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Poverty Rate in Indiana, by County

Poverty Rate for every county in Indiana, ranked. The highest is Crawford County at 22.9% and the lowest is Hamilton County at 4.4%.

Indiana: 12.3% · United States: 12.5% · median county in Indiana: 11.9%

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#County Poverty Rate
1Crawford County22.9%
2Grant County19.8%
3Monroe County19.7%
4Delaware County19.6%
5Tippecanoe County19.2%
6Vigo County19.2%
7Fayette County17.9%
8Wayne County17.9%
9Scott County16.6%
10Martin County16.3%
11Blackford County16.2%
12Parke County16.2%
13Randolph County15.8%
14Fulton County15.3%
15Marion County15.3%
16Vermillion County15.3%
17Miami County15.1%
18Perry County15.0%
19Jay County14.4%
20Washington County14.4%
21Lake County14.3%
22Vanderburgh County14.3%
23St. Joseph County14.2%
24Newton County14.0%
25Benton County13.9%
26Sullivan County13.9%
27Knox County13.7%
28Henry County13.6%
29LaPorte County13.6%
30Howard County13.4%
31Madison County13.4%
32Orange County13.4%
33Starke County13.4%
34Cass County13.2%
35Shelby County13.0%
36Greene County12.8%
37Jennings County12.6%
38Switzerland County12.6%
39Allen County12.5%
40Elkhart County12.4%
41Fountain County12.4%
42Jackson County12.3%
43Jefferson County12.3%
44Owen County12.3%
45Lawrence County12.2%
46Pulaski County12.1%
47Rush County11.9%
48Clay County11.7%
49Daviess County11.7%
50Marshall County11.7%
51Adams County11.2%
52Tipton County11.2%
53Wabash County11.1%
54Dubois County11.0%
55Warren County11.0%
56Gibson County10.8%
57Pike County10.7%
58Bartholomew County10.5%
59Montgomery County10.5%
60Floyd County10.3%
61Clark County10.2%
62Decatur County10.2%
63White County10.2%
64Posey County10.1%
65Ripley County10.1%
66Huntington County9.9%
67Whitley County9.9%
68Clinton County9.8%
69Kosciusko County9.8%
70Porter County9.6%
71DeKalb County9.5%
72Morgan County9.3%
73Steuben County9.3%
74Noble County9.2%
75Carroll County8.8%
76Putnam County8.7%
77Union County8.5%
78Jasper County8.4%
79Ohio County8.1%
80Brown County7.8%
81Dearborn County7.6%
82Spencer County7.5%
83Johnson County7.4%
84Harrison County7.2%
85Wells County7.2%
86Warrick County7.0%
87Franklin County6.9%
88LaGrange County5.9%
89Hendricks County5.3%
90Hancock County4.7%
91Boone County4.5%
92Hamilton County4.4%

Share of people living below the federal poverty line.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Indiana ranks 23rd of 52 states for poverty rate.

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