Indiana · Census place 1875428

Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city in Vigo County, Indiana with an estimated 58,531 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 16th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
58,531
#16 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+135 people
Land area
34.8 sq mi
+ 0.39 sq mi water
Density
1,683 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Terre Haute. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Terre Haute population, 2020 to 2024

Terre Haute added 135 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +76. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 79th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Terre Haute is 4.0 times that size.

58.4k202058.4k202158.4k202258.5k202358.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 58,413. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Terre Haute covers 34.77 square miles of land and 0.39 of water, for 1,683 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Terre Haute is close to the typical town.

What county Terre Haute is in

All of Terre Haute's residents live in Vigo County, which had 106,166 residents in 2024. Terre Haute holds 55.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Terre Haute

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Terre Haute by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47802, 47803, 47804, 47807, 47809. 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 Terre Haute is

The Census internal point of Terre Haute is at 39.464200, -87.376000. Indianapolis, the capital, is 68.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bloomington, IN (79,986 people), 50.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Indianapolis, IN, 68.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.464200, -87.376000
DMS
39°27'51.12"N 87°22'33.60"W
UTM
16N 467655.3E 4368358.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FJFJ7F+MJ

Daylight in Terre Haute

At 39.46° N, Terre Haute gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Terre Haute

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is West Terre Haute, 4.0 miles away, with 2,153 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Terre Haute, IN?

58,531 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 135 (0.2%) from 58,396 in July 2020.

What county is Terre Haute in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Terre Haute?

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 47802, 47803, 47804, 47807, 47809.

How far is Terre Haute from Indianapolis?

68.2 miles (109.7 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Terre Haute.

What is the nearest larger city to Terre Haute?

Bloomington, IN, with 79,986 residents, 50.0 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.