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===Census and estimates=== {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center; float:left;" |- !scope="col"| Historical racial composition !scope="col"| 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.indystar.com/census/race-ethnicity/total-population-change/indianapolis-city-balance-indiana/160-1836003/ |title=2020 Decennial Census}}</ref> !scope="col"| 2010<ref name="census10">{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/1836003.html |title=Indianapolis (city (balance)), Indiana |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807042256/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/1836003.html |archive-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref> !scope="col"| 1990<ref name="census1">{{cite web |title=Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012}}</ref> !scope="col"| 1970<ref name="census1"/> |- !scope="row"| [[White American|White (Non-Hispanic)]] | 50.1% || 58.6% || 75.2% || 80.9% |- !scope="row"| [[African American|Black or African American]] | 27.6% || 27.2% || 22.6% || 18.0% |- !scope="row"| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] | 13.1% || 9.4% || 1.1% || 0.8% |- !scope="row"| [[Asian American|Asian]] | 4.2% || 2.1% || 0.9% || 0.1% |- !scope="row"| [[Multiracial American|Mixed]] | 4.2% || 2.2% || – || – |} <br> [[File:Ethnic Origins in Indianapolis.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in Indianapolis]] [[File:Race and ethnicity 2010- Indianapolis (5560477952).png|thumb|A racial distribution map of Indianapolis, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ff0000|White}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#0000ff|Black}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#00ffaa|Asian}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ffa600|Hispanic}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=#ffff07|Other}}]] <br> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Indianapolis, Indiana – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP008>{{Cite web|title=P004 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=160XX00US1836003&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1836003&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1836003&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2000 !% 2010 !% {{partial|2020}} |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH) |527,675 |480,960 |style='background: #ffffe6; |444,504 |67.49% |58.62% |style='background: #ffffe6; |50.08% |- |[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH) |198,252 |223,053 |style='background: #ffffe6; |245,279 |25.36% |27.19% |style='background: #ffffe6; |27.63% |- |[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |30,636 |77,352 |style='background: #ffffe6; |116,221 |3.92% |9.43% |style='background: #ffffe6; |13.09% |- |[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH) |11,046 |17,053 |style='background: #ffffe6; |37,588 |1.41% |2.08% |style='background: #ffffe6; |4.23% |- |[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH) |10,808 |17,870 |style='background: #ffffe6; |37,152 |1.38% |2.18% |style='background: #ffffe6; |4.19% |- |[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH) |1,537 |2,123 |style='background: #ffffe6; |4,940 |0.20% |0.26% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.56% |- |[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH) |1,648 |1,760 |style='background: #ffffe6; |1,627 |0.21% |0.21% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18% |- |[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH) |268 |274 |style='background: #ffffe6; |331 |0.03% |0.03% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04% |- |'''Total''' |'''781,870''' |'''820,445''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''887,642''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |} At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Indianapolis had a population of 887,642 and a population density of {{convert|2455|/sqmi||adj=pre|people}}. The estimated population was 880,621 in 2022.<ref name="QuickFacts22">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/indianapoliscitybalanceindiana/PST040222 |access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref> By population, Indianapolis is the state's largest city and the country's 16th largest.<ref>{{cite web |first=Eva |last=Hallman |title=Fort Wayne now the 83rd largest American city |url=https://wowo.com/fort-wayne-now-the-83rd-largest-american-city/ |work=[[WOWO]] |date=May 18, 2023 |access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref> The [[Indianapolis metropolitan area]], officially the Indianapolis–Carmel–Greenwood, IN metropolitan statistical area (MSA), consists of Marion County and the surrounding counties of [[Boone County, Indiana|Boone]], [[Brown County, Indiana|Brown]], [[Hamilton County, Indiana|Hamilton]], [[Hancock County, Indiana|Hancock]], [[Hendricks County, Indiana|Hendricks]], [[Johnson County, Indiana|Johnson]], [[Madison County, Indiana|Madison]], [[Morgan County, Indiana|Morgan]], [[Shelby County, Indiana|Shelby]], and [[Tipton County, Indiana|Tipton]].<ref name="OMB Bulletin No. 23-01">{{cite web |title=OMB Bulletin No. 23-01 |pages=59, 138 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |date=July 21, 2023 |website=[[White House]] |access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref> In 2020, the metropolitan area's population was 2,111,040, the most populous in Indiana and home to 31% of the state's residents. In 2022, the estimated population was 2,141,779.<ref name="IBRC MSA">{{cite web |title=Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metro Area |publisher=Indiana Business Research Center, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business |url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=b&county_changer2=Rmetro:26900 |access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref> In 2020, the larger Indianapolis–Carmel–Muncie, IN combined statistical area (CSA) had a population of 2,492,514, home to nearly 37% of Indiana residents across 20 of Indiana's 92 counties.<ref name="OMB Bulletin No. 23-01"/> In 2022, the estimated population was 2,524,790.<ref name="IBRC CSA">{{cite web |title=Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Area |publisher=Indiana Business Research Center, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business |url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=b&county_changer2=Rcomb:294 |access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref> In the 2010 census, 97.2% of the Indianapolis population was reported as one race: 61.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 27.5% [[African American|Black or African American]], 2.1% [[Asian American|Asian]] (0.4% Burmese, 0.4% Indian, 0.3% Chinese, 0.3% Filipino, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Thai, 0.1% other Asian); 0.3% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]], and 5.5% as other. The remaining 2.8% of the population was reported as [[Multiracial American|multiracial]] (two or more races).<ref name=Factfinder2/> Indianapolis's [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] community was 9.4% of the city's population in the 2010 U.S. Census: 6.9% Mexican, 0.4% Puerto Rican, 0.1% Cuban, and 2% as other.<ref name=Factfinder2>{{cite web |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190521214830/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> Sometime between 2020 and 2023, Marion County became majority non-white.<ref name="nw">{{Cite news |newspaper=Mirror Indy |url=https://mirrorindy.org/marion-county-becomes-majority-nonwhite/ |title=Marion County becomes majority nonwhite |language=en-US |department=Government |author=Indianapolis Capital Chronicle |date=2024-07-21 |accessdate=2024-07-21}}</ref> In 2010, the median age for Indianapolis was 33.7 years. Age distribution for the city's inhabitants was 25% under the age of 18; 4.4% were between 18 and 21; 16.3% were age 21 to 65; and 13.1% were age 65 or older.<ref name=Factfinder2/> For every 100 females, there were 93 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90 males.<ref>The U.S. Census for 2010 reports the female population for Indianapolis as 424,099 (323,845 were age 18 and over) and the male population as 396,346 (291,745 were age 18 and over). See {{cite web |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190521214830/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> The 2010 census reported 332,199 households in Indianapolis, with an average household size of 2.42 and an average family size of 3.08.<ref name=Factfinder2/> Of the total households, 59.3% were family households, with 28.2% of these including the family's own children under the age of 18; 36.5% were husband-wife families; 17.2% had a female householder (with no husband present) and 5.6% had a male householder (with no wife present). The remaining 40.7% were non-family households.<ref name=Factfinder2/> {{As of|2010}}, 32% of the non-family households included individuals living alone, 8.3% of these households included individuals age 65 years of age or older.<ref name=Factfinder2/> The U.S. Census Bureau's 2007–2011 [[American Community Survey]] indicated the median household income for Indianapolis city was $42,704, and the median family income was $53,161.<ref name=AmSurvey>{{cite web |title=Selected Economic Characteristics: 2007–2011 American Community Survey |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP03 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212211753/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP03 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=November 21, 2013}}</ref> Median income for males working full-time, year-round, was $42,101, compared to $34,788 for females. Per capita income for the city was $24,430. 14.7% of families and 18.9% of the city's total population lived below the poverty line. 28.3% of those in poverty were under the age of 18 and 9.2% were age 65 or older.<ref name=AmSurvey/>
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