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Switzerland County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 87 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18155

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

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Population
10,037
+297 (+3.0%) since 2020
Land area
220.7
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
45.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Vevay
Seat of county government.
Established
1814
211 years ago
Largest city
Vevay town
Population 1,760.

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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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 615 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 Switzerland 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
Population10,03787th of 922,403rd of 3,144
Land area220.7 sq mi86th of 922,969th of 3,144
Population density45.5 per sq mi81st of 921,563rd of 3,144
Median household income$65,34361st of 921,612th of 3,143

Full data for Switzerland County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population10,037Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,740Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,752Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area220.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area223.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?45.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,343American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$175,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,875American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,456American 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
109 births, 110 deaths
Net migration
+3
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 Switzerland 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
Gallatin CountyKentucky18 mi8,840
Ohio CountyIndiana16 mi5,994
Jefferson CountyIndiana15 mi33,279
Carroll CountyKentucky12 mi11,141
Boone CountyKentucky6.9 mi145,316
Ripley CountyIndiana4.7 mi29,434

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.