Monthly Average Persons Percent CPercentage of Population County 1999 1998 1998-99 1999 1998 Indiana 299,879 321,375 -6.7% 5.0% 5.4% Adams 832 899 -7.5% 2.5% 2.7% Allen 15,175 16,317 -7.0% 4.8% 5.2% Bartholomew 2,571 2,653 -3.1% 3.7% 3.8% Benton 211 248 -14.9% 2.2% 2.5% Blackford 900 883 1.9% 6.5% 6.3% Boone 837 798 4.9% 1.9% 1.8% Brown 467 498 -6.2% 2.9% 3.1% Carroll 444 463 -4.1% 2.2% 2.3% Cass 1,715 1,815 -5.5% 4.4% 4.7% Clark 4,410 4,827 -8.6% 4.6% 5.1% Clay 1,346 1,431 -5.9% 5.0% 5.4% Clinton 1,103 1,309 -15.7% 3.3% 3.9% Crawford 910 990 -8.1% 8.5% 9.3% Daviess 1,444 1,499 -3.7% 5.0% 5.2% Dearborn 1,348 1,540 -12.5% 2.8% 3.3% Decatur 934 963 -3.0% 3.6% 3.8% Dekalb 656 699 -6.2% 1.7% 1.8% Delaware 8,081 8,814 -8.3% 7.0% 7.6% Dubois 495 499 -0.8% 1.2% 1.3% Elkhart 7,382 8,054 -8.3% 4.2% 4.7% Fayette 1,678 1,671 0.4% 6.5% 6.4% Floyd 3,835 4,177 -8.2% 5.3% 5.8% Fountain 612 648 -5.6% 3.3% 3.5% Franklin 662 661 0.2% 3.0% 3.0% Fulton 697 742 -6.1% 3.3% 3.6% Gibson 1,055 1,065 -0.9% 3.3% 3.3% Grant 5,256 5,658 -7.1% 7.3% 7.8% Greene 1,308 1,365 -4.2% 3.9% 4.1% Hamilton 1,579 1,680 -6.0% 0.9% 1.0% Hancock 884 994 -11.1% 1.6% 1.8% Harrison 1,429 1,712 -16.5% 4.0% 4.9% Hendricks 1,262 1,390 -9.2% 1.3% 1.5% Henry 2,712 2,837 -4.4% 5.6% 5.8% Howard 4,370 4,412 -1.0% 5.2% 5.3% Huntington 1,062 1,097 -3.2% 2.8% 2.9% Jackson 1,460 1,646 -11.3% 3.5% 4.0% Jasper 894 1,051 -14.9% 3.0% 3.6% Jay 706 824 -14.3% 3.3% 3.8% Jefferson 1,557 1,725 -9.7% 4.9% 5.5% Jennings 940 951 -1.2% 3.3% 3.4% Johnson 2,385 2,487 -4.1% 2.1% 2.3% Knox 3,268 3,285 -0.5% 8.4% 8.4% Kosciusko 981 1,011 -3.0% 1.4% 1.4% Lagrange 378 473 -20.1% 1.1% 1.4% Lake 48,537 51,894 -6.5% 10.1% 10.8% LaPorte 5,743 6,069 -5.4% 5.2% 5.5% Lawrence 1,898 2,051 -7.5% 4.1% 4.5% Madison 7,499 8,101 -7.4% 5.7% 6.2% Marion 55,167 60,576 -8.9% 6.8% 7.5% Marshall 1,063 1,053 0.9% 2.3% 2.3% Martin 541 613 -11.7% 5.2% 5.9% Miami 1,665 1,940 -14.2% 5.0% 5.8% Monroe 4,111 4,192 -1.9% 3.5% 3.6% Montgomery 1,607 1,463 9.8% 4.4% 4.0% Morgan 2,566 2,546 0.8% 3.8% 3.9% Newton 656 723 -9.3% 4.4% 4.9% Noble 775 784 -1.1% 1.8% 1.8% Ohio 110 95 15.8% 2.0% 1.7% Orange 1,398 1,406 -0.6% 7.0% 7.2% Owen 1,085 1,088 -0.3% 5.3% 5.3% Parke 855 958 -10.8% 5.1% 5.7% Perry 655 698 -6.2% 3.4% 3.6% Pike 653 697 -6.3% 5.0% 5.4% Porter 3,280 3,490 -6.0% 2.2% 2.4% Posey 1,242 1,364 -8.9% 4.7% 5.2% Pulaski 610 647 -5.7% 4.5% 4.8% Putnam 948 999 -5.1% 2.7% 2.9% Randolph 1,552 1,793 -13.4% 5.7% 6.5% Ripley 745 730 2.1% 2.7% 2.7% Rush 654 658 -0.6% 3.6% 3.6% St. Joseph 16,565 17,598 -5.9% 6.4% 6.8% Scott 1,921 2,064 -6.9% 8.2% 9.0% Shelby 1,262 1,344 -6.1% 2.9% 3.1% Spencer 654 788 -17.0% 3.1% 3.7% Starke 1,370 1,416 -3.2% 5.8% 5.9% Steuben 708 918 -22.9% 2.2% 2.9% Sullivan 1,620 1,664 -2.6% 7.5% 7.8% Switzerland 385 428 -10.0% 4.3% 4.8% Tippecanoe 4,476 4,702 -4.8% 3.1% 3.3% Tipton 445 470 -5.3% 2.7% 2.8% Union 276 329 -16.1% 3.8% 4.5% Vanderburgh 13,006 13,469 -3.4% 7.7% 8.0% Vermillion 682 762 -10.5% 4.0% 4.5% Vigo 8,153 8,582 -5.0% 7.8% 8.2% Wabash 810 975 -16.9% 2.3% 2.8% Warren 201 205 -2.0% 2.4% 2.5% Warrick 1,368 1,578 -13.3% 2.6% 3.1% Washington 1,441 1,531 -5.9% 5.1% 5.5% Wayne 4,708 5,153 -8.6% 6.6% 7.2% Wells 484 475 1.9% 1.8% 1.8% White 993 1,056 -6.0% 3.9% 4.2% Whitley 507 479 5.8% 1.6% 1.6% Source: Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) Indiana Business Research Center