Indiana county geography overview
Indiana has 92 counties, which places it 12th among the 50 state and District of Columbia maps in this atlas when ordered by number of county-level units. Their combined 35,824.9 square miles of land place the state 38th by mapped land area.
The average county-level area is 389 square miles, while the median is 396 square miles. The median is often the better description of a typical unit because one or two very large areas can pull the average upward. The five largest units together account for about 8% of the state’s mapped land area.
Largest and smallest Indiana counties
Allen County is the largest county-level unit by land area at 657.1 square miles. It represents about 2% of all mapped land in Indiana. At the other end of the range, Ohio County has 86.1 square miles of land.
Largest by land area
- Allen County657.1 sq mi
- LaPorte County598.3 sq mi
- Jasper County559.7 sq mi
- Greene County542.5 sq mi
- Kosciusko County531.4 sq mi
Smallest by land area
- Ohio County86.1 sq mi
- Floyd County148.5 sq mi
- Union County161.2 sq mi
- Blackford County165.1 sq mi
- Scott County190.4 sq mi
Rankings use land area rather than total area. This avoids making coastal or lake counties appear larger solely because their boundaries include extensive water.
Alphabetical list of Indiana counties
The table is alphabetical, so it works as a name and FIPS-code reference rather than an area ranking. Every identifier begins with the Indiana state FIPS prefix 18. Land and water figures are rounded to one decimal place.
92 county-level areas
Download county data / numbered map key (CSV)| No. | Name | FIPS code | Land area | Water area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams County | 18001 | 338.9 sq mi | 1 sq mi |
| 2 | Allen County | 18003 | 657.1 sq mi | 2.8 sq mi |
| 3 | Bartholomew County | 18005 | 406.9 sq mi | 2.6 sq mi |
| 4 | Benton County | 18007 | 406.4 sq mi | 0.1 sq mi |
| 5 | Blackford County | 18009 | 165.1 sq mi | 0.5 sq mi |
| 6 | Boone County | 18011 | 422.9 sq mi | 0.3 sq mi |
| 7 | Brown County | 18013 | 312 sq mi | 4.6 sq mi |
| 8 | Carroll County | 18015 | 372.2 sq mi | 2.8 sq mi |
| 9 | Cass County | 18017 | 412.1 sq mi | 2.7 sq mi |
| 10 | Clark County | 18019 | 372.5 sq mi | 4.1 sq mi |
| 11 | Clay County | 18021 | 357.6 sq mi | 2.7 sq mi |
| 12 | Clinton County | 18023 | 405.1 sq mi | 0.2 sq mi |
| 13 | Crawford County | 18025 | 305.6 sq mi | 3.2 sq mi |
| 14 | Daviess County | 18027 | 429.5 sq mi | 7.4 sq mi |
| 15 | Dearborn County | 18029 | 305.1 sq mi | 2.3 sq mi |
| 16 | Decatur County | 18031 | 372.6 sq mi | 0.8 sq mi |
| 17 | DeKalb County | 18033 | 362.8 sq mi | 1 sq mi |
| 18 | Delaware County | 18035 | 392.1 sq mi | 3.8 sq mi |
| 19 | Dubois County | 18037 | 427.3 sq mi | 8.1 sq mi |
| 20 | Elkhart County | 18039 | 463.2 sq mi | 4.8 sq mi |
| 21 | Fayette County | 18041 | 215 sq mi | 0.1 sq mi |
| 22 | Floyd County | 18043 | 148.5 sq mi | 1 sq mi |
| 23 | Fountain County | 18045 | 395.7 sq mi | 2.2 sq mi |
| 24 | Franklin County | 18047 | 384.4 sq mi | 6.6 sq mi |
| 25 | Fulton County | 18049 | 368.4 sq mi | 2.9 sq mi |
| 26 | Gibson County | 18051 | 487.4 sq mi | 11.9 sq mi |
| 27 | Grant County | 18053 | 414.1 sq mi | 0.8 sq mi |
| 28 | Greene County | 18055 | 542.5 sq mi | 3.4 sq mi |
| 29 | Hamilton County | 18057 | 394.4 sq mi | 8.1 sq mi |
| 30 | Hancock County | 18059 | 306 sq mi | 1.1 sq mi |
| 31 | Harrison County | 18061 | 484.1 sq mi | 2 sq mi |
| 32 | Hendricks County | 18063 | 406.9 sq mi | 1.9 sq mi |
| 33 | Henry County | 18065 | 391.9 sq mi | 3 sq mi |
| 34 | Howard County | 18067 | 293.1 sq mi | 0.8 sq mi |
| 35 | Huntington County | 18069 | 382.6 sq mi | 5.1 sq mi |
| 36 | Jackson County | 18071 | 510 sq mi | 3.9 sq mi |
| 37 | Jasper County | 18073 | 559.7 sq mi | 1.7 sq mi |
| 38 | Jay County | 18075 | 383.9 sq mi | 0.2 sq mi |
| 39 | Jefferson County | 18077 | 360.7 sq mi | 2.3 sq mi |
| 40 | Jennings County | 18079 | 376.6 sq mi | 1.7 sq mi |
| 41 | Johnson County | 18081 | 320.4 sq mi | 1.4 sq mi |
| 42 | Knox County | 18083 | 515.8 sq mi | 8.1 sq mi |
| 43 | Kosciusko County | 18085 | 531.4 sq mi | 22.9 sq mi |
| 44 | LaGrange County | 18087 | 379.6 sq mi | 7.1 sq mi |
| 45 | Lake County | 18089 | 498.9 sq mi | 127.7 sq mi |
| 46 | LaPorte County | 18091 | 598.3 sq mi | 15 sq mi |
| 47 | Lawrence County | 18093 | 449.1 sq mi | 2.8 sq mi |
| 48 | Madison County | 18095 | 451.9 sq mi | 1 sq mi |
| 49 | Marion County | 18097 | 396 sq mi | 7 sq mi |
| 50 | Marshall County | 18099 | 443.6 sq mi | 6.1 sq mi |
| 51 | Martin County | 18101 | 335.8 sq mi | 4.6 sq mi |
| 52 | Miami County | 18103 | 373.8 sq mi | 3.5 sq mi |
| 53 | Monroe County | 18105 | 394.5 sq mi | 16.8 sq mi |
| 54 | Montgomery County | 18107 | 504.6 sq mi | 0.8 sq mi |
| 55 | Morgan County | 18109 | 403.8 sq mi | 5.6 sq mi |
| 56 | Newton County | 18111 | 401.8 sq mi | 1.7 sq mi |
| 57 | Noble County | 18113 | 410.8 sq mi | 6.6 sq mi |
| 58 | Ohio County | 18115 | 86.1 sq mi | 1.3 sq mi |
| 59 | Orange County | 18117 | 398.4 sq mi | 9.8 sq mi |
| 60 | Owen County | 18119 | 385.3 sq mi | 2.5 sq mi |
| 61 | Parke County | 18121 | 444.7 sq mi | 5.3 sq mi |
| 62 | Perry County | 18123 | 381.7 sq mi | 4.6 sq mi |
| 63 | Pike County | 18125 | 334.4 sq mi | 6.7 sq mi |
| 64 | Porter County | 18127 | 418.1 sq mi | 103.7 sq mi |
| 65 | Posey County | 18129 | 409.4 sq mi | 10.2 sq mi |
| 66 | Pulaski County | 18131 | 433.7 sq mi | 0.9 sq mi |
| 67 | Putnam County | 18133 | 480.5 sq mi | 2.2 sq mi |
| 68 | Randolph County | 18135 | 452.4 sq mi | 0.9 sq mi |
| 69 | Ripley County | 18137 | 446.4 sq mi | 1.6 sq mi |
| 70 | Rush County | 18139 | 408.1 sq mi | 0.3 sq mi |
| 71 | Scott County | 18143 | 190.4 sq mi | 2.3 sq mi |
| 72 | Shelby County | 18145 | 411.1 sq mi | 1.6 sq mi |
| 73 | Spencer County | 18147 | 396.9 sq mi | 4.6 sq mi |
| 74 | St. Joseph County | 18141 | 457.8 sq mi | 3.6 sq mi |
| 75 | Starke County | 18149 | 309.1 sq mi | 3.1 sq mi |
| 76 | Steuben County | 18151 | 308.8 sq mi | 13.7 sq mi |
| 77 | Sullivan County | 18153 | 447.2 sq mi | 6.9 sq mi |
| 78 | Switzerland County | 18155 | 220.7 sq mi | 2.9 sq mi |
| 79 | Tippecanoe County | 18157 | 498.9 sq mi | 4.3 sq mi |
| 80 | Tipton County | 18159 | 260.5 sq mi | 0 sq mi |
| 81 | Union County | 18161 | 161.2 sq mi | 4 sq mi |
| 82 | Vanderburgh County | 18163 | 233.4 sq mi | 3.5 sq mi |
| 83 | Vermillion County | 18165 | 256.9 sq mi | 3 sq mi |
| 84 | Vigo County | 18167 | 403.6 sq mi | 6.8 sq mi |
| 85 | Wabash County | 18169 | 412.5 sq mi | 8.4 sq mi |
| 86 | Warren County | 18171 | 364.7 sq mi | 1.7 sq mi |
| 87 | Warrick County | 18173 | 384.6 sq mi | 6.4 sq mi |
| 88 | Washington County | 18175 | 513.7 sq mi | 2.9 sq mi |
| 89 | Wayne County | 18177 | 401.8 sq mi | 2.6 sq mi |
| 90 | Wells County | 18179 | 368.1 sq mi | 2.2 sq mi |
| 91 | White County | 18181 | 505.2 sq mi | 3.5 sq mi |
| 92 | Whitley County | 18183 | 335.6 sq mi | 2.3 sq mi |
How to read and use this map
County lines are administrative boundaries, not postal routes. A mailing address can use a city name associated with a neighboring area, and ZIP codes can cross county lines. When you need to identify a county for an address, confirm it with an official geocoder or local government source.
For classroom or planning use, download a PDF from the controls above. Labelled exports use numbered callouts for crowded areas; numbered quiz maps match the alphabetical county list. SVG files keep the boundary lines sharp at larger paper sizes.
Frequently asked questions
How many counties are in Indiana?
Indiana has 92 counties in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2025 cartographic boundary file.
Can I print this Indiana county map?
Yes. Choose Download / print and select PDF for a landscape Letter page, PNG for an image, or SVG for editable vector artwork. Because the map is SVG, its boundary lines stay sharp when scaled.
What is the largest county in Indiana?
Allen County is the largest by land area in this dataset at 657.1 square miles. This is an area ranking, not a population ranking.
What is the smallest county in Indiana?
Ohio County is the smallest by land area in this dataset at 86.1 square miles.
Are these legal survey boundaries?
No. This is a generalized reference map. Property, parcel, election, and legal boundary questions should be checked with the relevant state or local agency.
Map source
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary File, Counties, 1:5,000,000. Land and water area fields are supplied in the same file and converted from square meters to square miles. Accessed September 27, 2026.