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Bloomington, Indiana

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The 2000 Census showed that Bloomington had a population of 69,291 people ^<1>. This represents 1.14% of the total population of Indiana, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	71,819	+3.65%	+0.53% since 2007
2007	71,441	+3.1%	+0.47% since 2006
2006	71,104	+2.62%	+0.68% since 2005
2005	70,627	+1.93%
2004	70,664	+1.98%
2003	70,673	+1.99%
2002	70,728	+2.07%	-0.45% since 2001
2001	71,046	+2.53%	+2.53% since 2000
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2000	69,291	The Last Census

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance ^<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
4	South Bend	N	174 mi [280 km]	103,807	3.69% decrease
5	Gary	N	173 mi [278.4 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
6	Hammond	N	177 mi [284.9 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
-7-	Bloomington			71,819	3.65% increase
8	Muncie	NE	93 mi [149.7 km]	64,975	3.64% decrease
9	Anderson	NE	77 mi [123.9 km]	57,282	4.1% decrease
10	Terre Haute	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	60,007	0.66% increase

Bloomington had 28,400 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Bloomington has an area ^<4> of 19.73 square miles [51.1 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Bloomington had a 2000 population density of 3,511 people per square mile [1,355 people/km²], making it the state's 7th most densely populated area.

Monroe County

The city of Bloomington is located in Monroe County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 120,750 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 69,291 people, Bloomington contained 57.4% of the Monroe County total.

In addition, where the community of Bloomington has a population density of 3,511 people per square mile [1,355 people/km²], Monroe County averages 306.2 people per square mile [118.2 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Monroe County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Bloomington and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Bloomington. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	1	71,819	3.65% increase
10 mi [16 km]	2	77,836	4.66% increase
15 mi [24 km]	6	81,998	4.31% increase
20 mi [32 km]	10	96,514	3.68% increase
25 mi [40 km]	14	115,537	2.8% increase
30 mi [48 km]	24	126,900	2.88% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Bloomington. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Bloomington, it also contains a comparison between Bloomington and the state of Indiana.

Click here for the Bloomington QuickFact (QF-1805860).

A Census Quickfact is available for Monroe County (QF-18105).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Monroe County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Brown	QF-18013	E	14,550	2.91% decrease
Greene	QF-18055	W	32,577	1.87% decrease
Jackson	QF-18071	SE	42,193	1.91% increase
Lawrence	QF-18093	S	45,913	---
Morgan	QF-18109	N	70,668	5.65% increase
Owen	QF-18119	NW	22,375	2.3% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Bloomington:

	State Code:	18 (Indiana)
	County Code:	105 (Monroe County)
	Place Code:	05860 (Bloomington)

	State & County Code:	18105 (Indiana/Monroe County)

	State & Place Code:	1805860 (Indiana/Bloomington)

Bloomington is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Bloomington.

The Commemorative
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Indiana ^<6>

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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Bloomington and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Bloomington. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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