Ranking of Indiana Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on December 6, 2023.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Poverty Rate for Indiana was 12.5%. Among all Indiana counties, Monroe County had the highest poverty rate (21.83%), followed by Delaware County (20.57%), and Switzerland County (20.55%). On the other hand, the following 3 counties had the lowest poverty rate: Hamilton County (3.96%), Hancock County (4.81%), and Union County (5.07%).
The chart below shows the top 10 Indiana counties with high poverty rate, and the table below shows the ranking of all Indiana counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties for other states as well as for the whole United States.
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Related Topics: Indiana ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census - ACS 5-Year Estimates (2021).
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Poverty Rate in 2021
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| Rank | County | Poverty Rate (%) |
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| 1 | Monroe County | 21.83 |
| 2 | Delaware County | 20.57 |
| 3 | Switzerland County | 20.55 |
| 4 | Vigo County | 19.81 |
| 5 | Crawford County | 19.19 |
| 6 | Grant County | 18.82 |
| 7 | Tippecanoe County | 18.45 |
| 8 | Blackford County | 18.21 |
| 9 | Fayette County | 16.96 |
| 10 | Benton County | 16.71 |
| 11 | Scott County | 16.58 |
| 12 | Wayne County | 16.40 |
| 13 | Marion County | 15.91 |
| 14 | Miami County | 15.62 |
| 15 | Parke County | 15.50 |
| 16 | Adams County | 15.33 |
| 17 | Vanderburgh County | 15.25 |
| 18 | Vermillion County | 15.19 |
| 19 | Madison County | 15.10 |
| 20 | Knox County | 15.08 |
| 21 | Starke County | 14.82 |
| 22 | Lake County | 14.75 |
| 23 | Jay County | 14.74 |
| 24 | St. Joseph County | 14.45 |
| 25 | LaPorte County | 14.32 |
| 26 | Owen County | 14.25 |
| 27 | Fulton County | 14.22 |
| 28 | Sullivan County | 14.00 |
| 29 | Jefferson County | 13.78 |
| 30 | Henry County | 13.65 |
| 31 | Orange County | 13.64 |
| 32 | Jackson County | 13.35 |
| 33 | Cass County | 13.25 |
| 34 | Greene County | 12.82 |
| 35 | Jennings County | 12.51 |
| 36 | Martin County | 12.44 |
| 37 | Wabash County | 12.37 |
| 38 | Allen County | 12.35 |
| 39 | Washington County | 12.22 |
| 40 | Montgomery County | 12.21 |
| 41 | Randolph County | 12.16 |
| 42 | Howard County | 11.63 |
| 43 | Bartholomew County | 11.62 |
| 44 | Warren County | 11.53 |
| 45 | Pulaski County | 11.47 |
| 46 | Rush County | 11.45 |
| 47 | Marshall County | 11.43 |
| 48 | Elkhart County | 11.40 |
| 49 | Newton County | 11.29 |
| 50 | Fountain County | 11.01 |
| 51 | Daviess County | 10.99 |
| 52 | Lawrence County | 10.98 |
| 53 | Gibson County | 10.77 |
| 54 | Clinton County | 10.63 |
| 54 | Perry County | 10.63 |
| 55 | Tipton County | 10.62 |
| 56 | Huntington County | 10.52 |
| 57 | DeKalb County | 10.36 |
| 58 | Decatur County | 10.33 |
| 58 | Steuben County | 10.33 |
| 59 | Dubois County | 10.25 |
| 60 | Ripley County | 10.19 |
| 61 | Pike County | 10.15 |
| 62 | Porter County | 10.11 |
| 63 | Ohio County | 9.96 |
| 64 | Clark County | 9.95 |
| 65 | Putnam County | 9.75 |
| 66 | Clay County | 9.54 |
| 67 | Floyd County | 9.49 |
| 68 | Posey County | 9.33 |
| 69 | Shelby County | 9.32 |
| 70 | Dearborn County | 9.31 |
| 71 | Whitley County | 9.13 |
| 72 | Kosciusko County | 8.94 |
| 73 | Morgan County | 8.86 |
| 74 | Brown County | 8.65 |
| 75 | White County | 8.64 |
| 76 | Harrison County | 8.43 |
| 77 | Jasper County | 8.12 |
| 78 | Johnson County | 7.60 |
| 79 | Spencer County | 7.40 |
| 80 | Noble County | 7.32 |
| 81 | Wells County | 7.04 |
| 82 | Franklin County | 6.93 |
| 83 | Carroll County | 6.47 |
| 84 | Boone County | 5.87 |
| 85 | Warrick County | 5.64 |
| 86 | LaGrange County | 5.32 |
| 87 | Hendricks County | 5.20 |
| 88 | Union County | 5.07 |
| 89 | Hancock County | 4.81 |
| 90 | Hamilton County | 3.96 |