Indiana Code
Chapter 1. Classification of Municipalities; City Status and Town Status
36-4-1-1. Basis of Classification

Sec. 1. (a) Municipalities are classified according to their status and population as follows:

STATUS AND POPULATION
CLASS

Cities of 600,000 or more
First class cities

Cities of 34,000 to 599,999
Second class cities

Cities of less than 34,000
Third class cities

Other municipalities of any

population
Towns
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a city that attains a population of thirty-four thousand (34,000) remains a second class city even though its population decreases to less than thirty-four thousand (34,000) at the next federal decennial census.
(c) The legislative body of a city to which subsection (b) applies may, by ordinance, adopt third class city status.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-2-1-1; 18-2-1-1.5; 18-2-1-2 part; 18-3-2-1 part; 18-3-3-1 part.]
As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.37; P.L.340-1987, SEC.1; P.L.71-1997, SEC.2; P.L.64-2004, SEC.34; P.L.81-2004, SEC.46; P.L.119-2012, SEC.184; P.L.56-2022, SEC.3.