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Cities in Indiana by population

Indianapolis, IN had the highest population of 88 cities in 2024, at 899,274. Mooresville, IN had the lowest, at 10,031. The median was 23,042 and the figure for Indiana was 6.93 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest899,274Indianapolis, IN
Lowest10,031Mooresville, IN
Median23,04288 cities
Indiana6,934,754History

Top 40 cities, 2024

Indianapolis, IN: 899,274 personsIndianapolis, IN899,274Fort Wayne, IN: 273,030 personsFort Wayne, IN273,030Evansville, IN: 115,907 personsEvansville, IN115,907Fishers, IN: 103,978 personsFishers, IN103,978Carmel, IN: 103,645 personsCarmel, IN103,645South Bend, IN: 103,411 personsSouth Bend, IN103,411Bloomington, IN: 82,580 personsBloomington, IN82,580Hammond, IN: 76,017 personsHammond, IN76,017Noblesville, IN: 75,266 personsNoblesville, IN75,266Lafayette, IN: 71,082 personsLafayette, IN71,082Greenwood, IN: 68,334 personsGreenwood, IN68,334Gary, IN: 67,559 personsGary, IN67,559Muncie, IN: 65,275 personsMuncie, IN65,275Westfield, IN: 62,917 personsWestfield, IN62,917Kokomo, IN: 60,022 personsKokomo, IN60,022Terre Haute, IN: 58,530 personsTerre Haute, IN58,530Anderson, IN: 55,801 personsAnderson, IN55,801Elkhart, IN: 53,814 personsElkhart, IN53,814Jeffersonville, IN: 53,027 personsJeffersonville, IN53,027Columbus, IN: 52,189 personsColumbus, IN52,189Mishawaka, IN: 50,904 personsMishawaka, IN50,904Lawrence, IN: 50,257 personsLawrence, IN50,257West Lafayette, IN: 46,022 personsWest Lafayette, IN46,022Portage, IN: 38,475 personsPortage, IN38,475Plainfield, IN: 38,330 personsPlainfield, IN38,330New Albany, IN: 37,568 personsNew Albany, IN37,568Merrillville, IN: 36,973 personsMerrillville, IN36,973Richmond, IN: 35,516 personsRichmond, IN35,516Crown Point, IN: 35,052 personsCrown Point, IN35,052Valparaiso, IN: 34,942 personsValparaiso, IN34,942Goshen, IN: 34,566 personsGoshen, IN34,566Brownsburg, IN: 33,309 personsBrownsburg, IN33,309Zionsville, IN: 33,041 personsZionsville, IN33,041Michigan City, IN: 31,515 personsMichigan City, IN31,515Schererville, IN: 29,751 personsSchererville, IN29,751Hobart, IN: 29,375 personsHobart, IN29,375Marion, IN: 28,114 personsMarion, IN28,114Greenfield, IN: 26,290 personsGreenfield, IN26,290Franklin, IN: 26,229 personsFranklin, IN26,229East Chicago, IN: 25,737 personsEast Chicago, IN25,737Indianapolis, IN: 899,274 personsIndianapolis, IN899,274Fort Wayne, IN: 273,030 personsFort Wayne, IN273,030Evansville, IN: 115,907 personsEvansville, IN115,907Fishers, IN: 103,978 personsFishers, IN103,978Carmel, IN: 103,645 personsCarmel, IN103,645South Bend, IN: 103,411 personsSouth Bend, IN103,411Bloomington, IN: 82,580 personsBloomington, IN82,580Hammond, IN: 76,017 personsHammond, IN76,017Noblesville, IN: 75,266 personsNoblesville, IN75,266Lafayette, IN: 71,082 personsLafayette, IN71,082Greenwood, IN: 68,334 personsGreenwood, IN68,334Gary, IN: 67,559 personsGary, IN67,559Muncie, IN: 65,275 personsMuncie, IN65,275Westfield, IN: 62,917 personsWestfield, IN62,917Kokomo, IN: 60,022 personsKokomo, IN60,022Terre Haute, IN: 58,530 personsTerre Haute, IN58,530Anderson, IN: 55,801 personsAnderson, IN55,801Elkhart, IN: 53,814 personsElkhart, IN53,814Jeffersonville, IN: 53,027 personsJeffersonville, IN53,027Columbus, IN: 52,189 personsColumbus, IN52,189Mishawaka, IN: 50,904 personsMishawaka, IN50,904Lawrence, IN: 50,257 personsLawrence, IN50,257West Lafayette, IN: 46,022 personsWest Lafayette, IN46,022Portage, IN: 38,475 personsPortage, IN38,475Plainfield, IN: 38,330 personsPlainfield, IN38,330New Albany, IN: 37,568 personsNew Albany, IN37,568Merrillville, IN: 36,973 personsMerrillville, IN36,973Richmond, IN: 35,516 personsRichmond, IN35,516Crown Point, IN: 35,052 personsCrown Point, IN35,052Valparaiso, IN: 34,942 personsValparaiso, IN34,942Goshen, IN: 34,566 personsGoshen, IN34,566Brownsburg, IN: 33,309 personsBrownsburg, IN33,309Zionsville, IN: 33,041 personsZionsville, IN33,041Michigan City, IN: 31,515 personsMichigan City, IN31,515Schererville, IN: 29,751 personsSchererville, IN29,751Hobart, IN: 29,375 personsHobart, IN29,375Marion, IN: 28,114 personsMarion, IN28,114Greenfield, IN: 26,290 personsGreenfield, IN26,290Franklin, IN: 26,229 personsFranklin, IN26,229East Chicago, IN: 25,737 personsEast Chicago, IN25,737
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

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Indianapolis, IN899,274+1%
2Fort Wayne, IN273,030+1.1%
3Evansville, IN115,907+0.2%
4Fishers, IN103,978-0.3%
5Carmel, IN103,645+1%
6South Bend, IN103,411-0.1%
7Bloomington, IN82,580-0.6%
8Hammond, IN76,017-0.2%
9Noblesville, IN75,266+1.5%
10Lafayette, IN71,082-0.6%
11Greenwood, IN68,334+2.7%
12Gary, IN67,559-0.2%
13Muncie, IN65,275+0.2%
14Westfield, IN62,917+8.9%
15Kokomo, IN60,022+0.3%
16Terre Haute, IN58,530+0.2%
17Anderson, IN55,801+0.8%
18Elkhart, IN53,814+0.3%
19Jeffersonville, IN53,027+3.2%
20Columbus, IN52,189+1.1%
21Mishawaka, IN50,904-0.1%
22Lawrence, IN50,257+0.8%
23West Lafayette, IN46,022+2.2%
24Portage, IN38,475+0.3%
25Plainfield, IN38,330+2.6%
26New Albany, IN37,568+0.8%
27Merrillville, IN36,973+1.7%
28Richmond, IN35,516+0.2%
29Crown Point, IN35,052+0.7%
30Valparaiso, IN34,942+1.3%
31Goshen, IN34,566+0.3%
32Brownsburg, IN33,309+3.3%
33Zionsville, IN33,041+1.7%
34Michigan City, IN31,515-0.2%
35Schererville, IN29,751+0.4%
36Hobart, IN29,375+0.1%
37Marion, IN28,114+0.1%
38Greenfield, IN26,290+1.6%
39Franklin, IN26,229+0.9%
40East Chicago, IN25,737-0.3%
41Avon, IN24,845+1.8%
42St. John, IN24,175+2.6%
43Munster, IN23,5750%
44Highland, IN23,483-0.1%
45La Porte, IN22,6010%
46Seymour, IN22,525+1.4%
47Clarksville, IN22,069-0.6%
48Shelbyville, IN20,821+1%
49Logansport, IN18,364-0.3%
50Lebanon, IN17,614+1.8%
51New Castle, IN17,379+0.1%
52Huntington, IN17,059+0.2%
53Jasper, IN17,056+1.2%
54Frankfort, IN16,842+0.5%
55Crawfordsville, IN16,702+0.5%
56Vincennes, IN16,431-0.6%
57Cedar Lake, IN16,405+2.1%
58Dyer, IN16,271+0.1%
59New Haven, IN16,203+1.1%
60Griffith, IN16,201-0.1%
61Warsaw, IN16,142+0.2%
62Beech Grove, IN14,672+0.9%
63Whitestown, IN14,607+11.3%
64Chesterton, IN14,585-0.1%
65Speedway, IN14,409+0.4%
66Auburn, IN13,966+0.9%
67Bedford, IN13,884+0.4%
68Connersville, IN13,444+0.8%
69Lake Station, IN13,017-0.1%
70Washington, IN12,861+2.4%
71Danville, IN12,512+8%
72Greensburg, IN12,346+0.2%
73Madison, IN12,206+0.3%
74Martinsville, IN11,997+0.3%
75Yorktown, IN11,852+1.1%
76McCordsville, IN11,749+4.3%
77Huntertown, IN11,508+1.1%
78Lowell, IN11,431+1.9%
79Bargersville, IN11,308+1.8%
80Peru, IN11,027+0.4%
81Plymouth, IN11,026+1%
82Bluffton, IN10,562+0.7%
83Kendallville, IN10,368+0.9%
84Wabash, IN10,225-0.5%
85Columbia City, IN10,189+0.4%
86Sellersburg, IN10,097+0.3%
87Decatur, IN10,0790%
88Mooresville, IN10,031+1.9%

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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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/indiana-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Indianapolis, IN, with 899,274 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Mooresville, IN, with 10,031 in 2024.

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