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Highest poverty rate, Indiana counties · 2000

Indiana counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2000 ACS). This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990
01Monroe County, ININ143,34518.9%−0.5 pts
02Crawford County, ININ10,50916.8%−1.6 pts
03Knox County, ININ35,65216.0%+0.4 pts
04Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45615.4%+1.0 pts
05Delaware County, ININ113,10615.1%−1.7 pts
06Vigo County, ININ106,51214.1%−0.6 pts
07Switzerland County, ININ10,03713.9%−1.3 pts
08Daviess County, ININ34,20913.8%−1.7 pts
09Scott County, ININ25,05313.1%−5.9 pts
10Orange County, ININ19,83412.4%−3.0 pts
11Lake County, ININ504,61212.2%−1.6 pts
12Grant County, ININ66,52411.8%−1.3 pts
13Parke County, ININ16,64211.5%−0.7 pts
14Marion County, ININ992,19611.4%−0.7 pts
15Wayne County, ININ66,16911.4%−3.5 pts
16Martin County, ININ9,85611.2%−2.6 pts
17Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99511.2%−1.3 pts
18Randolph County, ININ24,43811.1%−0.2 pts
19Starke County, ININ23,42511.1%−2.4 pts
20Greene County, ININ31,16511.0%−2.2 pts
21Sullivan County, ININ20,83110.9%−1.6 pts
22Washington County, ININ28,38310.6%−3.7 pts
23St. Joseph County, ININ272,86110.4%+0.7 pts
24Lawrence County, ININ45,5689.8%+0.1 pts
25Union County, ININ6,8639.7%+0.2 pts
26Jefferson County, ININ33,2799.6%−2.0 pts
27Howard County, ININ83,9049.5%−2.0 pts
28Vermillion County, ININ15,4889.5%−2.2 pts
29Perry County, ININ19,3899.4%−2.2 pts
30Owen County, ININ21,8869.4%−4.2 pts
31Madison County, ININ135,0889.3%−3.4 pts
32Decatur County, ININ26,5769.3%+0.2 pts
33Jennings County, ININ27,6229.2%−3.6 pts
34Allen County, ININ402,3299.1%+1.2 pts
35Jay County, ININ20,1189.1%−0.7 pts
36Adams County, ININ36,6509.1%−2.6 pts
37Brown County, ININ15,7778.9%+2.0 pts
38Floyd County, ININ82,1538.7%−2.3 pts
39Blackford County, ININ11,7308.7%−1.1 pts
40LaPorte County, ININ111,2948.7%−1.4 pts
41Clay County, ININ26,4108.7%−3.2 pts
42Clinton County, ININ33,3228.6%−0.8 pts
43Fountain County, ININ17,0138.5%−1.3 pts
44Jackson County, ININ47,3708.5%−2.0 pts
45Montgomery County, ININ38,9548.3%−1.1 pts
46Pulaski County, ININ12,4638.3%−2.5 pts
47Gibson County, ININ33,0918.2%−1.4 pts
48Clark County, ININ130,4518.1%−2.0 pts
49Pike County, ININ12,0038.0%−5.2 pts
50Miami County, ININ34,4878.0%−2.9 pts
51Putnam County, ININ37,8768.0%−0.3 pts
52Fayette County, ININ23,5337.9%−2.9 pts
53Noble County, ININ47,9377.9%−0.2 pts
54Elkhart County, ININ208,7747.8%+0.8 pts
55Henry County, ININ49,1377.8%−4.5 pts
56LaGrange County, ININ41,3057.7%−3.8 pts
57Cass County, ININ37,8367.6%−2.8 pts
58Fulton County, ININ20,0917.6%−2.8 pts
59Shelby County, ININ45,8827.6%+0.3 pts
60Ripley County, ININ29,4347.5%−3.1 pts
61Posey County, ININ24,9887.4%−0.3 pts
62Bartholomew County, ININ85,7297.3%−1.2 pts
63Rush County, ININ16,7677.3%−3.9 pts
64Ohio County, ININ5,9947.1%−2.7 pts
65Franklin County, ININ23,2867.1%−3.5 pts
66White County, ININ25,1647.0%−0.7 pts
67Newton County, ININ14,1886.9%−1.9 pts
68Wabash County, ININ30,7136.9%−2.3 pts
69Spencer County, ININ20,0616.9%−2.9 pts
70Carroll County, ININ20,6556.8%−0.7 pts
71Marshall County, ININ46,5996.8%−0.8 pts
72Steuben County, ININ34,7996.7%+1.1 pts
73Jasper County, ININ33,8946.7%−1.3 pts
74Morgan County, ININ74,9676.6%−0.0 pts
75Dearborn County, ININ51,6096.6%−1.9 pts
76Warren County, ININ8,4746.5%−2.6 pts
77Kosciusko County, ININ80,8926.4%−0.2 pts
78Harrison County, ININ40,4376.4%−3.4 pts
79Porter County, ININ176,0495.9%−0.2 pts
80DeKalb County, ININ44,5355.9%−0.6 pts
81Wells County, ININ28,8835.9%+0.3 pts
82Johnson County, ININ174,2625.6%−1.3 pts
83Huntington County, ININ37,2245.5%−1.0 pts
84Benton County, ININ8,8835.5%−2.5 pts
85Warrick County, ININ66,8035.3%−1.3 pts
86Dubois County, ININ44,0165.3%−0.9 pts
87Boone County, ININ80,6895.2%−1.1 pts
88Tipton County, ININ15,3195.1%−1.3 pts
89Whitley County, ININ35,0464.9%−0.3 pts
90Hendricks County, ININ193,5103.6%−0.0 pts
91Hancock County, ININ90,9693.0%−1.5 pts
92Hamilton County, ININ387,0362.9%−0.7 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS