Meager population growth would have serious repercussions for the labor force and economy, putting pressure on officials across the state to make Indiana as appealing a place to live as possible.
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Two decades of sustained growth came to a close in Indianapolis last year when the city experienced a population decrease, raising some concerns about its economic future.
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Older adults are expected to outnumber children in nearly half of Indiana’s counties by 2050, according to the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Indiana’s growth rate was faster than the rate in neighboring Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois.
The U.S. population is projected to grow by 15 million people in 30 years, a smaller estimate than in previous years.
Fewer children are being born in Indiana, across America and around the globe.
Westfield officials sought the special census to determine the number of people living in the fast-growing Hamilton County city and ensure the community receives adequate funding and resources.
The fertility rate has been sliding in America for close to two decades as more women are waiting longer to have children or never taking that step at all.
The city of Fishers has completed an annexation of nearly 1,000 acres on its southeastern border and added an additional 3,000 residents to the city.
Determining the number of residents will help ensure Westfield receives adequate state and federal resources to meet the growing population’s needs.
The 44,144 residents added in 2024 represent Indiana’s largest one-year increase since 2008.
More than 70% of Indiana’s counties, many of which are rural and also lost population in the 2020 census, are expected to lose residents over the next 30 years.
Overall population growth in Indiana will nearly skid to a halt by the 2050s while the Indianapolis metropolitan area attracts residents at relatively robust clip over several decades, according to new projections from Indiana University demographers.
The consolidated city-county recorded a net loss of about 8,000 residents between 2020 and 2023, according to recently released U.S. Census Bureau data.
If the current pace continues through the end of the decade, the 2020s could be the slowest-growing decade in U.S. history.
The population projections offer a glimpse of what the nation might look like at the next turn of the century.
Meanwhile, the Indianapolis suburbs continue their growth, with Hamilton County cities among the nation’s fastest-growing municipalities.
Indiana added fewer than 20,000 residents in 2022, according to an analysis of federal data by Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Almost 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas on Thursday as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria.
The Westfield City Council plans to discuss a proposed ordinance at its meeting Monday night to change the city from third-class to second-class status—a move that would expand the council from seven to nine members and make other governing changes.
Under the new Census Bureau criteria, more than 1,300 small cities, towns and villages designated urban a decade ago would be considered rural. That matters because urban and rural areas qualify for different types of federal funding.
The total number of U.S. deaths often increases year to year as the U.S. population grows. But 2020 and 2021 saw extraordinary jumps in death numbers and rates, due largely to the pandemic.
