Ranking of Indiana Counties By the Poverty Rate of the White Alone Racial Group in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for the White Alone racial group in Indiana was 10.35%. Among all Indiana counties, the White Alone racial group had the highest poverty rate in Switzerland County (20.5%), followed by Monroe County (19.56%), and Vigo County (18.65%). On the other hand, the White Alone racial group had the lowest poverty rate in the following 3 counties: Hendricks County (3.49%), Hamilton County (3.61%), and Hancock County (4.7%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Indiana counties where the White Alone racial group had high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all Indiana counties.
You can see similar ranking for other racial and ethnicity groups in Indiana.
You can also see similar ranking of counties for other states as well as for the whole United States.
| Rank | County | Poverty Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland County | 20.50 |
| 2 | Monroe County | 19.56 |
| 3 | Vigo County | 18.65 |
| 4 | Delaware County | 18.44 |
| 5 | Crawford County | 17.87 |
| 6 | Blackford County | 17.45 |
| 7 | Fayette County | 16.94 |
| 8 | Scott County | 16.92 |
| 9 | Benton County | 16.50 |
| 10 | Parke County | 15.87 |
| 10 | Tippecanoe County | 15.87 |
| 11 | Miami County | 15.65 |
| 12 | Grant County | 15.49 |
| 13 | Wayne County | 15.25 |
| 14 | Vermillion County | 15.12 |
| 15 | Owen County | 14.46 |
| 16 | Starke County | 14.45 |
| 17 | Adams County | 13.83 |
| 18 | Knox County | 13.73 |
| 18 | Orange County | 13.73 |
| 19 | Jay County | 13.65 |
| 20 | Sullivan County | 13.48 |
| 21 | Madison County | 13.18 |
| 22 | Fulton County | 13.11 |
| 23 | Henry County | 13.01 |
| 24 | Vanderburgh County | 12.94 |
| 25 | Greene County | 12.73 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 12.73 |
| 26 | Wabash County | 12.32 |
| 27 | Washington County | 12.28 |
| 28 | LaPorte County | 12.27 |
| 29 | Cass County | 12.11 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 11.99 |
| 31 | Martin County | 11.79 |
| 32 | Marion County | 11.74 |
| 33 | Rush County | 11.70 |
| 34 | Jennings County | 11.47 |
| 35 | Bartholomew County | 11.37 |
| 36 | Warren County | 11.32 |
| 37 | Marshall County | 11.21 |
| 38 | Randolph County | 11.17 |
| 39 | Montgomery County | 11.02 |
| 40 | Pulaski County | 10.82 |
| 41 | St. Joseph County | 10.77 |
| 42 | Clinton County | 10.76 |
| 43 | Gibson County | 10.73 |
| 44 | Lawrence County | 10.58 |
| 45 | Daviess County | 10.54 |
| 46 | Newton County | 10.53 |
| 47 | Decatur County | 10.50 |
| 48 | Pike County | 10.41 |
| 49 | Ripley County | 10.28 |
| 50 | Steuben County | 10.23 |
| 51 | Fountain County | 10.20 |
| 52 | Howard County | 10.15 |
| 52 | Perry County | 10.15 |
| 53 | DeKalb County | 10.10 |
| 54 | Tipton County | 10.04 |
| 55 | Putnam County | 9.98 |
| 56 | Huntington County | 9.84 |
| 57 | Ohio County | 9.49 |
| 58 | Clay County | 9.39 |
| 59 | Elkhart County | 9.25 |
| 60 | Dearborn County | 9.03 |
| 60 | Porter County | 9.03 |
| 61 | Dubois County | 8.96 |
| 62 | Whitley County | 8.83 |
| 63 | Allen County | 8.73 |
| 64 | Clark County | 8.59 |
| 65 | Posey County | 8.48 |
| 65 | Shelby County | 8.48 |
| 66 | Lake County | 8.35 |
| 67 | Kosciusko County | 8.23 |
| 68 | Morgan County | 8.17 |
| 69 | Brown County | 8.10 |
| 70 | Harrison County | 7.87 |
| 71 | Floyd County | 7.83 |
| 72 | Jasper County | 7.79 |
| 73 | Johnson County | 7.51 |
| 74 | White County | 7.44 |
| 75 | Spencer County | 7.24 |
| 76 | Wells County | 7.01 |
| 77 | Noble County | 6.91 |
| 78 | Franklin County | 6.84 |
| 79 | Carroll County | 6.47 |
| 80 | Boone County | 5.36 |
| 81 | LaGrange County | 5.31 |
| 81 | Warrick County | 5.31 |
| 82 | Union County | 5.02 |
| 83 | Hancock County | 4.70 |
| 84 | Hamilton County | 3.61 |
| 85 | Hendricks County | 3.49 |