Indiana · Census place 1852740

New Castle, Indiana

New Castle is a city in Henry County, Indiana with an estimated 17,382 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,382
#51 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-19 people
Land area
7.3 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,375 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: New Castle. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

New Castle population, 2020 to 2024

New Castle lost 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +25. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 88th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so New Castle is 1.2 times that size.

17.4k202017.4k202117.3k202217.4k202317.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,410. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Castle covers 7.32 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,375 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so New Castle is denser than the typical town.

What county New Castle is in

All of New Castle's residents live in Henry County, which had 49,081 residents in 2024. New Castle holds 35.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Castle

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Castle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47362. 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 Castle is

The Census internal point of New Castle is at 39.919800, -85.370100. Indianapolis, the capital, is 43.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Muncie, IN (65,320 people), 19.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 31.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.919800, -85.370100
DMS
39°55'11.28"N 85°22'12.36"W
UTM
16N 639293.8E 4420127.5N
Geohash
dp57175ms
Plus code
86FPWJ9H+WX

Daylight in New Castle

At 39.92° N, New Castle gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Castle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Hagerstown, 11.4 miles away, with 1,684 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Castle, IN?

17,382 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 19 (0.1%) from 17,401 in July 2020.

What county is New Castle in?

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

What ZIP codes cover New Castle?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47362.

How far is New Castle from Indianapolis?

43.1 miles (69.3 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from New Castle.

What is the nearest larger city to New Castle?

Muncie, IN, with 65,320 residents, 19.3 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.