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Ripley County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 55 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18137

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

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Population
29,434
+455 (+1.6%) since 2020
Land area
446.4
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
65.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Versailles
Seat of county government.
Established
1816
209 years ago
Largest city
Batesville city
Population 5,394 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Ripley 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 Ripley 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 615 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 Ripley 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
Population29,43455th of 921,465th of 3,144
Land area446.4 sq mi22nd of 922,282nd of 3,144
Population density65.9 per sq mi62nd of 921,229th of 3,144
Median household income$70,57339th of 921,159th of 3,143

Full data for Ripley County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population29,434Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,979Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,991Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area446.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area448.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?65.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$70,573American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$222,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,531American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,461American 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
-10
320 births, 330 deaths
Net migration
+84
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 Ripley 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
Dearborn CountyIndiana25 mi51,609
Jennings CountyIndiana20 mi27,622
Franklin CountyIndiana13 mi23,286
Jefferson CountyIndiana13 mi33,279
Decatur CountyIndiana9.2 mi26,576
Switzerland CountyIndiana4.7 mi10,037
Ohio CountyIndiana1.3 mi5,994

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.