Monthly Average Persons Percent ChangPercent of Population Receiving Fo 1999 2000 99 to '00 1999 2000 Indiana 299,879 ÿ297,341 -0.8 5.0 5.1 Adams 832 867 4.2 2.5 2.5 Allen 15,175 15,069 -0.7 4.8 4.8 Bartholomew 2,571 2,586 0.6 3.6 3.7 Benton 211 237 12.3 2.0 2.4 Blackford 900 929 3.2 6.5 6.7 Boone 837 883 5.5 2.0 2.0 Brown 467 438 -6.2 2.5 2.8 Carroll 444 414 -6.8 1.9 2.3 Cass 1,715 1,746 1.8 4.2 4.5 Clark 4,410 4,232 -4.0 4.6 4.4 Clay 1,346 1,221 -9.3 5.0 4.5 Clinton 1,103 1,144 3.7 3.3 3.8 Crawford 910 887 -2.5 7.9 8.0 Daviess 1,444 1,554 7.6 5.1 5.6 Dearborn 1,348 1,337 -0.8 2.9 2.9 Decatur 934 907 -2.9 3.6 3.7 Dekalb 656 714 8.8 1.7 1.9 Delaware 8,081 7,942 -1.7 6.8 6.7 Dubois 495 547 10.5 1.2 1.5 Elkhart 7,382 6,845 -7.3 4.0 4.0 Fayette 1,678 1,665 -0.8 6.3 6.4 Floyd 3,835 3,696 -3.6 5.3 5.1 Fountain 612 593 -3.1 3.0 3.1 Franklin 662 713 7.7 3.0 3.5 Fulton 697 662 -5.0 3.5 3.1 Gibson 1,055 1,115 5.7 3.4 3.5 Grant 5,256 5,263 0.1 7.1 7.4 Greene 1,308 1,360 4.0 4.0 4.0 Hamilton 1,579 1,476 -6.5 0.9 0.8 Hancock 884 959 8.5 1.6 1.8 Harrison 1,429 1,275 -10.8 3.7 3.5 Hendricks 1,262 1,125 -10.9 1.2 1.2 Henry 2,712 2,748 1.3 5.6 5.6 Howard 4,370 4,374 0.1 5.1 5.4 Huntington 1,062 1,038 -2.3 2.6 2.7 Jackson 1,460 1,224 -16.2 3.2 3.0 Jasper 894 848 -5.1 2.8 2.8 Jay 706 799 13.2 3.4 3.8 Jefferson 1,557 1,535 -1.4 4.9 4.8 Jennings 940 854 -9.1 2.9 2.9 Johnson 2,385 2,465 3.4 2.2 2.2 Knox 3,268 3,258 -0.3 8.2 8.6 Kosciusko 981 1,064 8.5 1.5 1.6 Lagrange 378 387 2.4 1.1 1.1 Lake 48,537 48,537 0.0 10.1 10.1 LaPorte 5,743 5,747 0.1 5.2 5.4 Lawrence 1,898 1,733 -8.7 4.1 3.6 Madison 7,499 7,363 -1.8 5.6 5.7 Marion 55,167 55,647 0.9 6.6 7.1 Marshall 1,063 1,183 11.3 2.3 2.8 Martin 541 607 12.2 5.9 6.0 Miami 1,665 1,560 -6.3 4.7 4.6 Monroe 4,111 4,037 -1.8 3.5 3.5 Montgomery 1,607 1,705 6.1 4.7 4.6 Morgan 2,566 2,689 4.8 4.1 4.0 Newton 656 587 -10.5 4.0 4.0 Noble 775 820 5.8 1.8 2.0 Ohio 110 129 17.3 2.0 2.3 Orange 1,398 1,350 -3.4 6.9 6.7 Owen 1,085 1,159 6.8 4.9 5.9 Parke 855 772 -9.7 5.0 4.3 Perry 655 662 1.1 3.3 3.7 Pike 653 662 1.4 5.4 5.1 Porter 3,280 3,245 -1.1 2.3 2.1 Posey 1,242 1,219 -1.9 4.6 4.3 Pulaski 610 617 1.1 4.9 5.0 Putnam 948 842 -11.2 2.6 2.5 Randolph 1,552 1,516 -2.3 5.8 5.5 Ripley 745 776 4.2 2.9 2.8 Rush 654 594 -9.2 3.0 3.4 St. Joseph 16,565 15,846 -4.3 6.3 6.2 Scott 1,921 1,848 -3.8 8.2 8.1 Shelby 1,262 1,412 11.9 2.9 3.4 Spencer 654 581 -11.2 2.8 2.7 Starke 1,370 1,389 1.4 5.5 6.2 Steuben 708 677 -4.4 2.2 2.3 Sullivan 1,620 1,504 -7.2 8.3 7.4 Switzerland 385 386 0.3 4.3 4.1 Tippecanoe 4,476 4,628 3.4 3.3 3.2 Tipton 445 403 -9.4 2.5 2.5 Union 276 259 -6.2 3.8 3.7 Vanderburgh 13,006 12,513 -3.8 7.6 7.6 Vermillion 682 697 2.2 4.1 3.8 Vigo 8,153 7,952 -2.5 7.7 7.7 Wabash 810 857 5.8 2.4 2.8 Warren 201 229 13.9 2.3 3.2 Warrick 1,368 1,325 -3.1 2.5 2.5 Washington 1,441 1,458 1.2 5.2 4.6 Wayne 4,708 4,631 -1.6 6.5 6.2 Wells 484 493 1.9 1.9 1.8 White 993 968 -2.5 3.9 3.7 Whitley 507 535 5.5 1.6 1.7 Source: Family & Social Services Administration (FSSA) Indiana Business Research Center