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Owen County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 68 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18119

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

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Population
21,886
+561 (+2.6%) since 2020
Land area
385.3
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
56.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Spencer
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Spencer town
Population 2,479.

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 Owen 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 Owen 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 755 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 Owen 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
Population21,88668th of 921,725th of 3,144
Land area385.3 sq mi53rd of 922,584th of 3,144
Population density56.8 per sq mi69th of 921,359th of 3,144
Median household income$62,46472nd of 921,849th of 3,143

Full data for Owen County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,886Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,325Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,336Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area385.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area387.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?56.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,464American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$172,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,618American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,918American 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
-108
206 births, 314 deaths
Net migration
+341
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 Owen 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
Clay CountyIndiana27 mi26,410
Greene CountyIndiana20 mi31,165
Monroe CountyIndiana17 mi143,345
Putnam CountyIndiana14 mi37,876
Morgan CountyIndiana11 mi74,967

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.