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Cities in Indiana by population

Indianapolis, IN had the highest population of 88 cities in 2022, at 885,016. Mooresville, IN had the lowest, at 9,740. The median was 22,578 and the figure for Indiana was 6.84 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest885,016Indianapolis, IN
Lowest9,740Mooresville, IN
Median22,57888 cities
Indiana6,841,491History

Top 40 cities, 2022

Indianapolis, IN: 885,016 personsIndianapolis, IN885,016Fort Wayne, IN: 268,123 personsFort Wayne, IN268,123Evansville, IN: 115,679 personsEvansville, IN115,679South Bend, IN: 103,228 personsSouth Bend, IN103,228Fishers, IN: 102,319 personsFishers, IN102,319Carmel, IN: 102,313 personsCarmel, IN102,313Bloomington, IN: 83,885 personsBloomington, IN83,885Hammond, IN: 76,627 personsHammond, IN76,627Noblesville, IN: 73,289 personsNoblesville, IN73,289Lafayette, IN: 71,480 personsLafayette, IN71,480Gary, IN: 68,006 personsGary, IN68,006Greenwood, IN: 65,387 personsGreenwood, IN65,387Muncie, IN: 65,133 personsMuncie, IN65,133Kokomo, IN: 59,564 personsKokomo, IN59,564Terre Haute, IN: 58,313 personsTerre Haute, IN58,313Anderson, IN: 55,036 personsAnderson, IN55,036Westfield, IN: 54,676 personsWestfield, IN54,676Elkhart, IN: 53,849 personsElkhart, IN53,849Columbus, IN: 51,321 personsColumbus, IN51,321Jeffersonville, IN: 51,072 personsJeffersonville, IN51,072Mishawaka, IN: 50,987 personsMishawaka, IN50,987Lawrence, IN: 49,505 personsLawrence, IN49,505West Lafayette, IN: 45,037 personsWest Lafayette, IN45,037Portage, IN: 38,303 personsPortage, IN38,303New Albany, IN: 37,388 personsNew Albany, IN37,388Plainfield, IN: 36,535 personsPlainfield, IN36,535Merrillville, IN: 36,239 personsMerrillville, IN36,239Richmond, IN: 35,530 personsRichmond, IN35,530Crown Point, IN: 34,508 personsCrown Point, IN34,508Valparaiso, IN: 34,501 personsValparaiso, IN34,501Goshen, IN: 34,406 personsGoshen, IN34,406Zionsville, IN: 32,031 personsZionsville, IN32,031Michigan City, IN: 31,696 personsMichigan City, IN31,696Brownsburg, IN: 31,289 personsBrownsburg, IN31,289Schererville, IN: 29,677 personsSchererville, IN29,677Hobart, IN: 29,423 personsHobart, IN29,423Marion, IN: 27,952 personsMarion, IN27,952East Chicago, IN: 25,974 personsEast Chicago, IN25,974Franklin, IN: 25,734 personsFranklin, IN25,734Greenfield, IN: 24,717 personsGreenfield, IN24,717Indianapolis, IN: 885,016 personsIndianapolis, IN885,016Fort Wayne, IN: 268,123 personsFort Wayne, IN268,123Evansville, IN: 115,679 personsEvansville, IN115,679South Bend, IN: 103,228 personsSouth Bend, IN103,228Fishers, IN: 102,319 personsFishers, IN102,319Carmel, IN: 102,313 personsCarmel, IN102,313Bloomington, IN: 83,885 personsBloomington, IN83,885Hammond, IN: 76,627 personsHammond, IN76,627Noblesville, IN: 73,289 personsNoblesville, IN73,289Lafayette, IN: 71,480 personsLafayette, IN71,480Gary, IN: 68,006 personsGary, IN68,006Greenwood, IN: 65,387 personsGreenwood, IN65,387Muncie, IN: 65,133 personsMuncie, IN65,133Kokomo, IN: 59,564 personsKokomo, IN59,564Terre Haute, IN: 58,313 personsTerre Haute, IN58,313Anderson, IN: 55,036 personsAnderson, IN55,036Westfield, IN: 54,676 personsWestfield, IN54,676Elkhart, IN: 53,849 personsElkhart, IN53,849Columbus, IN: 51,321 personsColumbus, IN51,321Jeffersonville, IN: 51,072 personsJeffersonville, IN51,072Mishawaka, IN: 50,987 personsMishawaka, IN50,987Lawrence, IN: 49,505 personsLawrence, IN49,505West Lafayette, IN: 45,037 personsWest Lafayette, IN45,037Portage, IN: 38,303 personsPortage, IN38,303New Albany, IN: 37,388 personsNew Albany, IN37,388Plainfield, IN: 36,535 personsPlainfield, IN36,535Merrillville, IN: 36,239 personsMerrillville, IN36,239Richmond, IN: 35,530 personsRichmond, IN35,530Crown Point, IN: 34,508 personsCrown Point, IN34,508Valparaiso, IN: 34,501 personsValparaiso, IN34,501Goshen, IN: 34,406 personsGoshen, IN34,406Zionsville, IN: 32,031 personsZionsville, IN32,031Michigan City, IN: 31,696 personsMichigan City, IN31,696Brownsburg, IN: 31,289 personsBrownsburg, IN31,289Schererville, IN: 29,677 personsSchererville, IN29,677Hobart, IN: 29,423 personsHobart, IN29,423Marion, IN: 27,952 personsMarion, IN27,952East Chicago, IN: 25,974 personsEast Chicago, IN25,974Franklin, IN: 25,734 personsFranklin, IN25,734Greenfield, IN: 24,717 personsGreenfield, IN24,717
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

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Indianapolis, IN885,016+0.3%
2Fort Wayne, IN268,123+0.7%
3Evansville, IN115,679-0.8%
4South Bend, IN103,228+0.1%
5Fishers, IN102,319+0.9%
6Carmel, IN102,313+1.3%
7Bloomington, IN83,8850%
8Hammond, IN76,627-0.7%
9Noblesville, IN73,289+2.5%
10Lafayette, IN71,480+0.9%
11Gary, IN68,006-0.7%
12Greenwood, IN65,387+0.9%
13Muncie, IN65,133-0.1%
14Kokomo, IN59,5640%
15Terre Haute, IN58,313-0%
16Anderson, IN55,036+0.2%
17Westfield, IN54,676+7.8%
18Elkhart, IN53,849+0.1%
19Columbus, IN51,321+1%
20Jeffersonville, IN51,072+1.3%
21Mishawaka, IN50,987-0%
22Lawrence, IN49,505+0.2%
23West Lafayette, IN45,037+0.1%
24Portage, IN38,303+0.2%
25New Albany, IN37,388-0.4%
26Plainfield, IN36,535+2.5%
27Merrillville, IN36,239-0.4%
28Richmond, IN35,530-0.3%
29Crown Point, IN34,508+1.3%
30Valparaiso, IN34,501+0.3%
31Goshen, IN34,4060%
32Zionsville, IN32,031+1.2%
33Michigan City, IN31,696-0.6%
34Brownsburg, IN31,289+3.7%
35Schererville, IN29,677-0.2%
36Hobart, IN29,423-0.5%
37Marion, IN27,952-0.5%
38East Chicago, IN25,974-0.8%
39Franklin, IN25,734+0.4%
40Greenfield, IN24,717+2.5%
41Avon, IN23,834+3.3%
42Munster, IN23,639-0.2%
43Highland, IN23,634-0.7%
44St. John, IN22,788+6%
45La Porte, IN22,367-1%
46Seymour, IN22,036+0.2%
47Clarksville, IN21,757-1.6%
48Shelbyville, IN20,284+0.6%
49Logansport, IN18,311+0.5%
50New Castle, IN17,315-0.6%
51Lebanon, IN17,057+0.8%
52Huntington, IN17,017-0.2%
53Jasper, IN16,712+0.3%
54Frankfort, IN16,659-0.6%
55Vincennes, IN16,520-0.5%
56Crawfordsville, IN16,491+0.8%
57Griffith, IN16,312-0.8%
58Dyer, IN16,274-0.5%
59Warsaw, IN16,083+1.2%
60New Haven, IN15,902+0.7%
61Cedar Lake, IN15,582+5.5%
62Chesterton, IN14,537+1.3%
63Beech Grove, IN14,535-0%
64Bedford, IN13,941+0.9%
65Speedway, IN13,788-0.2%
66Auburn, IN13,706+0.9%
67Connersville, IN13,332-0.1%
68Lake Station, IN13,093-0.7%
69Greensburg, IN12,338+0.6%
70Washington, IN12,187+0.9%
71Whitestown, IN12,108+8.6%
72Madison, IN12,087-0.3%
73Martinsville, IN11,891-0.6%
74Yorktown, IN11,683+0.6%
75Huntertown, IN11,286+0.7%
76Lowell, IN11,115+1.7%
77Danville, IN11,074+1.8%
78Peru, IN10,781-1.7%
79Bargersville, IN10,727+4.8%
80Plymouth, IN10,644+2.7%
81Bluffton, IN10,369+0.6%
82McCordsville, IN10,365+9%
83Wabash, IN10,337-0.6%
84Kendallville, IN10,209-0.2%
85Columbia City, IN10,096+0.8%
86Sellersburg, IN10,050+4.9%
87Decatur, IN10,015+0.4%
88Mooresville, IN9,740+1.7%

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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/indiana-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Indianapolis, IN, with 885,016 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Mooresville, IN, with 9,740 in 2022.

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