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Vermillion County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 80 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18165

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

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Population
15,488
+86 (+0.6%) since 2020
Land area
256.9
square miles. A further 1.2% of the total area is water
Population density
60.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Newport
Seat of county government.
Established
1824
201 years ago
Largest city
Clinton city
Population 4,771.

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 Vermillion 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 Vermillion 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 267 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 Vermillion 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
Population15,48880th of 922,065th of 3,144
Land area256.9 sq mi84th of 922,893rd of 3,144
Population density60.3 per sq mi66th of 921,304th of 3,144
Median household income$60,20081st of 922,062nd of 3,143

Full data for Vermillion County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,488Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202015,402Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?15,436Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area256.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area259.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?60.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,594American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,337American 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
-33
172 births, 205 deaths
Net migration
-11
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Vermillion 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
Parke CountyIndiana30 mi16,642
Edgar CountyIllinois19 mi16,323
Vermilion CountyIllinois18 mi71,259
Fountain CountyIndiana14 mi17,013
Warren CountyIndiana8.1 mi8,474
Vigo CountyIndiana8.0 mi106,512

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.