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Crawford County, Indiana

Crawford County had 10,523 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 305.6 square miles of land. It ranks 86th of 92 in Indiana by population and 80th by land area.

Population
10,523
#86 of 92 in Indiana · #2,377 in US
Area
305.6 sq mi
#80 of 92 in Indiana · #2,798 in US
Density
34 / sq mi
#88 of 92 in Indiana · #1,806 in US
Median household income
$56,019
#85 of 92 in Indiana · #2,232 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Crawford County within Indiana. Pin: Indianapolis.

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Crawford County population, land area and income

Crawford County had 10,523 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 305.6 square miles of land. It ranks 86th of 92 in Indiana by population and 80th by land area. That works out to 34.4 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Indiana has 34,874 residents, so Crawford County has 30% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $56,019 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

10,523

3144th1st

2377th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

306 sq mi

3144th1st

2798th of 3,144 (US)

Density

34.4 / sq mi

3144th1st

1806th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$56,019

3143rd1st

2232nd of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Indiana (92)

Population

10,523

92nd1st

86th of 92 (IN)

Land area

306 sq mi

92nd1st

80th of 92 (IN)

Density

34.4 / sq mi

92nd1st

88th of 92 (IN)

Median household income

$56,019

92nd1st

85th of 92 (IN)

How Crawford County's population changed since 2020

Crawford County gained 1 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.0%. That ranks 66th of 92 in Indiana for growth. The median Indiana county changed by +0.8%, and the state as a whole by +2.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Crawford County recorded 426 births and 701 deaths, a natural change of -275. Net international migration added -3 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +278. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 278 people.

10.5k202010.5k202110.5k202210.4k202310.5k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
426
Deaths
701
Net international migration
-3
Net domestic migration
+278
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+81

Where Crawford County is

The Census internal point of Crawford County is at 38.289400, -86.440900. It sits in UTM zone 16N. The map shades Indiana's 92 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Crawford County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Vigo County: +0.0%Fayette County: -0.1%Grant County: -0.1%Noble County: +0.7%Clay County: -0.0%Fulton County: -2.3%Henry County: +0.3%Jasper County: +1.5%Carroll County: +2.0%Huntington County: +0.8%Howard County: +0.6%Tipton County: -0.4%Starke County: +0.3%Lawrence County: +0.4%Jennings County: +0.2%Jay County: -1.5%Greene County: +1.3%Blackford County: -2.4%Madison County: +3.1%Parke County: +2.1%DeKalb County: +2.4%Scott County: +1.5%Benton County: +1.7%Wells County: +2.3%Wabash County: -0.5%Union County: -2.8%Marshall County: +0.8%Putnam County: +3.1%Clinton County: -0.8%Hamilton County: +8.8%Hancock County: +10.8%Jackson County: +2.0%Hendricks County: +8.5%Johnson County: +5.1%Decatur County: -0.2%Lake County: +0.8%Newton County: +2.5%Fountain County: +2.1%Crawford County: +0.0%Perry County: +0.9%Martin County: +0.6%Dearborn County: +1.3%Morgan County: +2.8%Monroe County: +0.0%Switzerland County: +2.5%Ohio County: +1.2%Sullivan County: -0.2%Franklin County: +1.5%Adams County: +2.0%Jefferson County: -0.5%Knox County: -1.1%Ripley County: +0.8%Vanderburgh County: +0.0%Gibson County: -0.1%LaGrange County: +1.5%Dubois County: -0.0%Harrison County: +0.8%Randolph County: -0.3%Brown County: +1.1%Shelby County: +1.3%Tippecanoe County: +2.8%Daviess County: +2.2%Delaware County: +1.1%Elkhart County: +0.2%Whitley County: +1.6%Allen County: +3.4%Montgomery County: +1.8%Miami County: -0.8%St. Joseph County: +0.4%Kosciusko County: +0.6%Floyd County: +1.8%Rush County: -0.1%Wayne County: -0.2%Posey County: -0.5%Clark County: +5.0%Orange County: -0.1%Marion County: +0.5%Boone County: +10.7%Porter County: +1.5%Steuben County: +1.2%Vermillion County: +0.8%Cass County: -0.6%Owen County: +2.5%White County: +0.6%Washington County: +0.4%Pulaski County: -0.8%Pike County: -1.1%Warren County: +0.3%Warrick County: +3.7%Spencer County: +1.8%LaPorte County: -0.8%Bartholomew County: +3.1%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -0.2%
  2. < +0.4%
  3. < +1.2%
  4. < +2.1%
  5. ≥ +2.1%
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Orange pin: Crawford County internal point. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Internal point

Decimal
38.289400, -86.440900
DMS
38°17'21.84"N 86°26'27.24"W
UTM
16N 548894.1E 4238073.2N
Geohash
dnf9bfrev
Plus code
86CM7HQ5+QJ

Towns in Crawford County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Crawford County. Its 10,523 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Crawford County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Crawford County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Dubois County, IN, with 43,629 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Indianapolis and the nearest big city

Indianapolis is 103.4 miles N of Crawford County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY (population 640,796), 43.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Jasper, IN (population 16,967), 28.0 miles away.

Crawford County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Crawford County is 18025: state code 18 for Indiana plus county code 025. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $56,019.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Crawford County, Indiana?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 10,523. That is up 1 people (0.0%) from the July 2020 estimate of 10,522.

What is the FIPS code of Crawford County?

18025. The first two digits (18) are Indiana; the last three (025) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Crawford County?

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Crawford County. Its people live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Which counties border Crawford County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Dubois County, IN; Harrison County, IN; Meade County, KY; Washington County, IN; Orange County, IN; Perry County, IN.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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