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Most residents in poverty, Indiana counties · 2000

Indiana counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2000 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 1990

01Marion County, ININ992,19698,125+2%

02Lake County, ININ504,61259,213−10%

03Allen County, ININ402,32930,299+27%

04St. Joseph County, ININ272,86127,548+15%

05Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45622,957+22%

06Monroe County, ININ143,34522,814+8%

07Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99519,186−7%

08Delaware County, ININ113,10617,927−11%

09Vigo County, ININ106,51214,904−4%

10Elkhart County, ININ208,77414,330+30%

11Madison County, ININ135,08812,451−25%

12LaPorte County, ININ111,2949,579−11%

13Porter County, ININ176,0498,731+11%

14Grant County, ININ66,5248,646−11%

15Wayne County, ININ66,1698,077−25%

16Howard County, ININ83,9048,062−13%

17Clark County, ININ130,4517,827−11%

18Johnson County, ININ174,2626,485+7%

19Knox County, ININ35,6526,300+1%

20Floyd County, ININ82,1536,196−13%

21Hamilton County, ININ387,0365,348+37%

22Bartholomew County, ININ85,7295,250−3%

23Kosciusko County, ININ80,8924,761+10%

24Lawrence County, ININ45,5684,520+9%

25Morgan County, ININ74,9674,431+19%

26Daviess County, ININ34,2094,113−4%

27Henry County, ININ49,1373,795−36%

28Hendricks County, ININ193,5103,789+36%

29Noble County, ININ47,9373,651+20%

30Greene County, ININ31,1653,640−9%

31Jackson County, ININ47,3703,493−12%

32Shelby County, ININ45,8823,282+13%

33Montgomery County, ININ38,9543,132−3%

34Cass County, ININ37,8363,100−22%

35Adams County, ININ36,6503,053−16%

36Marshall County, ININ46,5993,053−4%

37Randolph County, ININ24,4383,053−1%

38Dearborn County, ININ51,6093,047−7%

39Jefferson County, ININ33,2793,043−12%

40Scott County, ININ25,0533,006−25%

41Clinton County, ININ33,3222,907−0%

42Washington County, ININ28,3832,887−15%

43Miami County, ININ34,4872,884−29%

44Putnam County, ININ37,8762,872+15%

45Warrick County, ININ66,8032,790−6%

46LaGrange County, ININ41,3052,690−21%

47Gibson County, ININ33,0912,666−13%

48Starke County, ININ23,4252,605−15%

49Jennings County, ININ27,6222,544−16%

50Wabash County, ININ30,7132,425−25%

51Orange County, ININ19,8342,386−16%

52Boone County, ININ80,6892,383−1%

53Sullivan County, ININ20,8312,378+0%

54DeKalb County, ININ44,5352,367+4%

55Clay County, ININ26,4102,306−21%

56Decatur County, ININ26,5762,281+6%

57Steuben County, ININ34,7992,235+45%

58Harrison County, ININ40,4372,191−25%

59Huntington County, ININ37,2242,112−9%

60Dubois County, ININ44,0162,088−7%

61Owen County, ININ21,8862,039−13%

62Fayette County, ININ23,5332,027−28%

63Jasper County, ININ33,8941,998+0%

64Posey County, ININ24,9881,995+1%

65Ripley County, ININ29,4341,984−24%

66Jay County, ININ20,1181,981−5%

67Parke County, ININ16,6421,975+5%

68Crawford County, ININ10,5091,807−1%

69Perry County, ININ19,3891,775−20%

70White County, ININ25,1641,767−1%

71Hancock County, ININ90,9691,642−19%

72Wells County, ININ28,8831,622+12%

73Vermillion County, ININ15,4881,589−19%

74Franklin County, ININ23,2861,574−24%

75Fulton County, ININ20,0911,553−20%

76Fountain County, ININ17,0131,525−13%

77Whitley County, ININ35,0461,509+4%

78Spencer County, ININ20,0611,413−26%

79Carroll County, ININ20,6551,371−3%

80Brown County, ININ15,7771,329+37%

81Rush County, ININ16,7671,328−34%

82Switzerland County, ININ10,0371,263+7%

83Blackford County, ININ11,7301,224−12%

84Martin County, ININ9,8561,163−19%

85Pulaski County, ININ12,4631,141−17%

86Pike County, ININ12,0031,033−38%

87Newton County, ININ14,1881,011−16%

88Tipton County, ININ15,319854−18%

89Union County, ININ6,863710+7%

90Warren County, ININ8,474550−27%

91Benton County, ININ8,883519−32%

92Ohio County, ININ5,994402−23%

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