Pulaski County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 83 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18131

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

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Population
12,463
-56 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
433.7
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
28.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Winamac
Seat of county government.
Established
1835
190 years ago
Largest city
Winamac town
Population 2,365.

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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski 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 622 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 Pulaski 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
Population12,46383rd of 922,257th of 3,144
Land area433.7 sq mi25th of 922,341st of 3,144
Population density28.7 per sq mi90th of 921,964th of 3,144
Median household income$62,79270th of 921,822nd of 3,143

Full data for Pulaski County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population12,463Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,519Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,518Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area433.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.86 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area434.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?28.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$62,792American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$156,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,950American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,850American 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
-43
132 births, 175 deaths
Net migration
+73
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 Pulaski 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
Starke CountyIndiana24 mi23,425
White CountyIndiana18 mi25,164
Fulton CountyIndiana18 mi20,091
Jasper CountyIndiana18 mi33,894
Cass CountyIndiana5.9 mi37,836
Marshall CountyIndianaa single point46,599

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.