Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis population, 2020 to 2024

Indianapolis added 4,271 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +5,645. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 73rd; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Indianapolis is 61.2 times that size.

Indianapolis covers 361.02 square miles of land and 6.92 of water, for 2,469 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Indianapolis is denser than the typical town.

What county Indianapolis is in

All of Indianapolis's residents live in Marion County, which had 981,628 residents in 2024. Indianapolis holds 90.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Indianapolis

37 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Indianapolis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46113, 46183, 46201, 46202, 46203, 46204, 46205, 46206, 46208, 46214, 46217, 46218, 46219, 46220, 46221, 46222, 46224, 46225, 46226, 46227, 46228, 46229, 46231, 46234, 46235, 46236, 46237, 46239, 46240, 46241, 46250, 46254, 46256, 46259, 46260, 46268, 46278. 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 Indianapolis is

The Census internal point of Indianapolis is at 39.776700, -86.145900. That is next to the Indianapolis capitol point. The nearest larger place is Chicago, IL (2,721,308 people), 163.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 13.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 220 m (722 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Indianapolis

At 39.78° N, Indianapolis gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 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 Indianapolis daylight page.

Places near Indianapolis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Warren Park, 5.0 miles away, with 1,492 people.