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- See also: Geography of Indiana
The Metropolitan Indianapolis Area (Nine-County Region) is a name to an area comprising nine counties in the center of the U.S. state of Indiana with a population of almost 2 million residents. More specifically, the Nine-County Region describes the agglomeration of the metropolitan area of Indianapolis, the State's capital. It includes Marion, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Hendricks, Hancock, Morgan, Johnson, and Shelby counties. The counties surrounding Marion are sometimes referred to as the Doughnut Counties (referring to the circular shape of the region, with Marion County as the hole in the center). It is roughly equivalent to the U.S. Census Bureau's official Indianapolis-Carmel, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area [1], which includes the nine counties plus Brown and Putnam counties; but does not include all of the Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN Combined Statistical Area which adds the Metropolitan Statistical Areas of Anderson, Columbus, Crawfordsville, New Castle and North Vernon.
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Indianapolis, Indiana |
Indianapolis metropolitan area |
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Boone County, Indiana |
Hamilton County, Indiana |
Hancock County, Indiana |
Hendricks County, Indiana |
Johnson County, Indiana |
Madison County, Indiana |
Marion County, Indiana |
Morgan County, Indiana |
Shelby County, Indiana
