Number Living Below Poverty Level Compared to 1990

Families and Individuals

CountyFamiliesFamilies w/related children under 5Families w/ female householder w/related children under 5 (no husband present) IndividualsIndividuals 65 and older
2000Rank1990Rank2000Rank1990Rank2000Rank 1990Rank2000Rank1990Rank2000Rank1990Rank
Indiana 107,789    NA 118,225    NA 45,173    NA 47,124    NA 28,086    NA 27,358    NA 559,484    NA 573,632    NA 54,287    NA 69,944    NA
Adams County 525 46 679 38 240 36 369 23 44 78 107 42 3,002 38 3,548 33 363 39 336 70
Allen County 5,792 3 4,440 4 2,868 3 2,089 3 1,969 3 1,348 4 29,807 3 23,409 3 2,271 4 2,616 5
Bartholomew County 1,200 19 1,118 21 441 21 438 21 232 21 169 25 5,164 22 5,365 22 644 21 840 19
Benton County 92 92 163 90 46 90 50 90 22 88 33 86 505 91 748 89 60 91 172 87
Blackford County 241 83 280 82 101 74 121 75 56 70 68 60 1,204 83 1,370 83 177 84 223 85
Boone County 489 48 459 60 138 65 189 54 96 47 80 53 2,337 51 2,355 55 436 31 361 62
Brown County 342 68 182 88 62 87 59 89 27 87 7 91 1,310 80 958 88 186 79 174 86
Carroll County 244 82 292 80 83 80 104 79 35 82 34 85 1,348 79 1,386 82 167 86 263 79
Cass County 522 47 842 29 236 37 321 30 165 28 177 24 3,007 36 3,860 31 301 55 462 44
Clark County 1,601 15 1,944 16 624 17 695 16 386 17 394 16 7,683 17 8,683 16 824 15 1,242 9
Clay County 472 53 629 43 187 48 204 51 84 56 121 33 2,265 54 2,883 48 371 36 538 32
Clinton County 568 43 649 41 246 32 257 40 95 48 130 28 2,824 42 2,835 50 383 34 454 46
Crawford County 337 69 427 66 142 64 138 71 82 59 41 74 1,786 68 1,806 74 204 76 331 72
Daviess County 763 29 925 23 373 23 363 24 166 27 97 47 4,030 26 4,180 24 471 28 694 25
Dearborn County 623 36 757 34 188 47 265 37 120 37 143 27 3,011 35 3,244 36 348 40 378 58
Decatur County 458 57 469 59 179 49 173 59 92 50 40 79 2,248 55 2,107 63 248 66 337 68
DeKalb County 405 62 447 61 190 46 219 47 81 61 71 58 2,331 52 2,249 59 366 37 347 66
Delaware County 2,703 8 3,134 7 974 10 1,136 8 644 8 671 7 16,862 8 18,698 6 1,192 9 1,731 8
Dubois County 310 72 418 68 158 59 121 75 83 57 38 81 2,056 59 2,202 60 348 40 584 29
Elkhart County 2,793 6 2,213 10 1,315 6 948 9 836 6 576 11 14,058 9 10,771 11 1,230 8 1,144 11
Fayette County 429 61 553 52 152 61 175 58 87 54 85 51 1,978 62 2,758 52 289 59 445 47
Floyd County 1,372 18 1,591 18 635 16 688 17 480 13 437 14 6,096 19 6,969 18 582 23 964 13
Fountain County 312 71 329 77 135 68 115 77 80 63 49 67 1,502 76 1,729 76 183 80 399 55
Franklin County 288 76 442 63 104 72 154 67 45 76 47 69 1,556 74 2,059 65 263 65 366 61
Fulton County 288 76 410 72 121 71 156 66 65 66 64 61 1,531 75 1,924 70 226 73 317 75
Gibson County 597 37 701 36 226 41 262 38 135 34 111 39 2,607 46 3,023 42 344 43 598 28
Grant County 1,662 13 2,072 14 679 14 782 15 415 14 428 15 8,112 14 9,238 14 894 13 886 17
Greene County 793 28 920 24 245 33 295 32 109 42 114 36 3,566 30 3,948 26 446 30 554 31
Hamilton County 1,022 22 790 33 409 22 266 36 213 23 124 31 5,300 21 3,877 30 495 26 512 36
Hancock County 306 73 416 71 104 72 160 64 64 67 87 48 1,623 71 2,008 66 304 53 315 76
Harrison County 480 51 617 46 136 66 181 56 105 43 54 63 2,159 56 2,906 46 366 37 476 39
Hendricks County 832 27 545 54 173 53 159 65 100 46 86 50 3,665 28 2,686 53 692 19 474 41
Henry County 838 26 1,393 19 364 24 550 19 231 22 178 23 3,730 27 5,847 20 488 27 793 20
Howard County 1,556 17 2,167 13 823 11 925 10 541 12 602 8 7,944 15 9,182 15 705 17 947 15
Huntington County 379 64 445 62 136 66 139 70 105 43 78 54 2,030 60 2,258 58 268 62 459 45
Jackson County 757 30 889 27 317 28 283 33 198 25 115 35 3,428 31 3,906 29 458 29 607 26
Jasper County 380 63 484 58 133 69 167 61 56 70 87 48 1,923 66 1,901 71 180 82 301 78
Jay County 348 67 437 65 171 54 145 69 89 52 52 64 1,955 65 2,063 64 245 68 359 63
Jefferson County 647 33 732 35 234 39 325 27 125 36 179 22 2,861 40 3,240 37 327 47 493 38
Jennings County 463 55 592 49 167 55 218 48 111 41 29 89 2,511 49 2,926 45 330 46 382 57
Johnson County 1,050 21 1,106 22 474 20 476 20 251 19 259 19 6,337 18 5,905 19 896 12 743 22
Knox County 1,178 20 1,188 20 519 19 393 22 237 20 215 20 5,922 20 5,809 21 693 18 890 16
Kosciusko County 881 25 824 30 313 29 323 29 160 29 181 21 4,668 23 4,258 23 637 22 695 24
LaGrange County 480 51 622 44 203 44 254 41 36 81 36 83 2,668 45 3,332 35 304 53 436 48
Lake County 12,342 2 14,824 2 5,198 2 5,932 2 3,830 2 4,616 2 58,380 2 64,853 2 4,871 2 5,592 2
LaPorte County 1,814 11 2,185 12 798 12 813 14 543 11 528 12 8,994 12 10,112 13 1,299 7 1,148 10
Lawrence County 952 24 871 28 355 26 330 26 180 26 113 38 4,432 24 4,098 25 535 24 717 23
Madison County 2,550 9 3,709 6 986 9 1,594 6 639 9 1,005 6 11,941 11 15,926 9 1,161 10 1,760 7
Marion County 18,640 1 19,334 1 8,047 1 8,422 1 5,569 1 5,723 1 95,827 1 94,131 1 7,217 1 9,883 1
Marshall County 586 40 614 47 235 38 246 43 103 45 103 43 3,017 34 3,131 38 374 35 526 34
Martin County 234 85 319 79 84 79 87 83 32 85 41 74 1,149 84 1,414 81 169 85 229 84
Miami County 593 38 909 26 241 35 354 25 140 31 162 26 2,751 43 3,935 27 242 69 421 51
Monroe County 1,771 12 2,203 11 764 13 833 13 396 16 441 13 20,095 6 18,213 7 718 16 857 18
Montgomery County 631 35 573 51 280 31 258 39 149 30 122 32 3,024 33 3,116 39 343 44 504 37
Morgan County 1,018 23 809 31 360 25 325 27 208 24 121 33 4,367 25 3,690 32 666 20 606 27
Newton County 194 86 244 84 63 86 76 86 35 82 35 84 993 87 1,179 85 182 81 155 89
Noble County 688 31 588 50 340 27 267 35 129 35 114 36 3,588 29 2,994 43 294 57 429 49
Ohio County 94 91 96 92 32 92 30 92 12 92 4 92 398 92 521 92 83 90 118 91
Orange County 489 48 618 45 123 70 186 55 63 68 45 71 2,345 50 2,778 51 342 45 526 34
Owen County 377 65 543 55 97 75 209 50 47 74 71 58 2,006 61 2,310 57 209 75 337 68
Parke County 436 59 421 67 143 63 147 68 74 64 64 61 1,842 67 1,811 73 211 74 410 53
Perry County 362 66 489 57 158 59 180 57 118 38 74 57 1,665 70 2,111 62 239 70 412 52
Pike County 187 87 398 74 62 87 115 77 45 76 32 87 1,019 86 1,639 77 179 83 261 80
Porter County 1,570 16 1,605 17 653 15 627 18 319 18 344 17 8,501 13 7,653 17 846 14 757 21
Posey County 461 56 400 73 179 49 170 60 60 69 78 54 1,972 63 1,958 68 324 48 346 67
Pulaski County 239 84 281 81 87 77 87 83 47 74 42 73 1,110 85 1,350 84 135 87 236 83
Putnam County 591 39 439 64 201 45 190 53 89 52 81 52 2,516 48 2,157 61 426 32 372 60
Randolph County 643 34 701 36 243 34 243 44 114 40 130 28 3,007 36 3,041 40 345 42 471 42
Ripley County 456 58 551 53 152 61 195 52 83 57 51 66 1,960 64 2,559 54 290 58 464 43
Rush County 279 79 417 70 71 85 126 72 29 86 43 72 1,301 81 1,966 67 285 61 327 73
St. Joseph County 5,087 4 4,532 3 2,404 4 2,046 4 1,676 4 1,448 3 26,226 4 22,648 4 2,427 3 2,872 3
Scott County 683 32 915 25 284 30 298 31 140 31 125 30 2,971 39 3,917 28 235 71 400 54
Shelby County 584 41 595 48 224 42 216 49 85 55 110 41 3,221 32 2,874 49 423 33 475 40
Spencer County 276 80 371 75 76 82 126 72 35 82 46 70 1,395 78 1,883 72 196 78 399 55
Starke County 570 42 678 39 175 51 273 34 81 61 103 43 2,564 47 2,993 44 308 50 348 65
Steuben County 432 60 274 83 165 56 82 85 94 49 41 74 2,154 57 1,495 78 266 63 313 77
Sullivan County 471 54 532 56 163 57 166 62 68 65 49 67 2,123 58 2,337 56 264 64 563 30
Switzerland County 272 81 239 85 73 84 89 82 13 91 41 74 1,246 82 1,155 86 106 88 250 82
Tippecanoe County 2,398 10 1,983 15 1,295 7 835 12 606 10 327 18 20,567 5 16,404 8 528 25 950 14
Tipton County 140 89 205 87 75 83 75 87 49 73 38 81 842 88 1,026 87 199 77 169 88
Union County 164 88 135 91 62 87 49 91 14 90 32 87 701 89 648 91 57 92 110 92
Vanderburgh County 3,465 5 4,089 5 1,680 5 1,625 5 1,173 5 1,057 5 18,414 7 20,016 5 1,773 5 2,784 4
Vermillion County 300 75 418 68 86 78 161 63 56 70 77 56 1,558 73 1,925 69 307 52 358 64
Vigo County 2,712 7 2,882 8 1,074 8 1,174 7 661 7 588 10 13,755 10 14,287 10 1,335 6 1,947 6
Wabash County 483 50 671 40 209 43 231 46 137 33 111 39 2,284 53 3,035 41 308 50 427 50
Warren County 98 90 182 88 46 90 61 88 18 89 15 90 541 90 740 90 85 89 122 90
Warrick County 534 45 644 42 162 58 233 45 90 51 102 45 2,751 43 2,906 46 313 49 373 59
Washington County 557 44 804 32 230 40 253 42 82 59 101 46 2,845 41 3,344 34 286 60 532 33
Wayne County 1,636 14 2,294 9 624 17 925 10 402 15 590 9 7,804 16 10,331 12 905 11 1,134 12
Wells County 321 70 323 78 175 51 122 74 116 39 52 64 1,589 72 1,419 80 246 67 255 81
White County 304 74 350 76 83 80 92 81 43 79 41 74 1,739 69 1,770 75 296 56 335 71
Whitley County 287 78 236 86 92 76 100 80 41 80 39 80 1,484 77 1,424 79 234 72 326 74
Data Source:  US Census Bureau
Calculations:   Indiana Business Research Center,   IU Kelley School of Business

This table was produced by STATS Indiana on May 13, 2001