Vigo County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 17 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18167

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

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Population
106,512
+369 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
403.6
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
264
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Terre Haute
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Terre Haute city
Population 58,764.

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 Vigo 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 Vigo 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 753 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 Vigo 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
Population106,51217th of 92592nd of 3,144
Land area403.6 sq mi42nd of 922,507th of 3,144
Population density264 per sq mi19th of 92481st of 3,144
Median household income$52,97690th of 922,602nd of 3,143

Full data for Vigo County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population106,512Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020106,143Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?106,168Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area403.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area410.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?264 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,976American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$148,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households42,399American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units46,891American 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
-192
1,108 births, 1,300 deaths
Net migration
+498
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 Vigo 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 CountyIndiana26 mi26,410
Clark CountyIllinois21 mi15,114
Sullivan CountyIndiana20 mi20,831
Parke CountyIndiana9.8 mi16,642
Edgar CountyIllinois9.0 mi16,323
Vermillion CountyIndiana8.0 mi15,488

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.