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Most population lost, Indiana counties · 2000

Indiana counties that lost the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 92 is +2,571.

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01Delaware County, ININ113,106-890–

02Wayne County, ININ66,169-854–

03Miami County, ININ34,487-815–

04Grant County, ININ66,524-766–

05Knox County, ININ35,652-628–

06Fayette County, ININ23,533-427–

07Vigo County, ININ106,512-259–

08Perry County, ININ19,389-208–

09Wabash County, ININ30,713-109–

10Benton County, ININ8,883-20–

11Blackford County, ININ11,730-19–

12Martin County, ININ9,8560–

13Vermillion County, ININ15,488+15–

14Rush County, ININ16,767+132–

15Fountain County, ININ17,013+146–

16Warren County, ININ8,474+243–

17Randolph County, ININ24,438+253–

18Jay County, ININ20,118+294–

19Ohio County, ININ5,994+308–

20Pike County, ININ12,003+328–

21Henry County, ININ49,137+369–

22Union County, ININ6,863+373–

23Tipton County, ININ15,319+458–

24Gibson County, ININ33,091+587–

25Starke County, ININ23,425+809–

26Crawford County, ININ10,509+829–

27Brown County, ININ15,777+877–

28Orange County, ININ19,834+897–

29Spencer County, ININ20,061+901–

30Decatur County, ININ26,576+910–

31Newton County, ININ14,188+1,015–

32Posey County, ININ24,988+1,093–

33Pulaski County, ININ12,463+1,112–

34Switzerland County, ININ10,037+1,327–

35Carroll County, ININ20,655+1,356–

36Wells County, ININ28,883+1,652–

37Fulton County, ININ20,091+1,671–

38Parke County, ININ16,642+1,831–

39Clay County, ININ26,410+1,851–

40Ripley County, ININ29,434+1,907–

41Jefferson County, ININ33,279+1,908–

42Scott County, ININ25,053+1,969–

43White County, ININ25,164+2,002–

44Daviess County, ININ34,209+2,287–

45Cass County, ININ37,836+2,517–

46Adams County, ININ36,650+2,530–

47Franklin County, ININ23,286+2,571–

48Huntington County, ININ37,224+2,648–

49Madison County, ININ135,088+2,689–

50Greene County, ININ31,165+2,747–

51Sullivan County, ININ20,831+2,758–

52Clinton County, ININ33,322+2,892–

53Marshall County, ININ46,599+2,946–

54LaPorte County, ININ111,294+3,040–

55Whitley County, ININ35,046+3,056–

56Dubois County, ININ44,016+3,058–

57Lawrence County, ININ45,568+3,086–

58Shelby County, ININ45,882+3,138–

59Montgomery County, ININ38,954+3,193–

60Washington County, ININ28,383+3,506–

61Jackson County, ININ47,370+3,605–

62Jennings County, ININ27,622+3,893–

63Howard County, ININ83,904+4,137–

64Harrison County, ININ40,437+4,435–

65Owen County, ININ21,886+4,505–

66DeKalb County, ININ44,535+4,961–

67Jasper County, ININ33,894+5,083–

68LaGrange County, ININ41,305+5,432–

69Putnam County, ININ37,876+5,704–

70Steuben County, ININ34,799+5,768–

71Floyd County, ININ82,153+6,419–

72Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995+6,864–

73Dearborn County, ININ51,609+7,274–

74Warrick County, ININ66,803+7,463–

75Bartholomew County, ININ85,729+7,778–

76Boone County, ININ80,689+7,960–

77Noble County, ININ47,937+8,398–

78Clark County, ININ130,451+8,695–

79Kosciusko County, ININ80,892+8,763–

80Lake County, ININ504,612+8,970–

81Hancock County, ININ90,969+9,864–

82Morgan County, ININ74,967+10,769–

83Monroe County, ININ143,345+11,585–

84Porter County, ININ176,049+17,866–

85Tippecanoe County, ININ190,456+18,357–

86St. Joseph County, ININ272,861+18,507–

87Elkhart County, ININ208,774+26,593–

88Johnson County, ININ174,262+27,100–

89Hendricks County, ININ193,510+28,376–

90Allen County, ININ402,329+31,013–

91Marion County, ININ992,196+63,295–

92Hamilton County, ININ387,036+73,804–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS