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Indian River County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 31 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12061

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

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Population
172,799
+12,345 (+7.7%) since 2020
Land area
502.6
square miles. A further 18.5% of the total area is water
Population density
344
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Vero Beach
Seat of county government.
Established
1925
100 years ago
Largest city
Sebastian city
Population 27,352.

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 Indian River 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 Indian River County, Florida 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 523 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 Indian River County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population172,79931st of 67408th of 3,144
Land area502.6 sq mi59th of 672,068th of 3,144
Population density344 per sq mi24th of 67391st of 3,144
Median household income$73,49124th of 67948th of 3,143

Full data for Indian River County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population172,799Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020160,454Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?159,794Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area502.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area114.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area616.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?344 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,491American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$351,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age55.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households70,816American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units86,440American 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
-1,236
1,256 births, 2,492 deaths
Net migration
+2,490
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 4 areas bordering Indian River 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
Brevard CountyFlorida31 mi663,982
St. Lucie CountyFlorida26 mi402,449
Okeechobee CountyFlorida18 mi42,608
Osceola CountyFlorida14 mi481,718

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Florida

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.