Demographics of Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Tippecanoe County, Indiana had 190,456 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +4,073 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.

Tippecanoe County, in four figures

190,456
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +2.2%
Change since July 2020: +4,073 people.; 28.8 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $60,636 ±$1,807
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.

Tippecanoe County, Indiana's population grew 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Tippecanoe 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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Tippecanoe County, Indiana's population grew 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Tippecanoe 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	186,383	100.0	100.0
2021	187,402	100.5	100.2
2022	188,836	101.3	100.7
2023	189,448	101.6	101.6
2024	189,910	101.9	102.5
2025	190,456	102.2	103.1

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Population of Tippecanoe 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	186,383	+128	+175	+39	−136
2021	187,402	+1,019	+506	+650	−329
2022	188,836	+1,434	+523	+2,203	−1,259
2023	189,448	+612	+567	+2,118	−2,092
2024	189,910	+462	+471	+2,612	−2,638
2025	190,456	+546	+455	+1,702	−1,615

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 28.8 ±0.3: for men 27.4 ±0.3 and for women 30.8 ±0.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Tippecanoe County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Under 5	10,174 ±13	5.4% ±<0.1	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	28,178 ±839	14.9% ±0.4	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	45,021 ±1,714	23.8% ±0.9	9.6% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	47,058 ±825	24.9% ±0.4	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	35,417 ±875	18.7% ±0.5	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	23,223 ±927	12.3% ±0.5	16.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $60,636 ±$1,807, and income per person $33,313 ±$837, 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 Tippecanoe County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Indiana	United States
Under $25,000	15,738 ±1,169	20.8% ±1.5	15.0% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	16,325 ±1,140	21.5% ±1.5	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	12,535 ±925	16.5% ±1.2	17.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	9,829 ±847	13.0% ±1.1	13.9% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	11,292 ±855	14.9% ±1.1	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	4,640 ±542	6.1% ±0.7	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	5,449 ±475	7.2% ±0.6	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 Tippecanoe County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Indiana	United States
All ages	33,123 ±2,456	19.2% ±1.4	12.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	5,987 ±721	16.1% ±1.9	16.0% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	24,339 ±1,677	23.5% ±1.5	11.9% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,797 ±448	8.9% ±1.4	9.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Tippecanoe County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Tippecanoe County	Indiana	United States
Housing units	80,647 ±159	2,976,568 ±617	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.0% ±0.8	91.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	6.0% ±0.8	8.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	53.4% ±1.1	70.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	46.6% ±1.3	29.4% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$239,300 ±$5,837	$218,200 ±$739	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,124 ±$18	$1,062 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1987 ±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 Tippecanoe County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	19,548 ±0	10.3% ±<0.1	8.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	135,316 ±441	71.6% ±0.2	75.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	11,660 ±452	6.2% ±0.2	9.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	15,164 ±608	8.0% ±0.3	2.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	109 ±49	0.1% ±<0.1	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 45	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	1,012 ±348	0.5% ±0.2	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	6,242 ±826	3.3% ±0.4	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 Tippecanoe County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Born in the state	107,064 ±1,861	56.6% ±1.0	67.0% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	57,118 ±1,893	30.2% ±1.0	25.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,595 ±370	0.8% ±0.2	0.8% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	23,294 ±963	12.3% ±0.5	6.3% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	7,082 ±671	3.7% ±0.4	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	16,212 ±905	8.6% ±0.5	3.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Tippecanoe County among the counties of Indiana

8th of 92 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Indiana page.

Counties of Indiana near Tippecanoe County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Allen County	402,329	+4.2%
Hamilton County	387,036	+10.9%
St. Joseph County	272,861	+0.1%
Elkhart County	208,774	+0.9%
Hendricks County	193,510	+10.2%
Tippecanoe County	190,456	+2.2%
Vanderburgh County	181,995	+0.9%
Porter County	176,049	+1.6%
Johnson County	174,262	+7.4%
Monroe County	143,345	+1.9%
Madison County	135,088	+3.8%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Counties by population in Indiana
No. 25 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