PantryPath Research · Rural & Persistent Poverty Atlas
Rural poverty in Indiana
0 persistent-poverty countiesIndiana has 48 nonmetro counties and no counties flagged by USDA ERS for persistent poverty. The state's all-ages poverty rate is 12.2% and child poverty is 15.7%.
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Persistent-poverty counties
48
Nonmetro counties (RUCC 4–9)
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Residents in PPCs
92
Total counties
Indiana by county
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Indiana at a glance
Poverty rate
12.2%
All ages, ACS S1701
Child poverty
15.7%
Under 18
PPC share
0.0%
Of counties in state
Nonmetro share
52.2%
RUCC 4–9
Pantries / 100K
2.79
PantryPath verified
Risk score (mean)
0.17
Composite 0–1
"Pantries / 100K" divides Indiana's 190 verified PantryPath pantries by the state population — a minimum-density indicator, not a saturated census. See methodology.
County-level hotspots
Top five counties across 92 in Indiana.
Highest rural hunger risk
Composite 0–1 score
- 1 Martin 0.37
- 2 Crawford 0.36
- 3 Parke 0.33
- 4 Starke 0.32
- 5 Orange 0.32
Highest poverty rate
ACS all-ages
- 1 Crawford 23.8%
- 2 Monroe 20.2%
- 3 Vigo 20.0%
- 4 Delaware 19.9%
- 5 Tippecanoe 19.0%
Persistent-poverty counties
PPCs ranked by current poverty
Indiana has no persistent-poverty counties in the 2025 ERS typology.
Every county in Indiana
All 92 counties with RUCC, typology flags, and ACS poverty data.
| County | RUCC | PPC | Flags | Poverty | Child poverty | Population | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 6 | — | — | 12.4% | 16.1% | 35,995 | 0.24 |
| Allen | 2 | — | — | 12.2% | 16.7% | 388,791 | 0.09 |
| Bartholomew | 3 | — | — | 12.0% | 15.1% | 82,881 | 0.12 |
| Benton | 3 | — | Pop. loss | 12.1% | 18.1% | 8,708 | 0.12 |
| Blackford | 6 | — | Pop. loss | 17.5% | 18.4% | 12,007 | 0.26 |
| Boone | 1 | — | — | 5.1% | 4.2% | 72,827 | 0.02 |
| Brown | 1 | — | — | 8.6% | 9.3% | 15,543 | 0.03 |
| Carroll | 3 | — | — | 8.4% | 11.5% | 20,443 | 0.11 |
| Cass | 4 | — | Pop. loss | 12.7% | 14.7% | 37,703 | 0.16 |
| Clark | 1 | — | — | 9.3% | 10.7% | 122,800 | 0.04 |
| Clay | 3 | — | — | 10.7% | 9.8% | 26,431 | 0.12 |
| Clinton | 6 | — | Pop. loss | 8.5% | 10.7% | 32,967 | 0.22 |
| Crawford | 8 | — | Low ed., Pop. loss | 23.8% | 35.6% | 10,494 | 0.36 |
| Daviess | 7 | — | — | 10.4% | 12.4% | 33,442 | 0.27 |
| Dearborn | 1 | — | — | 8.1% | 9.7% | 50,828 | 0.03 |
| Decatur | 6 | — | — | 9.3% | 10.3% | 26,411 | 0.22 |
| DeKalb | 4 | — | — | 10.1% | 14.9% | 43,584 | 0.15 |
| Delaware | 3 | — | Pop. loss | 19.9% | 20.2% | 112,109 | 0.15 |
| Dubois | 5 | — | — | 9.5% | 13.9% | 43,563 | 0.19 |
| Elkhart | 3 | — | — | 12.5% | 18.8% | 206,868 | 0.13 |
| Fayette | 6 | — | Pop. loss | 16.7% | 18.0% | 23,390 | 0.25 |
| Floyd | 1 | — | — | 10.0% | 15.2% | 80,512 | 0.04 |
| Fountain | 8 | — | Pop. loss | 12.4% | 13.9% | 16,546 | 0.31 |
| Franklin | 1 | — | — | 8.5% | 10.9% | 22,929 | 0.03 |
| Fulton | 7 | — | — | 12.6% | 17.0% | 20,411 | 0.28 |
| Gibson | 6 | — | — | 10.2% | 11.0% | 32,986 | 0.23 |
| Grant | 4 | — | Pop. loss | 18.8% | 26.4% | 66,377 | 0.19 |
| Greene | 6 | — | — | 13.3% | 19.6% | 30,954 | 0.24 |
| Hamilton | 1 | — | — | 4.3% | 4.4% | 357,176 | 0.02 |
| Hancock | 1 | — | — | 4.5% | 4.3% | 82,013 | 0.02 |
| Harrison | 1 | — | — | 7.5% | 9.1% | 39,785 | 0.03 |
| Hendricks | 1 | — | — | 5.0% | 5.3% | 179,379 | 0.02 |
| Henry | 6 | — | — | 13.0% | 17.0% | 48,896 | 0.24 |
| Howard | 3 | — | — | 12.5% | 18.1% | 83,610 | 0.13 |
| Huntington | 6 | — | Pop. loss | 10.1% | 12.2% | 36,757 | 0.23 |
| Jackson | 4 | — | — | 11.2% | 15.3% | 46,319 | 0.16 |
| Jasper | 1 | — | — | 6.9% | 6.8% | 33,198 | 0.03 |
| Jay | 6 | — | Pop. loss | 13.2% | 19.2% | 20,281 | 0.24 |
| Jefferson | 6 | — | — | 11.2% | 13.6% | 33,074 | 0.23 |
| Jennings | 6 | — | — | 12.5% | 14.7% | 27,584 | 0.24 |
| Johnson | 1 | — | — | 7.2% | 8.0% | 163,983 | 0.03 |
| Knox | 7 | — | Pop. loss | 13.4% | 15.3% | 36,108 | 0.28 |
| Kosciusko | 4 | — | — | 9.7% | 12.0% | 80,357 | 0.15 |
| LaGrange | 8 | — | Low ed. | 5.7% | 4.0% | 40,596 | 0.29 |
| Lake | 1 | — | — | 14.6% | 21.8% | 498,990 | 0.06 |
| LaPorte | 3 | — | — | 14.0% | 23.7% | 112,141 | 0.13 |
| Lawrence | 6 | — | — | 11.3% | 12.1% | 45,077 | 0.23 |
| Madison | 1 | — | Pop. loss | 12.9% | 18.1% | 130,949 | 0.05 |
| Marion | 1 | — | Housing | 15.1% | 20.3% | 971,822 | 0.06 |
| Marshall | 6 | — | — | 10.9% | 14.3% | 46,225 | 0.23 |
| Martin | 9 | — | Pop. loss | 16.4% | 31.6% | 9,854 | 0.37 |
| Miami | 6 | — | — | 15.2% | 24.9% | 35,772 | 0.25 |
| Monroe | 3 | — | Housing | 20.2% | 14.9% | 139,822 | 0.16 |
| Montgomery | 6 | — | — | 11.9% | 15.9% | 38,155 | 0.24 |
| Morgan | 1 | — | — | 8.5% | 12.2% | 72,202 | 0.03 |
| Newton | 1 | — | Low ed., Pop. loss | 13.5% | 18.5% | 13,859 | 0.05 |
| Noble | 6 | — | — | 8.5% | 8.8% | 47,417 | 0.22 |
| Ohio | 1 | — | — | 8.9% | 15.6% | 5,993 | 0.04 |
| Orange | 8 | — | — | 13.3% | 19.0% | 19,746 | 0.32 |
| Owen | 3 | — | Pop. loss | 11.9% | 19.7% | 21,434 | 0.12 |
| Parke | 8 | — | — | 17.2% | 25.3% | 16,346 | 0.33 |
| Perry | 7 | — | — | 12.8% | 13.0% | 19,218 | 0.28 |
| Pike | 8 | — | — | 12.2% | 21.8% | 12,187 | 0.31 |
| Porter | 1 | — | — | 9.2% | 11.2% | 174,150 | 0.04 |
| Posey | 2 | — | Pop. loss | 9.9% | 11.7% | 25,163 | 0.08 |
| Pulaski | 8 | — | Pop. loss | 11.8% | 10.4% | 12,441 | 0.31 |
| Putnam | 6 | — | — | 8.1% | 10.6% | 37,091 | 0.22 |
| Randolph | 6 | — | Pop. loss | 15.0% | 22.4% | 24,425 | 0.25 |
| Ripley | 6 | — | — | 9.6% | 10.6% | 29,039 | 0.23 |
| Rush | 6 | — | Pop. loss | 13.0% | 15.0% | 16,734 | 0.24 |
| Scott | 6 | — | Low ed. | 14.7% | 17.5% | 24,468 | 0.25 |
| Shelby | 1 | — | — | 11.5% | 17.8% | 45,104 | 0.05 |
| Spencer | 8 | — | — | 6.6% | 6.7% | 19,871 | 0.29 |
| St. Joseph | 2 | — | — | 14.6% | 20.6% | 272,574 | 0.10 |
| Starke | 8 | — | — | 14.8% | 18.4% | 23,300 | 0.32 |
| Steuben | 7 | — | — | 8.8% | 10.7% | 34,648 | 0.26 |
| Sullivan | 3 | — | Pop. loss | 13.5% | 21.1% | 20,766 | 0.13 |
| Switzerland | 8 | — | Low ed. | 11.1% | 12.1% | 9,914 | 0.31 |
| Tippecanoe | 3 | — | Housing | 19.0% | 16.6% | 187,399 | 0.15 |
| Tipton | 1 | — | Pop. loss | 11.5% | 20.7% | 15,329 | 0.05 |
| Union | 8 | — | — | 6.4% | 10.6% | 7,028 | 0.29 |
| Vanderburgh | 2 | — | — | 14.4% | 19.9% | 179,908 | 0.10 |
| Vermillion | 3 | — | Pop. loss | 13.3% | 15.0% | 15,452 | 0.13 |
| Vigo | 3 | — | Housing | 20.0% | 25.6% | 106,201 | 0.15 |
| Wabash | 6 | — | Pop. loss | 10.7% | 13.8% | 30,901 | 0.23 |
| Warren | 3 | — | — | 12.7% | 19.0% | 8,469 | 0.13 |
| Warrick | 2 | — | — | 6.4% | 8.3% | 64,650 | 0.06 |
| Washington | 1 | — | — | 13.5% | 16.8% | 28,167 | 0.05 |
| Wayne | 5 | — | Pop. loss | 16.9% | 23.6% | 66,377 | 0.22 |
| Wells | 2 | — | — | 7.2% | 6.9% | 28,261 | 0.07 |
| White | 6 | — | — | 10.0% | 10.9% | 24,709 | 0.23 |
| Whitley | 2 | — | — | 10.7% | 17.7% | 34,388 | 0.08 |
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