Births 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 % Change Indiana 85,055 83,385 83,157 82,918 82,522 83,665 84,058 85,661 85,986 -1.1% Adams 639 546 616 623 607 548 544 590 623 2.6% Allen 5,075 5,021 4,824 4,933 5,030 4,886 5,133 5,274 5,330 -4.8% Bartholomew 1,063 994 1,100 1,024 926 968 955 1,029 1,009 5.4% Benton 123 150 196 132 108 143 119 149 129 -4.7% Blackford 190 177 180 171 171 179 196 184 223 -14.8% Boone 578 582 581 544 571 595 536 586 598 -3.3% Brown 145 119 118 129 171 187 162 153 168 -13.7% Carroll 264 254 212 295 250 264 227 263 242 9.1% Cass 569 568 514 490 494 504 501 522 555 2.5% Clark 1,295 1,245 1,327 1,198 1,212 1,230 1,197 1,261 1,207 7.3% Clay 342 336 334 335 334 329 356 335 366 -6.6% Clinton 495 451 516 462 462 454 463 476 505 -2.0% Crawford 122 117 117 110 140 126 133 123 147 -17.0% Daviess 412 417 441 444 461 442 470 457 458 -10.0% Dearborn 647 639 557 590 565 549 510 571 526 23.0% Decatur 391 380 317 360 318 343 396 368 367 6.5% Dekalb 634 571 581 544 545 546 568 553 568 11.6% Delaware 1,482 1,419 1,388 1,408 1,437 1,411 1,511 1,535 1,557 -4.8% Dubois 535 561 527 597 567 553 593 576 586 -8.7% Elkhart 2,996 2,917 2,720 2,736 2,692 2,723 2,624 2,634 2,712 10.5% Fayette 342 372 357 335 311 306 402 344 375 -8.8% Floyd 853 899 930 933 902 958 893 1,011 937 -9.0% Fountain 255 231 227 243 236 211 244 251 201 26.9% Franklin 279 234 278 247 309 263 314 301 281 -0.7% Fulton 264 293 251 277 247 290 224 273 269 -1.9% Gibson 426 382 382 411 398 427 417 415 424 0.5% Grant 942 853 946 984 989 987 1,002 1,078 1,095 -14.0% Greene 374 372 348 414 375 421 374 398 416 -10.1% Hamilton 2,754 2,421 2,389 2,316 2,208 2,037 1,942 1,880 1,846 49.2% Hancock 725 714 690 687 619 614 570 588 602 20.4% Harrison 459 387 379 389 401 403 394 397 433 6.0% Hendricks 1,187 1,212 1,151 1,067 1,071 1,043 994 961 1,056 12.4% Henry 610 581 626 611 631 595 615 635 625 -2.4% Howard 1,159 1,192 1,217 1,207 1,151 1,300 1,232 1,201 1,265 -8.4% Huntington 506 496 501 522 512 506 504 527 525 -3.6% Jackson 589 621 569 576 537 582 539 568 524 12.4% Jasper 389 362 343 365 345 377 353 376 379 2.6% Jay 331 344 309 310 323 341 322 368 343 -3.5% Jefferson 384 386 430 398 379 420 409 423 392 -2.0% Jennings 419 410 392 374 375 390 363 369 362 15.7% Johnson 1,597 1,448 1,415 1,456 1,398 1,306 1,334 1,332 1,288 24.0% Knox 475 440 496 483 460 462 463 488 502 -5.4% Kosciusko 1,081 1,141 1,070 1,040 1,087 1,064 1,046 1,096 1,139 -5.1% Lagrange 704 673 691 661 639 653 592 687 559 25.9% Lake 7,134 6,903 7,126 7,329 7,313 7,426 7,602 7,686 7,523 -5.2% LaPorte 1,405 1,495 1,395 1,325 1,367 1,463 1,524 1,539 1,555 -9.6% Lawrence 585 611 605 562 616 604 607 557 568 3.0% Madison 1,741 1,698 1,693 1,660 1,691 1,711 1,750 1,776 1,809 -3.8% Marion 13,917 13,884 13,948 13,919 14,068 14,342 14,700 14,995 15,143 -8.1% Marshall 686 703 625 606 603 612 640 630 633 8.4% Martin 145 158 171 149 137 135 148 149 156 -7.1% Miami 443 460 430 424 450 592 620 595 610 -27.4% Monroe 1,264 1,269 1,190 1,162 1,128 1,206 1,199 1,166 1,271 -0.6% Montgomery 468 507 518 493 544 510 475 549 525 -10.9% Morgan 927 899 859 909 812 855 874 822 877 5.7% Newton 153 162 178 151 147 165 175 208 171 -10.5% Noble 719 708 666 692 622 646 631 613 657 9.4% Ohio 59 57 58 57 57 56 58 74 78 -24.4% Orange 235 246 286 236 255 245 209 252 241 -2.5% Owen 221 250 232 238 237 251 262 231 259 -14.7% Parke 183 178 158 186 166 192 181 172 208 -12.0% Perry 207 192 193 206 207 210 208 211 230 -10.0% Pike 164 150 156 125 158 142 149 178 162 1.2% Porter 1,736 1,726 1,667 1,724 1,610 1,649 1,656 1,687 1,623 7.0% Posey 283 268 309 327 352 346 356 344 368 -23.1% Pulaski 185 155 162 174 186 194 184 209 218 -15.1% Putnam 448 411 419 459 435 419 388 396 394 13.7% Randolph 361 350 349 369 362 370 355 351 341 5.9% Ripley 405 418 379 420 383 377 411 414 397 2.0% Rush 245 255 263 264 252 272 257 279 247 -0.8% St. Joseph 3,983 3,767 3,784 3,761 3,649 3,858 3,809 3,825 3,892 2.3% Scott 290 355 347 301 287 322 293 293 329 -11.9% Shelby 560 582 624 550 609 586 596 559 546 2.6% Spencer 265 288 290 257 265 250 255 259 267 -0.7% Starke 306 275 281 340 314 305 322 325 364 -15.9% Steuben 435 439 434 415 470 420 385 460 355 22.5% Sullivan 229 239 262 247 243 222 243 239 227 0.9% Switzerland 112 96 83 100 105 85 92 103 98 14.3% Tippecanoe 1,770 1,804 1,737 1,740 1,772 1,861 1,858 1,845 1,829 -3.2% Tipton 202 179 223 186 208 209 208 204 211 -4.3% Union 97 91 98 96 97 73 109 103 89 9.0% Vanderburgh 2,273 2,163 2,245 2,201 2,287 2,353 2,326 2,354 2,557 -11.1% Vermillion 206 224 233 221 203 223 195 219 191 7.9% Vigo 1,406 1,358 1,409 1,412 1,435 1,462 1,475 1,521 1,488 -5.5% Wabash 388 413 412 445 417 407 434 455 461 -15.8% Warren 101 96 86 85 90 101 104 83 91 11.0% Warrick 618 659 640 621 608 621 594 663 635 -2.7% Washington 350 337 324 335 331 307 326 349 304 15.1% Wayne 918 858 918 903 893 1,008 938 1,000 939 -2.2% Wells 344 383 343 360 382 353 387 370 392 -12.2% White 357 329 353 336 325 316 331 348 309 15.5% Whitley 425 409 443 409 410 397 423 395 434 -2.1% Source: Indiana State Department of Health Indiana Business Research Center