BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - New census figures show that Indiana's
fastest-growing communities this decade are concentrated in
suburban Indianapolis.

An analysis by Indiana University's Indiana Business Research
Center found that Fishers has gained the most residents since 2000.
The Census Bureau estimates that last year Fishers had a population
of 69,011 - an 80 percent jump in eight years.

Other Indianapolis suburbs with large growth rates in that time
are Noblesville (43.4 percent), Greenwood (30.9 percent) and Carmel
(25.2 percent).

Indianapolis has grown by 2.1 percent to an estimated 798,382
people, while Fort Wayne remained virtually unchanged from the
decade's start at 251,591 as the state's second-largest city.

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