International immigration drove Indiana’s growth last year, not births, analysis says
The 44,144 residents added in 2024 represent Indiana’s largest one-year increase since 2008.
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Small town spirit: How Indiana’s rural communities are working to reverse population losses
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.
Indiana’s slowing population growth expected to decline sharply as deaths outpace births
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.
Marion County no longer majority white, Census shows
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.
World population up 75 million this year, set to reach 8 billion
If the current pace continues through the end of the decade, the 2020s could be the slowest-growing decade in U.S. history.
Census Bureau sees older, more diverse America in 2100 in three immigration scenarios
The population projections offer a glimpse of what the nation might look like at the next turn of the century.
Latest Census estimates show Indy losing population, but at slower rate
Meanwhile, the Indianapolis suburbs continue their growth, with Hamilton County cities among the nation’s fastest-growing municipalities.
Indiana’s annual population increase smallest since 2015
Indiana added fewer than 20,000 residents in 2022, according to an analysis of federal data by Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
U.S. Census Bureau redefines meaning of ‘urban’ America
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.
Hundreds of urban areas to become rural under new criteria
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.
COVID-19, overdoses pushed U.S. to record death total in 2021
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.
1950 Census data to be unveiled Friday, after 72 years under wraps
The National Archives will unveil a huge batch of the intimate details from the 1950 Census—on 6.4 million pages digitized from 6,373 microfilm census rolls. The information was collected under the promise it would be locked away for 72 years.
Population growth slowed in Indiana in 2021
Indiana’s population growth in 2021 was the smallest annual increase since 2015, according to analysis released Thursday by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University.
U.S. population growth hits record low, slowed by pandemic
The United States’ population grew by just 0.1% in the past year, the lowest rate since the nation’s founding, according to Census estimates.
College towns plan to challenge results of 2020 census
College communities such as Bloomington, Indiana; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and State College, Pennsylvania, are exploring their options for contesting the population counts, which they say do not accurately reflect how many people live there.
Census shows many rural Indiana counties lost population while metro Indy grew
Hamilton, Boone and Hendricks counties all had population gains of more than 20% between 2010 and 2020, during which time the census found Indiana as a whole grew 4.7%.
U.S. birthrate falls for sixth straight year, with biggest annual decrease in decades
Before the pandemic, American women were already having fewer children, doing it later in life or choosing to not have children. The newly released data indicated a sharpening of that trend.
Census shows Indiana grows nearly 5%, retains all nine U.S. House seats
Indiana lawmakers face the once-a-decade task of drawing new districts for congressional seats, along with the 100 Indiana House and 50 state Senate districts, based on population shifts.
U.S. marks slowest population growth since Great Depression
The population figures, known as the apportionment count, determine distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year. They also mark the official beginning of once-a-decade redistricting battles.
Census data: Indiana gained nearly 24K new Hoosiers in 2020
Adjacent Illinois’ population fell by 79,487 residents to 12.6 million, the second biggest loss nationwide after only New York state.