The U.S. state of Indiana currently has 50 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated ten combined statistical areas , 15 metropolitan statistical areas , and 25 micropolitan statistical areas in Indiana.[ 1] As of 2023, the largest of these was the Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area , consisting of Indianapolis and its surrounding counties.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico .[ 2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau , planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA ) as the county or counties (or county-equivalents ) surrounding at least one densely-settled core of at least 10,000 population,[ 2] "plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core".[ 2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas based on population into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for those with at least 50,000 and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) for those with 10,000 to 49,999 people.[ 2]
The OMB defines a combined statistical area (CSA) as two or more adjacent core-based statistical areas where the employment interchange rate (% commuting from A to B plus % commuting from B to A) is at least 15%.[ 2] The primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area.
The 50 United States statistical areas and 92 counties of the State of Indiana [ a]
Combined statistical area[ 1]
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
Core-based statistical area[ 1]
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
County
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
Metropolitan division[ 1]
2023 population (est.)[ 3]
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN CSA
2,651,953
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN MSA
2,138,468
Marion County, Indiana
968,460
none
Hamilton County, Indiana
371,645
Hendricks County, Indiana
186,387
Johnson County, Indiana
167,819
Madison County, Indiana
132,504
Hancock County, Indiana
86,166
Boone County, Indiana
76,120
Morgan County, Indiana
73,227
Shelby County, Indiana
45,231
Brown County, Indiana
15,653
Tipton County, Indiana
15,256
Muncie, IN MSA
112,321
Delaware County, Indiana
112,321
Columbus, IN MSA
84,003
Bartholomew County, Indiana
84,003
Kokomo, IN MSA
83,831
Howard County, Indiana
83,831
New Castle, IN μSA
48,929
Henry County, Indiana
48,929
Seymour, IN μSA
46,460
Jackson County, Indiana
46,460
Crawfordsville, IN μSA
38,573
Montgomery County, Indiana
38,573
Greencastle, IN μSA
37,567
Putnam County, Indiana
37,567
Peru, IN μSA
35,402
Miami County, Indiana
35,402
Greensburg, IN μSA
26,399
Decatur County, Indiana
26,399
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA
9,794,558 835,134 (IN )
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI MSA
9,262,825 723,428 (IN)
Cook County, Illinois
5,087,072
Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL MD
7,075,391
DuPage County, Illinois
921,213
Will County, Illinois
700,728
McHenry County, Illinois
312,800
Grundy County, Illinois
53,578
Kane County, Illinois
514,982
Elgin, IL MD
755,246
Kendall County, Illinois
139,976
DeKalb County, Illinois
100,288
Lake County, Indiana
500,598
Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County, IN MD
723,428
Porter County, Indiana
175,335
Jasper County, Indiana
33,535
Newton County, Indiana
13,960
Lake County, Illinois
708,760
Lake County, IL MD
708,760
Kenosha, WI MSA
167,488
Kenosha County, Wisconsin
167,488
none
Ottawa, IL μSA
146,599
LaSalle County, Illinois
108,309
Bureau County, Illinois
32,729
Putnam County, Illinois
5,561
Michigan City-La Porte, IN MSA
111,706
LaPorte County, Indiana
111,706
Kankakee, IL MSA
105,940
Kankakee County, Illinois
105,940
Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN CSA
657,456
Fort Wayne, IN MSA
457,842
Allen County, Indiana
394,545
Whitley County, Indiana
34,742
Wells County, Indiana
28,555
Kendallville, IN μSA
47,430
Noble County, Indiana
47,430
Auburn, IN μSA
44,198
DeKalb County, Indiana
44,198
Huntington, IN μSA
36,781
Huntington County, Indiana
36,781
Decatur, IN μSA
36,288
Adams County, Indiana
36,288
Angola, IN μSA
34,917
Steuben County, Indiana
34,917
South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI CSA
809,876 605,973 (IN)
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI MSA
324,490 272,848 (IN)
St. Joseph County, Indiana
272,848
Cass County, Michigan
51,642
Elkhart-Goshen, IN MSA
206,409
Elkhart County, Indiana
206,409
Niles, MI MSA
152,261
Berrien County, Michigan
152,261
Warsaw, IN μSA
80,364
Kosciusko County, Indiana
80,364
Plymouth, IN μSA
46,352
Marshall County, Indiana
46,352
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN CSA
284,211
Lafayette, IN MSA
226,564
Tippecanoe County, Indiana
188,792
Carroll County, Indiana
20,525
Benton County, Indiana
8,729
Warren County, Indiana
8,518
Frankfort, IN μSA
32,730
Clinton County, Indiana
32,730
Monticello, IN μSA
24,917
White County, Indiana
24,917
Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA
1,493,133 274,487 (IN)
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA
1,365,557 274,487 (IN)
Jefferson County, Kentucky
772,144
Clark County, Indiana
125,467
Bullitt County, Kentucky
84,863
Floyd County, Indiana
80,809
Oldham County, Kentucky
70,183
Shelby County, Kentucky
49,515
Nelson County, Kentucky
47,730
Harrison County, Indiana
40,006
Meade County, Kentucky
30,131
Washington County, Indiana
28,205
Spencer County, Kentucky
20,531
Henry County, Kentucky
15,973
Elizabethtown, KY MSA
127,576
Hardin County, Kentucky
112,273
LaRue County, Kentucky
15,303
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY CSA
327,562 270,717 (IN)
Evansville, IN MSA
270,717
Vanderburgh County, Indiana
179,810
Warrick County, Indiana
65,867
Posey County, Indiana
25,040
Henderson, KY μSA
56,845
Henderson County, Kentucky
44,119
Webster County, Kentucky
12,726
Bloomington-Bedford, IN CSA
205,958
Bloomington, IN MSA
160,874
Monroe County, Indiana
139,342
Owen County, Indiana
21,532
Bedford, IN μSA
45,084
Lawrence County, Indiana
45,084
none
Terre Haute, IN MSA
168,787
Vigo County, Indiana
106,153
Clay County, Indiana
26,460
Sullivan County, Indiana
20,757
Vermillion County, Indiana
15,417
Richmond-Connersville, IN CSA
89,489
Richmond, IN μSA
66,127
Wayne County, Indiana
66,127
Connersville, IN μSA
23,362
Fayette County, Indiana
23,362
Cincinnati-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA
2,313,417 80,315 (IN)
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA
2,271,479 80,315 (IN)
Hamilton County, Ohio
827,058
Butler County, Ohio
393,043
Warren County, Ohio
252,148
Clermont County, Ohio
211,972
Kenton County, Kentucky
171,321
Boone County, Kentucky
140,496
Campbell County, Kentucky
93,702
Dearborn County, Indiana
51,215
Brown County, Ohio
43,777
Grant County, Kentucky
25,619
Franklin County, Indiana
23,096
Pendleton County, Kentucky
14,810
Gallatin County, Kentucky
8,792
Bracken County, Kentucky
8,426
Ohio County, Indiana
6,004
Wilmington, OH μSA
41,938
Clinton County, Ohio
41,938
none
Marion, IN μSA
66,200
Grant County, Indiana
66,200
Jasper, IN μSA
43,546
Dubois County, Indiana
43,546
Logansport, IN μSA
37,666
Cass County, Indiana
37,666
Vincennes, IN μSA
36,070
Knox County, Indiana
36,070
Washington, IN μSA
33,656
Daviess County, Indiana
33,656
Madison, IN μSA
33,056
Jefferson County, Indiana
33,056
Wabash, IN μSA
30,670
Wabash County, Indiana
30,670
none
LaGrange County, Indiana
40,907
Gibson County, Indiana
32,904
Greene County, Indiana
31,196
Ripley County, Indiana
29,227
Jennings County, Indiana
27,622
Scott County, Indiana
24,657
Randolph County, Indiana
24,216
Starke County, Indiana
23,206
Fulton County, Indiana
20,358
Jay County, Indiana
20,032
Spencer County, Indiana
19,910
Orange County, Indiana
19,638
Perry County, Indiana
19,209
Rush County, Indiana
16,847
Fountain County, Indiana
16,731
Parke County, Indiana
16,484
Pulaski County, Indiana
12,385
Pike County, Indiana
12,106
Blackford County, Indiana
11,893
Crawford County, Indiana
10,438
Switzerland County, Indiana
10,019
Martin County, Indiana
9,897
Union County, Indiana
6,973
State of Indiana
6,862,199
Primary statistical areas [ edit ]
Primary statistical areas (PSAs) include all combined statistical areas and any core-based statistical area that is not a constituent of a combined statistical area. Of the 50 statistical areas of Indiana, 18 are PSAs comprising ten combined statistical areas, one metropolitan statistical area and seven micropolitan statistical areas.
The 18 primary statistical areas of the State of Indiana[ b]
2020 rank
Primary statistical area [ 1]
Population
2023 estimate[ 3]
Change
2020 Census [ 4]
Change
2010 Census [ 5]
1
Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN CSA
2,651,953
+2.00 %
2,599,880
+9.53 %
2,373,635
2
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA (IN)
835,134
+0.49 %
831,080
+1.41 %
819,537
3
Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN CSA
657,456
+1.87 %
645,409
+5.51 %
611,712
4
South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI CSA (IN)
605,973
−0.05 %
606,294
+2.95 %
588,899
5
Lafayette-West Lafayette-Frankfort, IN CSA
284,211
+0.93 %
281,594
+5.01 %
268,164
6
Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA (IN)
274,487
+1.88 %
269,413
+6.73 %
252,436
7
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY CSA (IN)
270,717
+0.54 %
269,256
+1.49 %
265,302
8
Bloomington-Bedford, IN CSA
205,958
−0.04 %
206,050
+0.18 %
205,683
9
Terre Haute, IN MSA
168,787
−0.05 %
168,875
−2.06 %
172,425
10
Richmond-Connersville, IN CSA
89,489
−0.51 %
89,951
−3.48 %
93,194
11
Cincinnati-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA (IN)
80,315
+1.15 %
79,404
+0.18 %
79,262
12
Marion, IN μSA
66,200
−0.71 %
66,674
−4.83 %
70,061
13
Jasper, IN μSA
43,546
−0.21 %
43,637
+4.17 %
41,889
14
Logansport, IN μSA
37,666
−0.54 %
37,870
−2.81 %
38,966
15
Vincennes, IN μSA
36,070
−0.58 %
36,282
−5.61 %
38,440
16
Washington, IN μSA
33,656
+0.82 %
33,381
+5.48 %
31,648
17
Madison, IN μSA
33,056
−0.27 %
33,147
+2.22 %
32,428
18
Wabash, IN μSA
30,670
−0.99 %
30,976
−5.81 %
32,888
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI CSA
9,794,558
−1.93 %
9,986,960
+1.48 %
9,840,929
South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI CSA
809,876
−0.29 %
812,199
+1.78 %
798,005
Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN CSA
1,493,133
+0.36 %
1,487,749
+6.69 %
1,394,493
Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY CSA
327,562
+0.15 %
327,066
+0.58 %
325,173
Cincinnati-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA
2,313,417
+0.94 %
2,291,815
+5.51 %
2,172,191
^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.
^ For PSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that PSA as well as the PSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.
^ a b c d e Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF) . Office of Management and Budget . Retrieved October 23, 2023 . {{cite web }}
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^ a b c d e "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas" . Office of Management and Budget . July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021 .
^ a b c d e "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023" . United States Census Bureau , Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .
^ "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS" . U.S. Census Bureau . 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .
^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019" . U.S. Census Bureau . 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2024 .
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