Poverty and Welfare Children in Poverty Children Under 18 (Number) Percent of Total Population Poverty Est. 1990 1993Est. 1990 1993 Est. Indiana 203,791 260,217 14.2% 17.3% Adams 1,683 1,856 17.2% 18.2% Allen 8,647 13,894 10.5% 16.3% Bartholomew 1,750 2,191 10.7% 12.7% Benton 219 309 8.3% 11.5% Blackford 437 607 12.3% 17.2% Boone 826 976 8.0% 8.8% Brown 276 503 8.1% 13.8% Carroll 461 534 9.4% 10.4% Cass 1,351 1,746 13.4% 17.2% Clark 3,063 4,021 13.8% 17.3% Clay 982 976 15.2% 14.4% Clinton 982 1,253 11.7% 14.2% Crawford 621 617 22.9% 21.7% Daviess 1,635 1,705 20.8% 20.9% Dearborn 1,195 1,465 10.8% 11.8% Decatur 751 885 11.1% 12.5% Dekalb 890 1,068 8.8% 9.9% Delaware 4,585 5,906 17.7% 22.4% Dubois 556 657 5.5% 6.2% Elkhart 4,324 6,678 9.9% 14.4% Fayette 999 1,270 14.7% 18.2% Floyd 2,705 2,995 16.1% 16.4% Fountain 609 691 13.1% 14.8% Franklin 736 882 12.7% 14.8% Fulton 638 699 12.9% 13.3% Gibson 912 997 11.1% 12.2% Grant 3,290 4,000 18.2% 22.2% Greene 1,403 1,531 18.2% 18.7% Hamilton 1,335 2,049 4.3% 5.3% Hancock 706 1,012 5.6% 7.4% Harrison 1,065 1,328 12.6% 14.8% Hendricks 867 1,367 4.2% 6.0% Henry 2,028 2,293 17.3% 19.1% Howard 3,624 3,999 17.0% 18.2% Huntington 711 1,005 7.3% 9.9% Jackson 1,357 1,593 13.5% 15.0% Jasper 719 886 10.1% 11.2% Jay 669 1,018 11.9% 17.8% Jefferson 1,143 1,363 15.6% 17.9% Jennings 1,068 1,254 16.9% 18.1% Johnson 2,057 2,832 8.8% 10.6% Knox 1,819 1,884 19.9% 20.5% Kosciusko 1,530 2,054 8.2% 10.5% Lagrange 1,611 1,613 16.0% 15.0% Lake 28,153 34,188 21.5% 25.5% Laporte 3,927 4,683 14.7% 16.9% Lawrence 1,364 1,840 12.6% 16.2% Madison 6,321 6,974 19.8% 21.4% Marion 36,252 50,916 18.2% 24.5% Marshall 1,178 1,430 9.9% 11.4% Martin 489 453 17.9% 16.1% Miami 1,560 1,808 15.3% 18.2% Monroe 2,806 3,411 14.3% 16.2% Montgomery 1,009 1,129 11.8% 12.6% Morgan 1,285 2,090 8.4% 12.4% Newton 484 545 12.6% 13.5% Noble 1,274 1,415 11.6% 12.1% Ohio 120 179 8.6% 12.4% Orange 943 994 19.4% 19.8% Owen 816 977 18.0% 19.1% Parke 488 617 13.1% 15.8% Perry 691 677 14.2% 13.8% Pike 600 594 19.9% 19.5% Porter 2,636 3,339 7.5% 8.8% Posey 644 758 8.9% 10.3% Pulaski 494 591 13.7% 16.0% Putnam 737 907 10.7% 11.8% Randolph 1,092 1,451 15.7% 20.7% Ripley 904 946 13.0% 12.5% Rush 640 730 13.4% 14.7% St. Joseph 8,487 11,577 13.8% 18.0% Scott 1,546 1,410 26.9% 23.1% Shelby 1,022 1,479 9.4% 12.9% Spencer 562 641 10.7% 11.7% Starke 1,165 1,376 18.5% 22.2% Steuben 351 765 5.0% 10.1% Sullivan 744 844 15.4% 17.2% Switzerland 428 473 20.4% 21.7% Tippecanoe 2,862 3,903 10.6% 13.4% Tipton 340 455 8.1% 10.7% Union 218 294 11.6% 14.7% Vanderburgh 6,661 8,444 17.1% 21.2% Vermillion 612 653 14.8% 15.6% Vigo 4,461 5,269 18.5% 21.4% Wabash 939 1,113 10.4% 12.4% Warren 240 267 11.1% 12.6% Warrick 1,086 1,316 8.7% 9.6% Washington 1,159 1,337 18.1% 19.2% Wayne 3,699 4,441 20.8% 24.6% Wells 480 677 6.6% 9.1% White 510 729 8.1% 11.2% Whitley 477 651 6.1% 7.9%