Indiana · Census place 1805176

Bicknell, Indiana

Bicknell is a city in Knox County, Indiana with an estimated 2,999 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,999
#161 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-34 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
2,221 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Bicknell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Bicknell population, 2020 to 2024

Bicknell lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -17.

3,03320203,00820213,00220223,01620232,9992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,033. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bicknell covers 1.35 square miles of land, for 2,221 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Bicknell is denser than the typical town.

What county Bicknell is in

All of Bicknell's residents live in Knox County, which had 35,872 residents in 2024. Bicknell holds 8.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bicknell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bicknell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47512. 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 Bicknell is

The Census internal point of Bicknell is at 38.774300, -87.307800. Indianapolis, the capital, is 92.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washington, IN (12,881 people), 11.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 55.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.774300, -87.307800
DMS
38°46'27.48"N 87°18'28.08"W
UTM
16N 473262.6E 4291775.9N
Geohash
dncut68ks
Plus code
86CJQMFR+PV

Daylight in Bicknell

At 38.77° N, Bicknell gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bicknell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Washington, 11.3 miles away, with 12,881 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bicknell, IN?

2,999 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 34 (1.1%) from 3,033 in July 2020.

What county is Bicknell in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bicknell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47512.

How far is Bicknell from Indianapolis?

92.2 miles (148.4 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Bicknell.

What is the nearest larger city to Bicknell?

Washington, IN, with 12,881 residents, 11.3 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.