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BizVoice/Indiana Chamber – May/June 2016

County Population Changes: 2014 to 2015

FOUND ELSEWHERE

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)

n

0.0% - 0.4% (17 counties)

n

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