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Highest poverty rate, Indiana counties · 1990

Indiana counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (1990 ACS). This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS –

01Monroe County, ININ143,34519.4%–

02Scott County, ININ25,05319.0%–

03Crawford County, ININ10,50918.5%–

04Delaware County, ININ113,10616.7%–

05Knox County, ININ35,65215.7%–

06Daviess County, ININ34,20915.5%–

07Orange County, ININ19,83415.3%–

08Switzerland County, ININ10,03715.2%–

09Wayne County, ININ66,16914.9%–

10Vigo County, ININ106,51214.7%–

11Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45614.4%–

12Washington County, ININ28,38314.3%–

13Martin County, ININ9,85613.8%–

14Lake County, ININ504,61213.8%–

15Owen County, ININ21,88613.6%–

16Starke County, ININ23,42513.4%–

17Pike County, ININ12,00313.3%–

18Greene County, ININ31,16513.2%–

19Grant County, ININ66,52413.1%–

20Jennings County, ININ27,62212.8%–

21Madison County, ININ135,08812.7%–

22Sullivan County, ININ20,83112.5%–

23Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99512.5%–

24Henry County, ININ49,13712.4%–

25Parke County, ININ16,64212.2%–

26Marion County, ININ992,19612.1%–

27Clay County, ININ26,41011.8%–

28Vermillion County, ININ15,48811.7%–

29Adams County, ININ36,65011.6%–

30Jefferson County, ININ33,27911.6%–

31Perry County, ININ19,38911.6%–

32Howard County, ININ83,90411.5%–

33LaGrange County, ININ41,30511.5%–

34Randolph County, ININ24,43811.4%–

35Rush County, ININ16,76711.2%–

36Floyd County, ININ82,15311.0%–

37Miami County, ININ34,48710.9%–

38Pulaski County, ININ12,46310.8%–

39Fayette County, ININ23,53310.8%–

40Franklin County, ININ23,28610.6%–

41Ripley County, ININ29,43410.5%–

42Jackson County, ININ47,37010.5%–

43Cass County, ININ37,83610.3%–

44Fulton County, ININ20,09110.3%–

45Clark County, ININ130,45110.1%–

46LaPorte County, ININ111,29410.1%–

47Ohio County, ININ5,9949.9%–

48Spencer County, ININ20,0619.9%–

49Blackford County, ININ11,7309.9%–

50Fountain County, ININ17,0139.8%–

51Harrison County, ININ40,4379.8%–

52Jay County, ININ20,1189.7%–

53Lawrence County, ININ45,5689.7%–

54St. Joseph County, ININ272,8619.7%–

55Gibson County, ININ33,0919.6%–

56Union County, ININ6,8639.5%–

57Clinton County, ININ33,3229.4%–

58Montgomery County, ININ38,9549.4%–

59Wabash County, ININ30,7139.2%–

60Warren County, ININ8,4749.2%–

61Decatur County, ININ26,5769.1%–

62Newton County, ININ14,1888.9%–

63Bartholomew County, ININ85,7298.5%–

64Dearborn County, ININ51,6098.5%–

65Putnam County, ININ37,8768.3%–

66Noble County, ININ47,9378.0%–

67Benton County, ININ8,8838.0%–

68Jasper County, ININ33,8948.0%–

69Allen County, ININ402,3297.9%–

70White County, ININ25,1647.7%–

71Posey County, ININ24,9887.6%–

72Marshall County, ININ46,5997.5%–

73Carroll County, ININ20,6557.5%–

74Shelby County, ININ45,8827.2%–

75Elkhart County, ININ208,7747.0%–

76Johnson County, ININ174,2626.9%–

77Brown County, ININ15,7776.9%–

78Morgan County, ININ74,9676.7%–

79Kosciusko County, ININ80,8926.6%–

80Warrick County, ININ66,8036.6%–

81Huntington County, ININ37,2246.6%–

82DeKalb County, ININ44,5356.5%–

83Tipton County, ININ15,3196.4%–

84Boone County, ININ80,6896.3%–

85Dubois County, ININ44,0166.1%–

86Porter County, ININ176,0496.1%–

87Steuben County, ININ34,7995.6%–

88Wells County, ININ28,8835.6%–

89Whitley County, ININ35,0465.2%–

90Hancock County, ININ90,9694.5%–

91Hendricks County, ININ193,5103.7%–

92Hamilton County, ININ387,0363.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS