City & County Facts

(Source: Index of Cities and Towns, Indiana Transportation Map 2005)

54 Indiana Cities and Towns have the exact same names as Indiana Counties

* county seats are marked with an asterisk.

* county seats are marked with an asterisk.

there are 5 Mt Pleasants - in Cass, Delaware, Johnson, Martin, and Perry Counties
there are 4 Buena Vistas - in Franklin, Gibson, Harrison, and Randolph Counties
there are 4 Millersburgs - in Elkhart, Hamilton, Orange, and Warrick Counties
there are 4 Salems - county seat of Washington County, others in Adams, Jay, and Union Counties
there are 3 Hamiltons - in Clinton, St Joseph, and Steuben Counties
there are 3 Needmores - in Brown, Lawrence, and Vigo Counties
there are 3 Wheelings - in Carroll, Delaware, and Gibson Counties
There are 52 Cities and Towns that are NEW Something (with New as a separate word) and 10 others that have NEW as the first syllable of their names.
There are 26 Cities and Towns that are MOUNT Something.
There are 23 Cities and Towns that are SAINT Someone.
WEST is the first name or first syllable of 24 Cities and Towns.
SOUTH is the first name or first syllable of 14 Cities and Towns.
NORTH is the first name or first syllable of 13 Cities and Towns.
EAST the first name or first syllable of 7 Cities and Towns.
There are 13 Cities and Towns that have GREEN, GREENE, or GREENS as first name or first syllable.
There are 12 Cities and Towns that have LAKE as first name or syllable (2 are in Lake County).

(Source: US Census Bureau, 2005 Estimates)

Rank	City	County	Population
1	Indianapolis	Marion	784,118
2	Fort Wayne	Allen	223,341
3	Evansville	Vanderburgh	115,918
4	South Bend	St Joseph	105,262
5	Gary	Lake	98,715
6	Hammond	Lake	79,217
7	Bloomington	Monroe	69,017
8	Muncie	Delaware	66,164
9	Lafayette	Tippecanoe	60,459
10	Carmel	Hamilton	59,243
11	Anderson	Madison	57,500
12	Fishers	Hamilton	57,200
13	Terre Haute	Vigo	56,893
14	Elkhart	Elkhart	52,270
15	Mishawaka	St Joseph	48,497
16	Kokomo	Howard	46,178
17	Greenwood	Johnson	42,236
18	Lawrence	Marion	40,959
19	Columbus	Bartholomew	39,380
20	Noblesville	Hamilton	38,825
21	Richmond	Wayne	37,560
22	New Albany	Floyd	35,687
23	Portage	Porter	32,205
24	Michigan City	LaPorte	31,525
25	Merrillville	Lake	31,320

(Source: US Census Bureau, 2005 Estimates)

Rank	County	Largest City	Population
1	Marion	Indianapolis	863,133
2	Lake	Gary	493,297
3	Allen	Fort Wayne	344,006
4	St. Joseph	South Bend	266,160
5	Hamilton	Carmel	240,685
6	Elkhart	Elkhart	195,362
7	Vanderburgh	Evansville	173,187
8	Porter	Portage	157,772
9	Tippecanoe	Lafayette	153,875
10	Madison	Anderson	130,412