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Tipton County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 81 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18159

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

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Population
15,319
-70 (-0.5%) since 2020
Land area
260.5
square miles. A further 0.0% of the total area is water
Population density
58.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Tipton
Seat of county government.
Established
1844
181 years ago
Largest city
Tipton city
Population 5,263.

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 Tipton 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 Tipton 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 553 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 Tipton 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
Population15,31981st of 922,072nd of 3,144
Land area260.5 sq mi83rd of 922,886th of 3,144
Population density58.8 per sq mi67th of 921,323rd of 3,144
Median household income$76,15621st of 92770th of 3,143

Full data for Tipton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,319Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,389Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,354Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area260.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.03 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area260.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?58.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$76,156American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$174,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,266American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,845American 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
-18
171 births, 189 deaths
Net migration
-35
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Tipton 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
Howard CountyIndiana22 mi83,904
Hamilton CountyIndiana20 mi387,036
Madison CountyIndiana11 mi135,088
Clinton CountyIndiana11 mi33,322
Grant CountyIndiana2.0 mi66,524

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.