{"id":14184,"date":"2024-03-19T14:13:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=14184"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:13:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:13:57","slug":"adams-wells-counties-show-population-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/adams-wells-counties-show-population-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams, Wells counties show population rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams County was among eight counties in the 11-county Northeastern Indiana region which showed population growth in the period of 2022-2023, according to estimated figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the designated period, Adams County added 137 residents, boosting the county’s total population of 36,151 in 2022 to 36,288 in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was an increase of 0.4%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also showing increases were Wells, Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben and Whitley counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huntington, Kosciusko, and Wabash had decreases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wells and DeKalb counties had the largest increases, 0.9% each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wells went from 28,298 residents to 28,555, a rise of 257, while DeKalb’s increase was 385 residents, going from 43,813 to 44,198.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest numbers came in Allen County, which added 2,901 people, 391,644 to 39,545, a rise of 0.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitley had an increase of 0.5%, an addition of 165 residents taking the total population from 34,577 to 34,742.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Noble and Steuben counties were like Adams, with an 0.4% increase in population. Noble added 196 residents, going from 47,234 to 47,430, while Steuben added 145 people, going from 34,772 to 34,917.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LaGrange added 53 residents, boosting its population from 40,854 to 40,907, a slight increase of 0.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kosciusko’s population fell 0.2%, 80,564 to 80,364, 200 fewer people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huntington County’s falloff was 0.1%, a loss of 19 residents, taking its 36,800 in 2022 to 36,781 in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dropoff of 172 residents in Wabash County amounted to 0.6%, 30,842 to 30,670.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a story in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Allen County grew by more than 9,000 residents from 2020 to 2023 \u2013 a 2.4% increase \u2013 ranking the county as the ninth in terms of the most growth in the state’s 92 counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen County ranked as the 15th-fastest-growing county in Indiana for the one-year period, 2022-2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indiana\u2019s population increased by 0.4% from 2022 to 2023 and by 1.1% from 2020 to last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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