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Fastest shrinking, Indiana counties · 2020

Indiana counties with the steepest population decline from the 2010 census to 2020. 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

01Switzerland County, ININ10,037-8.3%−25.4 pts

02Greene County, ININ31,165-7.1%−16.2 pts

03Parke County, ININ16,642-6.8%−18.7 pts

04Pulaski County, ININ12,463-6.6%−15.4 pts

05Randolph County, ININ24,438-6.4%−7.3 pts

06Wabash County, ININ30,713-5.8%−5.5 pts

07Union County, ININ6,863-5.7%−11.1 pts

08Knox County, ININ35,652-5.6%−4.0 pts

09Spencer County, ININ20,061-5.5%−10.1 pts

10Blackford County, ININ11,730-5.1%−5.0 pts

11Martin County, ININ9,856-5.1%−5.1 pts

12Delaware County, ININ113,106-4.9%−4.2 pts

13Grant County, ININ66,524-4.8%−3.8 pts

14Vermillion County, ININ15,488-4.8%−4.9 pts

15Pike County, ININ12,003-4.6%−7.3 pts

16Fountain County, ININ17,013-4.4%−5.2 pts

17Rush County, ININ16,767-3.7%−4.4 pts

18Jay County, ININ20,118-3.6%−5.0 pts

19Tipton County, ININ15,319-3.6%−6.5 pts

20Fayette County, ININ23,533-3.6%−2.0 pts

21Wayne County, ININ66,169-3.4%−2.2 pts

22Putnam County, ININ37,876-3.3%−22.1 pts

23Jennings County, ININ27,622-3.2%−19.7 pts

24Ohio County, ININ5,994-3.1%−8.9 pts

25Sullivan County, ININ20,831-3.1%−17.6 pts

26Newton County, ININ14,188-2.9%−10.4 pts

27Cass County, ININ37,836-2.8%−9.4 pts

28Posey County, ININ24,988-2.7%−6.9 pts

29Miami County, ININ34,487-2.5%−0.3 pts

30Lawrence County, ININ45,568-2.4%−9.6 pts

31Marshall County, ININ46,599-2.0%−9.0 pts

32Crawford County, ININ10,509-1.7%−10.1 pts

33Fulton County, ININ20,091-1.7%−10.6 pts

34Jasper County, ININ33,894-1.7%−22.0 pts

35Clay County, ININ26,410-1.6%−9.1 pts

36Vigo County, ININ106,512-1.6%−1.3 pts

37Benton County, ININ8,883-1.5%−1.3 pts

38Gibson County, ININ33,091-1.5%−3.3 pts

39Franklin County, ININ23,286-1.3%−14.4 pts

40Huntington County, ININ37,224-1.2%−8.7 pts

41Owen County, ININ21,886-1.2%−27.2 pts

42Madison County, ININ135,088-1.1%−3.2 pts

43Henry County, ININ49,137-1.1%−1.9 pts

44Perry County, ININ19,389-0.9%+0.2 pts

45Warren County, ININ8,474-0.8%−3.8 pts

46Montgomery County, ININ38,954-0.5%−9.8 pts

47Washington County, ININ28,383-0.3%−15.1 pts

48Noble County, ININ47,937-0.2%−22.3 pts

49Clinton County, ININ33,322-0.1%−9.4 pts

50Starke County, ININ23,425+0.0%−3.5 pts

51Orange County, ININ19,834+0.1%−4.7 pts

52White County, ININ25,164+0.2%−8.4 pts

53Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995+0.2%−3.9 pts

54Lake County, ININ504,612+0.5%−1.3 pts

55Ripley County, ININ29,434+0.6%−7.1 pts

56Steuben County, ININ34,799+0.7%−20.3 pts

57Harrison County, ININ40,437+0.7%−14.1 pts

58Carroll County, ININ20,655+0.7%−6.5 pts

59Scott County, ININ25,053+0.8%−8.5 pts

60LaPorte County, ININ111,294+0.9%−2.0 pts

61Howard County, ININ83,904+1.1%−4.0 pts

62Dearborn County, ININ51,609+1.3%−17.5 pts

63Monroe County, ININ143,345+1.3%−9.4 pts

64Shelby County, ININ45,882+1.4%−6.4 pts

65Brown County, ININ15,777+1.5%−4.7 pts

66Wells County, ININ28,883+2.0%−4.4 pts

67Jefferson County, ININ33,279+2.2%−4.2 pts

68St. Joseph County, ININ272,861+2.2%−5.3 pts

69DeKalb County, ININ44,535+2.5%−11.6 pts

70Whitley County, ININ35,046+2.7%−8.4 pts

71Decatur County, ININ26,576+2.8%−1.0 pts

72Kosciusko County, ININ80,892+3.7%−9.7 pts

73Adams County, ININ36,650+4.1%−4.0 pts

74Dubois County, ININ44,016+4.2%−4.2 pts

75Morgan County, ININ74,967+4.2%−15.1 pts

76Elkhart County, ININ208,774+4.8%−12.2 pts

77Porter County, ININ176,049+5.4%−8.5 pts

78Daviess County, ININ34,209+5.5%−2.8 pts

79Bartholomew County, ININ85,729+7.1%−5.2 pts

80Warrick County, ININ66,803+7.1%−9.6 pts

81Tippecanoe County, ININ190,456+7.8%−6.3 pts

82Floyd County, ININ82,153+7.9%−2.0 pts

83Marion County, ININ992,196+8.2%+0.2 pts

84Allen County, ININ402,329+8.5%−1.8 pts

85LaGrange County, ININ41,305+8.9%−9.5 pts

86Jackson County, ININ47,370+9.6%+0.0 pts

87Clark County, ININ130,451+9.9%−0.1 pts

88Hancock County, ININ90,969+14.1%−7.6 pts

89Johnson County, ININ174,262+15.8%−14.9 pts

90Hendricks County, ININ193,510+20.2%−17.3 pts

91Boone County, ININ80,689+25.0%+4.2 pts

92Hamilton County, ININ387,036+26.5%−41.2 pts

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