Muncie, IN

1950‑1959:		Muncie, IN SMA
1959‑1983:		Muncie, IN SMSA
1983‑2003:		Muncie, IN MSA
2003‑2006:		Muncie, IN Metro Area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Delaware County, IN	90,252	110,938	129,219	128,587	119,659	118,769	116,203



Total	90,252	110,938	129,219	128,587	119,659	118,769	116,203
Percent Change	-	22.9%	16.5%	-0.5%	-6.9%	-0.7%	-2.2%



Total (as currently defined)	90,252	110,938	129,219	128,587	119,659	118,769	116,203
Percent Change	-	22.9%	16.5%	-0.5%	-6.9%	-0.7%	-2.2%

Timeline

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Component

Delaware County, IN

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950		1960		1970		1980		1990		2000		2005


Muncie, IN	58,479	*	68,603	*	69,080	*	77,216	*	71,035	*	67,430	*	66,164	*



Total	58,479		68,603		69,080		77,216		71,035		67,430		66,164
Metro	90,252		110,938		129,219		128,587		119,659		118,769		116,203
Percent	64.8%		61.8%		53.5%		60.0%		59.4%		56.8%		56.9%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Muncie, IN

Urban/Rural Population



1950				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			58,479	64.8%
		UA Population		0	0.0%
	Rural Population			31,773	35.2%

	Inside Central Cities			58,479	64.8%
	Outside Central Cities			31,773	35.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			90,252	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	none


	population figures are from the 1950 census, metro areas as defined Mar 1952




1960				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			77,504	69.9%
		UA Population		77,504	69.9%
	Rural Population			33,434	30.1%

	Inside Central Cities			68,603	61.8%
	Outside Central Cities			42,335	38.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			110,938	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Muncie, IN		77,504	77,504	100.0%

	Total			77,504


	population figures are from the 1960 census, metro areas as defined Oct 1963




1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			90,427	70.0%
		UA Population		90,427	70.0%
	Rural Population			38,792	30.0%

	Inside Central Cities			69,080	53.5%
	Outside Central Cities			60,139	46.5%

	Total Metro Area Population			129,219	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Muncie, IN		90,427	90,427	100.0%

	Total			90,427


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			94,769	73.7%
		UA Population		92,389	71.8%
	Rural Population			33,818	26.3%

	Inside Central Cities			77,216	60.0%
	Outside Central Cities			51,371	40.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			128,587	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Anderson, IN		78,581	910	1.2%
	Muncie, IN		91,479	91,479	100.0%

	Total			92,389


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			89,763	75.0%
		UA Population		89,763	75.0%
	Rural Population			29,896	25.0%

	Inside Central Cities			71,035	59.4%
	Outside Central Cities			48,624	40.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			119,659	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Anderson, IN		74,037	1,690	2.3%
	Muncie, IN		88,073	88,073	100.0%

	Total			89,763


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			91,012	76.6%
		UA Population		91,012	76.6%
	Rural Population			27,757	23.4%

	Inside Principal Cities			67,430	56.8%
	Outside Principal Cities			51,339	43.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			118,769	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Anderson, IN		97,038	1,695	1.7%
	Muncie, IN		90,673	89,317	98.5%

	Total			91,012


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Muncie, IN SMA
-		Delaware County, IN included as original SMA component
-		Muncie, IN designated as original central city of new SMA

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