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Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area

The Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area is one county in Indiana: LaPorte County. About 111,294 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.0% fewer than in April 2020.

LaPorte County, centralMichigan CityLa Porte
LaPorte County in Indiana
Population, July 2025
111,294 1.0% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
County
LaPorte County
Land area
598 sq mi (1,550 km²)
Time zone
Central TimeUTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July
State
Indiana
Combined statistical area
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
CBSA code
33140
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The county in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN metro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
LaPorte CountyCentral111,294

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 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 cities, largest first

  1. Michigan City31,814 people
  2. La Porte22,449 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 Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area9,434,123 people
  2. Kenosha, WI Metro Area168,448 people
  3. Ottawa, IL Micro Area145,902 people
  4. Kankakee, IL Metro Area105,525 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. South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area31 mi east
  2. Niles, MI Metro Area33 mi east
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area43 mi west

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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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