INDIANAPOLIS, IN

(Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN MSA)

Total Score = 26.6; Rank = 50
Areas of Excellence (at or better than target goal):
•  More farmers’ markets per capita
•  More golf courses per capita
•  Higher level of state requirement for Physical Education classes
Improvement Priority Areas (worse than 20% of target goal):
•  Lower percent meeting CDC aerobic activity guidelines
•  Lower percent meeting both CDC aerobic and strength activity guidelines
•  Lower percent consuming 2+ fruits per day
•  Lower percent consuming 3+ vegetables per day
•  Higher percent currently smoking
•  Higher percent obese
•  Lower percent in excellent or very good health
•  Higher percent of days when physical health was not good during the past 30 days
•  Higher percent of days when mental health was not good during the past 30 days
•  Higher percent with asthma
•  Higher percent with angina or coronary heart disease
•  Higher percent with diabetes
•  Lower percent of city land area as parkland
•  Fewer acres of parkland per capita
•  Lower percent using public transportation to work
•  Lower percent bicycling or walking to work
•  Lower Walk Score®
•  Lower percent of population within a 10 minute walk to a park
•  Fewer ball diamonds per capita
•  Fewer dog parks per capita
•  Fewer park playgrounds per capita
•  Fewer park units per capita
•  Fewer recreation centers per capita
•  Fewer tennis courts per capita
•  Lower park-related expenditures per capita
Description of Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN MSA
Population 
Percent less than 18 years old 
Percent 18 to 64 years old 
Percent 65 years old and older 
Percent male 
Percent high school graduate or higher 
Percent White 
Percent Black or African American 
Percent Asian 
Percent Other Race 
Percent Hispanic/Latino 
Percent unemployed 
Median household income 
Percent of households below poverty level 
Violent crime rate/100,000* 
Percent with disability 

1,971,274
25.2%
62.4%
12.4%
48.8%
89.0%
78.0%
14.7%
2.8%
4.5%
6.4%
4.8%
$52,268.00
10.6%
646.3
12.9%

* Due to differences in jurisdictional definitions and reporting, the FBI recommends that these rates not be compared across areas.

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 ACSM American Fitness Index® Components
Personal Health Indicators – Score = 24.2; Rank = 50

  Indianapolis         Target Goal*

Health Behaviors

Chronic Health Problems
74.4%

Percent any physical
activity or exercise in
the last 30 days

Percent
obese

32.6%
21.3%

82.6%
45.6%

Percent in excellent
or very good health

Percent meeting both
CDC aerobic and strength
activity guidelines

32.2%

15.6%
23.3%

Any days when physical
health was not good
during the past 30 days

30.4%

Any days when mental
health was not good
during the past 30 days

29.2%

Percent
with asthma
27.3%

Percent consuming
2+ fruits per day

Percent consuming 3+
vegetables per day

61.0%

23.4%

Percent meeting CDC
aerobic activity guidelines

35.6%

37.6%

36.2%

11.6%
6.5%
4.5%

Percent with angina or
coronary heart disease

2.8%

Percent
with diabetes

6.4%

12.7%

11.0%

19.6%
183.6

Death rate/100,000 for
cardiovascular disease
Percent
currently
smoking

167.1

20.2%
Death rate/100,000
for diabetes

13.1%

17.2
17.0

Community/Environmental Indicators – Score = 28.9; Rank = 49
(note: most of these data were available only for the main city in the MSA)
Built Environment
Parkland as a percent
of city land area

Percent bicycling
or walking to work

Ball diamonds/10,000

10.6%
13.3

Dog parks/100,000

1.9
0.5
0.9
1.5

Park playgrounds/10,000

24.3

2.3

13.1

1.6

Golf courses/100,000

1.2%
4.3%

0.9
2.5

Park units/10,000

4.1

1.6%
2.8%

Walk Score

®

Percent within a 10
minute walk to a park

Recreational centers/20,000

0.5
1.0

28.7

2.6

Swimming pools/100,000

51.1
31.6%
63.8%

Policy for School P.E.
Level of state
requirement for
Physical Education

0.7

18.6

Farmers’ markets/
1,000,000
Percent using public
transportation to work

Recreational Facilities

5.0%

Acres of
parkland/1,000

  Indianapolis         Target Goal**

Tennis courts/10,000

3.1
1.3
2.0

Park-related Expenditures
3.0
2.5

Total park
expenditure
per resident

$24.00

*The target goal for the Personal Health Indicators that did not change was the 90th percentile for MSAs during 2008-2012. For the new personal health indicators the target goals were 90% of the 2014 values.  
**The target goal for the Community/Environmental Indicators that did not change was the MSA average for 2008 to 2012. New community indicators target goals were an average of the 2014 values.

$101.80

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