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Lawrence County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 34 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18093

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

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Population
45,568
+555 (+1.2%) since 2020
Land area
449.1
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
101
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Bedford
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Bedford city
Population 13,962.

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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 772 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 Lawrence 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
Population45,56834th of 921,087th of 3,144
Land area449.1 sq mi20th of 922,274th of 3,144
Population density101 per sq mi41st of 92900th of 3,144
Median household income$66,46854th of 921,473rd of 3,143

Full data for Lawrence County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,568Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202045,013Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?45,012Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area449.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area451.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?101 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,468American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$175,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households19,135American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,545American 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
-156
488 births, 644 deaths
Net migration
+500
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 Lawrence 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
Orange CountyIndiana20 mi19,834
Monroe CountyIndiana20 mi143,345
Jackson CountyIndiana18 mi47,370
Martin CountyIndiana15 mi9,856
Washington CountyIndiana7.9 mi28,383
Greene CountyIndiana6.1 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.