Indiana · Census place 1865484

Rockport, Indiana

Rockport is a city in Spencer County, Indiana with an estimated 1,989 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 210th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,989
#210 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-2 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,198 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Rockport. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Rockport population, 2020 to 2024

Rockport lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,990. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rockport covers 1.66 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,198 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Rockport is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rockport is in

All of Rockport's residents live in Spencer County, which had 20,192 residents in 2024. Rockport holds 9.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rockport

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rockport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47635. 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 Rockport is

The Census internal point of Rockport is at 37.889900, -87.054200. Indianapolis, the capital, is 138.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Owensboro, KY (60,675 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 27.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.889900, -87.054200
DMS
37°53'23.64"N 87°03'15.12"W
UTM
16N 495234.3E 4193600.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
869JVWQW+X8

Daylight in Rockport

At 37.89° N, Rockport gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rockport

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Tell City, 16.7 miles away, with 7,515 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rockport, IN?

1,989 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.1%) from 1,991 in July 2020.

What county is Rockport in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rockport?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47635.

How far is Rockport from Indianapolis?

138.5 miles (222.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Rockport.

What is the nearest larger city to Rockport?

Owensboro, KY, with 60,675 residents, 9.8 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.