Indiana · Census place 1842246
La Porte, Indiana
La Porte is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana with an estimated 22,444 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 46th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 22,444
- #46 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +28 people
- Land area
- 12.7 sq mi
- + 0.77 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,774 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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La Porte population, 2020 to 2024
La Porte added 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +10. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 84th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so La Porte is 1.5 times that size.
La Porte covers 12.65 square miles of land and 0.77 of water, for 1,774 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so La Porte is close to the typical town.
What county La Porte is in
All of La Porte's residents live in LaPorte County, which had 111,348 residents in 2024. La Porte holds 20.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in La Porte
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps La Porte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46350. 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 La Porte is
The Census internal point of La Porte is at 41.606100, -86.713700. Indianapolis, the capital, is 130.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Michigan City, IN (31,466 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 23.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.606100, -86.713700
- DMS
- 41°36'21.96"N 86°42'49.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 523856.4E 4606083.0N
- Geohash
- dp6kdy1j0
- Plus code
- 86HMJ74P+CG
Daylight in La Porte
At 41.61° N, La Porte gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 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 La Porte
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Kingsford Heights, 8.9 miles away, with 1,323 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of La Porte, IN?
22,444 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 28 (0.1%) from 22,416 in July 2020.
What county is La Porte in?
LaPorte County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover La Porte?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46350.
How far is La Porte from Indianapolis?
130.2 miles (209.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from La Porte.
What is the nearest larger city to La Porte?
Michigan City, IN, with 31,466 residents, 10.6 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.