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Bedford, IN Micro Area

The Bedford, IN micro area is one county in Indiana: Lawrence County. About 45,568 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 1.2% more than in April 2020.

Lawrence County, centralBedford
Lawrence County in Indiana
Population, July 2025
45,568 1.2% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Lawrence County
Land area
449 sq mi (1,163 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Indiana
Combined statistical area
Bloomington-Bedford, IN
CBSA code
13260
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The county in the Bedford, IN micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Lawrence CountyCentral45,568

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Bedford13,837 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Bloomington-Bedford, IN combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other area in this one is

  1. Bloomington, IN Metro Area165,231 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Bloomington, IN Metro Area21 mi north
  2. Seymour, IN Micro Area33 mi east
  3. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area66 mi southeast

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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