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What are the fastest-growing counties in Indiana?

Boone County (+13.5%), Hancock County (+13.5%) and Hamilton County (+10.9%) grew fastest in Indiana between 2020 and 2025.

Indiana as a whole grew 2.7% between 2020 and 2025, to 6,973,333 residents.

Data as of 2025 · updated

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All 92 Indiana counties ranked

Indiana counties by population growth
RankCountyResidents 2025Change 2020–25Net migration per 1,000, 2025New homes per 1,000, 2025
1Boone County80,689+13.5%22.814.8
2Hancock County90,969+13.5%21.113.3
3Hamilton County387,036+10.9%10.610.7
4Hendricks County193,510+10.2%9.48.5
5Clark County130,451+7.5%20.36.1
6Johnson County174,262+7.4%14.36.2
7Warrick County66,803+4.4%6.95.1
8Morgan County74,967+4.3%13.05.0
9Bartholomew County85,729+4.3%−0.22.2
10Allen County402,329+4.2%2.03.4
11Madison County135,088+3.8%13.91.4
12Putnam County37,876+3.2%3.22.6
13Fountain County17,013+3.2%9.71.7
14Switzerland County10,037+3.0%0.68.1
15Parke County16,642+3.0%9.43.8
16Jasper County33,894+3.0%4.02.7
17Newton County14,188+2.9%7.72.4
18DeKalb County44,535+2.9%1.82.6
19Scott County25,053+2.8%11.71.5
20Montgomery County38,954+2.7%−0.12.4
21Owen County21,886+2.6%15.25.6
22Wells County28,883+2.6%0.56.0
23Daviess County34,209+2.5%−6.62.2
24Adams County36,650+2.2%−5.32.7
25Tippecanoe County190,456+2.2%−8.520.9
26Franklin County23,286+2.2%9.52.5
27Whitley County35,046+2.1%2.02.3
28Floyd County82,153+2.0%7.14.6
29Benton County8,883+2.0%−3.80.7
30White County25,164+2.0%−4.31.5
31Jackson County47,370+1.9%−9.12.4
32Monroe County143,345+1.9%−1.57.9
33Harrison County40,437+1.9%6.83.9
34Brown County15,777+1.9%15.83.7
35LaGrange County41,305+1.9%−6.23.7
36Shelby County45,882+1.8%4.74.2
37Dearborn County51,609+1.7%−1.13.0
38Marion County992,196+1.6%−10.71.4
39Huntington County37,224+1.6%6.61.7
40Porter County176,049+1.6%4.13.2
41Ripley County29,434+1.6%2.93.0
42Carroll County20,655+1.6%−2.92.5
43Lawrence County45,568+1.2%11.02.4
44Delaware County113,106+1.2%4.32.9
45Perry County19,389+1.2%3.41.7
46Greene County31,165+1.2%1.6–
47Marshall County46,599+1.2%0.52.5
48Spencer County20,061+1.2%−1.35.0
49Ohio County5,994+1.1%5.71.5
50Lake County504,612+1.1%3.52.5
51Steuben County34,799+1.0%2.33.6
52Noble County47,937+1.0%−4.52.4
53Kosciusko County80,892+0.9%−0.65.1
54Vanderburgh County181,995+0.9%3.22.4
55Elkhart County208,774+0.9%−4.53.7
56Dubois County44,016+0.9%−2.06.1
57Fayette County23,533+0.7%0.80.7
58Warren County8,474+0.6%2.82.5
59Jefferson County33,279+0.6%8.12.0
60Vermillion County15,488+0.6%−1.61.3
61Washington County28,383+0.5%2.71.2
62Martin County9,856+0.5%−4.56.5
63Henry County49,137+0.5%6.30.9
64Clinton County33,322+0.4%−4.61.1
65Decatur County26,576+0.4%0.22.6
66Howard County83,904+0.4%1.41.3
67Vigo County106,512+0.3%3.12.2
68Jennings County27,622+0.1%−4.42.8
69Starke County23,425+0.1%2.92.5
70Cass County37,836+0.1%−6.10.7
71Randolph County24,438+0.1%2.70.7
72Gibson County33,091+0.1%3.62.7
73St. Joseph County272,861+0.1%−3.92.2
74Sullivan County20,831+0.1%9.20.7
75Grant County66,524+0.0%6.70.6
76Rush County16,767+0.0%1.11.8
77Orange County19,834−0.1%5.10.5
78Clay County26,410−0.1%5.31.0
79Crawford County10,509−0.2%−1.70.0
80Pulaski County12,463−0.4%4.82.2
81Tipton County15,319−0.5%−2.80.8
82Wayne County66,169−0.5%−0.34.1
83Wabash County30,713−0.7%3.03.0
84Posey County24,988−0.8%−1.51.6
85LaPorte County111,294−0.9%1.92.6
86Knox County35,652−1.7%−1.61.1
87Jay County20,118−1.8%−8.51.2
88Fulton County20,091−1.9%6.03.2
89Pike County12,003−2.0%1.70.0
90Blackford County11,730−3.1%−3.11.4
91Union County6,863−3.1%−5.71.5
92Miami County34,487−4.0%0.32.4

Ranked by the change in Census Bureau population estimates, 2020–2025.

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Questions

Is Indiana growing?

Indiana as a whole grew 2.7% between 2020 and 2025, to 6,973,333 residents. Statewide figures add up its counties.

What is the fastest-growing county in Indiana?

Boone County, which grew 13.5% between 2020 and 2025 to 80,689 residents (Census Bureau population estimates). Hancock County (+13.5%) and Hamilton County (+10.9%) came next.

Which Indiana counties are losing population?

16 of the 92 ranked counties had fewer residents in 2025 than in 2020. The steepest declines: Miami County (−4.0%), Union County (−3.1%), Blackford County (−3.1%).

Where are people moving in Indiana?

For their size, Boone County (22.8 per 1,000 residents), Hancock County (21.1 per 1,000 residents) and Clark County (20.3 per 1,000 residents) drew the most net domestic migration (people moving in from other U.S. counties minus people moving out) in 2025.

Fastest-growing counties in other states

Across the U.S.

Sources and method

Each number shows its own period. Changes compare the latest period with five years earlier (or the earliest period available). Beacon CRE last refreshed these figures on 2026-11-05. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how we compute every number. More on every layer: data sources and licences.