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Daviess County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 48 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18027

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

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Population
34,209
+849 (+2.5%) since 2020
Land area
429.5
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
79.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Washington
Seat of county government.
Established
1816
209 years ago
Largest city
Washington city
Population 12,991.

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 Daviess 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 Daviess 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 591 by 800 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 Daviess 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
Population34,20948th of 921,336th of 3,144
Land area429.5 sq mi26th of 922,368th of 3,144
Population density79.6 per sq mi49th of 921,084th of 3,144
Median household income$68,50347th of 921,300th of 3,143

Full data for Daviess County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population34,209Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,360Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,380Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area429.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area436.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?79.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$68,503American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$197,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age34.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,814American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,887American 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
+240
599 births, 359 deaths
Net migration
-161
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 5 areas bordering Daviess 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
Knox CountyIndiana70 mi35,652
Martin CountyIndiana29 mi9,856
Pike CountyIndiana15 mi12,003
Dubois CountyIndiana11 mi44,016
Greene CountyIndiana10 mi31,165

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.