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BizVoice/Indiana Chamber – May/June 2016
County Population Changes: 2014 to 2015
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The fastest-growing county in Indiana
between July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015, was
Boone County, where population rose 2.5%.
Boone was followed by Hamilton County at 2.1%,
Johnson County at 1.5, Hendricks County at
1.4% and Bartholomew County at 1.2%.
In numerical growth, Hamilton County
added 6,419 people over the period, more
than any other county in the state. It was
followed by Marion County, which grew by
4,489 people, Rounding out the top five
were: Allen County, 2,749; Tippecanoe
County, 2,156; and Johnson County, 2,144.
Fifty-four counties saw population
decreases in the one-year time frame. The
state’s overall growth of 21,800 people
(0.3%) was the second slowest since 1989.
10 Largest Counties
1. Marion: 939,020
2. Lake: 487,865
3. Allen: 368,450
4. Hamilton: 309,697
5. St. Joseph: 268,441
6. Elkhart: 203,474
7. Tippecanoe: 185,826
8. Vanderburgh: 181,877
9. Porter: 167,688
10. Hendricks: 158,192
10 Smallest Counties
1. Ohio: 5,938
2. Union: 7,182
3. Warren: 8,269
4. Benton: 8,681
5. Martin: 10,226
6. Crawford: 10,483
7. Switzerland: 10,524
8. Blackford: 12,298
9. Pike: 12,594
10. Pulaski: 12,889
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1.0% - 2.5% (7 counties)
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0.5 - 0.9% (14 counties)
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0.0% - 0.4% (17 counties)
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Decline (54 counties)
LAKE
GRANT
HOWARD
CARROLL
TIPPECANOE
ADAMS
WELLS
HUNTINGTON
WABASH
MIAMI
CASS
WHITE
BENTON
ALLEN
WHITLEY
FULTON
PULASKI
NEWTON
JASPER
STARKE
MARSHALL
KOSCIUSKO
NOBLE
DEKALB
STEUBEN
LA GRANGE
ELKHART
ST JOSEPH
LA PORTE
PORTER
UNION
WAYNE
HENRY
HANCOCK
MARION
HENDRICKS
RANDOLPH
JAY
BLACK-
FORD
PARKE
DELAWARE
MADISON
HAMILTON
BOONE
TIPTON
CLINTON
MONTGOMERY
FOUNTAIN
JACKSON
MARTIN
LAWRENCE
DAVIESS
KNOX
FRANKLIN
DECATUR
BARTHOLOMEW
BROWN
GREENE
MONROE
FAYETTE
RUSH
SHELBY
JOHNSON
OHIO
SULLIVAN
OWEN
CLAY
PUTNAM
PERRY
CLARK
SCOTT
MORGAN
ORANGE
SWITZERLAND
JEFFERSON
WASHINGTON
DEARBORN
RIPLEY
JENNINGS
VERMILLION
POSEY VANDER-
BURGH
WARRICK
SPENCER
GIBSON
PIKE
DUBOIS
FLOYD
HARRISON
CRAWFORD
VIGO
WARREN
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Indiana Business Research Center, March 2016
Percent Change in Population, 2014-2015