Indiana

The state's population density was 181.0 persons per square mile, the 16th-highest in the United States. (+40.149246, −086.259514).[82]

In 2005, 77.7% of Indiana residents lived in metropolitan counties, 16.5% lived in micropolitan counties and 5.9% lived in non-core counties.[83]

Ancestry[]

The racial makeup of the state (based on the 2011 population estimate) was:

or of any race made up 6.2% of the population. 28.2% of Indiana's children under the age of 1 belonged to minority groups (note: children born to are counted as minority group).[86]

is the largest ancestry reported in Indiana, with 22.7% of the population reporting that ancestry in the Census. Persons citing (12.0%) and ancestry (8.9%) are also numerous, as are (10.8%) and (3.0%). descent, but have family that has been in North America for so long, in many cases since the early , that they identify simply as American. In the 1980 census 1,776,144 people claimed German ancestry, 1,356,135 claimed English ancestry and 1,017,944 claimed Irish ancestry out of a total population of 4,241,975 making the state 42% German, 32% English and 24% Irish.[95]

Population growth[]

Population growth since 1990 has been concentrated in the counties surrounding Indianapolis, with four of the five fastest-growing counties in that area: , , , and . The other county is , which is near , . Hamilton County has also grown faster than any county in the states bordering Indiana (, , and ), and is the 20th-fastest growing county in the country.[96]

With a population of 829,817, is the largest city in Indiana and the 12th-largest in the United States, according to the 2010 Census. Three other cities in Indiana have a population greater than 100,000: (253,617), (117,429) and (101,168). has seen the largest population rise amongst the state's 20 largest cities with an increase of 100 percent.[98]

and have seen the largest population declines regarding the top 20 largest cities since 2000, with a decrease of 21.0 and 6.8 percent respectively. (39.4 percent), (81 percent), (21.4 percent) and (9.3 percent). Meanwhile, (−4.2 percent), (−4 percent) and (−3.9 percent) are cities that have seen the steepest decline in population in the state.[99]