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Newton County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 82 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18111

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

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Population
14,188
+401 (+2.9%) since 2020
Land area
401.8
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
35.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Kentland
Seat of county government.
Established
1835
190 years ago
Largest city
Kentland town
Population 1,631.

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 Newton 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 Newton 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 376 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 Newton 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
Population14,18882nd of 922,148th of 3,144
Land area401.8 sq mi43rd of 922,517th of 3,144
Population density35.3 per sq mi87th of 921,789th of 3,144
Median household income$75,48123rd of 92814th of 3,143

Full data for Newton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population14,188Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202013,787Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?13,825Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area401.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area403.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?35.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,481American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$171,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,726American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,093American 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
-49
136 births, 185 deaths
Net migration
+150
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 Newton 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
Jasper CountyIndiana34 mi33,894
Iroquois CountyIllinois19 mi26,150
Lake CountyIndiana15 mi504,612
Benton CountyIndiana14 mi8,883
Kankakee CountyIllinois11 mi105,525

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.