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Wayne County, Indiana

A county in Indiana, ranked 27 of 92 by population.

CountyFIPS 18177

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

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Population
66,169
-348 (-0.5%) since 2020
Land area
401.8
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
165
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Richmond
Seat of county government.
Established
1810
215 years ago
Largest city
Richmond city
Population 35,376.

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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 747 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 Wayne 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
Population66,16927th of 92834th of 3,144
Land area401.8 sq mi43rd of 922,517th of 3,144
Population density165 per sq mi26th of 92649th of 3,144
Median household income$55,69287th of 922,426th of 3,143

Full data for Wayne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population66,169Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202066,517Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?66,552Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area401.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area404.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?165 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,692American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$140,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,975American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,736American 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
-213
722 births, 935 deaths
Net migration
+41
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 Wayne 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
Randolph CountyIndiana21 mi24,438
Henry CountyIndiana16 mi49,137
Fayette CountyIndiana15 mi23,533
Preble CountyOhio13 mi40,664
Union CountyIndiana13 mi6,863
Darke CountyOhio6.1 mi51,520

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.