Indiana’s population grew by an estimated 20,285 residents in 2015, for a 0.3 percent increase that boosted its population to an estimated 6.6 million people statewide, according to Census Bureau numbers.
But the state’s population is growing at about half the rate it did during the 1990s, continuing a trend that began during the 2007 recession, statistics show. Some experts say the state isn’t adding jobs fast enough since the recession.
Indiana’s population mirrors that of some its border states. But one, Illinois, has begun losing population because of jobs, crime, high taxation and other cost-of-living factors.
