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Cities in Indiana by population

Indianapolis, IN had the highest population of 88 cities in 2021, at 882,165. McCordsville, IN had the lowest, at 9,507. The median was 22,358 and the figure for Indiana was 6.81 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest882,165Indianapolis, IN
Lowest9,507McCordsville, IN
Median22,35888 cities
Indiana6,814,223History

Top 40 cities, 2021

Indianapolis, IN: 882,165 personsIndianapolis, IN882,165Fort Wayne, IN: 266,262 personsFort Wayne, IN266,262Evansville, IN: 116,556 personsEvansville, IN116,556South Bend, IN: 103,159 personsSouth Bend, IN103,159Fishers, IN: 101,433 personsFishers, IN101,433Carmel, IN: 100,997 personsCarmel, IN100,997Bloomington, IN: 83,846 personsBloomington, IN83,846Hammond, IN: 77,203 personsHammond, IN77,203Noblesville, IN: 71,499 personsNoblesville, IN71,499Lafayette, IN: 70,831 personsLafayette, IN70,831Gary, IN: 68,493 personsGary, IN68,493Muncie, IN: 65,191 personsMuncie, IN65,191Greenwood, IN: 64,819 personsGreenwood, IN64,819Kokomo, IN: 59,560 personsKokomo, IN59,560Terre Haute, IN: 58,321 personsTerre Haute, IN58,321Anderson, IN: 54,926 personsAnderson, IN54,926Elkhart, IN: 53,813 personsElkhart, IN53,813Mishawaka, IN: 50,992 personsMishawaka, IN50,992Columbus, IN: 50,823 personsColumbus, IN50,823Westfield, IN: 50,718 personsWestfield, IN50,718Jeffersonville, IN: 50,421 personsJeffersonville, IN50,421Lawrence, IN: 49,418 personsLawrence, IN49,418West Lafayette, IN: 44,970 personsWest Lafayette, IN44,970Portage, IN: 38,232 personsPortage, IN38,232New Albany, IN: 37,531 personsNew Albany, IN37,531Merrillville, IN: 36,396 personsMerrillville, IN36,396Richmond, IN: 35,643 personsRichmond, IN35,643Plainfield, IN: 35,638 personsPlainfield, IN35,638Valparaiso, IN: 34,414 personsValparaiso, IN34,414Goshen, IN: 34,398 personsGoshen, IN34,398Crown Point, IN: 34,066 personsCrown Point, IN34,066Michigan City, IN: 31,889 personsMichigan City, IN31,889Zionsville, IN: 31,646 personsZionsville, IN31,646Brownsburg, IN: 30,169 personsBrownsburg, IN30,169Schererville, IN: 29,726 personsSchererville, IN29,726Hobart, IN: 29,565 personsHobart, IN29,565Marion, IN: 28,080 personsMarion, IN28,080East Chicago, IN: 26,188 personsEast Chicago, IN26,188Franklin, IN: 25,639 personsFranklin, IN25,639Greenfield, IN: 24,120 personsGreenfield, IN24,120Indianapolis, IN: 882,165 personsIndianapolis, IN882,165Fort Wayne, IN: 266,262 personsFort Wayne, IN266,262Evansville, IN: 116,556 personsEvansville, IN116,556South Bend, IN: 103,159 personsSouth Bend, IN103,159Fishers, IN: 101,433 personsFishers, IN101,433Carmel, IN: 100,997 personsCarmel, IN100,997Bloomington, IN: 83,846 personsBloomington, IN83,846Hammond, IN: 77,203 personsHammond, IN77,203Noblesville, IN: 71,499 personsNoblesville, IN71,499Lafayette, IN: 70,831 personsLafayette, IN70,831Gary, IN: 68,493 personsGary, IN68,493Muncie, IN: 65,191 personsMuncie, IN65,191Greenwood, IN: 64,819 personsGreenwood, IN64,819Kokomo, IN: 59,560 personsKokomo, IN59,560Terre Haute, IN: 58,321 personsTerre Haute, IN58,321Anderson, IN: 54,926 personsAnderson, IN54,926Elkhart, IN: 53,813 personsElkhart, IN53,813Mishawaka, IN: 50,992 personsMishawaka, IN50,992Columbus, IN: 50,823 personsColumbus, IN50,823Westfield, IN: 50,718 personsWestfield, IN50,718Jeffersonville, IN: 50,421 personsJeffersonville, IN50,421Lawrence, IN: 49,418 personsLawrence, IN49,418West Lafayette, IN: 44,970 personsWest Lafayette, IN44,970Portage, IN: 38,232 personsPortage, IN38,232New Albany, IN: 37,531 personsNew Albany, IN37,531Merrillville, IN: 36,396 personsMerrillville, IN36,396Richmond, IN: 35,643 personsRichmond, IN35,643Plainfield, IN: 35,638 personsPlainfield, IN35,638Valparaiso, IN: 34,414 personsValparaiso, IN34,414Goshen, IN: 34,398 personsGoshen, IN34,398Crown Point, IN: 34,066 personsCrown Point, IN34,066Michigan City, IN: 31,889 personsMichigan City, IN31,889Zionsville, IN: 31,646 personsZionsville, IN31,646Brownsburg, IN: 30,169 personsBrownsburg, IN30,169Schererville, IN: 29,726 personsSchererville, IN29,726Hobart, IN: 29,565 personsHobart, IN29,565Marion, IN: 28,080 personsMarion, IN28,080East Chicago, IN: 26,188 personsEast Chicago, IN26,188Franklin, IN: 25,639 personsFranklin, IN25,639Greenfield, IN: 24,120 personsGreenfield, IN24,120
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

RankCities2021
persons		Change on 2020
1Indianapolis, IN882,165-0.6%
2Fort Wayne, IN266,262+0.7%
3Evansville, IN116,556-0.7%
4South Bend, IN103,159-0.2%
5Fishers, IN101,433+1.9%
6Carmel, IN100,997+1.1%
7Bloomington, IN83,846+4.7%
8Hammond, IN77,203-0.7%
9Noblesville, IN71,499+1.8%
10Lafayette, IN70,831+0.1%
11Gary, IN68,493-0.7%
12Muncie, IN65,191+0.1%
13Greenwood, IN64,819+1.3%
14Kokomo, IN59,5600%
15Terre Haute, IN58,321-0.1%
16Anderson, IN54,926+0.2%
17Elkhart, IN53,813-0.1%
18Mishawaka, IN50,992-0.1%
19Columbus, IN50,823+0.6%
20Westfield, IN50,718+7.9%
21Jeffersonville, IN50,421+1.7%
22Lawrence, IN49,418+0.2%
23West Lafayette, IN44,970+0.7%
24Portage, IN38,232+0.7%
25New Albany, IN37,531-0.7%
26Merrillville, IN36,396-0.2%
27Richmond, IN35,643-0.2%
28Plainfield, IN35,638+2.1%
29Valparaiso, IN34,414+0.8%
30Goshen, IN34,398-0.3%
31Crown Point, IN34,066+0.2%
32Michigan City, IN31,889-0.4%
33Zionsville, IN31,646+2.8%
34Brownsburg, IN30,169+3.4%
35Schererville, IN29,726+0.2%
36Hobart, IN29,565-0.5%
37Marion, IN28,080-0.6%
38East Chicago, IN26,188-0.6%
39Franklin, IN25,639+1.1%
40Greenfield, IN24,120+2.4%
41Highland, IN23,812-0.6%
42Munster, IN23,696-0.8%
43Avon, IN23,083+5.6%
44La Porte, IN22,597+0.1%
45Clarksville, IN22,118-1%
46Seymour, IN21,996-0.3%
47St. John, IN21,499+4.9%
48Shelbyville, IN20,170+0.2%
49Logansport, IN18,223-0.6%
50New Castle, IN17,421+0.2%
51Huntington, IN17,049+0.2%
52Lebanon, IN16,929+1%
53Frankfort, IN16,755-0.7%
54Jasper, IN16,664-0.3%
55Vincennes, IN16,605-0.9%
56Griffith, IN16,438-0.6%
57Dyer, IN16,359-0.8%
58Crawfordsville, IN16,356+0.1%
59Warsaw, IN15,891+0.5%
60New Haven, IN15,786+0.9%
61Cedar Lake, IN14,770+4%
62Beech Grove, IN14,540-1%
63Chesterton, IN14,356+0.7%
64Bedford, IN13,8190%
65Speedway, IN13,817-1%
66Auburn, IN13,584+0.3%
67Connersville, IN13,351+0.2%
68Lake Station, IN13,182-0.6%
69Greensburg, IN12,267-0.5%
70Madison, IN12,118-1.7%
71Washington, IN12,084+0.3%
72Martinsville, IN11,968+0.4%
73Yorktown, IN11,618+0.7%
74Huntertown, IN11,206+0.8%
75Whitestown, IN11,146+7.3%
76Peru, IN10,963+0.2%
77Lowell, IN10,931+2.2%
78Danville, IN10,880+1.8%
79Wabash, IN10,397-0.3%
80Plymouth, IN10,366+1.6%
81Bluffton, IN10,307-0%
82Bargersville, IN10,235+5.4%
83Kendallville, IN10,229-0.3%
84Columbia City, IN10,012+0.4%
85Decatur, IN9,972+0.4%
86Sellersburg, IN9,581+2.2%
87Mooresville, IN9,576+1.5%
88McCordsville, IN9,507+7%

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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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/indiana-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Indianapolis, IN, with 882,165 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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McCordsville, IN, with 9,507 in 2021.

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