Gary, Indiana

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The 2000 Census showed that Gary had a population of 102,746 people^<1>. This represents 1.69% of the total population of Indiana, making it the state's 5th most populous community.

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

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
2	Fort Wayne	E	119 mi [191.5 km]	251,591	22.29% increase
3	Evansville	S	249 mi [400.7 km]	116,309	4.34% decrease
4	South Bend	E	55 mi [88.5 km]	103,807	3.69% decrease
-5-	Gary			95,920	6.64% decrease
6	Hammond	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
7	Bloomington	S	173 mi [278.4 km]	71,819	3.65% increase
8	Muncie	SE	140 mi [225.3 km]	64,975	3.64% decrease

Gary had 43,630 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Gary has a total area of 57.2 square miles [148.3 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 50.2 square miles [130.1 km²]7.01 square miles [18.17 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Gary had a 2000 population density of 2,045 people per square mile [789 people/km²], making it the state's 146th most densely populated area.

Lake County

The city of Gary is located in Lake County.

The county had a population of 484,489 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 102,746 people, Gary contained 21.21% of the Lake County total.

In addition, where the community of Gary has a population density of 2,045 people per square mile [789 people/km²], Lake County averages 974 people per square mile [376.4 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

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 Gary. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Gary, it also contains a comparison between Gary and the state of Indiana.

Click here for the Gary QuickFact (QF-1827000).

The following communities are nearby Gary and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ross	QF-1866085	S	4 mi [6.44 km]
	East Chicago	QF-1819486	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	29,978	7.52% decrease
	Hammond	QF-1831000	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
	Merrillville	QF-1848528	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	33,057	8.17% increase
	Portage	QF-1861092	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	36,976	10.39% increase
	Calumet City (IL)	QF-1710487	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	36,800	5.81% decrease
	Lansing (IL)	QF-1742028	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	26,672	5.86% decrease
	Harvey (IL)	QF-1733383	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	28,056	6.48% decrease

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Gary.

A Census Quickfact is available for Lake County (QF-17089).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Lake County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Jasper	QF-18073	S	32,544	7.83% increase
	Newton	QF-18111	S	13,933	4.19% decrease
	Porter	QF-18127	E	162,181	10.21% increase
	Cook (IL)	QF-17031	NW	5,294,664	1.53% decrease
	Kankakee (IL)	QF-17091	SW	112,524	8.33% increase
	Will (IL)	QF-17197	W	681,097	34.07% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Gary 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 Gary.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Gary. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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