City profile · Mid-size City
Gary, Indiana
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Gary, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Eddie Melton
- Role
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 102,746
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcegary.gov/office-of-the-mayor ↗
- Official leadership pagegary.gov/office-of-the-mayor ↗
- City websitegary.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Eddie Melton CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 102,746
- Median household income
- $36,874
- Median age
- 36.9
- Land area
- 49.93 sq mi
- Population density
- 2,057.8 per sq mi
- County
- Lake County
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$360M
- City hall phone
- (219) 881-1300
- Official website
- gary.gov ↗
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