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  • FIPS 18123
  • Largest town: Tell City

Perry County, Indiana

Perry County had 19,320 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 381.7 square miles of land. It ranks 75th of 92 in Indiana by population and 58th by land area.

Population
19,320
#75 of 92 in Indiana · #1,868 in US
Area
381.7 sq mi
#58 of 92 in Indiana · #2,594 in US
Density
51 / sq mi
#76 of 92 in Indiana · #1,453 in US
Median household income
$63,098
#59 of 92 in Indiana · #1,551 in US

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

Perry County within Indiana. Pin: Indianapolis.

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Perry County population, land area and income

Perry County had 19,320 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 381.7 square miles of land. It ranks 75th of 92 in Indiana by population and 58th by land area. That works out to 50.6 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Indiana has 34,874 residents; Perry County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $63,098 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

19,320

3144th1st

1868th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

382 sq mi

3144th1st

2594th of 3,144 (US)

Density

50.6 / sq mi

3144th1st

1453rd of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$63,098

3143rd1st

1551st of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Indiana (92)

Population

19,320

92nd1st

75th of 92 (IN)

Land area

382 sq mi

92nd1st

58th of 92 (IN)

Density

50.6 / sq mi

92nd1st

76th of 92 (IN)

Median household income

$63,098

92nd1st

59th of 92 (IN)

How Perry County's population changed since 2020

Perry County gained 163 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.9%. That ranks 42nd 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, Perry County recorded 724 births and 930 deaths, a natural change of -206. Net international migration added +99 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +266. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 266 people.

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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
724
Deaths
930
Net international migration
+99
Net domestic migration
+266
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+29

Where Perry County is

The Census internal point of Perry County is at 38.081400, -86.626500. 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 Perry 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: Perry County internal point. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Internal point

Decimal
38.081400, -86.626500
DMS
38°04'53.04"N 86°37'35.40"W
UTM
16N 532756.1E 4214912.4N
Geohash
dnf2su880
Plus code
86CM39JF+HC

Towns in Perry County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Perry County, 9,013 people together, or 47% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Perry County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Tell City with 7,515.

  1. 01Tell City7,515
  2. 02Cannelton1,498
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Perry County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Perry County, including 3 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 119.3 miles NNE of Perry County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN (population 115,395), 49.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Jasper, IN (population 16,967), 27.5 miles away.

Perry County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Perry County is 18123: state code 18 for Indiana plus county code 123. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $63,098.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Perry County, Indiana?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 19,320. That is up 163 people (0.9%) from the July 2020 estimate of 19,157.

What is the FIPS code of Perry County?

18123. The first two digits (18) are Indiana; the last three (123) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Perry County?

Tell City, with 7,515 residents inside Perry County in 2024.

Which counties border Perry County?

6 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Dubois County, IN; Meade County, KY; Breckinridge County, KY; Spencer County, IN; Crawford County, IN; Hancock County, KY.

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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