Census 2000 Median Family Income (1999 Income) Compared to 1990 (1989 Income)

Note:   1989 median is adjusted to 1999 dollars

County1999Rank1989(adj)RankChangeRank in
  Change
% ChangeRank in %
  Change
Indiana $50,261    NA $44,234    NA 6,027    NA 13.6    NA
Adams County $46,749 49 $41,939 39 4,810 69 11.5 65
Allen County $52,708 14 $49,145 8 3,563 86 7.2 90
Bartholomew County $52,097 17 $46,976 13 5,121 66 10.9 69
Benton County $46,869 48 $40,149 54 6,720 29 16.7 31
Blackford County $41,758 79 $39,098 61 2,660 91 6.8 91
Boone County $58,879 6 $52,544 5 6,335 38 12.1 60
Brown County $49,252 33 $42,057 38 7,195 24 17.1 28
Carroll County $50,216 25 $42,591 35 7,625 19 17.9 23
Cass County $46,506 52 $40,297 52 6,209 41 15.4 39
Clark County $47,412 44 $41,755 42 5,657 52 13.5 54
Clay County $41,863 75 $37,284 73 4,579 71 12.3 58
Clinton County $48,864 37 $40,325 50 8,539 10 21.2 10
Crawford County $37,869 92 $30,249 92 7,620 20 25.2 3
Daviess County $41,818 77 $35,138 87 6,680 30 19.0 19
Dearborn County $54,806 9 $46,348 17 8,458 11 18.2 21
Decatur County $46,453 53 $41,936 40 4,517 74 10.8 71
DeKalb County $51,676 19 $45,234 23 6,442 37 14.2 49
Delaware County $45,394 60 $41,173 47 4,221 77 10.3 78
Dubois County $52,342 16 $47,103 12 5,239 60 11.1 67
Elkhart County $50,438 24 $45,622 21 4,816 68 10.6 76
Fayette County $46,111 55 $39,641 56 6,470 36 16.3 33
Floyd County $52,401 15 $42,940 33 9,461 5 22.0 7
Fountain County $43,330 67 $37,339 72 5,991 43 16.0 35
Franklin County $50,171 26 $41,233 46 8,938 8 21.7 8
Fulton County $44,865 62 $38,936 63 5,929 45 15.2 41
Gibson County $44,839 63 $41,635 43 3,204 89 7.7 87
Grant County $44,304 64 $40,299 51 4,005 81 9.9 82
Greene County $41,523 81 $35,595 84 5,928 46 16.7 31
Hamilton County $80,239 1 $66,408 1 13,831 1 20.8 12
Hancock County $63,083 2 $54,364 4 8,719 9 16.0 35
Harrison County $48,542 41 $40,441 49 8,101 16 20.0 13
Hendricks County $61,689 4 $57,439 2 4,250 76 7.4 88
Henry County $45,470 59 $39,687 55 5,783 49 14.6 47
Howard County $53,051 11 $47,894 9 5,157 64 10.8 71
Huntington County $49,031 36 $43,351 29 5,680 51 13.1 55
Jackson County $45,210 61 $39,184 60 6,026 42 15.4 39
Jasper County $50,132 27 $41,905 41 8,227 13 19.6 15
Jay County $41,850 76 $35,977 80 5,873 47 16.3 33
Jefferson County $45,712 58 $38,427 66 7,285 22 19.0 19
Jennings County $42,519 73 $37,362 71 5,157 64 13.8 52
Johnson County $60,571 5 $51,508 6 9,063 7 17.6 24
Knox County $41,273 85 $35,992 79 5,281 58 14.7 46
Kosciusko County $49,532 31 $46,136 19 3,396 88 7.4 88
LaGrange County $46,885 47 $38,732 65 8,153 14 21.0 11
Lake County $50,131 28 $46,209 18 3,922 82 8.5 84
LaPorte County $49,872 29 $43,086 32 6,786 28 15.7 37
Lawrence County $43,109 68 $39,072 62 4,037 80 10.3 78
Madison County $46,663 51 $43,260 30 3,403 87 7.9 86
Marion County $49,387 32 $45,495 22 3,892 84 8.6 83
Marshall County $48,527 42 $41,262 45 7,265 23 17.6 24
Martin County $43,550 66 $35,857 81 7,693 18 21.5 9
Miami County $45,816 57 $35,607 83 10,209 3 28.7 1
Monroe County $51,058 22 $42,646 34 8,412 12 19.7 14
Montgomery County $48,779 39 $43,233 31 5,546 54 12.8 56
Morgan County $52,851 13 $47,323 10 5,528 55 11.7 63
Newton County $46,741 50 $42,197 37 4,544 72 10.8 71
Noble County $49,037 35 $43,812 27 5,225 61 11.9 61
Ohio County $48,801 38 $39,298 58 9,503 4 24.2 4
Orange County $38,505 91 $32,204 91 6,301 40 19.6 15
Owen County $41,282 84 $35,311 86 5,971 44 16.9 29
Parke County $40,656 88 $37,535 70 3,121 90 8.3 85
Perry County $43,743 65 $37,204 74 6,539 35 17.6 24
Pike County $41,420 82 $36,245 77 5,175 62 14.3 48
Porter County $61,880 3 $54,418 3 7,462 21 13.7 53
Posey County $53,737 10 $47,155 11 6,582 34 14.0 51
Pulaski County $41,028 86 $39,294 59 1,734 92 4.4 92
Putnam County $45,916 56 $41,391 44 4,525 73 10.9 69
Randolph County $40,855 87 $37,055 75 3,800 85 10.3 78
Ripley County $47,019 46 $41,162 48 5,857 48 14.2 49
Rush County $42,633 71 $38,151 67 4,482 75 11.7 63
St. Joseph County $49,653 30 $44,395 25 5,258 59 11.8 62
Scott County $39,475 89 $33,150 90 6,325 39 19.1 18
Shelby County $51,271 21 $44,675 24 6,596 31 14.8 45
Spencer County $49,123 34 $43,631 28 5,492 56 12.6 57
Starke County $42,355 74 $34,426 89 7,929 17 23.0 6
Steuben County $50,567 23 $43,974 26 6,593 33 15.0 42
Sullivan County $39,290 90 $35,380 85 3,910 83 11.1 67
Switzerland County $41,395 83 $35,831 82 5,564 53 15.5 38
Tippecanoe County $51,791 18 $46,818 15 4,973 67 10.6 76
Tipton County $56,080 7 $46,888 14 9,192 6 19.6 15
Union County $41,752 80 $36,308 76 5,444 57 15.0 42
Vanderburgh County $47,416 43 $42,256 36 5,160 63 12.2 59
Vermillion County $41,809 78 $37,768 69 4,041 79 10.7 75
Vigo County $42,957 69 $38,768 64 4,189 78 10.8 71
Wabash County $47,067 45 $40,273 53 6,794 27 16.9 29
Warren County $48,647 40 $37,990 68 10,657 2 28.1 2
Warrick County $55,497 8 $49,805 7 5,692 50 11.4 66
Washington County $42,618 72 $34,476 88 8,142 15 23.6 5
Wayne County $42,811 70 $36,217 78 6,594 32 18.2 21
Wells County $51,517 20 $46,724 16 4,793 70 10.3 78
White County $46,436 54 $39,532 57 6,904 25 17.5 27
Whitley County $52,872 12 $46,018 20 6,854 26 14.9 44
Important note on adjusting for inflation:
1989 median income figures adjusted to 1999 constant dollars based on the BLS CPI-U-RS which is 187.0 for 1989 and 242.7 for 1999.


Data Source:  US Census Bureau
Calculations:   Indiana Business Research Center,   IU Kelley School of Business

This table was produced by STATS Indiana on Jun 24, 2002