Bloomington, Indiana

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Indianapolis. It is located about 46 miles [74 km] to the northeast of Bloomington and has a population of 781,870 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Terre Haute. It is located about 50 miles [80 km] to the northwest of Bloomington and has a population of 59,614 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bedford	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	13,486	2.05% decrease
	Beech Grove	NE	44 mi [70.8 km]	14,316	3.79% decrease
	Brazil	NW	40 mi [64.4 km]	8,272	1.03% increase
	Brownsburg	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	19,994	37.7% increase
	Columbus	E	32 mi [51.5 km]	40,001	2.41% increase
	Franklin	NE	33 mi [53.1 km]	23,258	19.5% increase
	Greencastle	NW	37 mi [59.5 km]	10,145	2.68% increase
	Greenwood	NE	38 mi [61.2 km]	47,720	32.42% increase
	Martinsville	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	11,800	0.87% increase
	Mooresville	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	11,763	26.85% increase
	Plainfield	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	27,832	51.29% increase
	Seymour	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	19,223	6.2% increase
	Shelbyville	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	18,516	3.15% increase
	Speedway	N	45 mi [72.4 km]	12,594	2.23% decrease
	Washington	SW	49 mi [78.9 km]	11,397	0.15% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bethany	N	26 mi [41.84 km]	92	2.13% decrease
	Bloomfield	SW	24 mi [38.62 km]	2,479	2.48% decrease
	Clear Creek	S	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Ellettsville	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	6,017	18.49% increase
	Gosport	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	722	0.98% increase
	Highland Village	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Mineral City	SW	22 mi [35.41 km]	---
	Morgantown	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	961	0.31% decrease
	Nashville	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	777	5.82% decrease
	Oolitic	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,119	2.86% decrease
	Paragon	N	16 mi [25.75 km]	636	4.07% decrease
	Princes Lakes	NE	25 mi [40.23 km]	1,612	7.04% increase
	Spencer	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	2,466	1.67% decrease
	Stinesville	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	197	1.55% increase
	Worthington	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	1,446	2.36% decrease

Monroe County

Bloomington is located in Monroe County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe: Brown, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Morgan and Owen.

While not sharing a border with Monroe, the following counties are close to Bloomington: Bartholomew, Johnson and Clay.

Below are counties that are near Bloomington (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Bloomington:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Bloomington
	Bartholomew County	E	Bethany	24 miles [38 km]
	Brown County	E	Belmont	9 miles [14 km]
	Clay County	NW	Hoffman Crossing	26 miles [41 km]
	Daviess County	SW	Farlen	30 miles [48 km]
	Greene County	W	Hendricksville	9 miles [14 km]
	Hendricks County	N	Hazelwood	31 miles [49 km]
	Jackson County	SE	Maumee	17 miles [27 km]
	Johnson County	NE	Samaria	24 miles [38 km]
	Knox County	SW	Sandborn	39 miles [62 km]
	Lawrence County	S	Guthrie	12 miles [19 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Indiana<3>

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