Highest poverty rate in Indiana

Indiana counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Indiana by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Crawford County leads at 23.8%.

Among cities & places, Cates leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Crawford County	23.8%
2	Monroe County	20.2%
3	Vigo County	20.0%
4	Delaware County	19.9%
5	Tippecanoe County	19.0%
6	Grant County	18.8%
7	Blackford County	17.5%
8	Parke County	17.2%
9	Wayne County	16.9%
10	Fayette County	16.7%
11	Martin County	16.4%
12	Miami County	15.2%
13	Marion County	15.1%
14	Randolph County	15.0%
15	Starke County	14.8%
16	Scott County	14.7%
17	Lake County	14.6%
18	St. Joseph County	14.6%
19	Vanderburgh County	14.4%
20	LaPorte County	14.0%
21	Newton County	13.5%
22	Sullivan County	13.5%
23	Washington County	13.5%
24	Knox County	13.4%
25	Greene County	13.3%
26	Vermillion County	13.3%
27	Orange County	13.3%
28	Jay County	13.2%
29	Henry County	13.0%
30	Rush County	13.0%
31	Madison County	12.9%
32	Perry County	12.8%
33	Warren County	12.7%
34	Cass County	12.7%
35	Fulton County	12.6%
36	Elkhart County	12.5%
37	Howard County	12.5%
38	Jennings County	12.5%
39	Adams County	12.4%
40	Fountain County	12.4%
41	Pike County	12.2%
42	Allen County	12.2%
43	Benton County	12.1%
44	Bartholomew County	12.0%
45	Montgomery County	11.9%
46	Owen County	11.9%
47	Pulaski County	11.8%
48	Tipton County	11.5%
49	Shelby County	11.5%
50	Lawrence County	11.3%
51	Jefferson County	11.2%
52	Jackson County	11.2%
53	Switzerland County	11.1%
54	Marshall County	10.9%
55	Wabash County	10.7%
56	Whitley County	10.7%
57	Clay County	10.7%
58	Daviess County	10.4%
59	Gibson County	10.2%
60	DeKalb County	10.1%
61	Huntington County	10.1%
62	Floyd County	10.0%
63	White County	10.0%
64	Posey County	9.9%
65	Kosciusko County	9.7%
66	Ripley County	9.6%
67	Dubois County	9.5%
68	Decatur County	9.3%
69	Clark County	9.3%
70	Porter County	9.2%
71	Ohio County	8.9%
72	Steuben County	8.8%
73	Brown County	8.6%
74	Clinton County	8.5%
75	Morgan County	8.5%
76	Franklin County	8.5%
77	Noble County	8.5%
78	Carroll County	8.4%
79	Dearborn County	8.1%
80	Putnam County	8.1%
81	Harrison County	7.5%
82	Johnson County	7.2%
83	Wells County	7.2%
84	Jasper County	6.9%
85	Spencer County	6.6%
86	Union County	6.4%
87	Warrick County	6.4%
88	LaGrange County	5.7%
89	Boone County	5.1%
90	Hendricks County	5.0%
91	Hancock County	4.5%
92	Hamilton County	4.3%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Cates	100.0%
2	Deputy	100.0%
3	Fredericksburg	100.0%
4	Judson	100.0%
5	Lake View	100.0%
6	Lawrenceport	100.0%
7	Otisco	83.6%
8	Grayford	82.4%
9	Willow Branch	79.1%
10	Lewis	71.2%
11	Groverton	66.9%
12	New Marion	65.4%
13	Centerton	63.0%
14	Butlerville	62.4%
15	Prairie Creek	59.9%
16	Hartz Lake	56.4%
17	Hanna	55.3%
18	Brimfield	55.0%
19	Alford	54.6%
20	Linn Grove	54.2%
21	Ragsdale	50.4%
22	Notre Dame	50.2%
23	Eugene	49.4%
24	Mauckport	48.8%
25	English	48.8%
26	Green Hill	48.3%
27	St. Mary of the Woods	46.5%
28	Deer Creek	44.5%
29	Taylorsville	43.8%
30	Pleasantville	43.7%
31	Eden	42.2%
32	Blanford	41.6%
33	Lamb	41.5%
34	West Middleton	41.2%
35	Arthur	40.8%
36	Paris Crossing	40.0%
37	Ambia	37.5%
38	Colburn	37.5%
39	West Lafayette	37.4%
40	Holiday Woods	37.0%
41	Redkey	36.8%
42	Anoka	36.3%
43	Thayer	35.8%
44	Campbellsburg	35.4%
45	Alamo	35.0%
46	Huron	34.6%
47	Boston	34.3%
48	Preble	34.2%
49	Orestes	34.1%
50	Billtown	34.1%
51	Laurel	33.8%
52	Union City	33.6%
53	Knox	33.5%
54	Crane	33.5%
55	Young America	33.2%
56	Hardinsburg	33.0%
57	Gary	32.9%
58	Boswell	32.9%
59	Cannelton	32.5%
60	Fairview	32.4%
61	Wawaka	32.4%
62	Azalia	32.3%
63	Williams	31.6%
64	Dubois	30.8%
65	Carthage	30.6%
66	Bloomington	30.5%
67	Loogootee	30.2%
68	Muncie	29.6%
69	Crandall	29.6%
70	Cass	29.3%
71	Switz City	28.5%
72	Fountaintown	28.5%
73	Cree Lake	28.2%
74	Jasonville	28.0%
75	Scott	27.6%
76	Crows Nest	27.5%
77	Monroe City	27.5%
78	Riley	27.2%
79	Roseland	27.1%
80	East Chicago	27.0%
81	Lake Village	27.0%
82	Marion	27.0%
83	Selma	26.8%
84	Prairieton	26.7%
85	Terre Haute	26.7%
86	Rockville	26.6%
87	Roachdale	26.5%
88	Salem	26.0%
89	Williamsburg	25.8%
90	Alton	25.7%
91	Pennville	25.6%
92	Rockfield	25.5%
93	Lake Bruce	25.5%
94	Peru	25.4%
95	Staunton	25.4%
96	Worthington	25.2%
97	Millersburg	25.1%
98	Kewanna	24.9%
99	New Salisbury	24.7%
100	Atlanta	24.6%

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