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Gibson County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 52 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18051

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

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Population
33,091
+32 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
487.4
square miles. A further 2.4% of the total area is water
Population density
67.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Princeton
Seat of county government.
Established
1813
212 years ago
Largest city
Princeton city
Population 8,524.

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 Gibson 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 Gibson 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 585 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 Gibson 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
Population33,09152nd of 921,372nd of 3,144
Land area487.4 sq mi13th of 922,133rd of 3,144
Population density67.9 per sq mi61st of 921,202nd of 3,144
Median household income$67,57349th of 921,378th of 3,143

Full data for Gibson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,091Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,059Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,020Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area487.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area499.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?67.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,573American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$180,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,438American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,890American 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
-38
364 births, 402 deaths
Net migration
+132
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 Gibson 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
Pike CountyIndiana36 mi12,003
Knox CountyIndiana31 mi35,652
Wabash CountyIllinois31 mi10,907
Posey CountyIndiana20 mi24,988
Warrick CountyIndiana14 mi66,803
Vanderburgh CountyIndiana12 mi181,995
White CountyIllinois2.0 mi13,250

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.