Indiana · Census place 1864674
Rising Sun, Indiana
Rising Sun is a city in Ohio County, Indiana with an estimated 2,219 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 189th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,219
- #189 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -9 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- + 0.13 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,479 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Rising Sun population, 2020 to 2024
Rising Sun lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -3.
Rising Sun covers 1.50 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,479 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Rising Sun is less dense than the typical town.
What county Rising Sun is in
All of Rising Sun's residents live in Ohio County, which had 5,996 residents in 2024. Rising Sun holds 37.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rising Sun
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rising Sun by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47040. 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 Rising Sun is
The Census internal point of Rising Sun is at 38.953700, -84.853300. Indianapolis, the capital, is 89.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Aurora, IN (3,515 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH, 22.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.953700, -84.853300
- DMS
- 38°57'13.32"N 84°51'11.88"W
- UTM
- 16N 686016.8E 4313830.0N
- Geohash
- dngtt579w
- Plus code
- 86CQX43W+FM
Daylight in Rising Sun
At 38.95° N, Rising Sun gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rising Sun
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Aurora, 8.5 miles away, with 3,515 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rising Sun, IN?
2,219 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 9 (0.4%) from 2,228 in July 2020.
What county is Rising Sun in?
Ohio County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rising Sun?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47040.
How far is Rising Sun from Indianapolis?
89.6 miles (144.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Rising Sun.
What is the nearest larger city to Rising Sun?
Aurora, IN, with 3,515 residents, 8.5 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.