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Fayette County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 65 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18041

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

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Population
23,533
+168 (+0.7%) since 2020
Land area
215
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
109
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Connersville
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Connersville city
Population 13,406.

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 Fayette 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 Fayette 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 644 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 Fayette 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
Population23,53365th of 921,670th of 3,144
Land area215 sq mi87th of 922,974th of 3,144
Population density109 per sq mi35th of 92854th of 3,144
Median household income$59,32182nd of 922,146th of 3,143

Full data for Fayette County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population23,533Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202023,365Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?23,403Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area215 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.14 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area215.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?109 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,321American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$130,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households9,422American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,905American 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
-88
242 births, 330 deaths
Net migration
+40
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 5 areas bordering Fayette 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
Rush CountyIndiana18 mi16,767
Wayne CountyIndiana15 mi66,169
Franklin CountyIndiana14 mi23,286
Union CountyIndiana13 mi6,863
Henry CountyIndiana4.3 mi49,137

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.