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Most sparsely populated, Indiana counties · 2000

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, ININ8,47423+0%

02Benton County, ININ8,88323+0%

03Martin County, ININ9,85631+0%

04Pulaski County, ININ12,46332+0%

05Crawford County, ININ10,50935+0%

06Newton County, ININ14,18836+0%

07Pike County, ININ12,00338+0%

08Parke County, ININ16,64239+0%

09Switzerland County, ININ10,03741+0%

10Rush County, ININ16,76745+0%

11Fountain County, ININ17,01345+0%

12Union County, ININ6,86346+0%

13Brown County, ININ15,77748+0%

14Orange County, ININ19,83448+0%

15Sullivan County, ININ20,83149+0%

16Perry County, ININ19,38950+0%

17White County, ININ25,16450+0%

18Spencer County, ININ20,06151+0%

19Washington County, ININ28,38353+0%

20Jasper County, ININ33,89454+0%

21Carroll County, ININ20,65554+0%

22Fulton County, ININ20,09156+0%

23Owen County, ININ21,88657+0%

24Jay County, ININ20,11857+0%

25Franklin County, ININ23,28658+0%

26Ripley County, ININ29,43459+0%

27Randolph County, ININ24,43861+0%

28Greene County, ININ31,16561+0%

29Tipton County, ININ15,31964+0%

30Ohio County, ININ5,99465+0%

31Vermillion County, ININ15,48865+0%

32Decatur County, ININ26,57666+0%

33Posey County, ININ24,98866+0%

34Gibson County, ININ33,09167+0%

35Daviess County, ININ34,20969+0%

36Harrison County, ININ40,43771+0%

37Jennings County, ININ27,62273+0%

38Clay County, ININ26,41074+0%

39Montgomery County, ININ38,95475+0%

40Putnam County, ININ37,87675+0%

41Wells County, ININ28,88375+0%

42Knox County, ININ35,65276+0%

43Starke County, ININ23,42576+0%

44Jackson County, ININ47,37081+0%

45Clinton County, ININ33,32284+0%

46Wabash County, ININ30,71385+0%

47Blackford County, ININ11,73085+0%

48Jefferson County, ININ33,27988+0%

49Whitley County, ININ35,04691+0%

50LaGrange County, ININ41,30592+0%

51Dubois County, ININ44,01693+0%

52Miami County, ININ34,48797+0%

53Adams County, ININ36,65099+0%

54Cass County, ININ37,83699+0%

55Huntington County, ININ37,224100+0%

56Marshall County, ININ46,599102+0%

57Lawrence County, ININ45,568102+0%

58Shelby County, ININ45,882106+0%

59Steuben County, ININ34,799108+0%

60Boone County, ININ80,689109+0%

61DeKalb County, ININ44,535111+0%

62Noble County, ININ47,937113+0%

63Fayette County, ININ23,533119+0%

64Scott County, ININ25,053121+0%

65Henry County, ININ49,137124+0%

66Warrick County, ININ66,803136+0%

67Kosciusko County, ININ80,892139+0%

68Dearborn County, ININ51,609151+0%

69Morgan County, ININ74,967165+0%

70Bartholomew County, ININ85,729176+0%

71Wayne County, ININ66,169177+0%

72Grant County, ININ66,524177+0%

73Hancock County, ININ90,969181+0%

74LaPorte County, ININ111,294184+0%

75Hendricks County, ININ193,510256+0%

76Clark County, ININ130,451259+0%

77Vigo County, ININ106,512262+0%

78Howard County, ININ83,904290+0%

79Madison County, ININ135,088295+0%

80Tippecanoe County, ININ190,456299+0%

81Delaware County, ININ113,106303+0%

82Monroe County, ININ143,345306+0%

83Porter County, ININ176,049351+0%

84Johnson County, ININ174,262360+0%

85Elkhart County, ININ208,774395+0%

86Hamilton County, ININ387,036463+0%

87Floyd County, ININ82,153477+0%

88Allen County, ININ402,329505+0%

89St. Joseph County, ININ272,861580+0%

90Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995737+0%

91Lake County, ININ504,612971+0%

92Marion County, ININ992,1962,173+0%

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