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Most sparsely populated, Indiana counties · 2020

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

01Benton County, ININ8,88321−7%

02Warren County, ININ8,47423+0%

03Pulaski County, ININ12,46329−9%

04Martin County, ININ9,85629−5%

05Newton County, ININ14,18834−5%

06Crawford County, ININ10,50934−2%

07Parke County, ININ16,64236−6%

08Pike County, ININ12,00337−5%

09Rush County, ININ16,76741−8%

10Fountain County, ININ17,01342−8%

11Union County, ININ6,86344−4%

12Switzerland County, ININ10,03744+7%

13Sullivan County, ININ20,83147−4%

14White County, ININ25,16449−2%

15Brown County, ININ15,77750+3%

16Orange County, ININ19,83450+3%

17Spencer County, ININ20,06150−3%

18Perry County, ININ19,38950+1%

19Jay County, ININ20,11853−6%

20Randolph County, ININ24,43854−11%

21Carroll County, ININ20,65555+1%

22Washington County, ININ28,38355+4%

23Owen County, ININ21,88655−2%

24Fulton County, ININ20,09156−0%

25Greene County, ININ31,16557−7%

26Jasper County, ININ33,89459+10%

27Tipton County, ININ15,31959−7%

28Franklin County, ININ23,28659+3%

29Vermillion County, ININ15,48860−8%

30Posey County, ININ24,98862−7%

31Ripley County, ININ29,43465+9%

32Gibson County, ININ33,09168+2%

33Ohio County, ININ5,99469+6%

34Knox County, ININ35,65270−8%

35Decatur County, ININ26,57671+8%

36Jennings County, ININ27,62273+0%

37Blackford County, ININ11,73073−14%

38Clay County, ININ26,41074−0%

39Wabash County, ININ30,71375−11%

40Montgomery County, ININ38,95475+1%

41Starke County, ININ23,42576−1%

42Putnam County, ININ37,87676+2%

43Wells County, ININ28,88377+2%

44Daviess County, ININ34,20978+12%

45Harrison County, ININ40,43782+16%

46Clinton County, ININ33,32282−2%

47Jackson County, ININ47,37091+12%

48Cass County, ININ37,83692−7%

49Jefferson County, ININ33,27992+5%

50Huntington County, ININ37,22496−4%

51Miami County, ININ34,48796−0%

52Lawrence County, ININ45,568100−2%

53Whitley County, ININ35,046102+11%

54Dubois County, ININ44,016102+10%

55Marshall County, ININ46,599104+2%

56Adams County, ININ36,650106+6%

57LaGrange County, ININ41,305107+16%

58Fayette County, ININ23,533109−9%

59Shelby County, ININ45,882110+4%

60Steuben County, ININ34,799112+4%

61Noble County, ININ47,937116+3%

62DeKalb County, ININ44,535119+7%

63Henry County, ININ49,137125+1%

64Scott County, ININ25,053128+6%

65Kosciusko County, ININ80,892151+8%

66Grant County, ININ66,524161−9%

67Wayne County, ININ66,169166−6%

68Dearborn County, ININ51,609166+10%

69Warrick County, ININ66,803166+22%

70Boone County, ININ80,689167+54%

71Morgan County, ININ74,967178+8%

72LaPorte County, ININ111,294188+2%

73Bartholomew County, ININ85,729202+15%

74Hancock County, ININ90,969261+44%

75Vigo County, ININ106,512263+0%

76Delaware County, ININ113,106285−6%

77Howard County, ININ83,904285−2%

78Madison County, ININ135,088288−2%

79Clark County, ININ130,451325+26%

80Monroe County, ININ143,345354+16%

81Tippecanoe County, ININ190,456373+25%

82Porter County, ININ176,049414+18%

83Hendricks County, ININ193,510430+68%

84Elkhart County, ININ208,774447+13%

85Johnson County, ININ174,262505+40%

86Floyd County, ININ82,153542+14%

87Allen County, ININ402,329586+16%

88St. Joseph County, ININ272,861596+3%

89Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995772+5%

90Hamilton County, ININ387,036881+90%

91Lake County, ININ504,6121,000+3%

92Marion County, ININ992,1962,468+14%

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