Indian River County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- Founded
- May 30, 1925
- Named after
- Indian River Lagoon
- Seat
- Vero Beach
- Largest city
- Sebastian
- Total
- 617 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Land
- 503 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Water
- 114 sq mi (300 km ) 18.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 172,799
- Density
- 318/sq mi (123/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .indianriver .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Indian River County (Spanish: Condado de Río Indio) is a county located in the southeastern and east-central portions of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 159,788. Its seat is Vero Beach.
Indian River County comprises the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The MSA was first defined as the Vero Beach, Florida MSA in 2003. It was renamed Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida MSA in 2005, and Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, Florida MSA in 2023. The MSA is included in the Miami-Port St. Lucie-Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Combined Statistical Area.