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Henry County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 29 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18065

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

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Population
49,137
+232 (+0.5%) since 2020
Land area
391.9
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
125
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
New Castle
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
New Castle city
Population 17,390.

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 Henry 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 Henry 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 768 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 Henry 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
Population49,13729th of 921,024th of 3,144
Land area391.9 sq mi52nd of 922,566th of 3,144
Population density125 per sq mi30th of 92773rd of 3,144
Median household income$63,15068th of 921,778th of 3,143

Full data for Henry County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population49,137Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,905Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?48,914Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area391.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area394.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?125 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,150American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$154,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,642American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,996American 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
-190
443 births, 633 deaths
Net migration
+308
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 7 areas bordering Henry 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
Delaware CountyIndiana19 mi113,106
Wayne CountyIndiana16 mi66,169
Rush CountyIndiana16 mi16,767
Hancock CountyIndiana12 mi90,969
Madison CountyIndiana9.1 mi135,088
Randolph CountyIndiana5.6 mi24,438
Fayette CountyIndiana4.3 mi23,533

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.