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  • FIPS 18137
  • Largest town: Batesville

Ripley County, Indiana

Ripley County had 29,214 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 446.4 square miles of land. It ranks 55th of 92 in Indiana by population and 22nd by land area.

Population
29,214
#55 of 92 in Indiana · #1,464 in US
Area
446.4 sq mi
#22 of 92 in Indiana · #2,282 in US
Density
65 / sq mi
#62 of 92 in Indiana · #1,233 in US
Median household income
$66,942
#45 of 92 in Indiana · #1,214 in US

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

Ripley County within Indiana. Pin: Indianapolis.

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Ripley County population, land area and income

Ripley County had 29,214 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 446.4 square miles of land. It ranks 55th of 92 in Indiana by population and 22nd by land area. That works out to 65.4 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; Ripley County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $66,942 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

29,214

3144th1st

1464th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

446 sq mi

3144th1st

2282nd of 3,144 (US)

Density

65.4 / sq mi

3144th1st

1233rd of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$66,942

3143rd1st

1214th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Indiana (92)

Population

29,214

92nd1st

55th of 92 (IN)

Land area

446 sq mi

92nd1st

22nd of 92 (IN)

Density

65.4 / sq mi

92nd1st

62nd of 92 (IN)

Median household income

$66,942

92nd1st

45th of 92 (IN)

How Ripley County's population changed since 2020

Ripley County gained 229 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.8%. That ranks 46th 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, Ripley County recorded 1,330 births and 1,644 deaths, a natural change of -314. Net international migration added +22 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +522. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 522 people.

29.0k202029.0k202129.0k202229.2k202329.2k2024
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
1,330
Deaths
1,644
Net international migration
+22
Net domestic migration
+522
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+6

Where Ripley County is

The Census internal point of Ripley County is at 39.100200, -85.260500. 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 Ripley 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: Ripley County internal point. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Internal point

Decimal
39.100200, -85.260500
DMS
39°06'0.72"N 85°15'37.80"W
UTM
16N 650418.5E 4329336.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FP4P2Q+3R

Towns in Ripley County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Ripley County, 10,968 people together, or 38% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Ripley County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Batesville with 5,359.

  1. 01Batesville (part)5,359
  2. 02Versailles2,188
  3. 03Milan1,831
  4. 04Osgood1,590
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Ripley County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Ripley County. The most populous is Dearborn County, IN, with 51,435 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Indianapolis and the nearest big city

Indianapolis is 66.6 miles NW of Ripley County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Cincinnati, OH (population 314,915), 40.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Greensburg, IN (population 12,317), 21.6 miles away.

Ripley County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Ripley County is 18137: state code 18 for Indiana plus county code 137. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $66,942.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ripley County, Indiana?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 29,214. That is up 229 people (0.8%) from the July 2020 estimate of 28,985.

What is the FIPS code of Ripley County?

18137. The first two digits (18) are Indiana; the last three (137) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Ripley County?

Batesville, with 5,359 residents inside Ripley County in 2024 (7,353 across all 2 counties it spans).

Which counties border Ripley County?

7 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Dearborn County, IN; Jefferson County, IN; Jennings County, IN; Decatur County, IN; Franklin County, IN; Switzerland County, IN; Ohio 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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