Martinsville, Indiana
Demographics
Table:
Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±

1850	334	—
1860	640	91.6%
1870	1,131	76.7%
1880	1,943	71.8%
1890	2,680	37.9%
1900	4,038	50.7%
1910	4,529	12.2%
1920	4,895	8.1%
1930	4,962	1.4%
1940	5,009	0.9%
1950	5,991	19.6%
1960	7,525	25.6%
1970	9,723	29.2%
1980	11,311	16.3%
1990	11,677	3.2%
2000	11,698	0.2%
2010	11,828	1.1%
2016 (est.)	11,669	[4]	−1.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[24]

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