Poverty and Welfare Food Stamp Program Monthly Avg Persons % Change % of Population County 1996 1997 96-97 1996 1997 Indiana 401,876 357,321 -11.1% 7.2% 6.4% Adams 1,253 1,025 -18.2% 4.0% 3.3% Allen 21,436 18,800 -12.3% 7.1% 6.2% Bartholomew 3,152 2,891 -8.3% 5.0% 4.5% Benton 385 338 -12.2% 4.1% 3.6% Blackford 1,046 963 -7.9% 7.4% 6.8% Boone 892 769 -13.8% 2.3% 2.0% Brown 751 595 -20.8% 5.3% 4.2% Carroll 501 483 -3.6% 2.7% 2.6% Cass 2,603 2,083 -20.0% 6.8% 5.4% Clark 6,205 5,530 -10.9% 7.1% 6.3% Clay 1,599 1,477 -7.6% 6.5% 6.0% Clinton 1,471 1,431 -2.7% 4.7% 4.6% Crawford 1,059 1,042 -1.6% 10.7% 10.5% Daviess 1,971 1,778 -9.8% 7.2% 6.5% Dearborn 2,184 1,764 -19.2% 5.6% 4.5% Decatur 1,175 1,043 -11.2% 5.0% 4.4% Dekalb 990 734 -25.9% 2.8% 2.1% Delaware 11,048 9,793 -11.4% 9.2% 8.2% Dubois 594 495 -16.7% 1.6% 1.4% Elkhart 8,932 8,538 -4.4% 5.7% 5.5% Fayette 2,256 1,930 -14.5% 8.7% 7.4% Floyd 5,198 4,610 -11.3% 8.1% 7.2% Fountain 802 715 -10.8% 4.5% 4.0% Franklin 991 813 -18.0% 5.1% 4.2% Fulton 854 806 -5.6% 4.5% 4.3% Gibson 1,599 1,309 -18.1% 5.0% 4.1% Grant 7,046 6,375 -9.5% 9.5% 8.6% Greene 1,635 1,480 -9.5% 5.4% 4.9% Hamilton 2,000 1,694 -15.3% 1.8% 1.6% Hancock 1,042 974 -6.5% 2.3% 2.1% Harrison 2,087 1,903 -8.8% 7.0% 6.4% Hendricks 1,543 1,375 -10.9% 2.0% 1.8% Henry 3,664 3,211 -12.4% 7.6% 6.7% Howard 5,245 4,583 -12.6% 6.5% 5.7% Huntington 1,170 1,092 -6.7% 3.3% 3.1% Jackson 2,010 1,811 -9.9% 5.3% 4.8% Jasper 1,434 1,225 -14.6% 5.7% 4.9% Jay 1,268 1,010 -20.3% 5.9% 4.7% Jefferson 2,083 1,956 -6.1% 7.0% 6.6% Jennings 1,290 966 -25.1% 5.5% 4.1% Johnson 3,086 2,644 -14.3% 3.5% 3.0% Knox 3,646 3,462 -5.0% 9.1% 8.7% Kosciusko 1,258 1,079 -14.2% 1.9% 1.7% Lagrange 445 469 5.4% 1.5% 1.6% Lake 65,224 57,741 -11.5% 13.7% 12.1% Laporte 7,150 6,689 -6.4% 6.7% 6.2% Lawrence 2,724 2,385 -12.4% 6.4% 5.6% Madison 10,261 9,092 -11.4% 7.9% 7.0% Marion 79,036 68,871 -12.9% 9.9% 8.6% Marshall 1,495 1,315 -12.0% 3.5% 3.1% Martin 790 668 -15.4% 7.6% 6.4% Miami 2,538 2,255 -11.2% 6.9% 6.1% Monroe 4,848 4,398 -9.3% 4.4% 4.0% Montgomery 1,537 1,491 -3.0% 4.5% 4.3% Morgan 3,294 2,883 -12.5% 5.9% 5.2% Newton 838 814 -2.9% 6.2% 6.0% Noble 805 784 -2.6% 2.1% 2.1% Ohio 159 130 -18.2% 3.0% 2.4% Orange 1,652 1,524 -7.7% 9.0% 8.3% Owen 1,301 1,229 -5.5% 7.5% 7.1% Parke 875 884 1.0% 5.7% 5.7% Perry 1,111 928 -16.5% 5.8% 4.9% Pike 1,112 926 -16.7% 8.9% 7.4% Porter 4,365 3,908 -10.5% 3.4% 3.0% Posey 1,655 1,520 -8.2% 6.4% 5.9% Pulaski 845 815 -3.6% 6.7% 6.4% Putnam 1,017 969 -4.7% 3.4% 3.2% Randolph 2,210 2,044 -7.5% 8.1% 7.5% Ripley 1,221 894 -26.8% 5.0% 3.6% Rush 904 730 -19.2% 5.0% 4.0% St. Joseph 20,529 19,126 -6.8% 8.3% 7.7% Scott 2,383 2,151 -9.7% 11.4% 10.2% Shelby 2,034 1,523 -25.1% 5.0% 3.8% Spencer 1,105 938 -15.1% 5.7% 4.8% Starke 1,978 1,675 -15.3% 8.7% 7.4% Steuben 1,191 1,008 -15.4% 4.3% 3.7% Sullivan 1,869 1,811 -3.1% 9.8% 9.5% Switzerland 652 536 -17.8% 8.4% 6.9% Tippecanoe 5,864 5,470 -6.7% 4.5% 4.2% Tipton 711 601 -15.5% 4.4% 3.7% Union 466 349 -25.1% 6.7% 5.0% Vanderburgh 16,289 14,706 -9.7% 9.9% 8.9% Vermillion 878 830 -5.5% 5.2% 4.9% Vigo 8,890 8,629 -2.9% 8.4% 8.1% Wabash 1,271 1,183 -6.9% 3.6% 3.4% Warren 283 197 -30.4% 3.5% 2.4% Warrick 2,040 1,786 -12.5% 4.5% 4.0% Washington 1,887 1,739 -7.8% 8.0% 7.3% Wayne 7,083 5,856 -17.3% 9.8% 8.1% Wells 680 521 -23.4% 2.6% 2.0% White 1,297 1,200 -7.5% 5.6% 5.2% Whitley 634 537 -15.3% 2.3% 1.9%