Indiana · Census place 1837782

Jasper, Indiana

Jasper is a city in Dubois County, Indiana with an estimated 16,967 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,967
#53 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+249 people
Land area
13.3 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,276 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Jasper. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Jasper population, 2020 to 2024

Jasper added 249 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +121. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Jasper is 1.2 times that size.

16.7k202016.7k202116.7k202216.8k202317.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,713. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jasper covers 13.30 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,276 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Jasper is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jasper is in

All of Jasper's residents live in Dubois County, which had 43,629 residents in 2024. Jasper holds 38.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jasper

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jasper by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47546. 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 Jasper is

The Census internal point of Jasper is at 38.393200, -86.940600. Indianapolis, the capital, is 103.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Evansville, IN (115,395 people), 42.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.393200, -86.940600
DMS
38°23'35.52"N 86°56'26.16"W
UTM
16N 505187.2E 4249444.5N
Geohash
dnf4mt7b9
Plus code
86CM93V5+7Q

Daylight in Jasper

At 38.39° N, Jasper gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jasper

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Huntingburg, 6.5 miles away, with 6,512 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jasper, IN?

16,967 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 249 (1.5%) from 16,718 in July 2020.

What county is Jasper in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jasper?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47546.

How far is Jasper from Indianapolis?

103.9 miles (167.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Jasper.

What is the nearest larger city to Jasper?

Evansville, IN, with 115,395 residents, 42.8 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.