Fort Wayne is a relatively large city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 205,941 people and 74 constituent neighborhoods, Fort Wayne is the second largest community in Indiana.

Fort Wayne is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Wayne is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Wayne who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.05%), sales jobs (11.88%), and management occupations (6.42%).

Fort Wayne is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Fort Wayne Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Fort Wayne is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 19.44% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fort Wayne in 2000 was $18,517, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $74,068 for a family of four.

Fort Wayne is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Wayne home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Wayne is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Wayne include German, Irish, English, and French.

The most common language spoken in Fort Wayne is English. Some people also speak Spanish.