Indiana · Census place 1852776

New Chicago, Indiana

New Chicago is a town in Lake County, Indiana with an estimated 1,976 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 212th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,976; #212 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020: -1.2%; -23 people
Land area: 0.7 sq mi
Density: 2,949 / sq mi; State median 1,645

Orange pin: New Chicago. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Measure from here

Tools and pages that start from New Chicago

New Chicago population, 2020 to 2024

New Chicago lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,000. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Chicago covers 0.67 square miles of land, for 2,949 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so New Chicago is denser than the typical town.

What county New Chicago is in

All of New Chicago's residents live in Lake County, which had 502,955 residents in 2024. New Chicago holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Chicago

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap New Chicago by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46342, 46405. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where New Chicago is

The Census internal point of New Chicago is at 41.558700, -87.271700. Indianapolis, the capital, is 136.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lake Station, IN (13,033 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 28.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.558700, -87.271700
DMS: 41°33'31.32"N 87°16'18.12"W
UTM: 16N 477343.6E 4600816.7N
Geohash: dp3uqjd8v
Plus code: 86HJHP5H+F8

Daylight in New Chicago

At 41.56° N, New Chicago 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 New Chicago

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Station, 1.6 miles away, with 13,033 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Chicago, IN?

1,976 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (1.2%) from 1,999 in July 2020.

What county is New Chicago in?

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

What ZIP codes cover New Chicago?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46342, 46405.

How far is New Chicago from Indianapolis?

136.7 miles (220.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from New Chicago.

What is the nearest larger city to New Chicago?

Lake Station, IN, with 13,033 residents, 1.6 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.

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