Indiana · Census place 1823278
Fishers, Indiana
Fishers is a city in Hamilton County, Indiana with an estimated 103,986 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 103,986
- #4 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +4.5%
- +4,484 people
- Land area
- 36.2 sq mi
- + 2.23 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,874 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Fishers population, 2020 to 2024
Fishers added 4,484 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -395. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Fishers is 7.1 times that size.
Fishers covers 36.18 square miles of land and 2.23 of water, for 2,874 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Fishers is denser than the typical town.
What county Fishers is in
All of Fishers's residents live in Hamilton County, which had 379,704 residents in 2024. Fishers holds 27.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fishers
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fishers by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46037, 46038. 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 Fishers is
The Census internal point of Fishers is at 39.961800, -85.968400. Indianapolis, the capital, is 16.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Indianapolis, IN (891,484 people), 15.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 9.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 250 m (820 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.961800, -85.968400
- DMS
- 39°57'42.48"N 85°58'6.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 588107.0E 4424026.9N
- Geohash
- dp4g7dzdr
- Plus code
- 86FPX26J+PJ
- Time zone
- America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Daylight in Fishers
At 39.96° N, Fishers gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Fishers daylight page.
Places near Fishers
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is McCordsville, 5.2 miles away, with 11,744 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fishers, IN?
103,986 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,484 (4.5%) from 99,502 in July 2020.
What county is Fishers in?
Hamilton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fishers?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46037, 46038.
How far is Fishers from Indianapolis?
16.7 miles (26.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Fishers.
What is the nearest larger city to Fishers?
Indianapolis, IN, with 891,484 residents, 15.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.