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Most sparsely populated, Indiana counties

Indiana counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2025). This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 92 is 92.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Benton County, ININ8,88322−6%

02Warren County, ININ8,47423+1%

03Pulaski County, ININ12,46329−9%

04Martin County, ININ9,85629−5%

05▲1Crawford County, ININ10,50934−2%

06▼1Newton County, ININ14,18835−3%

07▲1Pike County, ININ12,00336−6%

08▼1Parke County, ININ16,64237−3%

09Rush County, ININ16,76741−8%

10▲1Union County, ININ6,86343−7%

11▼1Fountain County, ININ17,01343−5%

12Switzerland County, ININ10,03745+11%

13Sullivan County, ININ20,83147−4%

14▲2Orange County, ININ19,83450+3%

15▼1White County, ININ25,164500%

16▲1Spencer County, ININ20,06151−2%

17▼2Brown County, ININ15,77751+5%

18Perry County, ININ19,38951+3%

19Jay County, ININ20,11852−8%

20Randolph County, ININ24,43854−11%

21▲3Fulton County, ININ20,09155−2%

22Washington County, ININ28,38355+4%

23▼2Carroll County, ININ20,65555+2%

24▼1Owen County, ININ21,886570%

25Greene County, ININ31,16557−6%

26▲1Tipton County, ININ15,31959−8%

27▲2Vermillion County, ININ15,48860−8%

28▼2Jasper County, ININ33,89461+13%

29▼1Franklin County, ININ23,28661+5%

30Posey County, ININ24,98861−8%

31Ripley County, ININ29,43466+11%

32Gibson County, ININ33,09168+2%

33▲1Knox County, ININ35,65269−9%

34▼1Ohio County, ININ5,99470+7%

35▲2Blackford County, ININ11,73071−17%

36▼1Decatur County, ININ26,57671+8%

37▼1Jennings County, ININ27,622730%

38Clay County, ININ26,41074−1%

39Wabash County, ININ30,71374−12%

40▲1Starke County, ININ23,42576−1%

41▼1Montgomery County, ININ38,95477+4%

42▲1Wells County, ININ28,88378+5%

43▼1Putnam County, ININ37,87679+5%

44Daviess County, ININ34,20980+15%

45▲1Clinton County, ININ33,32282−2%

46▼1Harrison County, ININ40,43784+18%

47▲1Cass County, ININ37,83692−8%

48▲3Miami County, ININ34,48792−4%

49Jefferson County, ININ33,27992+5%

50▼3Jackson County, ININ47,37093+15%

51▼1Huntington County, ININ37,22497−2%

52Lawrence County, ININ45,568101−1%

53▲1Dubois County, ININ44,016103+11%

54▼1Whitley County, ININ35,046104+14%

55Marshall County, ININ46,599105+3%

56Adams County, ININ36,650108+9%

57LaGrange County, ININ41,305109+18%

58Fayette County, ININ23,533109−8%

59Shelby County, ININ45,882112+6%

60Steuben County, ININ34,799113+5%

61Noble County, ININ47,937117+4%

62DeKalb County, ININ44,535123+11%

63Henry County, ININ49,137125+1%

64Scott County, ININ25,053132+9%

65Kosciusko County, ININ80,892152+9%

66Grant County, ININ66,524161−9%

67Wayne County, ININ66,169165−7%

68Dearborn County, ININ51,609169+12%

69Warrick County, ININ66,803174+28%

70▲1Morgan County, ININ74,967186+12%

71▲1LaPorte County, ININ111,294186+1%

72▼2Boone County, ININ80,689191+75%

73Bartholomew County, ININ85,729211+20%

74▲1Vigo County, ININ106,512264+1%

75▲2Howard County, ININ83,904286−1%

76Delaware County, ININ113,106288−5%

77▼3Hancock County, ININ90,969297+64%

78Madison County, ININ135,088299+1%

79Clark County, ININ130,451350+35%

80Monroe County, ININ143,345363+19%

81Tippecanoe County, ININ190,456382+28%

82Porter County, ININ176,049421+20%

83▲1Elkhart County, ININ208,774451+14%

84▼1Hendricks County, ININ193,510476+86%

85Johnson County, ININ174,262544+51%

86Floyd County, ININ82,153553+16%

87▲1St. Joseph County, ININ272,861596+3%

88▼1Allen County, ININ402,329612+21%

89Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995780+6%

90Hamilton County, ININ387,036981+112%

91Lake County, ININ504,6121,011+4%

92Marion County, ININ992,1962,506+15%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES