Ranking of Indiana Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018

Updated on June 21, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Death Rate per 1K for Indiana was 9.84. Among all Indiana counties, Fayette County had the highest death rate (15.38), followed by Ohio County (14.81), and Wabash County (14.69).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Indiana counties.

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Ranking of Indiana Counties By Death Rate per 1K in 2018
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Rank County Death Rate
1 Fayette County 15.38
2 Ohio County 14.81
3 Wabash County 14.69
4 Scott County 14.63
5 Wayne County 14.3
6 Blackford County 13.78
7 Crawford County 13.54
7 Vermillion County 13.54
8 Fountain County 13.38
9 Randolph County 13.33
10 Howard County 13.12
11 Grant County 12.82
12 Switzerland County 12.78
13 Pulaski County 12.62
14 Clinton County 12.57
15 Jay County 12.5
16 White County 12.49
17 Fulton County 12.46
18 Gibson County 12.32
18 Pike County 12.32
19 Starke County 12.2
20 Clay County 12.18
21 Tipton County 12.17
22 Knox County 12.16
23 Greene County 12.13
24 Henry County 12.04
25 Jefferson County 11.96
26 Rush County 11.9
27 Delaware County 11.88
28 Ripley County 11.87
29 Lawrence County 11.83
30 Madison County 11.81
31 Montgomery County 11.65
32 Jennings County 11.6
33 Newton County 11.57
34 Wells County 11.37
35 Jackson County 11.34
35 Perry County 11.34
36 Washington County 11.31
37 Owen County 11.28
38 Decatur County 11.22
39 Floyd County 11.19
40 Miami County 11.15
41 Vanderburgh County 11.14
42 Brown County 11.1
43 Clark County 11.02
44 LaPorte County 11.01
45 Shelby County 10.93
46 Cass County 10.86
47 Vigo County 10.84
48 Orange County 10.83
49 Huntington County 10.7
50 Sullivan County 10.64
51 Lake County 10.61
52 Union County 10.5
53 Warrick County 10.49
54 Daviess County 10.45
55 St. Joseph County 10.43
56 Dearborn County 10.42
57 DeKalb County 10.39
57 Morgan County 10.39
58 Martin County 10.3
59 Harrison County 10.22
60 Benton County 10.16
61 Spencer County 10.04
62 Carroll County 9.98
63 Posey County 9.67
64 Franklin County 9.64
64 Putnam County 9.64
65 Marshall County 9.62
66 Dubois County 9.57
67 Porter County 9.56
68 Kosciusko County 9.53
69 Whitley County 9.33
70 Noble County 9.2
71 Jasper County 9.19
72 Allen County 8.99
72 Warren County 8.99
73 Adams County 8.96
74 Bartholomew County 8.9
75 Steuben County 8.87
76 Johnson County 8.86
77 Hancock County 8.79
78 Marion County 8.76
79 Parke County 8.63
80 Elkhart County 8.48
81 Boone County 8.19
82 Hendricks County 7.71
83 LaGrange County 7.53
84 Monroe County 6.85
84 Tippecanoe County 6.85
85 Hamilton County 5.68