Indiana · Census place 1835302

Huntington, Indiana

Huntington is a city in Huntington County, Indiana with an estimated 17,033 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 52nd largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,033
#52 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+23 people
Land area
9.4 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
1,804 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Huntington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Huntington population, 2020 to 2024

Huntington added 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +23. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 83rd; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Huntington is 1.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,032. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Huntington covers 9.44 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,804 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Huntington is close to the typical town.

What county Huntington is in

All of Huntington's residents live in Huntington County, which had 36,944 residents in 2024. Huntington holds 46.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Huntington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Huntington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46750. 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 Huntington is

The Census internal point of Huntington is at 40.880800, -85.505500. Indianapolis, the capital, is 84.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Wayne, IN (273,203 people), 23.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.880800, -85.505500
DMS
40°52'50.88"N 85°30'19.80"W
UTM
16N 625918.0E 4526599.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GPVFJV+8R

Daylight in Huntington

At 40.88° N, Huntington gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Huntington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Andrews, 5.2 miles away, with 1,061 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Huntington, IN?

17,033 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 23 (0.1%) from 17,010 in July 2020.

What county is Huntington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Huntington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46750.

How far is Huntington from Indianapolis?

84.2 miles (135.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Huntington.

What is the nearest larger city to Huntington?

Fort Wayne, IN, with 273,203 residents, 23.7 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.