Rockport, Indiana

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The 2000 Census showed that Rockport had a population of 2,160 people^<1>.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
185	Georgetown	NE	65 mi [104.6 km]	3,066	37.67% increase
186	Flora	N	185 mi [297.7 km]	2,085	6.38% decrease
187	Waterloo	NE	267 mi [429.7 km]	2,165	1.59% decrease
-188-	Rockport			2,045	5.32% decrease
189	Knightstown	NE	155 mi [249.4 km]	2,015	6.19% decrease
190	Hope	NE	119 mi [191.5 km]	2,285	6.78% increase
191	Cambridge City	NE	167 mi [268.8 km]	1,966	7.31% decrease

Rockport had 1,057 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Rockport has an area^<4> of 1.17 square miles [3.03 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Rockport had a 2000 population density of 1,843 people per square mile [711 people/km²].

Spencer County

The city of Rockport is located in Spencer County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 20,414 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 2,160 people, Rockport contained 10.58% of the Spencer County total.

In addition, where the community of Rockport has a population density of 1,843 people per square mile [711 people/km²], Spencer County averages 51.2 people per square mile [19.77 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Spencer County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Rockport and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Rockport. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Rockport.

A Census Quickfact is available for Spencer County (QF-18147).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Spencer County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Dubois	QF-18037	N	41,449	4.42% increase
	Perry	QF-18123	E	18,929	0.26% increase
	Warrick	QF-18173	W	57,656	9.78% increase
	Daviess (KY)	QF-21059	S	94,418	3.07% increase
	Hancock (KY)	QF-21091	SE	8,663	2.87% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Rockport:

Rockport is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and in Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Rockport.

The Commemorative Quarter for Indiana<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Rockport. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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