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Bloomington | |
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 Location of Bloomington in Monroe County, Indiana | |
  Bloomington  Bloomington | |
| Coordinates: 39°09′44″N 86°31′20″W / 39.16222°N 86.52222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Monroe |
| Townships | Bloomington, Perry, Richland, Van Buren |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council government |
| • Mayor | Kerry Thomson (D) |
| Area | |
• City | 23.43 sq mi (60.69 km2) |
| • Land | 23.25 sq mi (60.22 km2) |
| • Water | 0.18 sq mi (0.48 km2) |
| Elevation | 804 ft (245 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 79,168 |
| • Density | 3,405.08/sq mi (1,314.72/km2) |
| • Metro | 175,506 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 47401–47408 |
| Area code | 812 & 930 |
| FIPS code | 18-05860 |
| GNIS ID | 2394196[2] |
| Website | www |
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Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana, United States.[3] The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7][8] 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.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bloomington, Indiana
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "QuickFacts: Bloomington city, Indiana; United States". US Census. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ^ "IU enrolls record number of students of color; IU Bloomington shatters enrollment records" (Press release). Indiana University. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
- ^ Monroe County History Center. "History of Bloomington and Monroe County". City of Bloomington, Indiana. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ "2015 Tree City USA Communities in Indiana". Arbor Day Foundation. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ "Bloomington Recognized by The Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City of the World". City of Bloomington. March 25, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2022.