Indiana · 299 places

Cities and towns in Indiana

Short answer

Indiana has 299 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 4,550,286 residents in 2024. Indianapolis is the largest with 891,484.
Places 1,000+
299
5,000+
126
Share of state
66%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is Whitestown with 14,564 people, and the smallest in that group is Winona Lake with 5,107. 84 of the 126 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 14 places cross a county line.

Largest places in Indiana

  1. 01Indianapolis891,484
  2. 02Fort Wayne273,203
  3. 03Evansville115,395
  4. 04Fishers103,986
  5. 05South Bend103,713
  6. 06Carmel103,606
  7. 07Bloomington79,986
  8. 08Hammond76,030
  9. 09Noblesville75,239
  10. 10Lafayette71,757
  11. 11Greenwood68,175
  12. 12Gary67,555
  13. 13Muncie65,320
  14. 14Westfield62,994
  15. 15Kokomo60,093
  16. 16Terre Haute58,531
  17. 17Anderson55,851
  18. 18Elkhart53,690
  19. 19Jeffersonville52,912
  20. 20Columbus51,970
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Whitestown (+40.7%), Westfield (+34.0%), McCordsville (+32.1%). Largest decline: Rochester (-2.6%).

All 299 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in Indiana?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 299 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in Indiana, and 126 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in Indiana?

Indianapolis, with 891,484 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which Indiana town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Whitestown grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +40.7%, to 14,564.

What share of Indiana lives in incorporated places?

66%: 4,550,286 of the state's 6,924,275 residents live in the 299 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.