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Most sparsely populated, Indiana counties · 2020

Indiana counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2020). This list covers the 92 counties in Indiana that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 92 is 91.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Benton County, ININ8,88321−7%

02Warren County, ININ8,474230%

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, ININ20,091560%

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, ININ27,622730%

37Blackford County, ININ11,73073−14%

38Clay County, ININ26,410740%

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, ININ34,487960%

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, ININ106,5122630%

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