Editing Fort Wayne, Indiana (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 4282
|1860= 7000 |1860n=<ref name="FtWaynePictorialHistory">{{cite book |last1=Griswold |first1=B.J. |title=The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne Indiana |volume=II, Biographical |date=1917 |publisher=Robert O. Law Company |location=Chicago |page=490 |url=https://mdon.library.pfw.edu/digital/collection/cc_fw_hist/id/3976 |access-date=May 19, 2021}}</ref>{{efn|The commonly-cited figure of 10,388 was the count for [[Wayne Township, Allen County, Indiana|Wayne Township]] rather than the city of Fort Wayne, which did not have a separate population figure reported in 1860.<ref name="1870Census">{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=Francis A. |title=The Statistics of the Population of the United States |volume=I |date=1872 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington |page=122 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-15.pdf#page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725124351/http://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-15.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|1870= 17718
|1880= 26880
|1890= 35393
|1900= 45115
|1910= 63933
|1920= 86549
|1930= 114946
|1940= 118410
|1950= 133607
|1960= 161776
|1970= 178269
|1980= 172196
|1990= 173072
|2000= 205727
|2010= 253691
|2020= 263886
|estyear= 2023
|estimate= 269994
|estref= <ref>{{cite web |title=QuickFacts Fort Wayne city, Indiana |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fortwaynecityindiana/PST045223 |website=census.gov |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |title=Census of Population and Housing from 1790 |publisher=[[US Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

Fort Wayne is the principal city of the [[Fort Wayne metropolitan area]], consisting of Allen and [[Whitley County, Indiana|Whitley]] counties in Indiana. It had an estimated population of 423,038 as of 2021.<ref name="censusreporter.org"/>  In addition to the two core counties, the greater Fort Wayne [[combined statistical area]]  includes [[Adams County, Indiana|Adams]], [[DeKalb County, Indiana|DeKalb]], [[Huntington County, Indiana|Huntington]], [[Noble County, Indiana|Noble]], [[Steuben County, Indiana|Steuben]], and [[Wells County, Indiana|Wells]] counties, with an estimated population of 649,105 in 2021.<ref name="PopEstCBSA">{{cite web |date=July 1, 2011 |title=Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2011/tables/CBSA-EST2011-01.csv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020171003/https://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2011/tables/CBSA-EST2011-01.csv |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |access-date=October 19, 2013 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Fort Wayne city, 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=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Fort Wayne city, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US1825000&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Fort Wayne city, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1825000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2 |website=[[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) - Fort Wayne city, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1825000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
!Change<br /> 2010–2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|150,368
|178,436
|style='background: #ffffe6; |165,865
|73.09%
|70.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62.85%
| -7.49%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|35,391
|38,514
|style='background: #ffffe6; |39,560
|17.20%
|15.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.99%
| -.19%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|653
|730
|style='background: #ffffe6; |627
|0.32%
|0.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.24%
| -.05%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3,156
|8,279
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15,229
|1.53%
|3.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.77%
| +2.51%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|73
|91
|style='background: #ffffe6; |108
|0.04%
|0.04%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
| -
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|470
|542
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,517
|0.23%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.57%
| +.36%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|3,732
|6,899
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,084
|1.81%
|2.72%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.96%
| +2.24%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|11,884
|20,200
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27,896
|5.78%
|7.96%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.57%
| +2.61%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''205,727'''
|'''253,691'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''263,886'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
| -
|}

===2010 census===
[[File:Race and ethnicity Fort Wayne.png|thumb|left|Map of racial distribution in Fort Wayne, 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}}]]
According to the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], there were 253,691 people and 113,541 households. The racial makeup of the city is 73.62% [[White Americans|White]], 15.41% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.37% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]], 3.3% [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (1.4% [[Burmese Americans|Burmese]], 0.4% [[Indian Americans|Indian]], 0.3% [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]], 0.2% [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]], 0.2% [[Filipino Americans|Filipino]], 0.1% [[Korean Americans|Korean]], 0.1% [[Laotian Americans|Laotian]], 0.1% [[Thai Americans|Thai]]), 0.06% Pacific Islander, 3.72% from other races, and 3.52% from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]]. 7.96% of the population are [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race. Among the Hispanic population, 6.1% are [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]], 0.4% [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]], and 0.3% [[Guatemalan Americans|Guatemalan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Census website |work=census.gov |access-date=August 27, 2011 |url=https://www.census.gov}}</ref> Non-Hispanic Whites were 70.3% of the population in 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/1825000.html |title=Fort Wayne (city), Indiana |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813005355/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/1825000.html |archive-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> down from 87.7% in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana - 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>

There were 101,585 households, of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.0% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.09.

The median age in the city was 34.5 years. 26.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.5% were from 25 to 44; 24.9% were from 45 to 64; and 12% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.

Fort Wayne has one of the largest [[Burmese American]] population in the U.S., estimated at 8,000.<ref>{{Cite web    |title=Top 10 U.S. metropolitan areas by Burmese population, 2019 |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/chart/top-10-u-s-metropolitan-areas-by-burmese-population-2019/ |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends Project |date=April 29, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Leininger |date=March 13, 2010 |url=http://fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20100313/NEWS/3130344 |title=Assimilation crucial for Fort Wayne's Burmese |work=The News-Sentinel |access-date=March 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711020939/http://fortwayne.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2FSE%2F20100313%2FNEWS%2F3130344 |archive-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> Burmese refugee settlement and "secondary migrants" doubled the city's Asian population between 2000 and 2010.<ref>{{cite news |first=Judy |last=Keen |date=February 21, 2011 |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-21-burmese21_ST_N.htm |title=Burmese try to adapt to America's bigger 'village' |work=USA Today |access-date=December 16, 2014}}</ref>

===Religion===
[[File:The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne, Indiana.jpg|thumb|[[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Fort Wayne, Indiana)|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]], [[co-cathedral]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend]]]]
Fort Wayne is sometimes referred to as the "City of Churches", an unofficial moniker dating to the late-19th century when the city was the regional hub of [[Catholicism|Catholic]], [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], and [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] faiths.<ref>{{cite news |first=Rosa |last=Salter Rodriguez |date=June 22, 2007 |title='City of Churches' hard to prove: Census stats can't back up old moniker |work=The Journal Gazette}}</ref> Today, there are 360 churches in the city.<ref name="Culture">{{cite web |url=http://cityoffortwayne.org/fort-wayne-facts.html |title=Fort Wayne Facts |publisher=City of Fort Wayne |access-date=December 30, 2012}}</ref> 54 percent of Fort Wayne residents identify as religious, where 16 percent are Catholic, 9 percent are Lutheran, 6.5 percent are [[Baptists|Baptist]], 5 percent are [[Methodism|Methodist]], and 16.5 percent adhere to other [[Christianity|Christian]] faiths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/indiana/fort_wayne |title=Religion in Fort Wayne, Indiana |publisher=Sperling's Best Places |access-date=November 8, 2013}}</ref> 0.14 percent of residents are [[Judaism|Jewish]]. Increasing religious minorities are found among the city's immigrant communities, including [[Buddhism]], [[Hinduism]], and [[Islam]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Linsenmayer |date=September 24, 2007 |url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070924/NEWS/709240318 |title=Monks here support boycott |work=The News-Sentinel |access-date=September 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216071957/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070924%2FNEWS%2F709240318 |archive-date=December 16, 2008}}</ref>

Major churches include the [[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Fort Wayne, Indiana)|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]], [[Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church]] and [[Trinity Episcopal Church (Fort Wayne, Indiana)|Trinity Episcopal Church]]. Fort Wayne's [[Reform Judaism]] population is served by [[Congregation Achduth Vesholom]], the oldest Jewish congregation in Indiana, founded in 1848.<ref>[http://www.templecav.org/About/OurStory/tabid/3870/Default.aspx Congregation Achduth Vesholom] Retrieved on August 29, 2012.</ref> In 2013, construction began on the first [[Islam in Burma|Burmese Muslim]] [[mosque]] to be built worldwide since the mid-1970s.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ellie |last=Bogue |date=September 10, 2013 |url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130910/NEWS/130909620/-1/LIVING |title=Burmese Muslims building new mosque in Fort Wayne |work=The News-Sentinel |access-date=September 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927054206/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130910%2FNEWS%2F130909620%2F-1%2FLIVING |archive-date=September 27, 2013}}</ref>

As of December 2012, four national Christian denominations were headquartered in the city: the [[American Association of Lutheran Churches]], the [[Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Association]], the [[Missionary Church]] and the [[Evangelical Mennonite Church|Fellowship of Evangelical Churches]]. Fort Wayne is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend]], covering 14 counties in [[Northern Indiana]], and the [[Indiana District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]], encompassing all of Indiana and north central [[Kentucky]].