	17,674	4.5%
2016	396,590	380,026	16,564	4.2%
2017	396,208	383,308	12,900	3.3%
2018	404,240	391,752	12,488	3.1%
2019	409,572	397,062	12,510	3.1%

2020	404,282	373,844	30,438	7.5%
2021	406,918	390,954	15,964	3.9%
2022	414,716	402,996	11,720	2.8%
2023	414,884	402,026	12,858	3.1%
2024	435,128	417,952	17,176	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	177,632
Median Value	$174,956

Occupied	165,703	93.3%
Vacant	11,929	6.7%

Owned	116,762	70.5%
Rented	48,941	29.5%
Median Rent	$922

Single-Family Units	136,948	77.1%
Detached	132,902	74.8%
Attached	4,046	2.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	25,272	14.2%
Mobile Homes	5,361	3.0%

Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area