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Fastest shrinking, Indiana counties

Indiana counties with the steepest population decline from the 2020 census to 2025. This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Miami County, ININ34,487-4.1%+86%

02Union County, ININ6,863-3.2%−159%

03Blackford County, ININ11,730-3.2%+2235%

04Pike County, ININ12,003-2.0%−177%

05Fulton County, ININ20,091-1.9%−121%

06Jay County, ININ20,118-1.8%−229%

07Knox County, ININ35,652-1.7%+10%

08LaPorte County, ININ111,294-1.0%−135%

09Posey County, ININ24,988-0.9%−122%

10Wabash County, ININ30,713-0.8%+173%

11Wayne County, ININ66,169-0.6%−51%

12Pulaski County, ININ12,463-0.4%−105%

13Randolph County, ININ24,438-0.3%−128%

14Tipton County, ININ15,319-0.3%−109%

15Grant County, ININ66,524-0.2%−78%

16Clay County, ININ26,410-0.2%−103%

17Orange County, ININ19,834-0.2%−103%

18Crawford County, ININ10,509-0.2%−102%

19Cass County, ININ37,836-0.1%−101%

20St. Joseph County, ININ272,861-0.0%−100%

21Jennings County, ININ27,622+0.0%−100%

22Sullivan County, ININ20,831+0.1%−100%

23Rush County, ININ16,767+0.1%−88%

24Starke County, ININ23,425+0.2%−94%

25Gibson County, ININ33,091+0.2%−87%

26Howard County, ININ83,904+0.3%−94%

27Vermillion County, ININ15,488+0.3%+255%

28Vigo County, ININ106,512+0.3%−239%

29Decatur County, ININ26,576+0.4%−90%

30Clinton County, ININ33,322+0.4%−96%

31Jefferson County, ININ33,279+0.4%−94%

32Warren County, ININ8,474+0.4%−86%

33Martin County, ININ9,856+0.4%–

34Henry County, ININ49,137+0.5%−41%

35Fayette County, ININ23,533+0.6%−135%

36Washington County, ININ28,383+0.7%−95%

37Kosciusko County, ININ80,892+0.8%−94%

38Elkhart County, ININ208,774+0.8%−95%

39Dubois County, ININ44,016+0.9%−90%

40Ohio County, ININ5,994+0.9%−84%

41Noble County, ININ47,937+1.0%−95%

42Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995+1.0%−75%

43Steuben County, ININ34,799+1.1%−95%

44Delaware County, ININ113,106+1.1%−245%

45Marshall County, ININ46,599+1.1%−84%

46Perry County, ININ19,389+1.1%−205%

47Greene County, ININ31,165+1.2%−87%

48Lake County, ININ504,612+1.2%−37%

49Lawrence County, ININ45,568+1.2%−83%

50Spencer County, ININ20,061+1.3%−73%

51Ripley County, ININ29,434+1.5%−80%

52Huntington County, ININ37,224+1.5%−79%

53Marion County, ININ992,196+1.5%−81%

54Porter County, ININ176,049+1.6%−88%

55Carroll County, ININ20,655+1.7%−76%

56Dearborn County, ININ51,609+1.8%−90%

57Shelby County, ININ45,882+1.8%−76%

58Benton County, ININ8,883+1.9%−988%

59White County, ININ25,164+1.9%−78%

60Brown County, ININ15,777+2.0%−69%

61Harrison County, ININ40,437+2.0%−87%

62Jackson County, ININ47,370+2.0%−79%

63Floyd County, ININ82,153+2.1%−79%

64LaGrange County, ININ41,305+2.1%−88%

65Franklin County, ININ23,286+2.2%−83%

66Tippecanoe County, ININ190,456+2.3%−84%

67Adams County, ININ36,650+2.3%−71%

68Daviess County, ININ34,209+2.5%−70%

69Wells County, ININ28,883+2.5%−61%

70Whitley County, ININ35,046+2.5%−77%

71Newton County, ININ14,188+2.6%−65%

72Monroe County, ININ143,345+2.6%−76%

73Owen County, ININ21,886+2.6%−90%

74Montgomery County, ININ38,954+2.7%−71%

75Scott County, ININ25,053+2.7%−71%

76DeKalb County, ININ44,535+2.9%−79%

77Jasper County, ININ33,894+3.0%−85%

78Parke County, ININ16,642+3.0%−75%

79Switzerland County, ININ10,037+3.1%−82%

80Putnam County, ININ37,876+3.1%−83%

81Fountain County, ININ17,013+3.2%+295%

82Madison County, ININ135,088+3.8%+85%

83Bartholomew County, ININ85,729+4.3%−65%

84Allen County, ININ402,329+4.4%−57%

85Morgan County, ININ74,967+4.4%−77%

86Warrick County, ININ66,803+4.5%−73%

87Johnson County, ININ174,262+7.7%−75%

88Clark County, ININ130,451+7.7%−22%

89Hendricks County, ININ193,510+10.7%−71%

90Hamilton County, ININ387,036+11.4%−83%

91Hancock County, ININ90,969+13.9%−36%

92Boone County, ININ80,689+13.9%−33%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES