Indianapolis metropolitan area Facts for Kids

Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson or Indianapolis metropolitan area is an 11-county metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Indiana, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It in Central Indiana, within the American Midwest.

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Core cities	Indianapolis (balance) Carmel Anderson
Municipalities with population over 20,000 (in 2010)	Brownsburg Fishers Franklin Greenfield Greenwood Lawrence Noblesville Plainfield Westfield Zionsville
Municipalities with population of 20,000–1,000 (in 2010)	Alexandria Arcadia Avon Bargersville Beech Grove Brooklyn Cicero Chesterfield‡ Clayton Clermont Cloverdale Cumberland Danville Edgewood Edinburgh‡ Elwood‡ Fortville Frankton Greencastle Ingalls Lapel Lebanon Martinsville McCordsville Meridian Hills Monrovia Mooresville Morristown Nashville New Palestine New Whiteland Pendleton Pittsboro Princes Lakes Shelbyville Sheridan Speedway Southport St. Paul‡ Thorntown Trafalgar Warren Park Whiteland Whitestown
Municipalities with population under 1,000 (in 2010)	Advance Amo Atlanta Bainbridge Bethany Coatesville Country Club Heights Crows Nest Fairland Fillmore Homecroft Jamestown Lizton Markleville Morgantown North Crows Nest North Salem Orestes Paragon Roachdale River Forest Rocky Ripple Russellville Shirley‡ Spring Hill Spring Lake Stilesville Summitville Ulen Wilkinson Williams Creek Woodlawn Heights Wynnedale
Census-designated places	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes Heritage Lake Painted Hills Van Bibber Lake
Counties	Boone Brown Hamilton Hancock Hendricks Johnson Madison Marion Morgan Putnam Shelby
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in counties outside of the MSA

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United States Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2021

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Society	Hoosiers Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Ghostlore Politics Party strength Sports
Regions	Central Indiana East Central Indiana Wabash Valley Northern Indiana Northeast Indiana Northwest Indiana Michiana Southern Indiana Indiana Uplands Kentuckiana Southwestern Indiana
Largest cities	Anderson Bloomington Carmel Columbus Crown Point Elkhart Evansville Fishers Fort Wayne Gary Goshen Greenwood Hammond Indianapolis Jeffersonville Kokomo Lafayette Lawrence Michigan City Mishawaka Muncie New Albany Noblesville Portage Richmond South Bend Terre Haute Valparaiso Westfield West Lafayette
Largest towns	Avon Brownsburg Clarksville Highland Merrillville Munster Plainfield Saint John Schererville Zionsville
Counties	Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Cass Clark Clay Clinton Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur DeKalb Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko LaGrange Lake LaPorte Lawrence Madison Marion Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush Saint Joseph Scott Shelby Spencer Starke Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe Tipton Union Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley

Indianapolis Metropolitan Area Media

A satellite image of the Indianapolis metropolitan area
IU Indianapolis has the highest enrollment of colleges and universities in the MSA.
Indianapolis International Airport in 2008
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in the town of Speedway
Hinkle Fieldhouse is home to the Butler Bulldogs. In 1954, Hinkle hosted the "Milan Miracle," inspiring the 1986 film Hoosiers.