| Official Name: | New Washington, Indiana |
| Settlement Type: | CDP |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Clark |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Washington |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.52 |
| Area Land Km2: | 13.49 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.22 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.21 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 595 |
| Population Density Km2: | 44.11 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 114.25 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 715 |
| Coordinates: | 38.5656°N -85.5461°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 47162 |
| Area Code: | 812 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-53820[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2393150 |
New Washington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 566.[3]
New Washington was established in 1815.[4] A post office was established at New Washington in 1819.[5]
New Washington was the closest community to the now-defunct Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant.[6]
New Washington is located in northeastern Clark County. Indiana State Road 62 runs through the center of the community, leading north then east to Madison and southwest to Jeffersonville across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.5km2, of which 0.04sqkm, or 0.29%, is water.[3]
As of the census of 2000, there were 547 people, 228 households, and 163 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 104.8sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 253 housing units at an average density of 48.5sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.63% White and 0.37% African American.
There were 229 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.5% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the CDP the population was spread out, with 20.7% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,368, and the median income for a family was $42,292. Males had a median income of $31,359 versus $14,750 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $19,343. About 2.3% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.3% of those under age 18 and 16.9% of those age 65 or over.
New Washington has a public library, elementary school,[7] middle/high school,[8] and a branch of the Charlestown-Clark County Public Library.[9]