Food Stamp Program 1998 Monthly Average Persons % Change Percentage of Population Receiving Food Stamps County 1998 1997 '98-'97 1998 1997 Indiana 321375 357321 -10.1% 5.2% 6.4% Adams 899 1025 -12.3% 2.6% 3.3% Allen 16317 18800 -13.2% 4.9% 6.2% Bartholomew 2653 2891 -8.2% 3.6% 4.5% Benton 248 338 -26.6% 2.4% 3.6% Blackford 883 963 -8.3% 6.0% 6.8% Boone 798 769 3.8% 1.9% 2.0% Brown 498 595 -16.3% 2.9% 4.2% Carroll 463 483 -4.1% 2.3% 2.6% Cass 1815 2083 -12.9% 4.4% 5.4% Clark 4827 5530 -12.7% 4.9% 6.3% Clay 1431 1477 -3.1% 5.3% 6.0% Clinton 1309 1431 -8.5% 3.5% 4.6% Crawford 990 1042 -5.0% 9.6% 10.5% Daviess 1499 1778 -15.7% 4.8% 6.5% Dearborn 1540 1764 -12.7% 3.1% 4.5% Decatur 963 1043 -7.7% 3.5% 4.4% Dekalb 699 734 -4.8% 1.6% 2.1% Delaware 8814 9793 -10.0% 7.0% 8.2% Dubois 499 495 0.8% 1.3% 1.4% Elkhart 8054 8538 -5.7% 4.6% 5.5% Fayette 1671 1930 -13.4% 6.3% 7.4% Floyd 4177 4610 -9.4% 5.6% 7.2% Fountain 648 715 -9.4% 3.4% 4.0% Franklin 661 813 -18.7% 3.1% 4.2% Fulton 742 806 -7.9% 3.3% 4.3% Gibson 1065 1309 -18.6% 3.2% 4.1% Grant 5658 6375 -11.2% 7.4% 8.6% Greene 1365 1480 -7.8% 4.0% 4.9% Hamilton 1680 1694 -0.8% 1.0% 1.6% Hancock 994 974 2.1% 1.8% 2.1% Harrison 1712 1903 -10.0% 4.6% 6.4% Hendricks 1390 1375 1.1% 1.4% 1.8% Henry 2837 3211 -11.6% 5.4% 6.7% Howard 4412 4583 -3.7% 5.1% 5.7% Huntington 1097 1092 0.5% 3.0% 3.1% Jackson 1646 1811 -9.1% 3.9% 4.8% Jasper 1051 1225 -14.2% 3.5% 4.9% Jay 824 1010 -18.4% 3.5% 4.7% Jefferson 1725 1956 -11.8% 5.3% 6.6% Jennings 951 966 -1.6% 3.3% 4.1% Johnson 2487 2644 -5.9% 2.3% 3.0% Knox 3285 3462 -5.1% 8.3% 8.7% Kosciusko 1011 1079 -6.3% 1.2% 1.7% Lagrange 473 469 0.9% 1.3% 1.6% Lake 51894 57741 -10.1% 10.2% 12.1% LaPorte 6069 6689 -9.3% 5.3% 6.2% Lawrence 2051 2385 -14.0% 4.2% 5.6% Madison 8101 9092 -10.9% 5.7% 7.0% Marion 60576 68871 -12.0% 6.9% 8.6% Marshall 1053 1315 -19.9% 2.3% 3.1% Martin 613 668 -8.2% 5.3% 6.4% Miami 1940 2255 -14.0% 5.3% 6.1% Monroe 4192 4398 -4.7% 3.5% 4.0% Montgomery 1463 1491 -1.9% 3.9% 4.3% Morgan 2546 2883 -11.7% 4.0% 5.2% Newton 723 814 -11.2% 4.4% 6.0% Noble 784 784 0.0% 2.0% 2.1% Ohio 95 130 -26.9% 1.8% 2.4% Orange 1406 1524 -7.7% 7.0% 8.3% Owen 1088 1229 -11.5% 5.3% 7.1% Parke 958 884 8.4% 5.6% 5.7% Perry 698 928 -24.8% 3.2% 4.9% Pike 697 926 -24.7% 4.8% 7.4% Porter 3490 3908 -10.7% 2.2% 3.0% Posey 1364 1520 -10.3% 5.0% 5.9% Pulaski 647 815 -20.6% 4.2% 6.4% Putnam 999 969 3.1% 2.7% 3.2% Randolph 1793 2044 -12.3% 6.2% 7.5% Ripley 730 894 -18.3% 2.5% 3.6% Rush 658 730 -9.9% 3.7% 4.0% St. Joseph 17598 19126 -8.0% 6.5% 7.7% Scott 2064 2151 -4.0% 8.6% 10.2% Shelby 1344 1523 -11.8% 3.1% 3.8% Spencer 788 938 -16.0% 3.2% 4.8% Starke 1416 1675 -15.5% 5.6% 7.4% Steuben 918 1008 -8.9% 2.5% 3.7% Sullivan 1664 1811 -8.1% 7.9% 9.5% Switzerland 428 536 -20.1% 4.5% 6.9% Tippecanoe 4702 5470 -14.0% 3.2% 4.2% Tipton 470 601 -21.8% 2.8% 3.7% Union 329 349 -5.7% 4.1% 5.0% Vanderburgh 13469 14706 -8.4% 8.0% 8.9% Vermillion 762 830 -8.2% 4.2% 4.9% Vigo 8582 8629 -0.5% 7.9% 8.1% Wabash 975 1183 -17.6% 2.5% 3.4% Warren 205 197 4.1% 3.0% 2.4% Warrick 1578 1786 -11.6% 2.8% 4.0% Washington 1531 1739 -12.0% 5.2% 7.3% Wayne 5153 5856 -12.0% 6.8% 8.1% Wells 475 521 -8.8% 1.6% 2.0% White 1056 1200 -12.0% 4.0% 5.2% Whitley 479 537 -10.8% 1.5% 1.9%