Decatur, IN Micro Area

The Decatur, IN micro area is one county in Indiana: Adams County. About 36,650 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.4% more than in April 2020.

Adams County, centralDecatur
Adams County in Indiana
Population, July 2025
36,650 2.4% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Adams County
Land area
339 sq mi (878 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Indiana
Combined statistical area
Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN
CBSA code
19540

The county in the Decatur, IN micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Adams CountyCentral36,650

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Decatur9,811 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 5 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area466,258 people
  2. Kendallville, IN Micro Area47,937 people
  3. Auburn, IN Micro Area44,535 people
  4. Huntington, IN Micro Area37,224 people
  5. Angola, IN Micro Area34,799 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Van Wert, OH Micro Area18 mi east
  2. Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area21 mi northwest
  3. Celina, OH Micro Area27 mi southeast

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