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Whiting, Indiana
Whiting is a city in Lake County, Indiana with an estimated 4,491 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 133rd largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,491
- #133 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -78 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Density
- 2,481 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Whiting population, 2020 to 2024
Whiting lost 78 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -11.
Whiting covers 1.81 square miles of land, for 2,481 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Whiting is denser than the typical town.
What county Whiting is in
All of Whiting's residents live in Lake County, which had 502,955 residents in 2024. Whiting holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Whiting
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Whiting by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46394. 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 Whiting is
The Census internal point of Whiting is at 41.673000, -87.484000. Indianapolis, the capital, is 148.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Chicago, IN (25,768 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 15.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.673000, -87.484000
- DMS
- 41°40'22.80"N 87°29'2.40"W
- UTM
- 16N 459711.7E 4613584.0N
- Geohash
- dp3v1624g
- Plus code
- 86HJMGF8+6C
Daylight in Whiting
At 41.67° N, Whiting gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Whiting
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is East Chicago, 2.4 miles away, with 25,768 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Whiting, IN?
4,491 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 78 (1.7%) from 4,569 in July 2020.
What county is Whiting in?
Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Whiting?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46394.
How far is Whiting from Indianapolis?
148.7 miles (239.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Whiting.
What is the nearest larger city to Whiting?
East Chicago, IN, with 25,768 residents, 2.4 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.