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Cities in Indiana by population

Indianapolis, IN had the highest population of 88 cities in 2020, at 887,223. McCordsville, IN had the lowest, at 8,882. The median was 22,194 and the figure for Indiana was 6.79 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest887,223Indianapolis, IN
Lowest8,882McCordsville, IN
Median22,19488 cities
Indiana6,790,290History

Top 40 cities, 2020

Indianapolis, IN: 887,223 personsIndianapolis, IN887,223Fort Wayne, IN: 264,377 personsFort Wayne, IN264,377Evansville, IN: 117,377 personsEvansville, IN117,377South Bend, IN: 103,341 personsSouth Bend, IN103,341Carmel, IN: 99,909 personsCarmel, IN99,909Fishers, IN: 99,496 personsFishers, IN99,496Bloomington, IN: 80,077 personsBloomington, IN80,077Hammond, IN: 77,760 personsHammond, IN77,760Lafayette, IN: 70,760 personsLafayette, IN70,760Noblesville, IN: 70,206 personsNoblesville, IN70,206Gary, IN: 68,976 personsGary, IN68,976Muncie, IN: 65,105 personsMuncie, IN65,105Greenwood, IN: 63,969 personsGreenwood, IN63,969Kokomo, IN: 59,553 personsKokomo, IN59,553Terre Haute, IN: 58,395 personsTerre Haute, IN58,395Anderson, IN: 54,795 personsAnderson, IN54,795Elkhart, IN: 53,854 personsElkhart, IN53,854Mishawaka, IN: 51,052 personsMishawaka, IN51,052Columbus, IN: 50,538 personsColumbus, IN50,538Jeffersonville, IN: 49,568 personsJeffersonville, IN49,568Lawrence, IN: 49,337 personsLawrence, IN49,337Westfield, IN: 47,019 personsWestfield, IN47,019West Lafayette, IN: 44,654 personsWest Lafayette, IN44,654Portage, IN: 37,964 personsPortage, IN37,964New Albany, IN: 37,787 personsNew Albany, IN37,787Merrillville, IN: 36,462 personsMerrillville, IN36,462Richmond, IN: 35,719 personsRichmond, IN35,719Plainfield, IN: 34,903 personsPlainfield, IN34,903Goshen, IN: 34,492 personsGoshen, IN34,492Valparaiso, IN: 34,138 personsValparaiso, IN34,138Crown Point, IN: 33,994 personsCrown Point, IN33,994Michigan City, IN: 32,013 personsMichigan City, IN32,013Zionsville, IN: 30,786 personsZionsville, IN30,786Hobart, IN: 29,725 personsHobart, IN29,725Schererville, IN: 29,666 personsSchererville, IN29,666Brownsburg, IN: 29,184 personsBrownsburg, IN29,184Marion, IN: 28,246 personsMarion, IN28,246East Chicago, IN: 26,346 personsEast Chicago, IN26,346Franklin, IN: 25,370 personsFranklin, IN25,370Highland, IN: 23,963 personsHighland, IN23,963Indianapolis, IN: 887,223 personsIndianapolis, IN887,223Fort Wayne, IN: 264,377 personsFort Wayne, IN264,377Evansville, IN: 117,377 personsEvansville, IN117,377South Bend, IN: 103,341 personsSouth Bend, IN103,341Carmel, IN: 99,909 personsCarmel, IN99,909Fishers, IN: 99,496 personsFishers, IN99,496Bloomington, IN: 80,077 personsBloomington, IN80,077Hammond, IN: 77,760 personsHammond, IN77,760Lafayette, IN: 70,760 personsLafayette, IN70,760Noblesville, IN: 70,206 personsNoblesville, IN70,206Gary, IN: 68,976 personsGary, IN68,976Muncie, IN: 65,105 personsMuncie, IN65,105Greenwood, IN: 63,969 personsGreenwood, IN63,969Kokomo, IN: 59,553 personsKokomo, IN59,553Terre Haute, IN: 58,395 personsTerre Haute, IN58,395Anderson, IN: 54,795 personsAnderson, IN54,795Elkhart, IN: 53,854 personsElkhart, IN53,854Mishawaka, IN: 51,052 personsMishawaka, IN51,052Columbus, IN: 50,538 personsColumbus, IN50,538Jeffersonville, IN: 49,568 personsJeffersonville, IN49,568Lawrence, IN: 49,337 personsLawrence, IN49,337Westfield, IN: 47,019 personsWestfield, IN47,019West Lafayette, IN: 44,654 personsWest Lafayette, IN44,654Portage, IN: 37,964 personsPortage, IN37,964New Albany, IN: 37,787 personsNew Albany, IN37,787Merrillville, IN: 36,462 personsMerrillville, IN36,462Richmond, IN: 35,719 personsRichmond, IN35,719Plainfield, IN: 34,903 personsPlainfield, IN34,903Goshen, IN: 34,492 personsGoshen, IN34,492Valparaiso, IN: 34,138 personsValparaiso, IN34,138Crown Point, IN: 33,994 personsCrown Point, IN33,994Michigan City, IN: 32,013 personsMichigan City, IN32,013Zionsville, IN: 30,786 personsZionsville, IN30,786Hobart, IN: 29,725 personsHobart, IN29,725Schererville, IN: 29,666 personsSchererville, IN29,666Brownsburg, IN: 29,184 personsBrownsburg, IN29,184Marion, IN: 28,246 personsMarion, IN28,246East Chicago, IN: 26,346 personsEast Chicago, IN26,346Franklin, IN: 25,370 personsFranklin, IN25,370Highland, IN: 23,963 personsHighland, IN23,963
persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2020
persons
1Indianapolis, IN887,223
2Fort Wayne, IN264,377
3Evansville, IN117,377
4South Bend, IN103,341
5Carmel, IN99,909
6Fishers, IN99,496
7Bloomington, IN80,077
8Hammond, IN77,760
9Lafayette, IN70,760
10Noblesville, IN70,206
11Gary, IN68,976
12Muncie, IN65,105
13Greenwood, IN63,969
14Kokomo, IN59,553
15Terre Haute, IN58,395
16Anderson, IN54,795
17Elkhart, IN53,854
18Mishawaka, IN51,052
19Columbus, IN50,538
20Jeffersonville, IN49,568
21Lawrence, IN49,337
22Westfield, IN47,019
23West Lafayette, IN44,654
24Portage, IN37,964
25New Albany, IN37,787
26Merrillville, IN36,462
27Richmond, IN35,719
28Plainfield, IN34,903
29Goshen, IN34,492
30Valparaiso, IN34,138
31Crown Point, IN33,994
32Michigan City, IN32,013
33Zionsville, IN30,786
34Hobart, IN29,725
35Schererville, IN29,666
36Brownsburg, IN29,184
37Marion, IN28,246
38East Chicago, IN26,346
39Franklin, IN25,370
40Highland, IN23,963
41Munster, IN23,888
42Greenfield, IN23,549
43La Porte, IN22,572
44Clarksville, IN22,331
45Seymour, IN22,056
46Avon, IN21,858
47St. John, IN20,494
48Shelbyville, IN20,130
49Logansport, IN18,341
50New Castle, IN17,394
51Huntington, IN17,015
52Frankfort, IN16,876
53Lebanon, IN16,763
54Vincennes, IN16,761
55Jasper, IN16,719
56Griffith, IN16,539
57Dyer, IN16,491
58Crawfordsville, IN16,341
59Warsaw, IN15,811
60New Haven, IN15,638
61Beech Grove, IN14,686
62Chesterton, IN14,258
63Cedar Lake, IN14,204
64Speedway, IN13,959
65Bedford, IN13,818
66Auburn, IN13,539
67Connersville, IN13,331
68Lake Station, IN13,259
69Greensburg, IN12,329
70Madison, IN12,327
71Washington, IN12,045
72Martinsville, IN11,924
73Yorktown, IN11,540
74Huntertown, IN11,112
75Peru, IN10,937
76Lowell, IN10,700
77Danville, IN10,692
78Wabash, IN10,424
79Whitestown, IN10,383
80Bluffton, IN10,308
81Kendallville, IN10,262
82Plymouth, IN10,202
83Columbia City, IN9,968
84Decatur, IN9,929
85Bargersville, IN9,714
86Mooresville, IN9,438
87Sellersburg, IN9,377
88McCordsville, IN8,882

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Resident population.

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  • Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón).
  • Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January.
  • Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January.
  • United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July.
  • United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June.
  • Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
  • UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (Cities in Indiana by population, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/

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Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Indiana by population, 2020. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/indiana-cities?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). Cities in Indiana by population, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/indiana-cities?period=2020.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals), Cities in Indiana by population, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/indiana-cities?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest population?

Indianapolis, IN, with 887,223 in 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest population?

McCordsville, IN, with 8,882 in 2020.

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