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Most residents in poverty, Indiana counties

Indiana counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2024 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of people, not the poverty rate. This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS 2000

01Marion County, ININ992,196149,743+53%

02Lake County, ININ504,61271,482+21%

03Allen County, ININ402,32949,099+62%

04St. Joseph County, ININ272,86138,826+41%

05Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45636,325+58%

06Monroe County, ININ143,34527,747+22%

07Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99525,708+34%

08Elkhart County, ININ208,77425,676+79%

09Delaware County, ININ113,10622,062+23%

10Vigo County, ININ106,51220,322+36%

11Madison County, ININ135,08817,640+42%

12Porter County, ININ176,04916,742+92%

13Hamilton County, ININ387,03616,041+200%

14LaPorte County, ININ111,29415,241+59%

15Grant County, ININ66,52413,147+52%

16Clark County, ININ130,45112,685+62%

17Johnson County, ININ174,26212,375+91%

18Wayne County, ININ66,16911,878+47%

19Howard County, ININ83,90411,231+39%

20Hendricks County, ININ193,5109,772+158%

21Bartholomew County, ININ85,7298,746+67%

22Floyd County, ININ82,1538,373+35%

23Kosciusko County, ININ80,8927,922+66%

24Morgan County, ININ74,9676,743+52%

25Henry County, ININ49,1376,673+76%

26Shelby County, ININ45,8825,904+80%

27Jackson County, ININ47,3705,737+64%

28Lawrence County, ININ45,5685,519+22%

29Marshall County, ININ46,5995,407+77%

30Miami County, ININ34,4875,396+87%

31Cass County, ININ37,8364,988+61%

32Knox County, ININ35,6524,929−22%

33Dubois County, ININ44,0164,804+130%

34Warrick County, ININ66,8034,567+64%

35Noble County, ININ47,9374,347+19%

36DeKalb County, ININ44,5354,170+76%

37Fayette County, ININ23,5334,168+106%

38Washington County, ININ28,3834,076+41%

39Jefferson County, ININ33,2794,072+34%

40Scott County, ININ25,0534,062+35%

41Adams County, ININ36,6504,042+32%

42Montgomery County, ININ38,9544,033+29%

43Hancock County, ININ90,9693,985+143%

44Greene County, ININ31,1653,956+9%

45Daviess County, ININ34,2093,929−4%

46Dearborn County, ININ51,6093,904+28%

47Randolph County, ININ24,4383,865+27%

48Huntington County, ININ37,2243,627+72%

49Gibson County, ININ33,0913,560+34%

50Jennings County, ININ27,6223,474+37%

51Whitley County, ININ35,0463,434+128%

52Wabash County, ININ30,7133,421+41%

53Boone County, ININ80,6893,368+41%

54Clinton County, ININ33,3223,245+12%

55Steuben County, ININ34,7993,242+45%

56Putnam County, ININ37,8763,240+13%

57Starke County, ININ23,4253,123+20%

58Fulton County, ININ20,0913,099+100%

59Clay County, ININ26,4103,091+34%

60Ripley County, ININ29,4342,943+48%

61Jay County, ININ20,1182,909+47%

62Perry County, ININ19,3892,883+62%

63Sullivan County, ININ20,8312,878+21%

64Harrison County, ININ40,4372,858+30%

65Jasper County, ININ33,8942,790+40%

66Decatur County, ININ26,5762,694+18%

67Owen County, ININ21,8862,665+31%

68Orange County, ININ19,8342,652+11%

69Parke County, ININ16,6422,652+34%

70Posey County, ININ24,9882,548+28%

71White County, ININ25,1642,516+42%

72LaGrange County, ININ41,3052,422−10%

73Crawford County, ININ10,5092,404+33%

74Vermillion County, ININ15,4882,360+49%

75Fountain County, ININ17,0132,055+35%

76Wells County, ININ28,8832,036+26%

77Rush County, ININ16,7671,986+50%

78Newton County, ININ14,1881,955+93%

79Blackford County, ININ11,7301,934+58%

80Carroll County, ININ20,6551,797+31%

81Tipton County, ININ15,3191,717+101%

82Martin County, ININ9,8561,600+38%

83Franklin County, ININ23,2861,588+1%

84Pulaski County, ININ12,4631,508+32%

85Spencer County, ININ20,0611,490+5%

86Pike County, ININ12,0031,298+26%

87Switzerland County, ININ10,0371,251−1%

88Brown County, ININ15,7771,215−9%

89Benton County, ININ8,8831,214+134%

90Warren County, ININ8,474930+69%

91Union County, ININ6,863591−17%

92Ohio County, ININ5,994486+21%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES