Indiana · Census place 1817074

Decatur, Indiana

Decatur is a city in Adams County, Indiana with an estimated 10,072 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 86th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,072
#86 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+136 people
Land area
6.1 sq mi
Density
1,651 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Decatur. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Decatur population, 2020 to 2024

Decatur added 136 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -11. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 60th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Decatur is 69% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,922. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Decatur covers 6.10 square miles of land, for 1,651 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Decatur is close to the typical town.

What county Decatur is in

All of Decatur's residents live in Adams County, which had 36,584 residents in 2024. Decatur holds 27.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Decatur

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Decatur by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46733. 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 Decatur is

The Census internal point of Decatur is at 40.828900, -84.927800. Indianapolis, the capital, is 97.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bluffton, IN (10,556 people), 14.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 21.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.828900, -84.927800
DMS
40°49'44.04"N 84°55'40.08"W
UTM
16N 674730.7E 4521829.9N
Geohash
dp7872tmw
Plus code
86GQR3HC+HV

Daylight in Decatur

At 40.83° N, Decatur gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Decatur

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Monroeville, 10.5 miles away, with 1,343 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Decatur, IN?

10,072 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 136 (1.4%) from 9,936 in July 2020.

What county is Decatur in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Decatur?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46733.

How far is Decatur from Indianapolis?

97.8 miles (157.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Decatur.

What is the nearest larger city to Decatur?

Bluffton, IN, with 10,556 residents, 14.1 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.