When new population data concerning Indiana become available, the cry goes out in the Statehouse, âBetter call B&P!â
Bluff & Puff is the public relations department for the state. Their latest triumph was to note that Indianaâs population growth rate from 2010 to 2020 was greater than that of any of our four neighboring states. B&P would have us think this superiority over our neighbors is something new, something worth a trophy. Yet, for the past three decades (1990 to 2020), Indianaâs growth rate has exceeded that of our four neighboring states.
B&P didnât say Indianaâs 4.7 percent increase in population was well below the nationâs 7.4 percent growth rate. In addition, they were silent about the 2019 data which foreshadows the 2020 results to be released later this year.