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Most residents in poverty, Indiana counties · 2020

Indiana counties with the most residents living below the poverty line, as of the 2020 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, ININ992,196160,453+64%

02Lake County, ININ504,61276,960+30%

03Allen County, ININ402,32948,644+61%

04St. Joseph County, ININ272,86140,360+47%

05Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45635,116+53%

06Monroe County, ININ143,34531,591+38%

07Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99528,926+51%

08Elkhart County, ININ208,77424,149+69%

09Delaware County, ININ113,10624,000+34%

10Vigo County, ININ106,51220,095+35%

11Madison County, ININ135,08819,942+60%

12LaPorte County, ININ111,29417,388+82%

13Porter County, ININ176,04916,285+87%

14Hamilton County, ININ387,03615,245+185%

15Johnson County, ININ174,26212,577+94%

16Grant County, ININ66,52412,298+42%

17Clark County, ININ130,45111,943+53%

18Wayne County, ININ66,16911,167+38%

19Bartholomew County, ININ85,72910,405+98%

20Howard County, ININ83,90410,014+24%

21Hendricks County, ININ193,5109,236+144%

22Floyd County, ININ82,1537,600+23%

23Kosciusko County, ININ80,8927,481+57%

24Henry County, ININ49,1376,776+79%

25Jackson County, ININ47,3706,528+87%

26Morgan County, ININ74,9676,322+43%

27Adams County, ININ36,6505,906+93%

28Marshall County, ININ46,5995,757+89%

29Knox County, ININ35,6525,753−9%

30Miami County, ININ34,4875,611+95%

31Lawrence County, ININ45,5684,978+10%

32Cass County, ININ37,8364,950+60%

33Jefferson County, ININ33,2794,832+59%

34Shelby County, ININ45,8824,821+47%

35DeKalb County, ININ44,5354,746+101%

36Hancock County, ININ90,9694,702+186%

37Boone County, ININ80,6894,639+95%

38Montgomery County, ININ38,9544,509+44%

39Dearborn County, ININ51,6094,289+41%

40Fayette County, ININ23,5334,256+110%

41Greene County, ININ31,1654,110+13%

42Huntington County, ININ37,2244,087+94%

43Starke County, ININ23,4254,083+57%

44Clinton County, ININ33,3223,960+36%

45Daviess County, ININ34,2093,957−4%

46Washington County, ININ28,3833,917+36%

47Dubois County, ININ44,0163,894+86%

48Scott County, ININ25,0533,832+27%

49Warrick County, ININ66,8033,815+37%

50Noble County, ININ47,9373,699+1%

51Harrison County, ININ40,4373,582+63%

52Wabash County, ININ30,7133,575+47%

53Putnam County, ININ37,8763,488+21%

54Ripley County, ININ29,4343,446+74%

55Steuben County, ININ34,7993,422+53%

56Whitley County, ININ35,0463,274+117%

57Owen County, ININ21,8863,097+52%

58Clay County, ININ26,4103,069+33%

59Gibson County, ININ33,0913,064+15%

60Jennings County, ININ27,6222,982+17%

61Fulton County, ININ20,0912,978+92%

62Randolph County, ININ24,4382,976−3%

63Jay County, ININ20,1182,961+49%

64Decatur County, ININ26,5762,772+22%

65Jasper County, ININ33,8942,669+34%

66Orange County, ININ19,8342,667+12%

67Sullivan County, ININ20,8312,555+7%

68LaGrange County, ININ41,3052,426−10%

69Perry County, ININ19,3892,372+34%

70Posey County, ININ24,9882,355+18%

71Wells County, ININ28,8832,313+43%

72White County, ININ25,1642,307+31%

73Parke County, ININ16,6422,267+15%

74Vermillion County, ININ15,4882,237+41%

75Switzerland County, ININ10,0372,219+76%

76Rush County, ININ16,7672,133+61%

77Crawford County, ININ10,5092,045+13%

78Blackford County, ININ11,7302,029+66%

79Fountain County, ININ17,0131,916+26%

80Franklin County, ININ23,2861,820+16%

81Newton County, ININ14,1881,667+65%

82Spencer County, ININ20,0611,613+14%

83Carroll County, ININ20,6551,598+17%

84Tipton County, ININ15,3191,447+69%

85Brown County, ININ15,7771,423+7%

86Benton County, ININ8,8831,330+156%

87Pulaski County, ININ12,4631,320+16%

88Pike County, ININ12,0031,268+23%

89Martin County, ININ9,8561,181+2%

90Warren County, ININ8,474910+65%

91Ohio County, ININ5,994558+39%

92Union County, ININ6,863418−41%

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