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Fastest shrinking, Indiana counties · 2010

Indiana counties with the steepest population decline since the prior decennial census. This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01Blackford County, ININ11,730-9.1%+6656%

02Benton County, ININ8,883-6.0%+2741%

03Wabash County, ININ30,713-5.9%+1807%

04Fayette County, ININ23,533-5.1%+212%

05Cass County, ININ37,836-4.8%−173%

06Rush County, ININ16,767-4.8%−754%

07Grant County, ININ66,524-4.6%+341%

08Randolph County, ININ24,438-4.5%−582%

09Posey County, ININ24,988-4.3%−201%

10Fountain County, ININ17,013-4.0%−585%

11Tipton County, ININ15,319-3.9%−236%

12Vermillion County, ININ15,488-3.4%−3937%

13Wayne County, ININ66,169-3.1%+158%

14Howard County, ININ83,904-2.6%−151%

15Pulaski County, ININ12,463-2.6%−129%

16Jay County, ININ20,118-2.5%−286%

17Huntington County, ININ37,224-2.5%−133%

18White County, ININ25,164-2.5%−129%

19Newton County, ININ14,188-2.2%−130%

20Knox County, ININ35,652-2.1%+32%

21Clinton County, ININ33,322-1.9%−120%

22Madison County, ININ135,088-1.3%−163%

23Sullivan County, ININ20,831-1.3%−109%

24Owen County, ININ21,886-1.0%−104%

25Delaware County, ININ113,106-0.9%+24%

26Starke County, ININ23,425-0.8%−123%

27Martin County, ININ9,856-0.3%–

28Crawford County, ININ10,509-0.3%−103%

29Carroll County, ININ20,655-0.0%−101%

30Greene County, ININ31,165+0.0%−100%

31Pike County, ININ12,003+0.1%−98%

32Wells County, ININ28,883+0.1%−98%

33Lawrence County, ININ45,568+0.5%−94%

34St. Joseph County, ININ272,861+0.5%−93%

35Parke County, ININ16,642+0.6%−95%

36Warren County, ININ8,474+1.1%−64%

37LaPorte County, ININ111,294+1.2%−56%

38Clay County, ININ26,410+1.3%−83%

39Montgomery County, ININ38,954+1.3%−86%

40Fulton County, ININ20,091+1.6%−82%

41Vigo County, ININ106,512+1.9%−874%

42Brown County, ININ15,777+1.9%−69%

43Henry County, ININ49,137+2.0%+157%

44Adams County, ININ36,650+2.3%−72%

45Union County, ININ6,863+2.3%−58%

46Miami County, ININ34,487+2.3%−203%

47Jefferson County, ININ33,279+2.3%−64%

48Shelby County, ININ45,882+2.3%−71%

49Perry County, ININ19,389+2.3%−313%

50Lake County, ININ504,612+2.4%+25%

51Jackson County, ININ47,370+2.5%−74%

52Noble County, ININ47,937+2.7%−88%

53Spencer County, ININ20,061+2.8%−40%

54Orange County, ININ19,834+2.8%−43%

55Steuben County, ININ34,799+2.9%−86%

56Gibson County, ININ33,091+3.1%+68%

57Morgan County, ININ74,967+3.3%−83%

58Jennings County, ININ27,622+3.5%−79%

59Washington County, ININ28,383+3.8%−74%

60Franklin County, ININ23,286+4.2%−68%

61Marshall County, ININ46,599+4.3%−39%

62Kosciusko County, ININ80,892+4.5%−67%

63Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995+4.5%+9%

64DeKalb County, ININ44,535+4.8%−66%

65Decatur County, ININ26,576+4.8%+25%

66Marion County, ININ992,196+5.0%−37%

67Floyd County, ININ82,153+5.3%−47%

68Scott County, ININ25,053+5.3%−43%

69Putnam County, ININ37,876+5.4%−71%

70Dubois County, ININ44,016+5.6%−33%

71Daviess County, ININ34,209+6.1%−26%

72LaGrange County, ININ41,305+6.4%−66%

73Allen County, ININ402,329+7.1%−31%

74Bartholomew County, ININ85,729+7.5%−39%

75Elkhart County, ININ208,774+8.1%−53%

76Whitley County, ININ35,046+8.4%−24%

77Dearborn County, ININ51,609+8.5%−54%

78Ripley County, ININ29,434+8.7%+12%

79Ohio County, ININ5,994+9.0%+55%

80Jasper County, ININ33,894+11.4%−44%

81Porter County, ININ176,049+12.0%−14%

82Warrick County, ININ66,803+13.9%−16%

83Clark County, ININ130,451+14.3%+44%

84Monroe County, ININ143,345+14.4%+36%

85Harrison County, ININ40,437+14.7%−1%

86Tippecanoe County, ININ190,456+16.0%+14%

87Switzerland County, ININ10,037+17.1%−0%

88Johnson County, ININ174,262+21.2%−31%

89Boone County, ININ80,689+22.8%+9%

90Hancock County, ININ90,969+26.4%+22%

91Hendricks County, ININ193,510+39.7%+6%

92Hamilton County, ININ387,036+50.3%−26%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES