Lake County, Indiana

East Chicago

County	Lake County
Freight grouping	Hammond to Gary lakefront
ZIP codes	46312
Data as of	Census 2024 estimates

East Chicago (filled) with the towns around it, county lines (dashed) and intermodal rail ramps (squares). Boundaries: Census 2023. Ramps: BTS NTAD.

East Chicago sits in Lake County, in the Hammond to Gary lakefront freight grouping on this site. The Census Bureau estimated 25,768 residents on July 1, 2024, on 14.11 square miles of land. The nearest intermodal rail ramp in the federal atlas is Calumet, 7.6 mi away in a straight line.

25,768

Residents, July 2024 estimate^[1]

14.11

Square miles of land^[2]

ZIP codes overlapping^[3]

7.6 mi

To Calumet rail ramp^[4]

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Reading the numbers

That works out to about 1,826 residents per square mile of land. CMAP's land-use and jobs tables stop at the Illinois line, so this page uses Census population and land figures for East Chicago.

ZIP codes that overlap East Chicago: 46312. Enter one on the Load Line to see the pickup verdict for a load here.

East Chicago at a glance
Residents (July 2024 estimate)	25,768
Land area (Census Gazetteer)	14.11 sq mi
Rail ramp: Calumet	7.6 mi
Rail ramp: Dolton (Yard Center)	8.5 mi

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Sources

Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates. Subcounty resident population estimates, July 1, 2024 (file sub-est2024.csv).
Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer files. Land area and internal point for places and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA relationship files. ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county land overlaps. A ZIP is listed for a town when at least 20% of the ZIP's land, or 10% of the town's land, overlaps.
BTS National Transportation Atlas Database: Intermodal Freight Facilities, Rail TOFC/COFC. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, compiled 2018 and updated July 2022. Distances are straight-line miles from the place's internal point to the facility point.
Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023. 1:500,000 county and place boundaries, simplified for the maps. Bordering towns are those whose boundaries come within about 0.1 mile of each other.
Natural Earth 1:10m lakes. Lake Michigan outline for the maps. Public domain.

Last reviewed 2026-10-27. Not legal advice and not a price quote. See how the figures are built.