Indiana · Census place 1812934

Clarksville, Indiana

Clarksville is a town in Clark County, Indiana with an estimated 22,041 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 47th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
22,041
#47 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-282 people
Land area
10.0 sq mi
+ 0.20 sq mi water
Density
2,195 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Clarksville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Clarksville population, 2020 to 2024

Clarksville lost 282 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -218. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 108th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Clarksville is 1.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 22,348. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clarksville covers 10.04 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 2,195 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Clarksville is denser than the typical town.

What county Clarksville is in

All of Clarksville's residents live in Clark County, which had 127,479 residents in 2024. Clarksville holds 17.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clarksville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clarksville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 47129, 47172. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Clarksville is

The Census internal point of Clarksville is at 38.322100, -85.767600. Indianapolis, the capital, is 102.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Albany, IN (37,652 people), 3.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 12.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.322100, -85.767600
DMS
38°19'19.56"N 85°46'3.36"W
UTM
16N 607728.4E 4242272.1N
Geohash
dng4023fq
Plus code
86CP86CJ+RX

Daylight in Clarksville

At 38.32° N, Clarksville gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clarksville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is New Albany, 3.1 miles away, with 37,652 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clarksville, IN?

22,041 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 282 (1.3%) from 22,323 in July 2020.

What county is Clarksville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Clarksville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 47129, 47172.

How far is Clarksville from Indianapolis?

102.1 miles (164.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Clarksville.

What is the nearest larger city to Clarksville?

New Albany, IN, with 37,652 residents, 3.1 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.