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Most residents in poverty, Indiana counties · 2010

Indiana counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2010 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, ININ992,196156,497+59%

02Lake County, ININ504,61279,769+35%

03Allen County, ININ402,32943,782+44%

04St. Joseph County, ININ272,86138,896+41%

05Monroe County, ININ143,34535,230+54%

06Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45634,514+50%

07Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99527,965+46%

08Elkhart County, ININ208,77427,159+90%

09Delaware County, ININ113,10623,756+33%

10Vigo County, ININ106,51221,006+41%

11Madison County, ININ135,08819,396+56%

12Porter County, ININ176,04915,522+78%

13LaPorte County, ININ111,29415,338+60%

14Howard County, ININ83,90413,571+68%

15Clark County, ININ130,45113,025+66%

16Hamilton County, ININ387,03612,446+133%

17Grant County, ININ66,52411,878+37%

18Johnson County, ININ174,26211,283+74%

19Wayne County, ININ66,16911,090+37%

20Hendricks County, ININ193,5108,219+117%

21Floyd County, ININ82,1538,067+30%

22Bartholomew County, ININ85,7297,999+52%

23Kosciusko County, ININ80,8927,737+63%

24Lawrence County, ININ45,5687,283+61%

25Morgan County, ININ74,9676,952+57%

26Henry County, ININ49,1376,778+79%

27Knox County, ININ35,6526,298−0%

28Miami County, ININ34,4876,159+114%

29LaGrange County, ININ41,3055,944+121%

30Marshall County, ININ46,5995,733+88%

31Adams County, ININ36,6505,611+84%

32Cass County, ININ37,8365,468+76%

33Noble County, ININ47,9375,399+48%

34Hancock County, ININ90,9695,124+212%

35Jefferson County, ININ33,2794,889+61%

36Washington County, ININ28,3834,784+66%

37Greene County, ININ31,1654,761+31%

38Fayette County, ININ23,5334,713+133%

39Jackson County, ININ47,3704,688+34%

40Montgomery County, ININ38,9544,667+49%

41Shelby County, ININ45,8824,459+36%

42Huntington County, ININ37,2244,225+100%

43Gibson County, ININ33,0914,076+53%

44Boone County, ININ80,6894,047+70%

45Dubois County, ININ44,0164,016+92%

46Orange County, ININ19,8344,004+68%

47Harrison County, ININ40,4373,935+80%

48Clinton County, ININ33,3223,899+34%

49Daviess County, ININ34,2093,896−5%

50Putnam County, ININ37,8763,892+36%

51Scott County, ININ25,0533,839+28%

52DeKalb County, ININ44,5353,815+61%

53Wabash County, ININ30,7133,811+57%

54Steuben County, ININ34,7993,714+66%

55Starke County, ININ23,4253,666+41%

56Warrick County, ININ66,8033,620+30%

57Dearborn County, ININ51,6093,602+18%

58Jennings County, ININ27,6223,517+38%

59Randolph County, ININ24,4383,448+13%

60Clay County, ININ26,4103,359+46%

61Jasper County, ININ33,8942,997+50%

62Jay County, ININ20,1182,860+44%

63Ripley County, ININ29,4342,816+42%

64Decatur County, ININ26,5762,781+22%

65Parke County, ININ16,6422,733+38%

66Franklin County, ININ23,2862,699+71%

67Owen County, ININ21,8862,677+31%

68Sullivan County, ININ20,8312,546+7%

69Spencer County, ININ20,0612,528+79%

70Vermillion County, ININ15,4882,389+50%

71Fulton County, ININ20,0912,348+51%

72White County, ININ25,1642,345+33%

73Pulaski County, ININ12,4632,301+102%

74Fountain County, ININ17,0132,271+49%

75Whitley County, ININ35,0462,262+50%

76Rush County, ININ16,7672,231+68%

77Wells County, ININ28,8832,208+36%

78Posey County, ININ24,9882,161+8%

79Perry County, ININ19,3892,013+13%

80Crawford County, ININ10,5092,005+11%

81Carroll County, ININ20,6551,892+38%

82Blackford County, ININ11,7301,817+48%

83Pike County, ININ12,0031,660+61%

84Brown County, ININ15,7771,647+24%

85Switzerland County, ININ10,0371,524+21%

86Martin County, ININ9,8561,339+15%

87Newton County, ININ14,1881,171+16%

88Tipton County, ININ15,3191,039+22%

89Union County, ININ6,863897+26%

90Benton County, ININ8,883889+71%

91Warren County, ININ8,474751+37%

92Ohio County, ININ5,994517+29%

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