Crawford County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 86 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18025

Within Indiana
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 English, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
10,509
-18 (-0.2%) since 2020
Land area
305.6
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
34.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
English
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Marengo town
Population 818.

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, Indiana 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 751 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 92 counties of Indiana, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn IndianaNationally
Population10,50986th of 922,376th of 3,144
Land area305.6 sq mi80th of 922,798th of 3,144
Population density34.4 per sq mi88th of 921,806th of 3,144
Median household income$49,64092nd of 922,790th 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
Population10,509Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202010,527Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?10,532Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area305.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area308.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,640American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$117,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,582American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,914American 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
-37
97 births, 134 deaths
Net migration
-20
More people moved out than moved in.

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
Harrison CountyIndiana37 mi40,437
Orange CountyIndiana22 mi19,834
Perry CountyIndiana22 mi19,389
Meade CountyKentucky19 mi30,699
Dubois CountyIndiana9.1 mi44,016
Washington CountyIndiana2.9 mi28,383

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

All 92 counties of Indiana

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