8 Billion Lives

United States · Indiana

Born in Indianapolis

Indianapolis is home to 887,642 people in Indiana. It is the number 20 city in United States by population. Sourced: GeoNames

Among the largest cities in United States

New York City8.8 million
Los Angeles3.8 million
Brooklyn2.7 million
Chicago2.7 million
Queens2.3 million
Houston2.3 million
Phoenix1.7 million
Philadelphia1.6 million

Sourced: GeoNames Population. Indianapolis is highlighted.

People and money in Indianapolis

  • Median age: 34.6 years Sourced: US Census ACS
  • Median household income: $66,900 a year Sourced: US Census ACS
  • Income per person: $37,801 a year Sourced: US Census ACS
  • Average household income: poorest fifth / richest fifth: $15,673 / $227,178 Sourced: US Census ACS
  • People below the poverty line: 16% Sourced: US Census ACS
  • Adults with a degree: 35% Sourced: US Census ACS
  • Born abroad: 15% Sourced: US Census ACS
  • People per household: 2.36 Sourced: US Census ACS
  • Median rent: $1,219 a month Sourced: US Census ACS
  • People per square kilometre: 952 Sourced: US Census ACS

United States as a whole

  • Life expectancy at birth: 76.9 years for boys, 81.8 for girls Sourced: UN WPP 2024
  • Children who die before age 5: 6.2 in every 1,000 births Sourced: UN WPP 2024

These are national figures: the game does not have separate health figures for Indianapolis. More about United States

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Choose Indianapolis and you are born there, to a family drawn from the real mix of the place. Then you live it year by year, with a few choices that bend the odds. About an hour, and every life replays exactly from its seed.

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