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The Indianapolis metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing in the nation.
The largest metropolitan area in Indiana, it is the 34th largest metropolitan
area in the nation. (Metropolitan areas are combinations of counties with a
large central city that is the hub for commuting and services. The U.S. Office
of Management and Budget define these.) The US Census Bureau is the official
source for demographic information in the US. SAVI contains a wide array of
demographic information from the Census as well as other sources.
Nearly 30 percent of Indiana's total population lives in these 11 counties,
with five of those 11 being among the 20 largest counties in the state. Between
the 1990 and 2000 censuses, this region grew by 17.8 percent, outpacing both
the state (9.7%) and the nation (13.1%). Six of the 11 counties were ranked in
the top 10 fastest growing counties in the state for this time period.
Combined, these 11 counties comprise 4,315 square miles of land area and a
population density of 395.5 persons per square mile.
| The Region's Population Over Time
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Number |
Percent of State |
Indiana |
| Yesterday (1990) |
1,424,886 |
25.7% |
5,544,156 |
| Today (2002-estimate) |
1,706,748 |
27.7% |
6,159,068 |
| Tomorrow (2010 projection) |
1,876,216 |
29.2% |
6,417,198 |
| Percent Change 1990 to 2000 |
17.8% |
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9.7% |
Source: US Census Bureau; Indiana Business Research Center
Significant growth in this region is expected to continue. In the short term,
the region's population is projected to hit 1.8 million by 2010.
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| Source: Indiana University, Indiana Business Research Center |
The region is dominated by the city of Indianapolis, which is a hub for jobs,
services, and entertainment. It is also the center for demographic diversity,
with a large African-American community and a burgeoning Hispanic population.
Each county in the region has substantially sized and distinctive cities and
towns of its own. While this region does comprise nearly one-third of Indiana's
population, the individual counties and places in the region combine both urban
and rural populations and are experiencing various rates of migration and
natural increase (more births than deaths), the two means of gaining
population.
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