Indiana · Census place 1831000
Hammond, Indiana
Hammond is a city in Lake County, Indiana with an estimated 76,030 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 8th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 76,030
- #8 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- -2.2%
- -1,725 people
- Land area
- 22.7 sq mi
- + 1.09 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,343 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Hammond population, 2020 to 2024
Hammond lost 1,725 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -161. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 124th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Hammond is 5.2 times that size.
Hammond covers 22.74 square miles of land and 1.09 of water, for 3,343 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Hammond is denser than the typical town.
What county Hammond is in
All of Hammond's residents live in Lake County, which had 502,955 residents in 2024. Hammond holds 15.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hammond
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hammond by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46320, 46323, 46324, 46327, 46394. 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 Hammond is
The Census internal point of Hammond is at 41.618700, -87.494900. Indianapolis, the capital, is 145.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chicago, IL (2,721,308 people), 18.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.618700, -87.494900
- DMS
- 41°37'7.32"N 87°29'41.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 458769.7E 4607560.6N
- Geohash
- dp3uc02nm
- Plus code
- 86HJJG94+F2
Daylight in Hammond
At 41.62° N, Hammond 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 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hammond
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is East Chicago, 3.0 miles away, with 25,768 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hammond, IN?
76,030 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,725 (2.2%) from 77,755 in July 2020.
What county is Hammond in?
Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hammond?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46320, 46323, 46324, 46327, 46394.
How far is Hammond from Indianapolis?
145.7 miles (234.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Hammond.
What is the nearest larger city to Hammond?
Chicago, IL, with 2,721,308 residents, 18.0 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.
- 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.