Indiana · Census place 1807174

Brazil, Indiana

Brazil is a city in Clay County, Indiana with an estimated 8,239 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 95th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,239
#95 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+81 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
2,233 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Brazil. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Brazil population, 2020 to 2024

Brazil added 81 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +41. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 64th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Brazil is 57% of it.

8,15820208,15920218,16720228,19820238,2392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,168. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brazil covers 3.69 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,233 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Brazil is denser than the typical town.

What county Brazil is in

All of Brazil's residents live in Clay County, which had 26,424 residents in 2024. Brazil holds 31.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brazil

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brazil by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47834. 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 Brazil is

The Census internal point of Brazil is at 39.522400, -87.124500. Indianapolis, the capital, is 54.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Terre Haute, IN (58,531 people), 14.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Indianapolis, IN, 54.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.522400, -87.124500
DMS
39°31'20.64"N 87°07'28.20"W
UTM
16N 489299.0E 4374757.9N
Geohash
dp40c6vfs
Plus code
86FJGVCG+X5

Daylight in Brazil

At 39.52° N, Brazil gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brazil

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Seelyville, 7.9 miles away, with 1,005 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brazil, IN?

8,239 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 81 (1.0%) from 8,158 in July 2020.

What county is Brazil in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brazil?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47834.

How far is Brazil from Indianapolis?

54.2 miles (87.2 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Brazil.

What is the nearest larger city to Brazil?

Terre Haute, IN, with 58,531 residents, 14.0 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.