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Crawford County, Illinois

A county in Illinois, ranked 59 of 102 by population.

CountyFIPS 17033

Within Illinois
Crawford County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Robinson, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
18,648
+17 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
443.6
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
42.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Robinson
Seat of county government.
Established
1816
209 years ago
Largest city
Robinson city
Population 7,283.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Crawford County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Crawford County, Illinois from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 779 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Crawford County ranks

Position among the 102 counties of Illinois, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IllinoisNationally
Population18,64859th of 1021,899th of 3,144
Land area443.6 sq mi62nd of 1022,290th of 3,144
Population density42.0 per sq mi56th of 1021,629th of 3,144
Median household income$71,67438th of 1021,072nd of 3,143

Full data for Crawford County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,648Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,631Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,655Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area443.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area445.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?42.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,674American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$121,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,492American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,457American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-35
197 births, 232 deaths
Net migration
+62
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Crawford County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Sullivan CountyIndiana30 mi20,831
Jasper CountyIllinois23 mi9,032
Lawrence CountyIllinois21 mi13,790
Clark CountyIllinois19 mi15,114
Knox CountyIndiana7.8 mi35,652
Richland CountyIllinois2.0 mi15,219

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 102 counties of Illinois

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.