2024 population: 2,197,313 ( 86,270 from 2020)
Land area: 4306.5 square miles
Population density: 510.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,470,796	66.94%	0.5%
Black:	362,290	16.49%	11.4%
Indian:	3,989	0.18%	0.2%
Asian:	101,267	4.61%	27.7%
2+ races:	53,488	2.43%	14.4%
Hispanic:	205,483	9.35%	15.8%

Total non-White:	726,517	33.06%	14.8%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	112,989	13.4
Deaths:	86,290	10.2
Net Migration:	17,003	2.0
Net Immigration:	42,841	5.1

Change in White population:	-7,408	-0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	93,678	4.4

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
2,111,043
1,478,204	70.02%
325,332	15.41%
3,998	0.19%
79,295	3.76%
46,749	2.21%
177,465	8.41%
632,839	29.98%

2010
1,887,877
1,423,669	75.41%
271,305	14.37%
3,753	0.20%
40,383	2.14%
32,699	1.73%
112,448	5.96%
464,208	24.59%

2000
1,658,462
1,347,892	81.27%
223,653	13.49%
3,357	0.20%
20,220	1.22%
17,611	1.06%
43,537	2.63%
310,570	18.73%

1990
1,424,886
1,217,146	85.42%
181,417	12.73%
3,000	0.21%
11,099	0.78%
n/a
12,224	0.86%
207,740	14.58%

1980
1,347,451
1,161,609	86.21%
166,543	12.36%
1,800	0.13%
6,871	0.51%
n/a
9,965	0.74%
185,842	13.79%

1970
1,284,322
1,126,744	87.73%
144,801	11.27%
863	0.07%
1,754	0.14%
n/a
9,421	0.73%
157,578	12.27%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
246,099	13.0
148,608	7.9
46,076	2.4
43,502	2.3

54,535	2.9
168,631	8.9

Number	Rate
2000's
249,864	15.1
130,340	7.9
68,806	4.1
29,390	1.8

75,777	4.6
153,638	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
240,942	16.9
130,930	9.2
57,353	4.0
12,472	0.9

130,746	9.2
102,830	7.2

Number	Rate
1980's
217,422	16.1
116,148	8.6
-16,020	-1.2
n/a

55,537	4.1
21,898	1.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-62,863	-4.9
n/a

34,865	2.7
28,264	2.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, 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
36.8
513,175	23.4%
1,684,138	76.6%
298,887	13.6%

822,994
2.52

525,015	63.8%
392,874	74.8%
53,717	10.2%
297,979	36.2%

2010
Number	Percent
35.8
490,236	26.0%
1,397,641	74.0%
211,207	11.2%

732,184
2.53

485,398	66.3%
350,311	72.2%
59,827	12.3%
246,786	33.7%

2000
Number	Percent
34.7
438,997	26.5%
1,219,465	73.5%
182,129	11.0%

648,393
2.50

437,414	67.5%
336,518	76.9%
47,429	10.8%
210,979	32.5%

1990
Number	Percent
32.5
372,369	26.1%
1,052,517	73.9%
162,809	11.4%

545,583
2.55

383,390	70.3%
306,346	79.9%
36,645	9.6%
162,193	29.7%

1980
Number	Percent
29.6
397,464	29.5%
949,987	70.5%
133,967	9.9%

482,517
2.73

358,892	74.4%
298,978	83.3%
32,373	9.0%
123,625	25.6%

2022 Housing Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	39,568	4.8%
$10,000 to $14,999	25,185	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	25,149	3.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	29,970	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	29,354	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	30,318	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	32,180	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	31,273	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	32,949	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	58,782	7.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	83,924	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	111,163	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	83,285	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	57,765	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	71,186	8.6%
$200,000 or more	80,943	9.8%

Median Household Income	76,276
Per Capita Income	40,185

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	36,140	4.4%
Public Assistance	15,282	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	76,420	9.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	940,401	74.5%
Unemployed	41,485	3.3%
In Armed Forces	2,343	0.2%

Total Labor Force	984,229	78.0%
Not in Labor Force	277,433	22.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.3%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	416,494	339,147	55.1%
Non-Profit	34,785	72,050	32.6%
Self-Employed	51,024	31,463	61.9%

Local Government	25,100	35,791	41.2%
State Government	14,051	20,061	41.2%
Federal Government	11,102	11,798	48.5%

Total Private + Self	467,518	370,610	55.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	85,038	139,700	37.8%
Total	552,556	510,310	52.0%

Pct. Govt.	11.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	190,156	17.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	221,567	20.8%
Professional, Technical	260,528	24.5%
Service Occupations	152,614	14.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,958	0.2%
All others	239,579	22.5%

White Collar		63.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	153,970	14.5%
Manufacturing	130,909	12.3%
Retail trade	119,500	11.2%
Educational services	87,673	8.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	81,791	7.7%
Construction	68,636	6.4%
Transportation and warehousing	68,031	6.4%
Accommodation and food services	65,071	6.1%
Finance and insurance	53,908	5.1%
Other services	47,374	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	45,079	4.2%
Public administration	42,611	4.0%
Wholesale trade	29,209	2.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	21,478	2.0%
Real estate and rental and leasing	19,879	1.9%
Information	13,383	1.3%
Utilities	7,989	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	5,773	0.5%
Management	1,443	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	737	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	98,298	4.66%
Puerto Rican	11,523	0.55%
Cuban	3,119	0.15%
Dominican	3,008	0.14%

Total Central American	18,485	0.88%
Costa Rican	348	0.02%
Guatemalan	4,716	0.22%
Honduran	4,574	0.22%
Nicaraguan	1,594	0.08%
Panamanian	846	0.04%
Salvadoran	5,864	0.28%
Other Central American	543	0.03%

Total South American	9,846	0.47%
Argentinean	1,004	0.05%
Bolivian	67	0.00%
Chilean	291	0.01%
Colombian	2,253	0.11%
Ecuadorian	366	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	1,300	0.06%
Uruguayan	43	0.00%
Venezuelan	4,511	0.21%
Other South American	11	0.00%

Other Hispanic	9,007	0.43%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	23,661	1.12%
Burmese	16,246	0.77%
Chinese	12,008	0.57%
Filipino	5,162	0.24%
Korean	3,296	0.16%
Vietnamese	3,240	0.15%
Japanese	2,301	0.11%
Thai	903	0.04%
Bangladeshi	608	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	1,767,406	89.4%
Spanish	102,906	5.2%
Other Asian	24,196	1.2%
Other Indo-European	23,395	1.2%
Other	15,919	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	11,107	0.6%
Chinese	9,314	0.5%
Arabic	6,628	0.3%
German, other Germanic	4,220	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	349,824	16.6%
English	212,953	10.1%
Irish	196,588	9.3%
American	160,318	7.6%
Italian	53,203	2.5%
European	37,957	1.8%
Scottish	36,825	1.7%
Polish	36,466	1.7%
French	32,389	1.5%
African	26,460	1.3%
Dutch	22,431	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	16,324	0.8%
Swedish	13,502	0.6%
British	12,315	0.6%
Welsh	11,605	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,014,919	95.5%
Not a citizen	95,038	4.5%

Native	1,949,608	92.4%
Foreign-born	160,349	7.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
42,723	3.0%	87,516	6.2%	382,730	27.2%	377,507	26.8%	331,109	23.5%	186,349	13.2%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	42,723	3.0%
9-12 Years	87,516	6.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	382,730	27.2%
Some College	377,507	26.8%
Bach. Degree	331,109	23.5%
Grad Degree	186,349	13.2%
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	1,506,788	1,453,178	53,610	3.6%
1991	1,513,074	1,448,612	64,462	4.3%
1992	1,543,412	1,468,568	74,844	4.8%
1993	1,591,876	1,528,176	63,700	4.0%
1994	1,655,388	1,591,096	64,292	3.9%
1995	1,696,296	1,634,246	62,050	3.7%
1996	1,694,884	1,641,946	52,938	3.1%
1997	1,718,774	1,672,320	46,454	2.7%
1998	1,734,562	1,692,378	42,184	2.4%
1999	1,744,230	1,703,244	40,986	2.3%

2000	1,758,096	1,713,592	44,504	2.5%
2001	1,794,452	1,732,124	62,328	3.5%
2002	1,820,570	1,735,078	85,492	4.7%
2003	1,855,942	1,766,908	89,034	4.8%
2004	1,855,876	1,764,178	91,698	4.9%
2005	1,880,596	1,786,928	93,668	5.0%
2006	1,913,180	1,827,934	85,246	4.5%
2007	1,909,394	1,828,898	80,496	4.2%
2008	1,948,498	1,846,548	101,950	5.2%
2009	1,938,064	1,765,288	172,776	8.9%

2010	1,902,058	1,724,366	177,692	9.3%
2011	1,920,368	1,756,084	164,284	8.6%
2012	1,928,776	1,776,018	152,758	7.9%
2013	1,957,904	1,815,962	141,942	7.2%
2014	1,986,102	1,872,926	113,176	5.7%
2015	2,021,590	1,930,396	91,194	4.5%
2016	2,077,342	1,994,108	83,234	4.0%
2017	2,088,122	2,019,696	68,426	3.3%
2018	2,124,088	2,056,606	67,482	3.2%
2019	2,155,652	2,092,338	63,314	2.9%

2020	2,134,130	1,993,996	140,134	6.6%
2021	2,185,548	2,103,096	82,452	3.8%
2022	2,232,320	2,170,504	61,816	2.8%
2023	2,245,126	2,177,666	67,460	3.0%
2024	2,301,478	2,213,086	88,392	3.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	896,395
Median Value	$222,475

Occupied	822,994	91.8%
Vacant	73,401	8.2%

Owned	545,951	66.3%
Rented	277,043	33.7%
Median Rent	$1,109

Single-Family Units	676,297	75.4%
Detached	621,747	69.4%
Attached	54,550	6.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	146,908	16.4%
Mobile Homes	20,177	2.3%

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area

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