Indiana · Census place 1800910
Alexandria, Indiana
Alexandria is a city in Madison County, Indiana with an estimated 5,211 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 124th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,211
- #124 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +66 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,720 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Alexandria population, 2020 to 2024
Alexandria added 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +36. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 61st; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Alexandria is 36% of it.
Alexandria covers 3.03 square miles of land, for 1,720 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Alexandria is close to the typical town.
What county Alexandria is in
All of Alexandria's residents live in Madison County, which had 134,222 residents in 2024. Alexandria holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Alexandria
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alexandria by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46001. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Alexandria is
The Census internal point of Alexandria is at 40.263000, -85.673700. Indianapolis, the capital, is 42.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elwood, IN (8,495 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 26.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.263000, -85.673700
- DMS
- 40°15'46.80"N 85°40'25.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 612778.7E 4457792.0N
- Geohash
- dp5j43wkf
- Plus code
- 86GP787G+6G
Daylight in Alexandria
At 40.26° N, Alexandria gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Alexandria
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Summitville, 5.3 miles away, with 1,004 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Alexandria, IN?
5,211 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 66 (1.3%) from 5,145 in July 2020.
What county is Alexandria in?
Madison County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Alexandria?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46001.
How far is Alexandria from Indianapolis?
42.7 miles (68.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Alexandria.
What is the nearest larger city to Alexandria?
Elwood, IN, with 8,495 residents, 8.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.