Indiana · Census place 1802620

Attica, Indiana

Attica is a city in Fountain County, Indiana with an estimated 3,247 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 156th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,247
#156 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+6.4%
+195 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
1,746 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Attica. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Attica population, 2020 to 2024

Attica added 195 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +27.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,035. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Attica covers 1.86 square miles of land, for 1,746 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Attica is close to the typical town.

What county Attica is in

All of Attica's residents live in Fountain County, which had 16,833 residents in 2024. Attica holds 19.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Attica

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Attica by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47918. 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 Attica is

The Census internal point of Attica is at 40.287000, -87.245200. Indianapolis, the capital, is 67.7 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Lafayette, IN (46,338 people), 20.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 62.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.287000, -87.245200
DMS
40°17'13.20"N 87°14'42.72"W
UTM
16N 479157.7E 4459641.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Attica

At 40.29° N, Attica 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 Attica

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Williamsport, 2.5 miles away, with 1,953 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Attica, IN?

3,247 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 195 (6.4%) from 3,052 in July 2020.

What county is Attica in?

Fountain County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Attica?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47918.

How far is Attica from Indianapolis?

67.7 miles (109.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Attica.

What is the nearest larger city to Attica?

West Lafayette, IN, with 46,338 residents, 20.1 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.