Fastest-shrinking (2019–2023) in Indiana

Indiana counties and cities ranked by population change.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Indiana by population change — which have the steepest population decline since 2019, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Switzerland County leads at -7.2%.

Among cities & places, Kent leads at -100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Population change 2019–2023
1	Switzerland County	-7.2%
2	Monroe County	-4.5%
3	Greene County	-3.7%
4	Parke County	-3.5%
5	Martin County	-3.5%
6	Spencer County	-2.8%
7	Jay County	-2.7%
8	Knox County	-2.6%
9	Delaware County	-2.5%
10	Tippecanoe County	-2.2%
11	Randolph County	-2.0%
12	Gibson County	-2.0%
13	Wabash County	-1.6%
14	Posey County	-1.6%
15	Pike County	-1.5%
16	Union County	-1.2%
17	Vigo County	-1.2%
18	Lawrence County	-1.0%
19	Newton County	-1.0%
20	Pulaski County	-0.9%
21	Putnam County	-0.8%
22	Vanderburgh County	-0.8%
23	Jasper County	-0.7%
24	Crawford County	-0.7%
25	Decatur County	-0.6%
26	Vermillion County	-0.6%
27	Marshall County	-0.5%
28	Cass County	-0.5%
29	Jennings County	-0.5%
30	Harrison County	-0.4%
31	Montgomery County	-0.3%
32	Noble County	-0.2%
33	Miami County	-0.1%
34	Grant County	-0.1%
35	Blackford County	-0.0%
36	Wayne County	+0.1%
37	Sullivan County	+0.2%
38	Benton County	+0.4%
39	Bartholomew County	+0.5%
40	Rush County	+0.6%
41	Steuben County	+0.6%
42	Perry County	+0.6%
43	Franklin County	+0.7%
44	Fountain County	+0.7%
45	Clay County	+0.8%
46	Fayette County	+0.8%
47	St. Joseph County	+0.9%
48	Wells County	+0.9%
49	Daviess County	+1.0%
50	Orange County	+1.0%
51	Huntington County	+1.1%
52	Tipton County	+1.1%
53	Elkhart County	+1.1%
54	Washington County	+1.1%
55	Madison County	+1.2%
56	Henry County	+1.3%
57	Shelby County	+1.5%
58	Starke County	+1.5%
59	DeKalb County	+1.5%
60	Howard County	+1.6%
61	Fulton County	+1.6%
62	Kosciusko County	+1.7%
63	Adams County	+1.7%
64	LaPorte County	+1.8%
65	Carroll County	+1.8%
66	Whitley County	+2.0%
67	Ohio County	+2.0%
68	Marion County	+2.1%
69	Clinton County	+2.2%
70	Ripley County	+2.3%
71	White County	+2.3%
72	Dubois County	+2.4%
73	Jefferson County	+2.7%
74	Dearborn County	+2.7%
75	Lake County	+2.7%
76	Warren County	+2.8%
77	Owen County	+2.9%
78	Scott County	+3.0%
79	Brown County	+3.2%
80	Morgan County	+3.3%
81	Porter County	+3.3%
82	LaGrange County	+3.6%
83	Warrick County	+3.8%
84	Floyd County	+4.1%
85	Allen County	+4.4%
86	Jackson County	+5.2%
87	Clark County	+5.4%
88	Johnson County	+6.7%
89	Hancock County	+9.1%
90	Hendricks County	+9.5%
91	Hamilton County	+10.5%
92	Boone County	+11.1%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Population change 2019–2023
1	Kent	-100.0%
2	Americus	-80.8%
3	Toad Hop	-80.6%
4	Montmorenci	-80.5%
5	Deputy	-76.6%
6	Fredericksburg	-74.4%
7	Vera Cruz	-70.1%
8	Jalapa	-67.9%
9	Scotland	-66.7%
10	Patriot	-66.6%
11	Point Isabel	-60.9%
12	Emison	-59.3%
13	Fontanet	-58.9%
14	Avoca	-57.8%
15	Wheeler	-56.9%
16	Harrodsburg	-54.1%
17	Buck Creek	-53.7%
18	Owensburg	-52.2%
19	Westphalia	-52.1%
20	Ragsdale	-50.6%
21	West Point	-50.3%
22	Colburn	-49.8%
23	Hayden	-49.1%
24	Orestes	-48.8%
25	Corunna	-48.2%
26	Landess	-47.9%
27	Elizabethtown	-47.4%
28	Hatfield	-47.3%
29	State Line City	-43.4%
30	Somerset	-42.6%
31	New Middletown	-40.7%
32	Newberry	-40.7%
33	Chrisney	-40.6%
34	Fish Lake	-40.6%
35	Laurel	-40.3%
36	New Washington	-40.0%
37	Claypool	-39.0%
38	Tri-Lakes	-38.9%
39	Birdseye	-38.6%
40	Clifford	-36.6%
41	Rosedale	-36.1%
42	Mentone	-36.0%
43	Burns City	-35.6%
44	Indian Village	-35.4%
45	Tennyson	-35.1%
46	Hazleton	-35.0%
47	Shelby	-34.8%
48	Kempton	-34.7%
49	Shepardsville	-33.8%
50	Walton	-33.7%
51	Dayton	-33.5%
52	Monroe	-33.4%
53	Jonesville	-33.2%
54	Alfordsville	-32.7%
55	New Point	-32.3%
56	Lagro	-32.2%
57	Blanford	-31.9%
58	Vernon	-31.3%
59	Lake Village	-31.0%
60	Hartsville	-31.0%
61	Somerville	-30.6%
62	Mackey	-30.5%
63	Waynetown	-30.3%
64	Bass Lake	-29.3%
65	Borden	-29.3%
66	Van Bibber Lake	-28.9%
67	Macy	-28.4%
68	Ambia	-27.8%
69	Carbon	-27.1%
70	Town of Pines	-26.9%
71	Patoka	-26.7%
72	Wheatland	-25.7%
73	Prince's Lakes	-25.2%
74	Fulton	-24.6%
75	Newport	-24.5%
76	Carthage	-24.4%
77	Woodburn	-24.4%
78	Lewisville	-24.3%
79	Elnora	-24.1%
80	Bainbridge	-24.0%
81	Hudson Lake	-24.0%
82	Linden	-23.8%
83	Ulen	-23.4%
84	Holland	-23.3%
85	Simonton Lake	-23.3%
86	North Webster	-23.0%
87	Fowlerton	-22.9%
88	Monterey	-22.9%
89	Amboy	-22.5%
90	Converse	-21.9%
91	Little York	-21.8%
92	Dupont	-21.6%
93	Lake Dalecarlia	-21.5%
94	Morristown	-21.5%
95	Lakeville	-21.4%
96	Grandview	-21.3%
97	Clayton	-21.3%
98	Brooksburg	-21.2%
99	Freetown	-21.1%
100	Cadiz	-20.7%

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