# Counties in Indiana by child poverty rate, under 18 (US official measure), 2024

All 92 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `child_poverty_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People under 18 in families or living alone with income below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people under 18 whose poverty status can be determined. United States: Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for the nation, states and counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): percent of people under age 18 in poverty, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe/datasets/2024/2024-state-and-county/est24all.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/child-poverty-rate-under-18/indiana-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wayne County | 25.8 |
| 2 | Fayette County | 25.1 |
| 3 | Crawford County | 23.8 |
| 4 | Grant County | 23.3 |
| 4 | Marion County | 23.3 |
| 6 | Switzerland County | 22.6 |
| 7 | Washington County | 22.1 |
| 8 | Randolph County | 22 |
| 9 | Delaware County | 21.9 |
| 10 | Jay County | 21.8 |
| 11 | St. Joseph County | 21.3 |
| 12 | Scott County | 20.7 |
| 13 | Cass County | 20.5 |
| 14 | LaPorte County | 20.4 |
| 14 | Vigo County | 20.4 |
| 16 | Madison County | 19.6 |
| 17 | Lake County | 19.5 |
| 18 | Henry County | 18.6 |
| 18 | Howard County | 18.6 |
| 20 | Miami County | 18.3 |
| 21 | Orange County | 18.1 |
| 22 | Adams County | 17.7 |
| 23 | Allen County | 17.6 |
| 23 | Owen County | 17.6 |
| 25 | Jefferson County | 17.5 |
| 25 | Parke County | 17.5 |
| 25 | Perry County | 17.5 |
| 28 | Clinton County | 17.4 |
| 29 | Clay County | 17.2 |
| 30 | Vermillion County | 17.1 |
| 31 | Sullivan County | 17 |
| 32 | Greene County | 16.9 |
| 33 | Jennings County | 16.8 |
| 33 | Lawrence County | 16.8 |
| 35 | Vanderburgh County | 16.7 |
| 36 | Blackford County | 16.6 |
| 37 | Fulton County | 16.1 |
| 37 | Knox County | 16.1 |
| 37 | Starke County | 16.1 |
| 40 | Union County | 15.8 |
| 41 | Ohio County | 15.7 |
| 42 | White County | 15.6 |
| 43 | Daviess County | 15.4 |
| 43 | Pulaski County | 15.4 |
| 45 | Martin County | 15.1 |
| 46 | Marshall County | 14.8 |
| 47 | Elkhart County | 14.7 |
| 48 | Fountain County | 14.5 |
| 49 | Rush County | 14.3 |
| 50 | Monroe County | 13.6 |
| 50 | Spencer County | 13.6 |
| 52 | Shelby County | 13.5 |
| 53 | Brown County | 13.4 |
| 54 | Benton County | 13.3 |
| 54 | Newton County | 13.3 |
| 56 | Decatur County | 13.1 |
| 56 | Jackson County | 13.1 |
| 56 | Montgomery County | 13.1 |
| 56 | Noble County | 13.1 |
| 56 | Ripley County | 13.1 |
| 61 | Gibson County | 12.8 |
| 61 | Steuben County | 12.8 |
| 61 | Tippecanoe County | 12.8 |
| 64 | Clark County | 12.7 |
| 65 | Floyd County | 12.6 |
| 66 | Kosciusko County | 12.5 |
| 67 | LaGrange County | 12.3 |
| 67 | Warren County | 12.3 |
| 69 | Pike County | 12.2 |
| 69 | Wabash County | 12.2 |
| 71 | Huntington County | 12.1 |
| 71 | Jasper County | 12.1 |
| 71 | Morgan County | 12.1 |
| 71 | Putnam County | 12.1 |
| 75 | DeKalb County | 11.5 |
| 76 | Whitley County | 11 |
| 77 | Posey County | 10.8 |
| 78 | Carroll County | 10.6 |
| 78 | Franklin County | 10.6 |
| 80 | Wells County | 10.3 |
| 81 | Bartholomew County | 10.2 |
| 82 | Porter County | 9.8 |
| 83 | Dearborn County | 9.5 |
| 84 | Harrison County | 9.4 |
| 85 | Tipton County | 8.9 |
| 86 | Dubois County | 8.5 |
| 87 | Johnson County | 7.7 |
| 88 | Warrick County | 7.3 |
| 89 | Hendricks County | 6.6 |
| 90 | Hancock County | 5.9 |
| 91 | Boone County | 5.6 |
| 92 | Hamilton County | 4.3 |