While the size of Indianapolis’ population is changing slowly, the mix of people living here is changing significantly. Whites still make up a majority of the city’s population, but the number of blacks and Hispanics is growing.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

In 2005, 65 percent of Indianapolis’ population was white; 25 percent was black; and 6 percent was Hispanic. The fourth significant minority group in the Indianapolis population is Asians – Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Koreans and others – who make up 1.6 percent of the population.

 

  
 
   
     
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