Washington, Indiana

Washington population, 2020 to 2024

Washington added 833 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.9%. In the latest year it moved by +311. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Washington is 88% of it.

Washington covers 6.67 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,931 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Washington is denser than the typical town.

What county Washington is in

All of Washington's residents live in Daviess County, which had 34,097 residents in 2024. Washington holds 37.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Washington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Washington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47501. 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 Washington is

The Census internal point of Washington is at 38.658200, -87.160400. Indianapolis, the capital, is 93.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vincennes, IN (16,506 people), 18.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 50.6 miles away.

Daylight in Washington

At 38.66° N, Washington gets about 14 h 52 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 Washington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Bicknell, 11.3 miles away, with 2,999 people.