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Most sparsely populated, Indiana counties · 1990

Indiana counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Warren County, ININ8,47422−3%

02Benton County, ININ8,88323+0%

03Pulaski County, ININ12,46329−8%

04Martin County, ININ9,85631+0%

05Crawford County, ININ10,50932−8%

06Newton County, ININ14,18834−7%

07Parke County, ININ16,64235−11%

08Switzerland County, ININ10,03735−15%

09Pike County, ININ12,00337−3%

10Sullivan County, ININ20,83142−13%

11Union County, ININ6,86343−5%

12Rush County, ININ16,76744−1%

13Jasper County, ININ33,89445−17%

14Owen County, ININ21,88645−21%

15Fountain County, ININ17,01345−1%

16Brown County, ININ15,77745−6%

17White County, ININ25,16446−8%

18Washington County, ININ28,38346−13%

19Orange County, ININ19,83446−5%

20Spencer County, ININ20,06149−4%

21Perry County, ININ19,38950+1%

22Carroll County, ININ20,65551−7%

23Franklin County, ININ23,28651−12%

24Fulton County, ININ20,09151−8%

25Ripley County, ININ29,43455−7%

26Jay County, ININ20,11856−1%

27Greene County, ININ31,16556−8%

28Randolph County, ININ24,43860−1%

29Ohio County, ININ5,99462−5%

30Harrison County, ININ40,43762−13%

31Tipton County, ININ15,31962−3%

32Jennings County, ININ27,62263−14%

33Putnam County, ININ37,87663−16%

34Posey County, ININ24,98863−4%

35Decatur County, ININ26,57663−4%

36Daviess County, ININ34,20964−8%

37Vermillion County, ININ15,48865−0%

38Gibson County, ININ33,09165−2%

39Montgomery County, ININ38,95468−8%

40Clay County, ININ26,41069−7%

41Wells County, ININ28,88370−6%

42Starke County, ININ23,42574−3%

43Jackson County, ININ47,37074−9%

44Clinton County, ININ33,32276−9%

45Knox County, ININ35,65277+2%

46LaGrange County, ININ41,30578−16%

47Whitley County, ININ35,04682−10%

48Jefferson County, ININ33,27983−6%

49Wabash County, ININ30,71385+0%

50Blackford County, ININ11,73085+0%

51Dubois County, ININ44,01686−8%

52Steuben County, ININ34,79989−17%

53Boone County, ININ80,68990−17%

54Adams County, ININ36,65092−8%

55Noble County, ININ47,93792−18%

56Huntington County, ININ37,22493−7%

57Cass County, ININ37,83693−6%

58Marshall County, ININ46,59995−7%

59Lawrence County, ININ45,56895−7%

60DeKalb County, ININ44,53597−12%

61Shelby County, ININ45,88298−7%

62Miami County, ININ34,48799+2%

63Scott County, ININ25,053110−9%

64Warrick County, ININ66,803117−14%

65Fayette County, ININ23,533121+2%

66Henry County, ININ49,137123−1%

67Kosciusko County, ININ80,892123−12%

68Dearborn County, ININ51,609127−16%

69Morgan County, ININ74,967138−16%

70Hancock County, ININ90,969149−18%

71Bartholomew County, ININ85,729156−11%

72LaPorte County, ININ111,294179−3%

73Wayne County, ININ66,169179+1%

74Grant County, ININ66,524179+1%

75Hendricks County, ININ193,510186−27%

76Clark County, ININ130,451236−9%

77Tippecanoe County, ININ190,456262−12%

78Vigo County, ININ106,512263+0%

79Johnson County, ININ174,262275−24%

80Howard County, ININ83,904276−5%

81Hamilton County, ININ387,036276−40%

82Monroe County, ININ143,345276−10%

83Madison County, ININ135,088289−2%

84Delaware County, ININ113,106305+1%

85Porter County, ININ176,049308−12%

86Elkhart County, ININ208,774337−15%

87Floyd County, ININ82,153434−9%

88Allen County, ININ402,329458−9%

89St. Joseph County, ININ272,861540−7%

90Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995707−4%

91Lake County, ININ504,612953−2%

92Marion County, ININ992,1962,013−7%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES