Indianapolis, Indiana

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The 2000 Census showed that Indianapolis had a population of 781,870 people^<1>. This represents 12.84% of the total population of Indiana, making it the state's 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
-1-	Indianapolis			798,382	2.11% increase
2	Fort Wayne	NE	104 mi [167.4 km]	251,591	22.29% increase
3	Evansville	SW	144 mi [231.7 km]	116,309	4.34% decrease
4	South Bend	N	131 mi [210.8 km]	103,807	3.69% decrease
5	Gary	NW	140 mi [225.3 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
6	Hammond	NW	145 mi [233.4 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
7	Bloomington	SW	46 mi [74 km]	71,819	3.65% increase

Indianapolis had 352,429 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Indianapolis has a total area of 368.2 square miles [953 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 361.5 square miles [936 km²]6.68 square miles [17.3 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Indianapolis had a 2000 population density of 2,162 people per square mile [835 people/km²], making it the state's 128th most densely populated area.

Marion County

The city of Indianapolis is located in Marion County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 860,908 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 781,870 people, Indianapolis contained 90.8% of the Marion County total.

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Indianapolis and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Indianapolis. 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 Indianapolis. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Indianapolis, it also contains a comparison between Indianapolis and the state of Indiana.

Click here for the Indianapolis QuickFact (QF-1836003).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Lawrence	QF-1842426	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	43,247	11.13% increase
	Greenwood	QF-1829898	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	47,720	32.42% increase
	Carmel	QF-1810342	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	66,769	76.95% increase
	Fishers	QF-1823278	NE	15 mi [24.14 km]	69,011	82.4% increase
	Noblesville	QF-1854180	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	42,155	47.45% increase
	Pike	QF-1859706	NW	29 mi [46.67 km]

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Marion County (QF-18097).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Marion County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Boone	QF-18011	NW	55,027	18.65% increase
	Hamilton	QF-18057	N	269,785	45.6% increase
	Hancock	QF-18059	E	67,282	20.88% increase
	Hendricks	QF-18063	W	137,240	30.25% increase
	Johnson	QF-18081	S	139,158	20.03% increase
	Morgan	QF-18109	SW	70,668	5.65% increase
	Shelby	QF-18145	SE	44,186	1.45% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Indianapolis 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 Indianapolis.

The Commemorative Quarter for Indiana<7>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning 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) Indianapolis. 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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