Counties in Indiana by female population share, 2025

Parke County had the highest female population share of 92 counties in 2025, at 52.3%. Sullivan County had the lowest, at 44.7%. The median was 50.1% and the figure for Indiana was 50.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest52.3Parke County
Lowest44.7Sullivan County
Median50.192 counties
Indiana50.7History

Map of counties, 2025

Adams County: 50.1 %Allen County: 50.9 %Bartholomew County: 50.1 %Benton County: 49.4 %Blackford County: 50.7 %Boone County: 50.5 %Brown County: 50.3 %Carroll County: 49.4 %Cass County: 49.8 %Clark County: 51.5 %Clay County: 50.5 %Clinton County: 50 %Crawford County: 48.5 %Daviess County: 49.6 %Dearborn County: 50.1 %Decatur County: 50.3 %DeKalb County: 50.2 %Delaware County: 52.2 %Dubois County: 50.3 %Elkhart County: 50.4 %Fayette County: 50.6 %Floyd County: 51.4 %Fountain County: 50.2 %Franklin County: 50.3 %Fulton County: 49.7 %Gibson County: 49.7 %Grant County: 51.8 %Greene County: 50.1 %Hamilton County: 51.1 %Hancock County: 51 %Harrison County: 49.8 %Hendricks County: 50.2 %Henry County: 48.1 %Howard County: 51.4 %Huntington County: 50.6 %Jackson County: 49.1 %Jasper County: 50 %Jay County: 49.1 %Jefferson County: 52 %Jennings County: 49.7 %Johnson County: 50.7 %Knox County: 49.5 %Kosciusko County: 50 %LaGrange County: 49.4 %Lake County: 51.7 %LaPorte County: 48.2 %Lawrence County: 50.1 %Madison County: 49.9 %Marion County: 51.7 %Marshall County: 50.1 %Martin County: 48.7 %Miami County: 47.4 %Monroe County: 50.7 %Montgomery County: 49.4 %Morgan County: 50 %Newton County: 49.4 %Noble County: 49.8 %Ohio County: 49.8 %Orange County: 50.1 %Owen County: 49 %Parke County: 52.3 %Perry County: 45.5 %Pike County: 49.9 %Porter County: 50.7 %Posey County: 50.1 %Pulaski County: 49.7 %Putnam County: 47.2 %Randolph County: 49.9 %Ripley County: 49.9 %Rush County: 50.5 %St. Joseph County: 51.4 %Scott County: 51 %Shelby County: 50.3 %Spencer County: 49.2 %Starke County: 49.8 %Steuben County: 49.1 %Sullivan County: 44.7 %Switzerland County: 48.7 %Tippecanoe County: 49.1 %Tipton County: 50.3 %Union County: 50.7 %Vanderburgh County: 51.5 %Vermillion County: 50.3 %Vigo County: 50 %Wabash County: 51.4 %Warren County: 49.2 %Warrick County: 51 %Washington County: 50.2 %Wayne County: 51.6 %Wells County: 50 %White County: 50.2 %Whitley County: 50.1 %
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%, 2025. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2025

Parke County: 52.3 %Parke County52.3Delaware County: 52.2 %Delaware County52.2Jefferson County: 52 %Jefferson County52Grant County: 51.8 %Grant County51.8Lake County: 51.7 %Lake County51.7Marion County: 51.7 %Marion County51.7Wayne County: 51.6 %Wayne County51.6Clark County: 51.5 %Clark County51.5Vanderburgh County: 51.5 %Vanderburgh County51.5Wabash County: 51.4 %Wabash County51.4Howard County: 51.4 %Howard County51.4Floyd County: 51.4 %Floyd County51.4St. Joseph County: 51.4 %St. Joseph County51.4Hamilton County: 51.1 %Hamilton County51.1Scott County: 51 %Scott County51Warrick County: 51 %Warrick County51Hancock County: 51 %Hancock County51Allen County: 50.9 %Allen County50.9Blackford County: 50.7 %Blackford County50.7Union County: 50.7 %Union County50.7Johnson County: 50.7 %Johnson County50.7Porter County: 50.7 %Porter County50.7Monroe County: 50.7 %Monroe County50.7Huntington County: 50.6 %Huntington County50.6Fayette County: 50.6 %Fayette County50.6Clay County: 50.5 %Clay County50.5Boone County: 50.5 %Boone County50.5Rush County: 50.5 %Rush County50.5Elkhart County: 50.4 %Elkhart County50.4Tipton County: 50.3 %Tipton County50.3Decatur County: 50.3 %Decatur County50.3Dubois County: 50.3 %Dubois County50.3Shelby County: 50.3 %Shelby County50.3Franklin County: 50.3 %Franklin County50.3Vermillion County: 50.3 %Vermillion County50.3Brown County: 50.3 %Brown County50.3Fountain County: 50.2 %Fountain County50.2DeKalb County: 50.2 %DeKalb County50.2White County: 50.2 %White County50.2Washington County: 50.2 %Washington County50.2Parke County: 52.3 %Parke County52.3Delaware County: 52.2 %Delaware County52.2Jefferson County: 52 %Jefferson County52Grant County: 51.8 %Grant County51.8Lake County: 51.7 %Lake County51.7Marion County: 51.7 %Marion County51.7Wayne County: 51.6 %Wayne County51.6Clark County: 51.5 %Clark County51.5Vanderburgh County: 51.5 %Vanderburgh County51.5Wabash County: 51.4 %Wabash County51.4Howard County: 51.4 %Howard County51.4Floyd County: 51.4 %Floyd County51.4St. Joseph County: 51.4 %St. Joseph County51.4Hamilton County: 51.1 %Hamilton County51.1Scott County: 51 %Scott County51Warrick County: 51 %Warrick County51Hancock County: 51 %Hancock County51Allen County: 50.9 %Allen County50.9Blackford County: 50.7 %Blackford County50.7Union County: 50.7 %Union County50.7Johnson County: 50.7 %Johnson County50.7Porter County: 50.7 %Porter County50.7Monroe County: 50.7 %Monroe County50.7Huntington County: 50.6 %Huntington County50.6Fayette County: 50.6 %Fayette County50.6Clay County: 50.5 %Clay County50.5Boone County: 50.5 %Boone County50.5Rush County: 50.5 %Rush County50.5Elkhart County: 50.4 %Elkhart County50.4Tipton County: 50.3 %Tipton County50.3Decatur County: 50.3 %Decatur County50.3Dubois County: 50.3 %Dubois County50.3Shelby County: 50.3 %Shelby County50.3Franklin County: 50.3 %Franklin County50.3Vermillion County: 50.3 %Vermillion County50.3Brown County: 50.3 %Brown County50.3Fountain County: 50.2 %Fountain County50.2DeKalb County: 50.2 %DeKalb County50.2White County: 50.2 %White County50.2Washington County: 50.2 %Washington County50.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025 (%)Change on 2024
1Parke County52.3+0.3 pts
2Delaware County52.2+0.1 pts
3Jefferson County52+0.1 pts
4Grant County51.8+0.1 pts
5Lake County51.70 pts
6Marion County51.70 pts
7Wayne County51.60 pts
8Clark County51.5+0.1 pts
9Vanderburgh County51.5-0 pts
10Wabash County51.40 pts
11Howard County51.4-0.1 pts
12Floyd County51.4+0.1 pts
13St. Joseph County51.4-0 pts
14Hamilton County51.1-0 pts
15Scott County51-0.1 pts
16Warrick County51-0 pts
17Hancock County51-0 pts
18Allen County50.9-0 pts
19Blackford County50.7-0.2 pts
20Union County50.7+0.1 pts
21Johnson County50.7-0 pts
21Porter County50.7-0.1 pts
23Monroe County50.7+0.1 pts
24Huntington County50.60 pts
25Fayette County50.6-0.2 pts
26Clay County50.5+0.1 pts
27Boone County50.5-0 pts
28Rush County50.5-0.1 pts
29Elkhart County50.40 pts
30Tipton County50.3+0.1 pts
31Decatur County50.3-0 pts
32Dubois County50.3+0.1 pts
33Shelby County50.3+0.1 pts
34Franklin County50.3+0.2 pts
35Vermillion County50.30 pts
36Brown County50.3+0.2 pts
37Fountain County50.2-0 pts
38DeKalb County50.20 pts
39White County50.2-0.1 pts
40Washington County50.2+0.1 pts
41Hendricks County50.2+0.1 pts
42Orange County50.1+0.2 pts
43Adams County50.1-0.1 pts
43Lawrence County50.1-0.1 pts
45Dearborn County50.10 pts
46Whitley County50.1-0 pts
47Greene County50.1-0.1 pts
48Bartholomew County50.1-0 pts
49Marshall County50.1+0.1 pts
50Posey County50.1-0.1 pts
51Clinton County50-0.1 pts
52Jasper County50-0.1 pts
53Kosciusko County50-0.1 pts
54Wells County50-0.2 pts
55Morgan County50-0.1 pts
56Vigo County500 pts
57Randolph County49.9-0 pts
58Pike County49.9+0.3 pts
59Ripley County49.9-0.1 pts
60Madison County49.9-0.2 pts
61Harrison County49.8-0.1 pts
62Starke County49.8-0 pts
63Cass County49.80 pts
64Ohio County49.8-0.3 pts
65Noble County49.8-0.1 pts
66Pulaski County49.70 pts
67Jennings County49.70 pts
68Fulton County49.7-0.2 pts
69Gibson County49.70 pts
70Daviess County49.6-0.1 pts
71Knox County49.5-0.1 pts
72Newton County49.4-0 pts
73LaGrange County49.4-0 pts
74Montgomery County49.40 pts
75Benton County49.4+0.1 pts
76Carroll County49.4-0.1 pts
77Spencer County49.2+0.1 pts
78Warren County49.2-0.3 pts
79Jay County49.1-0.1 pts
80Tippecanoe County49.1-0.1 pts
81Steuben County49.10 pts
82Jackson County49.1-0.1 pts
83Owen County49-0.2 pts
84Martin County48.7-0 pts
85Switzerland County48.7-0.1 pts
86Crawford County48.5-0.2 pts
87LaPorte County48.2-0.1 pts
88Henry County48.1-0 pts
89Miami County47.4-0.3 pts
90Putnam County47.2-0.1 pts
91Perry County45.5-0.2 pts
92Sullivan County44.7-0.1 pts

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Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (Counties in Indiana by female population share, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Indiana by female population share, 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 June 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/indiana-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Counties in Indiana by female population share, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/indiana-counties.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties, Counties in Indiana by female population share, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/indiana-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Parke County, with 52.3% in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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