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Tippecanoe County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 8 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18157

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

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Population
190,456
+4,073 (+2.2%) since 2020
Land area
498.9
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
382
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lafayette
Seat of county government.
Established
1826
199 years ago
Largest city
Lafayette city
Population 71,238.

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 Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe 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 711 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 Tippecanoe 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
Population190,4568th of 92373rd of 3,144
Land area498.9 sq mi11th of 922,087th of 3,144
Population density382 per sq mi12th of 92357th of 3,144
Median household income$60,63680th of 922,027th of 3,143

Full data for Tippecanoe County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population190,456Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020186,383Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?186,255Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area498.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area503.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?382 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,636American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$239,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age28.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households75,808American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units80,647American 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
+455
1,783 births, 1,328 deaths
Net migration
+87
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 Tippecanoe 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
Montgomery CountyIndiana21 mi38,954
White CountyIndiana17 mi25,164
Clinton CountyIndiana15 mi33,322
Carroll CountyIndiana13 mi20,655
Fountain CountyIndiana11 mi17,013
Warren CountyIndiana7.6 mi8,474
Benton CountyIndiana6.0 mi8,883

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.