Indiana · Census place 1879208
Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes is a city in Knox County, Indiana with an estimated 16,506 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 55th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 16,506
- #55 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- -1.5%
- -252 people
- Land area
- 7.5 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,213 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Vincennes population, 2020 to 2024
Vincennes lost 252 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -68. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 112th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Vincennes is 1.1 times that size.
Vincennes covers 7.46 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 2,213 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Vincennes is denser than the typical town.
What county Vincennes is in
All of Vincennes's residents live in Knox County, which had 35,872 residents in 2024. Vincennes holds 46.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Vincennes
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Vincennes by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47591. 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 Vincennes is
The Census internal point of Vincennes is at 38.676600, -87.510000. Indianapolis, the capital, is 104.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jasper, IN (16,967 people), 36.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 47.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.676600, -87.510000
- DMS
- 38°40'35.76"N 87°30'36.00"W
- UTM
- 16N 455637.7E 4281012.9N
- Geohash
- dncu08v5t
- Plus code
- 86CJMFGR+J2
Daylight in Vincennes
At 38.68° N, Vincennes gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Vincennes
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Bicknell, 12.8 miles away, with 2,999 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Vincennes, IN?
16,506 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 252 (1.5%) from 16,758 in July 2020.
What county is Vincennes in?
Knox County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Vincennes?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47591.
How far is Vincennes from Indianapolis?
104.6 miles (168.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Vincennes.
What is the nearest larger city to Vincennes?
Jasper, IN, with 16,967 residents, 36.5 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.