Demographics of Dubois County, Indiana

Dubois County, Indiana had 44,016 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +376 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Dubois County, in four figures

44,016
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +0.9%
Change since July 2020: +376 people.; 40.3 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $75,979 ±$4,593
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Dubois County, Indiana's population grew 0.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Dubois County, Indiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Dubois County, Indiana's population grew 0.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Dubois County, Indiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	43,640	100.0	100.0
2021	43,522	99.7	100.2
2022	43,535	99.8	100.7
2023	43,766	100.3	101.6
2024	43,942	100.7	102.5
2025	44,016	100.9	103.1

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Population of Dubois County, Indiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	43,640	+13	+32	+1	−24
2021	43,522	−118	−32	+23	−130
2022	43,535	+13	−13	+120	−75
2023	43,766	+231	+6	+225	+5
2024	43,942	+176	+61	+295	−179
2025	44,016	+74	+62	+97	−88

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.3 ±0.7: for men 39.9 ±0.9 and for women 40.6 ±0.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Dubois County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Under 5	2,689 ±80	6.2% ±0.2	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	7,893 ±572	18.1% ±1.3	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,154 ±371	7.2% ±0.9	9.6% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	10,291 ±515	23.6% ±1.2	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	11,403 ±543	26.1% ±1.2	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	8,184 ±494	18.8% ±1.1	16.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $75,979 ±$4,593, and income per person $38,483 ±$1,593, in 2024 dollars. The median is $71,957 ±$352 in Indiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Dubois County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Indiana	United States
Under $25,000	2,344 ±412	13.3% ±2.3	15.0% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,133 ±457	17.8% ±2.6	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,225 ±395	18.4% ±2.2	17.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,539 ±367	14.4% ±2.1	13.9% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,238 ±420	18.4% ±2.4	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,529 ±349	8.7% ±2.0	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,566 ±337	8.9% ±1.9	8.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Dubois County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Indiana	United States
All ages	4,716 ±1,065	11.0% ±2.5	12.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,969 ±632	19.0% ±5.9	16.0% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,741 ±433	8.1% ±2.0	11.9% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,006 ±220	9.1% ±2.0	9.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Dubois County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Dubois County	Indiana	United States
Housing units	18,836 ±30	2,976,568 ±617	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	93.3% ±1.8	91.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.7% ±1.7	8.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	74.7% ±2.1	70.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	25.3% ±2.6	29.4% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$230,100 ±$12,386	$218,200 ±$739	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$834 ±$40	$1,062 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1980 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Dubois County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	4,372 ±0	10.0% ±<0.1	8.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	37,882 ±173	86.9% ±0.4	75.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	145 to 527	0.3% to 1.2%	9.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	60 to 362	0.1% to 0.8%	2.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	11 to 55	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 264	0% to 0.6%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	666 ±227	1.5% ±0.5	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Dubois County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Born in the state	34,407 ±898	78.9% ±2.1	67.0% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,560 ±897	15.0% ±2.1	25.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	33 to 215	0.1% to 0.5%	0.8% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,523 ±304	5.8% ±0.7	6.3% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	904 ±242	2.1% ±0.6	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,619 ±333	3.7% ±0.8	3.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Dubois County among the counties of Indiana

36th of 92 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Indiana page.

Counties of Indiana near Dubois County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Jackson County	47,370	+1.9%
Marshall County	46,599	+1.2%
Shelby County	45,882	+1.8%
Lawrence County	45,568	+1.2%
DeKalb County	44,535	+2.9%
Dubois County	44,016	+0.9%
LaGrange County	41,305	+1.9%
Harrison County	40,437	+1.9%
Montgomery County	38,954	+2.7%
Putnam County	37,876	+3.2%
Cass County	37,836	+0.1%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 36 Counties by population in Indiana
No. 56 Counties by population growth in Indiana

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026