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Wabash County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 54 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18169

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

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Population
30,713
-219 (-0.7%) since 2020
Land area
412.5
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
74.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Wabash
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Wabash city
Population 10,190.

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 Wabash 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 Wabash 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 506 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 Wabash 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
Population30,71354th of 921,423rd of 3,144
Land area412.5 sq mi31st of 922,452nd of 3,144
Population density74.4 per sq mi54th of 921,138th of 3,144
Median household income$66,80652nd of 921,452nd of 3,143

Full data for Wabash County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population30,713Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202030,932Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?30,978Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area412.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area421 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?74.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,806American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$157,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,674American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,097American 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
-111
319 births, 430 deaths
Net migration
+98
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 Wabash 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
Miami CountyIndiana28 mi34,487
Huntington CountyIndiana24 mi37,224
Kosciusko CountyIndiana14 mi80,892
Grant CountyIndiana12 mi66,524
Whitley CountyIndiana5.1 mi35,046
Fulton CountyIndiana3.1 mi20,091

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.