Indiana · Census place 1852326

New Albany, Indiana

New Albany is a city in Floyd County, Indiana with an estimated 37,652 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 26th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
37,652
#26 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-145 people
Land area
15.5 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
2,429 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: New Albany. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

New Albany population, 2020 to 2024

New Albany lost 145 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +295. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 97th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so New Albany is 2.6 times that size.

37.8k202037.6k202137.5k202237.4k202337.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 37,819. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Albany covers 15.50 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 2,429 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so New Albany is denser than the typical town.

What county New Albany is in

All of New Albany's residents live in Floyd County, which had 81,931 residents in 2024. New Albany holds 46.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Albany

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Albany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47150. 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 New Albany is

The Census internal point of New Albany is at 38.312200, -85.824000. Indianapolis, the capital, is 102.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jeffersonville, IN (52,912 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 14.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.312200, -85.824000
DMS
38°18'43.92"N 85°49'26.40"W
UTM
16N 602812.1E 4241109.3N
Geohash
dnfczn8be
Plus code
86CP856G+V9

Daylight in New Albany

At 38.31° N, New Albany gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 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 New Albany

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Clarksville, 3.1 miles away, with 22,041 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Albany, IN?

37,652 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 145 (0.4%) from 37,797 in July 2020.

What county is New Albany in?

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

What ZIP codes cover New Albany?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47150.

How far is New Albany from Indianapolis?

102.2 miles (164.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from New Albany.

What is the nearest larger city to New Albany?

Jeffersonville, IN, with 52,912 residents, 7.1 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.