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Highest unemployment, Indiana counties · 2020

Indiana counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000

01Vermillion County, ININ15,4888.0%–

02Grant County, ININ66,5247.3%–

03Newton County, ININ14,1887.3%–

04Lake County, ININ504,6127.0%–

05Fulton County, ININ20,0916.9%–

06Monroe County, ININ143,3456.4%–

07Delaware County, ININ113,1066.4%–

08Blackford County, ININ11,7306.1%–

09Vigo County, ININ106,5125.9%–

10Pulaski County, ININ12,4635.8%–

11Steuben County, ININ34,7995.8%–

12Marion County, ININ992,1965.7%–

13Starke County, ININ23,4255.6%–

14LaPorte County, ININ111,2945.5%–

15Switzerland County, ININ10,0375.5%–

16Greene County, ININ31,1655.5%–

17Fountain County, ININ17,0135.4%–

18Rush County, ININ16,7675.4%–

19Madison County, ININ135,0885.4%–

20Howard County, ININ83,9045.3%–

21Morgan County, ININ74,9675.2%–

22Allen County, ININ402,3295.0%–

23Vanderburgh County, ININ181,9955.0%–

24Harrison County, ININ40,4375.0%–

25Owen County, ININ21,8864.9%–

26St. Joseph County, ININ272,8614.9%–

27Miami County, ININ34,4874.9%–

28Randolph County, ININ24,4384.8%–

29Jasper County, ININ33,8944.7%–

30Clay County, ININ26,4104.6%–

31Parke County, ININ16,6424.6%–

32Porter County, ININ176,0494.5%–

33White County, ININ25,1644.5%–

34Wayne County, ININ66,1694.5%–

35Scott County, ININ25,0534.4%–

36Cass County, ININ37,8364.4%–

37Whitley County, ININ35,0464.4%–

38Ripley County, ININ29,4344.4%–

39Bartholomew County, ININ85,7294.4%–

40Elkhart County, ININ208,7744.4%–

41Fayette County, ININ23,5334.4%–

42Wabash County, ININ30,7134.3%–

43Sullivan County, ININ20,8314.2%–

44Henry County, ININ49,1374.2%–

45Brown County, ININ15,7774.2%–

46Lawrence County, ININ45,5684.2%–

47Washington County, ININ28,3834.2%–

48Clark County, ININ130,4514.1%–

49Floyd County, ININ82,1534.1%–

50Spencer County, ININ20,0614.0%–

51Noble County, ININ47,9374.0%–

52Decatur County, ININ26,5764.0%–

53Tippecanoe County, ININ190,4564.0%–

54Montgomery County, ININ38,9543.9%–

55DeKalb County, ININ44,5353.7%–

56Johnson County, ININ174,2623.6%–

57Knox County, ININ35,6523.6%–

58Kosciusko County, ININ80,8923.6%–

59Hendricks County, ININ193,5103.6%–

60Clinton County, ININ33,3223.6%–

61Posey County, ININ24,9883.6%–

62Shelby County, ININ45,8823.6%–

63Daviess County, ININ34,2093.5%–

64Warrick County, ININ66,8033.5%–

65Tipton County, ININ15,3193.4%–

66LaGrange County, ININ41,3053.4%–

67Dearborn County, ININ51,6093.4%–

68Perry County, ININ19,3893.4%–

69Jefferson County, ININ33,2793.4%–

70Boone County, ININ80,6893.4%–

71Marshall County, ININ46,5993.4%–

72Benton County, ININ8,8833.3%–

73Jackson County, ININ47,3703.3%–

74Jay County, ININ20,1183.3%–

75Jennings County, ININ27,6223.2%–

76Warren County, ININ8,4743.2%–

77Pike County, ININ12,0033.1%–

78Adams County, ININ36,6503.0%–

79Gibson County, ININ33,0913.0%–

80Crawford County, ININ10,5092.9%–

81Union County, ININ6,8632.9%–

82Hamilton County, ININ387,0362.8%–

83Orange County, ININ19,8342.8%–

84Hancock County, ININ90,9692.7%–

85Wells County, ININ28,8832.6%–

86Carroll County, ININ20,6552.6%–

87Huntington County, ININ37,2242.4%–

88Franklin County, ININ23,2862.4%–

89Putnam County, ININ37,8762.3%–

90Dubois County, ININ44,0162.2%–

91Ohio County, ININ5,9941.9%–

92Martin County, ININ9,8561.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES