Indiana Population 2024

Indiana (U.S. state abbreviation is 'IN') is the mid-western region of the United States, borders Ohio to the east, Illinois to the west, Kentucky to the south, Michigan to the north. The first european known to have visited was French explorer in 1679. Indiana was part of huge northwest territory, which included present day of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin which were ceded to US by British at the end of war. The state of Indiana was formed in 1816 and named after Native Indians, Indiana means 'Land belongs to Indians', there are fewer than 15,000 Native Indians are living in the state currently. Indiana population in 2024 is estimated to be 6.87 million, ranks 17th largest populous state in US. Its area is 36,418 sq miles (94,321 sq km), area rank is 38th largest. Indianapolis is the state capital and top cities of Indiana are Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Carmel, Fishers and Hammond. Famous Singers such as Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Adam Lambert and Axl Rose are born in Indiana state. Terre Haute, Evansville and Elkhart are the most dangerous cities in Indiana State.

Indiana Population at Statehouse gathering

Image Source: Hundreds of demonstrators circled the Indiana Statehouse this weekend to protest gun violence, Mar 2018

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Indiana
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Indiana

Population of Indiana in 2019 is projected to 6.72 million with the growth change of 0.53&, compared to 0.48 in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, IN population in 2020 is 6,785,528. Indiana population in 2023 is estimated to be 6.85 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 6.87 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 6.8 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	6,490,436
2011	6,516,045	0.39
2012	6,537,640	0.33
2013	6,568,367	0.47
2014	6,593,533	0.38
2015	6,608,296	0.22
2016	6,633,344	0.38
2017	6,660,082	0.40
2018	6,691,878	0.48
2019	6,727,345	0.53
2020	6,785,528	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	6,805,985	0.30
2022*	6,831,167	0.37
2023*	6,875,570	0.65

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Indiana Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Indiana by race are:

White Population

White population in Indiana are 5,546,787, percentage wise 83.86 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Indiana are 613,060, percentage wise 9.27 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Indiana, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Indiana are 137,680, percentage wise 2.08 percent are asians, out of these 38,170 are Asian Indians, 32,908 are Chinese, 14,257 are Filipinos, 5,320 are Japanese, 10,785 are Korean, 8,189 are Vietnamese and 28,051 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Indiana are 441,968. Percentage wise 6.68 percent are hispanics, out of these 326,141 are Mexican people, 39,013 are Puerto Ricans, 6,356 are Cubans, and 70,458 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

American Indians(Natives) are 15,027, 3,520 are Cherokee tribal, 797 are Chippewa tribals, 417 Navajo tribals, 378 are Sioux tribals. 902 are Native Hawaiians, 685 are Guamanian/Chamorro, 514 are Samoans.

Total Population	6,614,418	Percent
White	5,546,787	83.86%
Black or African American	613,060	9.27%
American Indian and Alaska Native	15,027	0.227%
Cherokee tribal grouping	3,520	0.053%
Chippewa tribal grouping	797	0.012%
Navajo tribal grouping	417	0.006%
Sioux tribal grouping	378	0.006%
Asian Population	137,680	2.08%
Asian Indian	38,170	0.58%
Chinese	32,908	0.50%
Filipino	14,257	0.22%
Japanese	5,320	0.08%
Korean	10,785	0.16%
Vietnamese	8,189	0.12%
Other Asian Population	28,051
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,635	0.04%
Native Hawaiian	902	0.014%
Guamanian or Chamorro	685	0.010%
Samoan	514	0.008%
Other Pacific Islander	534
Some other race	145,791
Hispanic or Latino	441,968	6.68%
Mexican	326,141	4.93%
Puerto Rican	39,013	0.59%
Cuban	6,356	0.10%
Other Hispanic or Latino	70,458

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Indiana

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Indianapolis	867,125
2	Fort Wayne	267,633
3	Evansville	117,963
4	South Bend	101,860
5	Carmel	93,510
6	Fishers	93,362
7	Bloomington	84,981
8	Hammond	75,795
9	Gary	75,282
10	Lafayette	72,168
11	Muncie	68,529
12	Noblesville	63,133
13	Terre Haute	60,753
14	Greenwood	58,778
15	Kokomo	57,869
16	Anderson	55,037
17	Elkhart	52,367

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Indiana Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Indiana by age is 6,614,418, out of these 3,258,279 are male, 3,356,139 are female, The sex ratio of Indiana is 971. The Indiana population by age are, under 15 years is 1,304,939, 15 years and over is 5,309,479, 30 years and over is 3,940,205, 65 years and over is 968,568 and 85 years and over is 126,614. 49.26 percent are male, 50.74 percent are female, 19.73 percent are under 15 years old, 80.27 percent are 15 years and over, 59.57 percent are 30 years and over, 14.64 percent are 65 years and over, 1.91 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in IN

In Indiana State(IN), English is the official language. The native language speak at home are 91.6% speak English, 4.7% Spanish, 2% are European languages, 1.3% are Asian languages.
People originate from India speak, 7093 Hindi, 3416 Gujarati, 3661 Urdu, 5818 Punjabi, 1566 Bengali, 3022 Nepali/Marathi, 4364 Telugu, 2898 Tamil, 1777 Malayalam/kannada.
People from Mid and East Asia speak, 26486 Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 6050 Japanese, 7371 Korean, 396 Hmong, 6425 Vietnamese, 666 Khmer, 2131 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai.
2257 Ilocano/Samoan/Hawaiian, 10399 Arabic, 940 Hebrew
People originate from Africa region speak, 2554 Amharic/Somali, 7034 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 2734 sepak Swahili.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	5,672,618	91.55
Spanish Language	288,236	4.65
European Language	126,610	2.04
Asian Languages	82,869	1.34
Other Languages	25,756	0.42

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Indiana Education

Indiana state high school education level statistics as per table below:

Population 18 to 24 years		667,112	341,411	325,701
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	107,104	61,661	45,443
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	209,423	115,913	93,510
	Some college or associates degree	287,109	136,135	150,974
	Bachelors degree or higher	63,476	27,702	35,774
Population 25 years and over		4,369,451	2,109,878	2,259,573
	Less than 9th grade	167,020	86,995	80,025
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	343,773	173,648	170,125
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,474,872	734,584	740,288
	Some college, no degree	904,964	431,864	473,100
	Associates degree	372,514	159,140	213,374
	Bachelors degree	704,841	333,773	371,068
	Graduate or professional degree	401,467	189,874	211,593

White		3,646,048	1,760,727	1,885,321
	High school graduate or higher	3,285,438	1,578,447	1,706,991
	Bachelors degree or higher	954,967	454,276	500,691
Black or African		367,908	169,300	198,608
	High school graduate or higher	314,413	142,183	172,230
	Bachelors degree or higher	62,620	25,602	37,018
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		10,705	5,708	4,997
	High school graduate or higher	8,472	4,393	4,079
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,588	907	681
Asian		82,138	38,624	43,514
	High school graduate or higher	69,920	33,722	36,198
	Bachelors degree or higher	46,832	24,327	22,505
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		1,563	732	831
	High school graduate or higher	1,400	651	749
	Bachelors degree or higher	361	180	181
Hispanic or Latino Origin		220,338	115,656	104,682
	High school graduate or higher	142,134	72,786	69,348
	Bachelors degree or higher	28,386	13,713	14,673

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Disable people stats of Indiana state as below:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	899,267
Male	435,605
Female	463,662
	-
White	770,519
Black or African American	89,704
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	3,399
Asian	6,247
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	166
Some other race	10,918
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	258,923
With a vision difficulty	160,754
With a cognitive difficulty	337,963
With an ambulatory difficulty	469,170
With a self-care difficulty	163,157
With an independent living difficulty	297,639

Counties of Indiana

Indiana state is divided into 92 Counties. Marion is the largest County with 954,670 inhabitants as on 2017, followed by Lake County with 484,411, Allen County with 375,351, Hamilton County with 330,006.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Adams County	35,422	35,636	0.6	45	44
Allen County	372,210	375,351	0.8	3	3
Bartholomew County	82,429	82,753	0.4	18	18
Benton County	8,617	8,653	0.4	89	89
Blackford County	12,027	11,930	-0.8	85	85
Boone County	65,786	66,999	1.8	26	24
Brown County	14,999	15,234	1.6	81	80
Carroll County	20,050	20,127	0.4	72	72
Cass County	37,905	37,955	0.1	40	40
Clark County	116,672	117,360	0.6	14	14
Clay County	26,155	26,170	0.1	60	60
Clinton County	32,207	32,250	0.1	51	51
Crawford County	10,536	10,558	0.2	87	87
Daviess County	33,074	33,147	0.2	50	50
Dearborn County	49,629	49,568	-0.1	28	28
Decatur County	26,652	26,794	0.5	59	59
DeKalb County	42,822	43,226	0.9	35	35
Delaware County	115,389	114,772	-0.5	15	15
Dubois County	42,491	42,565	0.2	36	36
Elkhart County	204,310	205,560	0.6	6	6
Fayette County	23,153	23,047	-0.5	65	65
Floyd County	76,970	77,781	1.1	21	21
Fountain County	16,410	16,351	-0.4	78	78
Franklin County	22,739	22,736	0	67	67
Fulton County	20,010	20,092	0.4	73	73
Gibson County	33,622	33,452	-0.5	48	48
Grant County	66,282	65,936	-0.5	24	25
Greene County	32,180	32,006	-0.5	52	53
Hamilton County	323,082	330,086	2.2	4	4
Hancock County	74,940	76,351	1.9	22	22
Harrison County	39,851	40,350	1.3	37	37
Hendricks County	163,758	167,009	2	10	10
Henry County	48,247	48,271	0	29	29
Howard County	82,311	82,366	0.1	19	19
Huntington County	36,239	36,240	0	43	43
Jackson County	43,987	44,111	0.3	34	34
Jasper County	33,459	33,370	-0.3	49	49
Jay County	20,907	20,764	-0.7	68	69
Jefferson County	32,047	32,208	0.5	53	52
Jennings County	27,638	27,611	-0.1	58	58
Johnson County	153,922	156,225	1.5	11	11
Knox County	37,094	36,895	-0.5	42	42
Kosciusko County	79,010	79,344	0.4	20	20
LaGrange County	39,222	39,330	0.3	38	38
Lake County	484,766	484,411	-0.1	2	2
LaPorte County	109,911	110,007	0.1	16	16
Lawrence County	45,625	45,668	0.1	32	32
Madison County	129,460	129,641	0.1	13	13
Marion County	948,952	954,670	0.6	1	1
Marshall County	46,460	46,248	-0.5	31	31
Martin County	10,186	10,217	0.3	88	88
Miami County	35,827	35,567	-0.7	44	45
Monroe County	146,720	146,917	0.1	12	12
Montgomery County	38,397	38,346	-0.1	39	39
Morgan County	69,810	70,116	0.4	23	23
Newton County	14,041	14,011	-0.2	82	82
Noble County	47,384	47,532	0.3	30	30
Ohio County	5,845	5,844	0	92	92
Orange County	19,404	19,489	0.4	74	74
Owen County	20,793	20,845	0.3	69	68
Parke County	16,903	16,927	0.1	76	76
Perry County	18,988	19,102	0.6	75	75
Pike County	12,332	12,410	0.6	84	84
Porter County	168,544	169,594	0.6	9	9
Posey County	25,566	25,540	-0.1	61	61
Pulaski County	12,518	12,469	-0.4	83	83
Putnam County	37,610	37,779	0.4	41	41
Randolph County	24,954	24,851	-0.4	62	62
Ripley County	28,485	28,523	0.1	55	55
Rush County	16,659	16,663	0	77	77
St. Joseph County	269,994	270,771	0.3	5	5
Scott County	23,853	23,878	0.1	64	64
Shelby County	44,404	44,593	0.4	33	33
Spencer County	20,417	20,327	-0.4	71	71
Starke County	22,944	22,935	0	66	66
Steuben County	34,421	34,586	0.5	46	46
Sullivan County	20,699	20,690	0	70	70
Switzerland County	10,674	10,717	0.4	86	86
Tippecanoe County	191,670	193,048	0.7	7	7
Tipton County	15,139	15,128	-0.1	80	81
Union County	7,162	7,037	-1.7	91	91
Vanderburgh County	180,900	180,974	0	8	8
Vermillion County	15,487	15,479	-0.1	79	79
Vigo County	107,681	107,386	-0.3	17	17
Wabash County	31,410	31,280	-0.4	54	54
Warren County	8,198	8,263	0.8	90	90
Warrick County	62,505	62,567	0.1	27	27
Washington County	27,788	27,943	0.6	57	57
Wayne County	66,178	65,936	-0.4	25	25
Wells County	28,014	28,206	0.7	56	56
White County	24,165	24,133	-0.1	63	63
Whitley County	33,777	34,074	0.9	47	47