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Fastest shrinking, Indiana counties · 2010

Indiana counties with the steepest population decline from the 2000 census to 2010. 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

01Blackford County, ININ11,730-9.1%−9.0 pts

02Benton County, ININ8,883-6.0%−5.8 pts

03Wabash County, ININ30,713-5.9%−5.6 pts

04Fayette County, ININ23,533-5.1%−3.5 pts

05Cass County, ININ37,836-4.8%−11.4 pts

06Rush County, ININ16,767-4.8%−5.5 pts

07Grant County, ININ66,524-4.6%−3.5 pts

08Randolph County, ININ24,438-4.5%−5.4 pts

09Posey County, ININ24,988-4.3%−8.5 pts

10Fountain County, ININ17,013-4.0%−4.8 pts

11Tipton County, ININ15,319-3.9%−6.7 pts

12Vermillion County, ININ15,488-3.4%−3.5 pts

13Wayne County, ININ66,169-3.1%−1.9 pts

14Howard County, ININ83,904-2.6%−7.7 pts

15Pulaski County, ININ12,463-2.6%−11.4 pts

16Jay County, ININ20,118-2.5%−3.9 pts

17Huntington County, ININ37,224-2.5%−10.0 pts

18White County, ININ25,164-2.5%−11.1 pts

19Newton County, ININ14,188-2.2%−9.7 pts

20Knox County, ININ35,652-2.1%−0.5 pts

21Clinton County, ININ33,322-1.9%−11.2 pts

22Madison County, ININ135,088-1.3%−3.3 pts

23Sullivan County, ININ20,831-1.3%−15.8 pts

24Owen County, ININ21,886-1.0%−27.0 pts

25Delaware County, ININ113,106-0.9%−0.2 pts

26Starke County, ININ23,425-0.8%−4.4 pts

27Martin County, ININ9,856-0.3%−0.3 pts

28Crawford County, ININ10,509-0.3%−8.6 pts

29Carroll County, ININ20,655-0.0%−7.3 pts

30Greene County, ININ31,165+0.0%−9.0 pts

31Pike County, ININ12,003+0.1%−2.6 pts

32Wells County, ININ28,883+0.1%−6.2 pts

33Lawrence County, ININ45,568+0.5%−6.7 pts

34St. Joseph County, ININ272,861+0.5%−7.0 pts

35Parke County, ININ16,642+0.6%−11.3 pts

36Warren County, ININ8,474+1.1%−1.9 pts

37LaPorte County, ININ111,294+1.2%−1.6 pts

38Clay County, ININ26,410+1.3%−6.2 pts

39Montgomery County, ININ38,954+1.3%−8.0 pts

40Fulton County, ININ20,091+1.6%−7.3 pts

41Vigo County, ININ106,512+1.9%+2.1 pts

42Brown County, ININ15,777+1.9%−4.3 pts

43Henry County, ININ49,137+2.0%+1.2 pts

44Adams County, ININ36,650+2.3%−5.9 pts

45Union County, ININ6,863+2.3%−3.1 pts

46Miami County, ININ34,487+2.3%+4.5 pts

47Jefferson County, ININ33,279+2.3%−4.1 pts

48Shelby County, ININ45,882+2.3%−5.5 pts

49Perry County, ININ19,389+2.3%+3.4 pts

50Lake County, ININ504,612+2.4%+0.5 pts

51Jackson County, ININ47,370+2.5%−7.0 pts

52Noble County, ININ47,937+2.7%−19.4 pts

53Spencer County, ININ20,061+2.8%−1.9 pts

54Orange County, ININ19,834+2.8%−2.1 pts

55Steuben County, ININ34,799+2.9%−18.1 pts

56Gibson County, ININ33,091+3.1%+1.2 pts

57Morgan County, ININ74,967+3.3%−16.0 pts

58Jennings County, ININ27,622+3.5%−12.9 pts

59Washington County, ININ28,383+3.8%−11.0 pts

60Franklin County, ININ23,286+4.2%−8.9 pts

61Marshall County, ININ46,599+4.3%−2.7 pts

62Kosciusko County, ININ80,892+4.5%−9.0 pts

63Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995+4.5%+0.4 pts

64DeKalb County, ININ44,535+4.8%−9.2 pts

65Decatur County, ININ26,576+4.8%+1.0 pts

66Marion County, ININ992,196+5.0%−2.9 pts

67Floyd County, ININ82,153+5.3%−4.7 pts

68Scott County, ININ25,053+5.3%−4.1 pts

69Putnam County, ININ37,876+5.4%−13.4 pts

70Dubois County, ININ44,016+5.6%−2.8 pts

71Daviess County, ININ34,209+6.1%−2.2 pts

72LaGrange County, ININ41,305+6.4%−12.1 pts

73Allen County, ININ402,329+7.1%−3.2 pts

74Bartholomew County, ININ85,729+7.5%−4.7 pts

75Elkhart County, ININ208,774+8.1%−8.9 pts

76Whitley County, ININ35,046+8.4%−2.6 pts

77Dearborn County, ININ51,609+8.5%−10.2 pts

78Ripley County, ININ29,434+8.7%+0.9 pts

79Ohio County, ININ5,994+9.0%+3.2 pts

80Jasper County, ININ33,894+11.4%−8.9 pts

81Porter County, ININ176,049+12.0%−1.9 pts

82Warrick County, ININ66,803+13.9%−2.7 pts

83Clark County, ININ130,451+14.3%+4.4 pts

84Monroe County, ININ143,345+14.4%+3.8 pts

85Harrison County, ININ40,437+14.7%−0.2 pts

86Tippecanoe County, ININ190,456+16.0%+1.9 pts

87Switzerland County, ININ10,037+17.1%−0.1 pts

88Johnson County, ININ174,262+21.2%−9.5 pts

89Boone County, ININ80,689+22.8%+2.0 pts

90Hancock County, ININ90,969+26.4%+4.7 pts

91Hendricks County, ININ193,510+39.7%+2.3 pts

92Hamilton County, ININ387,036+50.3%−17.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS