Cities in Indiana by foreign-born share of the population

West Lafayette, IN had the highest foreign-born share of the population of 88 cities in 2023, at 21.1%. Peru, IN had the lowest, at 0.2%. The median was 5.6% and the figure for Indiana was 5.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Lowest0.2Peru, IN
Median5.688 cities
Indiana5.9History

Top 40 cities, 2023

West Lafayette, IN: 21.1 %West Lafayette, IN21.1Speedway, IN: 19.4 %Speedway, IN19.4Logansport, IN: 16.4 %Logansport, IN16.4East Chicago, IN: 16.2 %East Chicago, IN16.2Goshen, IN: 15.8 %Goshen, IN15.8Frankfort, IN: 15.2 %Frankfort, IN15.2Columbus, IN: 15.1 %Columbus, IN15.1Elkhart, IN: 14.5 %Elkhart, IN14.5Seymour, IN: 14.4 %Seymour, IN14.4Plymouth, IN: 13.3 %Plymouth, IN13.3Carmel, IN: 12.9 %Carmel, IN12.9Bloomington, IN: 12.3 %Bloomington, IN12.3Indianapolis, IN: 11.6 %Indianapolis, IN11.6Hammond, IN: 11.3 %Hammond, IN11.3Lawrence, IN: 11.1 %Lawrence, IN11.1Fishers, IN: 10.1 %Fishers, IN10.1Washington, IN: 10 %Washington, IN10Lafayette, IN: 9.9 %Lafayette, IN9.9Plainfield, IN: 9.6 %Plainfield, IN9.6Greenwood, IN: 9.4 %Greenwood, IN9.4Schererville, IN: 9.4 %Schererville, IN9.4Clarksville, IN: 9.2 %Clarksville, IN9.2Fort Wayne, IN: 9 %Fort Wayne, IN9Munster, IN: 9 %Munster, IN9Lake Station, IN: 8.9 %Lake Station, IN8.9Whitestown, IN: 8.9 %Whitestown, IN8.9South Bend, IN: 8.9 %South Bend, IN8.9Warsaw, IN: 8.8 %Warsaw, IN8.8Westfield, IN: 8.7 %Westfield, IN8.7Kendallville, IN: 8.7 %Kendallville, IN8.7Avon, IN: 8.3 %Avon, IN8.3Huntertown, IN: 7.9 %Huntertown, IN7.9Highland, IN: 7.4 %Highland, IN7.4Noblesville, IN: 7.3 %Noblesville, IN7.3Merrillville, IN: 6.7 %Merrillville, IN6.7Brownsburg, IN: 6.6 %Brownsburg, IN6.6Dyer, IN: 6.5 %Dyer, IN6.5Mishawaka, IN: 6.3 %Mishawaka, IN6.3Griffith, IN: 6.1 %Griffith, IN6.1Jasper, IN: 6.1 %Jasper, IN6.1West Lafayette, IN: 21.1 %West Lafayette, IN21.1Speedway, IN: 19.4 %Speedway, IN19.4Logansport, IN: 16.4 %Logansport, IN16.4East Chicago, IN: 16.2 %East Chicago, IN16.2Goshen, IN: 15.8 %Goshen, IN15.8Frankfort, IN: 15.2 %Frankfort, IN15.2Columbus, IN: 15.1 %Columbus, IN15.1Elkhart, IN: 14.5 %Elkhart, IN14.5Seymour, IN: 14.4 %Seymour, IN14.4Plymouth, IN: 13.3 %Plymouth, IN13.3Carmel, IN: 12.9 %Carmel, IN12.9Bloomington, IN: 12.3 %Bloomington, IN12.3Indianapolis, IN: 11.6 %Indianapolis, IN11.6Hammond, IN: 11.3 %Hammond, IN11.3Lawrence, IN: 11.1 %Lawrence, IN11.1Fishers, IN: 10.1 %Fishers, IN10.1Washington, IN: 10 %Washington, IN10Lafayette, IN: 9.9 %Lafayette, IN9.9Plainfield, IN: 9.6 %Plainfield, IN9.6Greenwood, IN: 9.4 %Greenwood, IN9.4Schererville, IN: 9.4 %Schererville, IN9.4Clarksville, IN: 9.2 %Clarksville, IN9.2Fort Wayne, IN: 9 %Fort Wayne, IN9Munster, IN: 9 %Munster, IN9Lake Station, IN: 8.9 %Lake Station, IN8.9Whitestown, IN: 8.9 %Whitestown, IN8.9South Bend, IN: 8.9 %South Bend, IN8.9Warsaw, IN: 8.8 %Warsaw, IN8.8Westfield, IN: 8.7 %Westfield, IN8.7Kendallville, IN: 8.7 %Kendallville, IN8.7Avon, IN: 8.3 %Avon, IN8.3Huntertown, IN: 7.9 %Huntertown, IN7.9Highland, IN: 7.4 %Highland, IN7.4Noblesville, IN: 7.3 %Noblesville, IN7.3Merrillville, IN: 6.7 %Merrillville, IN6.7Brownsburg, IN: 6.6 %Brownsburg, IN6.6Dyer, IN: 6.5 %Dyer, IN6.5Mishawaka, IN: 6.3 %Mishawaka, IN6.3Griffith, IN: 6.1 %Griffith, IN6.1Jasper, IN: 6.1 %Jasper, IN6.1
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023 (%)Change on 2022
1West Lafayette, IN21.1-1.4 pts
2Speedway, IN19.4+4.1 pts
3Logansport, IN16.4-0.9 pts
4East Chicago, IN16.2+0.8 pts
5Goshen, IN15.8+1.7 pts
6Frankfort, IN15.2+1.3 pts
7Columbus, IN15.1-0.7 pts
8Elkhart, IN14.5+1.4 pts
9Seymour, IN14.4+4 pts
10Plymouth, IN13.3-0.4 pts
11Carmel, IN12.9-0.2 pts
12Bloomington, IN12.3+0.3 pts
13Indianapolis, IN11.6+1.3 pts
14Hammond, IN11.3+0.2 pts
15Lawrence, IN11.1+0.8 pts
16Fishers, IN10.1+0.3 pts
17Washington, IN10+0.7 pts
18Lafayette, IN9.9+1.3 pts
19Plainfield, IN9.60 pts
20Greenwood, IN9.4+1.5 pts
21Schererville, IN9.4-1 pts
22Clarksville, IN9.2+0.6 pts
23Fort Wayne, IN9+0.3 pts
24Munster, IN9-0.7 pts
25Lake Station, IN8.9+1.4 pts
26Whitestown, IN8.9+1 pts
27South Bend, IN8.9+0.3 pts
28Warsaw, IN8.8-0.2 pts
29Westfield, IN8.7+0.4 pts
30Kendallville, IN8.7+1.2 pts
31Avon, IN8.3-0.6 pts
32Huntertown, IN7.9+1.5 pts
33Highland, IN7.4-0.2 pts
34Noblesville, IN7.3+0.7 pts
35Merrillville, IN6.7+0.4 pts
36Brownsburg, IN6.6+0.6 pts
37Dyer, IN6.5-0.5 pts
38Mishawaka, IN6.3+0.6 pts
39Griffith, IN6.1+0.3 pts
40Jasper, IN6.1+1.4 pts
41Shelbyville, IN6-0.6 pts
42Crown Point, IN6-0.2 pts
43Valparaiso, IN5.7-0.9 pts
44St. John, IN5.7+0.1 pts
45Zionsville, IN5.50 pts
46Richmond, IN4.7+0.4 pts
47Chesterton, IN4.6-1 pts
48Bargersville, IN4.6+1 pts
49Lowell, IN4.5+0.4 pts
50Hobart, IN4.4-0 pts
51La Porte, IN4.4-0.6 pts
52Crawfordsville, IN4.2-1 pts
53New Haven, IN4.2+0.6 pts
54Evansville, IN3.9+0.1 pts
55McCordsville, IN3.7-0.5 pts
56Terre Haute, IN3.6-0.3 pts
57Marion, IN3.6+0.5 pts
58Vincennes, IN3.5-0.2 pts
59Portage, IN3.4+0.2 pts
60Sellersburg, IN3.4-0.3 pts
61Jeffersonville, IN3.4-0.1 pts
62New Albany, IN3.3+0.2 pts
63Lebanon, IN3.3-0.6 pts
64Greenfield, IN3.1-0 pts
65Michigan City, IN3+0.7 pts
65Muncie, IN3+0.7 pts
67Beech Grove, IN2.6-0.4 pts
68Cedar Lake, IN2.5-0 pts
68Huntington, IN2.5+0.3 pts
70Kokomo, IN2.5-0.1 pts
71Anderson, IN2.4-0 pts
72Gary, IN2.4+0.5 pts
73Franklin, IN2.2-0.4 pts
74Columbia City, IN2.1+0.5 pts
75Auburn, IN1.9+0.9 pts
76Yorktown, IN1.8-0.2 pts
77New Castle, IN1.7+0.6 pts
78Connersville, IN1.5-0.4 pts
79Bluffton, IN1.4-0.4 pts
80Bedford, IN1.4-0.3 pts
80Wabash, IN1.4+0.3 pts
82Decatur, IN1.3+0.5 pts
83Martinsville, IN1.2-0.1 pts
84Madison, IN1-0.6 pts
84Mooresville, IN1-0.4 pts
86Greensburg, IN0.9-1.6 pts
87Danville, IN0.5-0.2 pts
88Peru, IN0.2+0.1 pts

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About this ranking

People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population.

More on how it is measured
  • United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
  • EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat).
  • England and Wales: usual residents born outside the United Kingdom, Census 2021.

Based on place of birth, not nationality: a naturalized citizen counts as foreign born. In the United States people born in Puerto Rico, the US island areas or abroad to American parents count as native; in the EU everyone born outside the reporting country counts as foreign born, including people born in another EU country or abroad to national parents. Not comparable with foreign_population_share, which counts foreign nationals in Spain and the EU.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Indiana by foreign-born share of the population, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b05002.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana by foreign-born share of the population, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b05002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/indiana-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Indiana by foreign-born share of the population, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b05002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/indiana-cities?period=2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana by foreign-born share of the population, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b05002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/indiana-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Which city has the highest foreign-born share of the population?

West Lafayette, IN, with 21.1% in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest foreign-born share of the population?

Peru, IN, with 0.2% in 2023.

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