RANKING · 1990 CENSUS · 92 SHOWN OF 92

Most residents in poverty, Indiana counties · 1990

Indiana counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 1990 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. The median across all 92 is 2,957.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPRESIDENTS IN POVERTYVS –

01Marion County, ININ992,19696,122–

02Lake County, ININ504,61265,656–

03St. Joseph County, ININ272,86123,853–

04Allen County, ININ402,32923,777–

05Monroe County, ININ143,34521,184–

06Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99520,594–

07Delaware County, ININ113,10620,040–

08Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45618,782–

09Madison County, ININ135,08816,628–

10Vigo County, ININ106,51215,592–

11Elkhart County, ININ208,77411,000–

12LaPorte County, ININ111,29410,765–

13Wayne County, ININ66,16910,715–

14Grant County, ININ66,5249,703–

15Howard County, ININ83,9049,307–

16Clark County, ININ130,4518,835–

17Porter County, ININ176,0497,886–

18Floyd County, ININ82,1537,090–

19Knox County, ININ35,6526,261–

20Johnson County, ININ174,2626,082–

21Henry County, ININ49,1375,946–

22Bartholomew County, ININ85,7295,440–

23Kosciusko County, ININ80,8924,337–

24Daviess County, ININ34,2094,279–

25Lawrence County, ININ45,5684,164–

26Miami County, ININ34,4874,036–

27Greene County, ININ31,1654,008–

28Scott County, ININ25,0533,984–

29Cass County, ININ37,8363,975–

30Jackson County, ININ47,3703,959–

31Hamilton County, ININ387,0363,913–

32Morgan County, ININ74,9673,734–

33Adams County, ININ36,6503,618–

34Jefferson County, ININ33,2793,467–

35LaGrange County, ININ41,3053,392–

36Washington County, ININ28,3833,391–

37Dearborn County, ININ51,6093,293–

38Montgomery County, ININ38,9543,236–

39Wabash County, ININ30,7133,224–

40Marshall County, ININ46,5993,183–

41Randolph County, ININ24,4383,082–

42Gibson County, ININ33,0913,076–

43Starke County, ININ23,4253,054–

44Noble County, ININ47,9373,049–

45Jennings County, ININ27,6223,029–

46Warrick County, ININ66,8032,957–

47Harrison County, ININ40,4372,939–

48Clay County, ININ26,4102,926–

49Shelby County, ININ45,8822,915–

50Clinton County, ININ33,3222,913–

51Orange County, ININ19,8342,825–

52Fayette County, ININ23,5332,806–

53Hendricks County, ININ193,5102,778–

54Ripley County, ININ29,4342,596–

55Putnam County, ININ37,8762,508–

56Boone County, ININ80,6892,402–

57Sullivan County, ININ20,8312,376–

58Owen County, ININ21,8862,342–

59Huntington County, ININ37,2242,326–

60DeKalb County, ININ44,5352,281–

61Dubois County, ININ44,0162,247–

62Perry County, ININ19,3892,221–

63Decatur County, ININ26,5762,143–

64Jay County, ININ20,1182,095–

65Franklin County, ININ23,2862,081–

66Hancock County, ININ90,9692,032–

67Rush County, ININ16,7672,026–

68Jasper County, ININ33,8941,989–

69Posey County, ININ24,9881,980–

70Vermillion County, ININ15,4881,958–

71Fulton County, ININ20,0911,948–

72Spencer County, ININ20,0611,921–

73Parke County, ININ16,6421,879–

74Crawford County, ININ10,5091,831–

75White County, ININ25,1641,792–

76Fountain County, ININ17,0131,752–

77Pike County, ININ12,0031,659–

78Steuben County, ININ34,7991,546–

79Wells County, ININ28,8831,446–

80Whitley County, ININ35,0461,445–

81Martin County, ININ9,8561,436–

82Carroll County, ININ20,6551,409–

83Blackford County, ININ11,7301,386–

84Pulaski County, ININ12,4631,369–

85Newton County, ININ14,1881,200–

86Switzerland County, ININ10,0371,178–

87Tipton County, ININ15,3191,038–

88Brown County, ININ15,777967–

89Benton County, ININ8,883759–

90Warren County, ININ8,474749–

91Union County, ININ6,863661–

92Ohio County, ININ5,994525–

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