Fort Wayne is a city in the
U.S. state of
Indiana and the
seat of
Allen County. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the
Ohio border and south of the
Michigan border. With an estimated population of 258,522 in 2014, Fort Wayne is the
77th most populous city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana, after
Indianapolis. It is the principal city of the
Fort Wayne metropolitan area, consisting of Allen,
Wells, and
Whitley counties, a combined population of 419,453 as of 2011. In addition to the three core counties, the
combined statistical area (CSA) includes
Adams,
DeKalb,
Huntington,
Noble, and
Steuben counties, with an estimated population of 615,077.