Bloomington

Also known as Bloomington, Indiana, Bloomington, IN

county seat of Monroe County, Indiana, United States

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Bloomington is a city in Indiana that serves as the county seat of Monroe County. It is home to Indiana University, one of the state's major educational institutions.

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Official name: Bloomington
Population: 79168
Area: 60.494415
Elevation: 235
Official website: bloomington.in.gov
Image: Bloomington IN Kirkwood.jpg
Households: 31979
Dialing code: 812

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Commons category: Bloomington, Indiana
postal code: 47408
inception: 1818-00-00
native label: Bloomington
P8168: Broyes
water as percent of area: 0.8504
per capita income: 25437
social media followers: 32700
P12749: Iwate 1st district

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Bloomington is a city in Monroe County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. It is the seventh-most populous city in Indiana and the fourth-most populous outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. It is the home of Indiana University Bloomington, the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Established in 1820, IU Bloomington enrolls over 45,000 students.

The city was established in 1818 by a group of settlers from Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Virginia who were so impressed with "a haven of blooms" that they called it Bloomington. It is the principal city of the Bloomington metropolitan area in south-central Indiana, which had 161,039 residents in 2020. Bloomington has been designated a Tree City USA since 1984. The city was also the location of the Academy Award–winning 1979 movie Breaking Away, featuring a reenactment of Indiana University's annual Little 500 bicycle race.