Portage, Indiana

Portage, Indiana
Portage, Indiana
City
	Downtown Portage in 2016
	Seal
	Nickname: The Port City/The Port of Opportunity
	Location of Portage in Porter County, Indiana.
	Coordinates: 41°36′20″N 87°10′12″W / 41.60556°N 87.17000°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Porter
Township	Portage
Government
• Type	Strong Mayor-Council
• Mayor	Austin Bonta (R)
• Clerk-Treasurer	Elizabeth Modesto (D)
• City Council	Members Melissa A. Weidenbach (R, AL); Ferdinand Alvarez (D, AL); Gina Giese-Hurst (D, 1st); Bob Parnell (R, 2nd); Victoria Gresham (R, 3rd); Penny Ambler (R, 4th); Collin Czilli (D, 5th);
Area
• Total	27.65 sq mi (71.60 km2)
• Land	25.55 sq mi (66.17 km2)
• Water	2.10 sq mi (5.43 km2)
Elevation	633 ft (193 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	37,926
• Density	1,484.38/sq mi (573.13/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP code	46368
Area code	219
FIPS code	18-61092
GNIS feature ID	2396254
Website	http://www.ci.portage.in.us

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1950	2,116	—
1960	11,822	458.7%
1970	19,127	61.8%
1980	27,409	43.3%
1990	29,060	6.0%
2000	33,496	15.3%
2010	36,828	9.9%
2020	37,926	3.0%
Source: US Census Bureau

Portage (/ˈpɔːrtɪdʒ/ POR-tij) is a city in Portage Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana,^[2] on the border with Lake County. The population was 37,926 as of the 2020 census. It is the largest city in Porter County, and third largest in Northwest Indiana.