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  • FIPS 18149
  • Largest town: Knox

Starke County, Indiana

Starke County had 23,463 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 309.1 square miles of land. It ranks 65th of 92 in Indiana by population and 77th by land area.

Population
23,463
#65 of 92 in Indiana · #1,668 in US
Area
309.1 sq mi
#77 of 92 in Indiana · #2,788 in US
Density
76 / sq mi
#53 of 92 in Indiana · #1,118 in US
Median household income
$61,259
#69 of 92 in Indiana · #1,712 in US

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

Starke County within Indiana. Pin: Indianapolis.

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Starke County population, land area and income

Starke County had 23,463 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 309.1 square miles of land. It ranks 65th of 92 in Indiana by population and 77th by land area. That works out to 75.9 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; Starke County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $61,259 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

23,463

3144th1st

1668th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

309 sq mi

3144th1st

2788th of 3,144 (US)

Density

75.9 / sq mi

3144th1st

1118th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$61,259

3143rd1st

1712th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Indiana (92)

Population

23,463

92nd1st

65th of 92 (IN)

Land area

309 sq mi

92nd1st

77th of 92 (IN)

Density

75.9 / sq mi

92nd1st

53rd of 92 (IN)

Median household income

$61,259

92nd1st

69th of 92 (IN)

How Starke County's population changed since 2020

Starke County gained 64 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.3%. That ranks 60th 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, Starke County recorded 1,018 births and 1,393 deaths, a natural change of -375. Net international migration added +112 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +342. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 375 people.

23.4k202023.4k202123.3k202223.3k202323.5k2024
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
1,018
Deaths
1,393
Net international migration
+112
Net domestic migration
+342
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+129

Where Starke County is

The Census internal point of Starke County is at 41.284500, -86.644600. 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 Starke 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: Starke County internal point. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Internal point

Decimal
41.284500, -86.644600
DMS
41°17'4.20"N 86°38'40.56"W
UTM
16N 529760.8E 4570400.9N
Geohash
dp66u7e7d
Plus code
86HM79M4+R5

Towns in Starke County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Starke County, 5,444 people together, or 23% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Starke County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Knox with 3,630.

  1. 01Knox3,630
  2. 02North Judson1,814
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Starke County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Starke County. The most populous is St. Joseph County, IN, with 273,744 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Indianapolis and the nearest big city

Indianapolis is 107.8 miles SSE of Starke County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN (population 103,713), 33.4 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Plymouth, IN (population 11,042), 17.5 miles away.

Starke County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Starke County is 18149: state code 18 for Indiana plus county code 149. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $61,259.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Starke County, Indiana?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 23,463. That is up 64 people (0.3%) from the July 2020 estimate of 23,399.

What is the FIPS code of Starke County?

18149. The first two digits (18) are Indiana; the last three (149) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Starke County?

Knox, with 3,630 residents inside Starke County in 2024.

Which counties border Starke County?

7 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: St. Joseph County, IN; Porter County, IN; LaPorte County, IN; Marshall County, IN; Jasper County, IN; Fulton County, IN; Pulaski 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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