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Highest poverty rate, Indiana counties · 2020

Indiana counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2020 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 2000

01Switzerland County, ININ10,03722.8%+64%

02Monroe County, ININ143,34522.6%+19%

03Delaware County, ININ113,10621.4%+42%

04Crawford County, ININ10,50919.4%+15%

05Vigo County, ININ106,51218.9%+34%

06Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45618.9%+22%

07Grant County, ININ66,52418.4%+57%

08Fayette County, ININ23,53318.2%+130%

09Starke County, ININ23,42517.5%+58%

10Wayne County, ININ66,16916.8%+48%

11Blackford County, ININ11,73016.8%+92%

12Adams County, ININ36,65016.5%+82%

13Marion County, ININ992,19616.4%+44%

14Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99516.1%+44%

15Knox County, ININ35,65215.9%−1%

16Scott County, ININ25,05315.7%+20%

17Miami County, ININ34,48715.6%+95%

18LaPorte County, ININ111,29415.5%+78%

19Lake County, ININ504,61215.4%+26%

20Madison County, ININ135,08815.3%+64%

21Benton County, ININ8,88315.3%+177%

22St. Joseph County, ININ272,86114.8%+43%

23Jefferson County, ININ33,27914.6%+52%

24Fulton County, ININ20,09114.5%+92%

25Owen County, ININ21,88614.5%+55%

26Vermillion County, ININ15,48814.5%+53%

27Jay County, ININ20,11814.5%+59%

28Jackson County, ININ47,37014.1%+66%

29Parke County, ININ16,64214.0%+23%

30Washington County, ININ28,38313.9%+31%

31Henry County, ININ49,13713.9%+77%

32Orange County, ININ19,83413.4%+9%

33Greene County, ININ31,16513.3%+22%

34Cass County, ININ37,83613.1%+73%

35Rush County, ININ16,76712.7%+75%

36Bartholomew County, ININ85,72912.7%+72%

37Allen County, ININ402,32912.6%+38%

38Marshall County, ININ46,59912.5%+85%

39Perry County, ININ19,38912.4%+32%

40Sullivan County, ININ20,83112.3%+12%

41Randolph County, ININ24,43812.1%+9%

42Newton County, ININ14,18812.1%+74%

43Martin County, ININ9,85612.0%+7%

44Howard County, ININ83,90412.0%+26%

45Clinton County, ININ33,32211.9%+39%

46Montgomery County, ININ38,95411.9%+43%

47Ripley County, ININ29,43411.9%+59%

48Daviess County, ININ34,20911.9%−14%

49Elkhart County, ININ208,77411.7%+49%

50Fountain County, ININ17,01311.6%+37%

51Clay County, ININ26,41011.6%+34%

52Wabash County, ININ30,71311.5%+66%

53Huntington County, ININ37,22411.1%+101%

54Lawrence County, ININ45,56811.1%+12%

55DeKalb County, ININ44,53511.0%+87%

56Jennings County, ININ27,62210.8%+17%

57Warren County, ININ8,47410.8%+65%

58Shelby County, ININ45,88210.7%+42%

59Pulaski County, ININ12,46310.6%+27%

60Decatur County, ININ26,57610.5%+13%

61Pike County, ININ12,00310.4%+29%

62Steuben County, ININ34,7999.9%+48%

63Clark County, ININ130,4519.9%+22%

64Whitley County, ININ35,0469.6%+95%

65Putnam County, ININ37,8769.5%+19%

66Floyd County, ININ82,1539.4%+8%

67Tipton County, ININ15,3199.4%+83%

68Porter County, ININ176,0499.4%+58%

69Ohio County, ININ5,9949.4%+31%

70White County, ININ25,1649.3%+34%

71Posey County, ININ24,9889.3%+27%

72Kosciusko County, ININ80,8929.3%+45%

73Gibson County, ININ33,0919.3%+13%

74Brown County, ININ15,7779.2%+4%

75Harrison County, ININ40,4379.0%+42%

76Dubois County, ININ44,0168.9%+70%

77Morgan County, ININ74,9678.8%+33%

78Dearborn County, ININ51,6098.5%+28%

79Wells County, ININ28,8838.2%+40%

80Spencer County, ININ20,0618.1%+18%

81Jasper County, ININ33,8948.1%+22%

82Franklin County, ININ23,2868.0%+12%

83Carroll County, ININ20,6557.9%+16%

84Noble County, ININ47,9377.8%−1%

85Johnson County, ININ174,2627.8%+38%

86Boone County, ININ80,6896.6%+27%

87LaGrange County, ININ41,3056.0%−22%

88Warrick County, ININ66,8036.0%+12%

89Union County, ININ6,8635.9%−39%

90Hancock County, ININ90,9695.9%+99%

91Hendricks County, ININ193,5105.3%+45%

92Hamilton County, ININ387,0364.4%+50%

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