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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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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 1990

01Monroe County, ININ143,34518.9%−3%

02Crawford County, ININ10,50916.8%−9%

03Knox County, ININ35,65216.0%+2%

04Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45615.4%+7%

05Delaware County, ININ113,10615.1%−10%

06Vigo County, ININ106,51214.1%−4%

07Switzerland County, ININ10,03713.9%−8%

08Daviess County, ININ34,20913.8%−11%

09Scott County, ININ25,05313.1%−31%

10Orange County, ININ19,83412.4%−19%

11Lake County, ININ504,61212.2%−11%

12Grant County, ININ66,52411.8%−10%

13Parke County, ININ16,64211.5%−6%

14Marion County, ININ992,19611.4%−5%

15Wayne County, ININ66,16911.4%−24%

16Martin County, ININ9,85611.2%−19%

17Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99511.2%−11%

18Randolph County, ININ24,43811.1%−2%

19Starke County, ININ23,42511.1%−18%

20Greene County, ININ31,16511.0%−17%

21Sullivan County, ININ20,83110.9%−13%

22Washington County, ININ28,38310.6%−26%

23St. Joseph County, ININ272,86110.4%+7%

24Lawrence County, ININ45,5689.8%+1%

25Union County, ININ6,8639.7%+2%

26Jefferson County, ININ33,2799.6%−18%

27Howard County, ININ83,9049.5%−18%

28Vermillion County, ININ15,4889.5%−19%

29Perry County, ININ19,3899.4%−19%

30Owen County, ININ21,8869.4%−31%

31Madison County, ININ135,0889.3%−27%

32Decatur County, ININ26,5769.3%+2%

33Jennings County, ININ27,6229.2%−28%

34Allen County, ININ402,3299.1%+16%

35Jay County, ININ20,1189.1%−7%

36Adams County, ININ36,6509.1%−22%

37Brown County, ININ15,7778.9%+29%

38Floyd County, ININ82,1538.7%−21%

39Blackford County, ININ11,7308.7%−12%

40LaPorte County, ININ111,2948.7%−13%

41Clay County, ININ26,4108.7%−27%

42Clinton County, ININ33,3228.6%−9%

43Fountain County, ININ17,0138.5%−14%

44Jackson County, ININ47,3708.5%−19%

45Montgomery County, ININ38,9548.3%−11%

46Pulaski County, ININ12,4638.3%−23%

47Gibson County, ININ33,0918.2%−15%

48Clark County, ININ130,4518.1%−19%

49Pike County, ININ12,0038.0%−39%

50Miami County, ININ34,4878.0%−27%

51Putnam County, ININ37,8768.0%−4%

52Fayette County, ININ23,5337.9%−27%

53Noble County, ININ47,9377.9%−2%

54Elkhart County, ININ208,7747.8%+11%

55Henry County, ININ49,1377.8%−37%

56LaGrange County, ININ41,3057.7%−33%

57Cass County, ININ37,8367.6%−27%

58Fulton County, ININ20,0917.6%−27%

59Shelby County, ININ45,8827.6%+4%

60Ripley County, ININ29,4347.5%−29%

61Posey County, ININ24,9887.4%−3%

62Bartholomew County, ININ85,7297.3%−14%

63Rush County, ININ16,7677.3%−35%

64Ohio County, ININ5,9947.1%−28%

65Franklin County, ININ23,2867.1%−33%

66White County, ININ25,1647.0%−9%

67Newton County, ININ14,1886.9%−22%

68Wabash County, ININ30,7136.9%−25%

69Spencer County, ININ20,0616.9%−30%

70Carroll County, ININ20,6556.8%−9%

71Marshall County, ININ46,5996.8%−10%

72Steuben County, ININ34,7996.7%+19%

73Jasper County, ININ33,8946.7%−17%

74Morgan County, ININ74,9676.6%−1%

75Dearborn County, ININ51,6096.6%−22%

76Warren County, ININ8,4746.5%−29%

77Kosciusko County, ININ80,8926.4%−3%

78Harrison County, ININ40,4376.4%−35%

79Porter County, ININ176,0495.9%−3%

80DeKalb County, ININ44,5355.9%−9%

81Wells County, ININ28,8835.9%+5%

82Johnson County, ININ174,2625.6%−18%

83Huntington County, ININ37,2245.5%−16%

84Benton County, ININ8,8835.5%−31%

85Warrick County, ININ66,8035.3%−19%

86Dubois County, ININ44,0165.3%−14%

87Boone County, ININ80,6895.2%−18%

88Tipton County, ININ15,3195.1%−20%

89Whitley County, ININ35,0464.9%−6%

90Hendricks County, ININ193,5103.6%−1%

91Hancock County, ININ90,9693.0%−34%

92Hamilton County, ININ387,0362.9%−19%

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