East Chicago, Indiana

East Chicago population, 2020 to 2024

East Chicago lost 576 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -64. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 123rd; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so East Chicago is 1.8 times that size.

East Chicago covers 14.11 square miles of land and 0.69 of water, for 1,826 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so East Chicago is denser than the typical town.

What county East Chicago is in

All of East Chicago's residents live in Lake County, which had 502,955 residents in 2024. East Chicago holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Chicago

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Chicago by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46312. 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 East Chicago is

The Census internal point of East Chicago is at 41.648100, -87.452900. Indianapolis, the capital, is 146.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hammond, IN (76,030 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 17.7 miles away.

Daylight in East Chicago

At 41.65° N, East Chicago gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Chicago

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Whiting, 2.4 miles away, with 4,491 people.