Michigan City sits on the Lake Michigan shoreline in northwest Indiana, home to about thirty-two thousand people, Indiana's only public operating lighthouse, and a historic downtown shaped by nineteenth-century commerce and recent waterfront revitalization.
Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch
Angie Nelson Deuitch became Michigan City's first African American mayor in January 2024, after two terms on its Common Council and more than twenty-five years of leadership in telecommunications, utilities, and the nonprofit sector. She holds degrees in electrical engineering and public affairs.
Michigan City Data
County: LaPorte
READI region: Northwest
Region's READI awards: $50 million in READI 1.0 (2021); $45 million in READI 2.0 (2024)
Population: 32,075 in the 2020 Census, up 1.9 percent since 2010; estimated 31,338 in 2025
Residents 65 and over: 18.8%
Per capita income: $29,810
Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%
Owner-occupied homes: 58.8%
Michigan City Delegation
Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch
William Walker
Assistant Parks Superintendent, City of Michigan City
Terry Greetham
Special Events Director, City of Michigan City
Skyler York
Redevelopment Director, City of Michigan City
Janet Bloch
Executive Director, Lubeznik Center for the Arts
