Indiana · Census place 1838862

Jonesboro, Indiana

Jonesboro is a city in Grant County, Indiana with an estimated 1,506 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 246th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,506; #246 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020: -0.5%; -7 people
Land area: 0.9 sq mi
Density: 1,692 / sq mi; State median 1,645

Orange pin: Jonesboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

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Jonesboro population, 2020 to 2024

Jonesboro lost 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,517. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jonesboro covers 0.89 square miles of land, for 1,692 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Jonesboro is close to the typical town.

What county Jonesboro is in

All of Jonesboro's residents live in Grant County, which had 66,458 residents in 2024. Jonesboro holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jonesboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jonesboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46938. 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 Jonesboro is

The Census internal point of Jonesboro is at 40.479700, -85.630400. Indianapolis, the capital, is 56.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gas City, IN (6,091 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 40.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 40.479700, -85.630400
DMS: 40°28'46.92"N 85°37'49.44"W
UTM: 16N 616088.2E 4481902.3N
Geohash: dp5n73jg7
Plus code: 86GPF9H9+VR

Daylight in Jonesboro

At 40.48° N, Jonesboro gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jonesboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Gas City, 2.0 miles away, with 6,091 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jonesboro, IN?

1,506 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 7 (0.5%) from 1,513 in July 2020.

What county is Jonesboro in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jonesboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46938.

How far is Jonesboro from Indianapolis?

56.5 miles (90.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Jonesboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Jonesboro?

Gas City, IN, with 6,091 residents, 2.0 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.