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Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area

The Fort Wayne, IN metro area is made up of 3 counties in Indiana: Allen, Whitley, and Wells, largest first. About 466,258 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 4.1% more than in April 2020.

Allen County, centralWells County, outlyingWhitley County, outlyingFort Wayne
Central Outlying 3 counties in Indiana
Population, July 2025
466,258 4.1% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
3: 1 central, 2 outlying
Land area
1,361 sq mi (3,525 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
23060
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Counties in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Allen CountyCentral402,32986.3%
Whitley CountyOutlying35,0467.5%
Wells CountyOutlying28,8836.2%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central county, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Fort Wayne268,589 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. Kendallville, IN Micro Area47,937 people
  2. Auburn, IN Micro Area44,535 people
  3. Huntington, IN Micro Area37,224 people
  4. Decatur, IN Micro Area36,650 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. Auburn, IN Micro Area20 mi north
  2. Decatur, IN Micro Area21 mi southeast
  3. Huntington, IN Micro Area24 mi southwest
  4. Kendallville, IN Micro Area25 mi north
  5. Van Wert, OH Micro Area33 mi southeast
  6. Warsaw, IN Micro Area38 mi west
  7. Wabash, IN Micro Area41 mi southwest
  8. Defiance, OH Micro Area43 mi east
  9. Marion, IN Micro Area46 mi southwest

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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