Fort Wayne Population 2024

Fort Wayne is a city in northeastern Indiana, located in the East North Central region of the Midwestern in northeastern Indiana of United States. Fort Wayne is 18 miles west of Ohio and 50 miles south of Michigan. Fort Wayne population in 2024 is estimated to be 267,773, covers city area of 110.79 sq mi (286.95 sq km), ranks second most populous city of Indiana State and seventy-fifth populous city of United States. Fort Wayne is the part of FortWayne-Huntington-Auburn, also called Greater Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne city is named for Anthony Wayne, was a American soldier of Irish descent. Fort Wayne economy depends on manufacturing, health care, retail, finance and insurance sectors. Embassy theatre in Fort Wayne is the 2,471 seating capacity which hosts patrons annually.

• Contents
• Population by Age
• Population by Race
• Nativity by Place of Birth

Below is the Fort Wayne population by year:

Fort Wayne is the principal city of Fort Wayne metropolitan area, The Greater Fort Wayne or the Fort Wayne metropolitan population is estimated to be 611,373 in 2019. Its part of FortWayne-Huntington-Auburn,IN Combined Statistical Area and ranks eighty-first CSA in the United States. Greater Fort Wayne is made up of eight counties which includes Allen and Whitley counties of Fort Wayne, Stueben County, DeKalb County, Wells County, Adams County, Huntington County, Noble County.

Fort Wayne Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, Total Fort Wayne population is 262,907, out of these 126,244 are male, 136,663 are female, The sex ratio of Fort Wayne is 92. The median age of the Fort Wayne population is 35.4, Fort Wayne population by age are, under 18 years is 65,399, 16 years and over is 204,347, 18 years and over is 197,508, 21 years and over is 188,745, 65 years and over is 47,431. 48.0% are male, 52.0% are female, Population of Fort Wayne by age percent wise is, 24.9% are under 18 years old, 77.7% are 16 years and over, 75.1% are 18 years and over, 71.8% are 21 years and over, 14.4% are 65 years and over. There are total 116,436 housing units, The voting population of Fort Wayne are 184,660, out of these 86,702 are male voters, 97,958 are female voters, 47.0% are male, 53.0% are female. Fort Wayne population in 2023 is estimated to be 266,876, population in 2022 is estimated to be 266,058, and in 2021 is estimated to be 263,815.

Fort Wayne Population by Race

White Population

White population in Fort Wayne, Indiana are 187,997, percentage wise 71.5 percent are whites.

Black Population

Black population in Fort Wayne, Indiana are 40,495, percentage wise 15.4 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Fort Wayne, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Carribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Fort Wayne are 14,131, percentage wise 5.4 percent are asians, out of these 444 are Asian Indians, 991 are Chinese, 338 are Filipinos, 100 are Japanese, 505 are Korean, 1,610 are Vietnamese and 10,143 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Fort Wayne, Indiana are 25,409. Percentage wise 9.7 percent are hispanics, out of these 19,290 are Mexican people, 946 are Puerto Ricans, 448 are Cubans, and 4,725 are other Hispanic or Latinos.

Nativity by Place of Birth

According to 2019 estimates, Fort Wayne native population is 239,101, out of these 171,880 born in the Indiana state and 65,637 born in other state in the United States. Foreign born or Population born outside the US are 23,806, out of these 9,448 are Naturalised US citizen, 1,597 are in Europe, 4,151 in Asia, 1,186 in Africa, 2,328 in Latin America and 186 in Northern America. Non-US Citizens, Total Foreigners living in Fort Wayne are 14,358, out of these 478 are from Europe, 6,106 are from Asia, 1,441 from Africa, 5,868 are from Latin America and 465 are from Northern America.