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Fort Wayne, Indiana

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The 2000 Census showed that Fort Wayne had a population of 205,727 people ^<1>. This represents 3.38% of the total population of Indiana, making it the state's 2nd 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	251,591	+22.29%	+0.36% since 2007
2007	250,681	+21.85%	+0.78% since 2006
2006	248,737	+20.91%	+0.59% since 2005
2005	247,276	+20.2%	-0.14% since 2004
2004	247,626	+20.37%	-0.51% since 2003
2003	248,902	+20.99%	-0.48% since 2002
2002	250,090	+21.56%	-0.29% since 2001
2001	250,822	+21.92%	+21.92% since 2000
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2000	205,727	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
1	Indianapolis	SW	104 mi [167.4 km]	798,382	2.11% increase
-2-	Fort Wayne			251,591	22.29% increase
3	Evansville	SW	249 mi [400.7 km]	116,309	4.34% decrease
4	South Bend	NW	71 mi [114.3 km]	103,807	3.69% decrease
5	Gary	W	119 mi [191.5 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
6	Hammond	W	127 mi [204.4 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
7	Bloomington	SW	151 mi [243 km]	71,819	3.65% increase

Fort Wayne had 90,915 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Fort Wayne has an area ^<4> of 79 square miles [204.5 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Fort Wayne had a 2000 population density of 2,605 people per square mile [1,006 people/km²], making it the state's 59th most densely populated area.

Allen County

The city of Fort Wayne is located in Allen County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 332,695 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 205,727 people, Fort Wayne contained 61.8% of the Allen County total.

In addition, where the community of Fort Wayne has a population density of 2,605 people per square mile [1,006 people/km²], Allen County averages 506 people per square mile [195.4 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Fort Wayne and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Fort Wayne. 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	251,591	22.29% increase
10 mi [16 km]	3	267,434	21.61% increase
15 mi [24 km]	10	279,898	20.6% increase
20 mi [32 km]	19	312,591	19.14% increase
25 mi [40 km]	33	373,347	15.33% increase
30 mi [48 km]	48	386,294	14.59% 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 Fort Wayne. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Fort Wayne, it also contains a comparison between Fort Wayne and the state of Indiana.

Click here for the Fort Wayne QuickFact (QF-1825000).

A Census Quickfact is available for Allen County (QF-18003).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Allen County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Noble	QF-18113	NW	47,601	2.46% increase
DeKalb	QF-18033	N	41,884	3.67% increase
Adams	QF-18001	S	33,985	1.11% increase
Wells	QF-18179	S	27,964	1.32% increase
Huntington	QF-18069	SW	37,570	1.39% decrease
Whitley	QF-18183	W	32,667	6.31% increase
Defiance (OH)	QF-39039	NE	38,637	2.07% decrease
Paulding (OH)	QF-39125	E	19,096	5.62% decrease
Van Wert (OH)	QF-39161	SE	28,748	2.98% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	18 (Indiana)
	County Code:	003 (Allen County)
	Place Code:	25000 (Fort Wayne)

	State & County Code:	18003 (Indiana/Allen County)

	State & Place Code:	1825000 (Indiana/Fort Wayne)

Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne.

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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 Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne. 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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