Indiana
Indiana: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
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Indiana at a glance
Rolled up from the 23 regions inside Indiana on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Population6,811,752
census
Places inside23
9 with a full /local page
Businesses on file84,068
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered97
in the company directory
Who represents them3
places with a /politics page
Property & employers3 · 0
/property and /employers records
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Who leads Indiana, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
Leadership
Economy & households
- Population
- 6,973,333 persons (Census Bureau July 1 estimate) (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 542,457.6 USD millions, current dollars (BEA) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 3.7 % (Sept 2026; DWD data via STATS Indiana) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 76,180 USD (Census CPS ASEC, current dollars) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 71.4 % (Census CPS/HVS homeownership rate) (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 49,330 USD total debt balance per capita (consumers 18+ with a credit file; NY Fed CCP/Equifax), Q4 (2025-Q4) ↗
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Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson (CBSA) ↗ | 305,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
| Fort Wayne (CBSA) ↗ | 299,900 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
| Evansville, IN-KY (CBSA) ↗ | 251,950 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI (CBSA) ↗ | 309,900 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette (CBSA) ↗ | 339,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
| Bloomington (CBSA) ↗ | 361,000 USD | median listing price (Realtor.com via FRED) | 2026-10 |
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Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English ↗ | official status (state official language) | 2025 | |
| Language other than English ↗ | 11.2% | most often at home — % of persons 5+ speaking a language other than English at home (ACS 2024 1-year, ±0.3) | 2024 |
| English only ↗ | 89.03% | most often at home — % of adults 18+ (ACS 2024 1-year, table B16007) | 2024 |
| Spanish ↗ | 5.69% | most often at home — % of adults 18+ (ACS 2024 1-year, table B16007) | 2024 |
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Largest companies in Indiana
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevance Health (Indianapolis) ↗ | revenue | 197.6 USD billions | 2025 |
| Eli Lilly and Company (Indianapolis) ↗ | revenue | 65.18 USD billions | 2025 |
| Cummins (Columbus) ↗ | revenue | 33.67 USD billions | 2025 |
| Steel Dynamics (Fort Wayne) ↗ | revenue | 18.2 USD billions | 2025 |
| Corteva (Indianapolis) ↗ | revenue | 17.401 USD billions | 2025 |
| Thor Industries (Elkhart) ↗ | revenue | 11.121 USD billions | 2023 |
| Zimmer Biomet (Warsaw) ↗ | revenue | 8.23 USD billions | 2025 |
| Simon Property Group (Indianapolis) ↗ | revenue | 6.36 USD billions | 2025 |
| NiSource (Merrillville) ↗ | revenue | 5.46 USD billions | 2024 |
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Worth knowing
- 2025-07Indiana's 2024–25 population growth came mostly from migration: net international migration 17,852 and net domestic migration 12,197, against a natural increase of 8,561. ↗
- 2025-12Total household debt per capita in Indiana was $49,330 at Q4 2025, against $63,200 for the US as a whole (NY Fed Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax). ↗
- 2024Manufacturing accounted for 557,860 jobs (13.5% of employment) and 17.9% of all earnings by place of work in Indiana in 2024 (BEA). ↗
- 2024The ACS median owner-occupied home value in Indiana was $218,200 in 2024, 41st among states and 65.6% of the US median of $332,700. ↗
- 2025Indiana's per capita personal income was $66,455 in 2025, 86.3% of the US level, ranking 40th (BEA). The ACS 5-year median household income for 2024 was $71,958. ↗
- 2025Northwest Indiana has been the largest steel-producing centre in the US since 1975, and in 2025 the state was home to seven Fortune 500 companies, led by Eli Lilly. ↗
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Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
Median household income$70,051
Median rent$1,020/mo
Immigrants5.9%
Renters29.6%
Aged 65+16.4%
Unemployment4.3%
Low income12.2%
Speak a language other than English9.2%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
- Spanish335,205 · 4.9%
- German or other West Germanic languages68,182 · 1%
- Other Indo-European languages51,057 · 0.7%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages47,249 · 0.7%
- Other and unspecified languages25,356 · 0.4%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)23,658 · 0.3%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun21,472 · 0.3%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages18,573 · 0.3%
- Arabic13,451 · 0.2%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)10,120 · 0.1%
- Korean7,922 · 0.1%
- Vietnamese7,592 · 0.1%
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Largest places in Indiana
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Indianapolis, Indiana full887,642
- 2.Fort Wayne, Indiana full263,886
- 3.Evansville, Indiana full117,298
- 4.South Bend, Indiana full103,453
- 5.Bloomington, Indiana79,168
- 6.Hammond, IN77,879
- 7.Lafayette, Indiana full70,783
- 8.Gary, Indiana full69,093
- 9.Muncie, Indiana65,195
- 10.Terre Haute, Indiana full58,389
- 11.Elkhart, Indiana full53,923
- 12.Columbus, Indiana full50,474
- 13.Merrillville, Indiana36,444
- 14.Valparaiso, Indiana34,151
- 15.Logansport, Indiana18,366
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Inside Indiana
23 regions have Indiana as their parent.
- Attica, Indiana
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Columbus, Indiana
- Crown Point, IN
- Delphi, Indiana
- Elkhart, Indiana
- Evansville, Indiana
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Gary, Indiana
- Greensburg, Indiana
- Hammond, IN
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- La Porte, Indiana
- Lafayette, Indiana
- Logansport, Indiana
- Merrillville, Indiana
- Monticello, Indiana
- Mooresville, Indiana
- Muncie, Indiana
- South Bend, Indiana
- Terre Haute, Indiana
- Valparaiso, Indiana
- Warsaw, Indiana
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Companies based in Indiana
97 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Indiana. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Indiana are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.