Counties in Indiana by female population share

Parke County had the highest female population share of 92 counties in 2014, at 52.9%. Sullivan County had the lowest, at 45.6%. The median was 50.3% and the figure for Indiana was 50.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest52.9Parke County
Lowest45.6Sullivan County
Median50.392 counties
Indiana50.8History

Map of counties, 2014

Adams County: 50.4 %Allen County: 51.2 %Bartholomew County: 50.3 %Benton County: 49.7 %Blackford County: 50.3 %Boone County: 50.6 %Brown County: 50.1 %Carroll County: 50.6 %Cass County: 50.2 %Clark County: 51 %Clay County: 50.6 %Clinton County: 50.6 %Crawford County: 49.2 %Daviess County: 50 %Dearborn County: 50.3 %Decatur County: 50.6 %DeKalb County: 50.3 %Delaware County: 52 %Dubois County: 50.5 %Elkhart County: 50.6 %Fayette County: 50.6 %Floyd County: 51.5 %Fountain County: 49.9 %Franklin County: 49.8 %Fulton County: 50.3 %Gibson County: 50.4 %Grant County: 51.9 %Greene County: 50 %Hamilton County: 51.2 %Hancock County: 50.9 %Harrison County: 50.1 %Hendricks County: 50.2 %Henry County: 48.3 %Howard County: 51.7 %Huntington County: 50.8 %Jackson County: 50 %Jasper County: 50.3 %Jay County: 50.5 %Jefferson County: 52 %Jennings County: 50 %Johnson County: 50.9 %Knox County: 49.5 %Kosciusko County: 50.4 %LaGrange County: 49.8 %Lake County: 51.7 %LaPorte County: 48.3 %Lawrence County: 50.4 %Madison County: 50 %Marion County: 51.8 %Marshall County: 50.4 %Martin County: 49.5 %Miami County: 46.4 %Monroe County: 50 %Montgomery County: 49.5 %Morgan County: 50.2 %Newton County: 49.1 %Noble County: 50 %Ohio County: 50.2 %Orange County: 50.3 %Owen County: 49.7 %Parke County: 52.9 %Perry County: 46.4 %Pike County: 49.5 %Porter County: 50.8 %Posey County: 50.2 %Pulaski County: 49.2 %Putnam County: 46.9 %Randolph County: 50.9 %Ripley County: 50.7 %Rush County: 50.8 %St. Joseph County: 51.4 %Scott County: 50.7 %Shelby County: 50.5 %Spencer County: 49.3 %Starke County: 50.4 %Steuben County: 49.2 %Sullivan County: 45.6 %Switzerland County: 49.4 %Tippecanoe County: 49 %Tipton County: 50.3 %Union County: 49.9 %Vanderburgh County: 51.7 %Vermillion County: 50.5 %Vigo County: 49.4 %Wabash County: 51.4 %Warren County: 49.9 %Warrick County: 50.6 %Washington County: 49.9 %Wayne County: 51.4 %Wells County: 50.6 %White County: 50.1 %Whitley County: 50.3 %
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%, 2014. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2014

Parke County: 52.9 %Parke County52.9Delaware County: 52 %Delaware County52Jefferson County: 52 %Jefferson County52Grant County: 51.9 %Grant County51.9Marion County: 51.8 %Marion County51.8Vanderburgh County: 51.7 %Vanderburgh County51.7Lake County: 51.7 %Lake County51.7Howard County: 51.7 %Howard County51.7Floyd County: 51.5 %Floyd County51.5Wayne County: 51.4 %Wayne County51.4St. Joseph County: 51.4 %St. Joseph County51.4Wabash County: 51.4 %Wabash County51.4Hamilton County: 51.2 %Hamilton County51.2Allen County: 51.2 %Allen County51.2Clark County: 51 %Clark County51Johnson County: 50.9 %Johnson County50.9Hancock County: 50.9 %Hancock County50.9Randolph County: 50.9 %Randolph County50.9Porter County: 50.8 %Porter County50.8Rush County: 50.8 %Rush County50.8Huntington County: 50.8 %Huntington County50.8Scott County: 50.7 %Scott County50.7Ripley County: 50.7 %Ripley County50.7Fayette County: 50.6 %Fayette County50.6Warrick County: 50.6 %Warrick County50.6Boone County: 50.6 %Boone County50.6Clinton County: 50.6 %Clinton County50.6Decatur County: 50.6 %Decatur County50.6Carroll County: 50.6 %Carroll County50.6Clay County: 50.6 %Clay County50.6Wells County: 50.6 %Wells County50.6Elkhart County: 50.6 %Elkhart County50.6Dubois County: 50.5 %Dubois County50.5Shelby County: 50.5 %Shelby County50.5Jay County: 50.5 %Jay County50.5Vermillion County: 50.5 %Vermillion County50.5Adams County: 50.4 %Adams County50.4Lawrence County: 50.4 %Lawrence County50.4Starke County: 50.4 %Starke County50.4Kosciusko County: 50.4 %Kosciusko County50.4Parke County: 52.9 %Parke County52.9Delaware County: 52 %Delaware County52Jefferson County: 52 %Jefferson County52Grant County: 51.9 %Grant County51.9Marion County: 51.8 %Marion County51.8Vanderburgh County: 51.7 %Vanderburgh County51.7Lake County: 51.7 %Lake County51.7Howard County: 51.7 %Howard County51.7Floyd County: 51.5 %Floyd County51.5Wayne County: 51.4 %Wayne County51.4St. Joseph County: 51.4 %St. Joseph County51.4Wabash County: 51.4 %Wabash County51.4Hamilton County: 51.2 %Hamilton County51.2Allen County: 51.2 %Allen County51.2Clark County: 51 %Clark County51Johnson County: 50.9 %Johnson County50.9Hancock County: 50.9 %Hancock County50.9Randolph County: 50.9 %Randolph County50.9Porter County: 50.8 %Porter County50.8Rush County: 50.8 %Rush County50.8Huntington County: 50.8 %Huntington County50.8Scott County: 50.7 %Scott County50.7Ripley County: 50.7 %Ripley County50.7Fayette County: 50.6 %Fayette County50.6Warrick County: 50.6 %Warrick County50.6Boone County: 50.6 %Boone County50.6Clinton County: 50.6 %Clinton County50.6Decatur County: 50.6 %Decatur County50.6Carroll County: 50.6 %Carroll County50.6Clay County: 50.6 %Clay County50.6Wells County: 50.6 %Wells County50.6Elkhart County: 50.6 %Elkhart County50.6Dubois County: 50.5 %Dubois County50.5Shelby County: 50.5 %Shelby County50.5Jay County: 50.5 %Jay County50.5Vermillion County: 50.5 %Vermillion County50.5Adams County: 50.4 %Adams County50.4Lawrence County: 50.4 %Lawrence County50.4Starke County: 50.4 %Starke County50.4Kosciusko County: 50.4 %Kosciusko County50.4
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2014 (%)Change on 2013
1Parke County52.9-0.1 pts
2Delaware County52+0.1 pts
3Jefferson County52+0.1 pts
4Grant County51.9-0 pts
5Marion County51.80 pts
6Vanderburgh County51.70 pts
7Lake County51.7-0 pts
8Howard County51.7-0.1 pts
9Floyd County51.5-0 pts
10Wayne County51.4-0 pts
11St. Joseph County51.4-0.1 pts
12Wabash County51.40 pts
13Hamilton County51.2-0 pts
14Allen County51.2-0.1 pts
15Clark County51+0.1 pts
16Johnson County50.9+0.1 pts
17Hancock County50.9-0 pts
18Randolph County50.9+0.1 pts
19Porter County50.80 pts
20Rush County50.80 pts
21Huntington County50.8-0.1 pts
22Scott County50.7-0 pts
23Ripley County50.7-0 pts
24Fayette County50.6-0.2 pts
25Warrick County50.6+0.1 pts
26Boone County50.6-0 pts
27Clinton County50.6-0.1 pts
28Decatur County50.6-0.1 pts
29Carroll County50.6+0.2 pts
30Clay County50.6-0 pts
31Wells County50.6+0.1 pts
32Elkhart County50.6-0 pts
33Dubois County50.5-0.2 pts
34Shelby County50.5+0.1 pts
35Jay County50.5-0.1 pts
36Vermillion County50.5-0.2 pts
37Adams County50.4-0.1 pts
38Lawrence County50.4-0.1 pts
39Starke County50.4-0 pts
40Kosciusko County50.40 pts
41Gibson County50.4+0.1 pts
42Marshall County50.4-0 pts
43DeKalb County50.3-0 pts
44Whitley County50.3-0 pts
45Blackford County50.3-0 pts
46Bartholomew County50.3-0 pts
47Tipton County50.3+0.2 pts
48Jasper County50.30 pts
49Orange County50.3-0.1 pts
50Fulton County50.3+0.3 pts
51Dearborn County50.30 pts
52Cass County50.2+0.2 pts
53Ohio County50.2+0.1 pts
54Hendricks County50.20 pts
55Posey County50.2-0 pts
56Morgan County50.2-0.1 pts
57Brown County50.1+0.2 pts
58White County50.1-0.3 pts
59Harrison County50.1+0.1 pts
60Greene County50+0.1 pts
61Noble County50-0.1 pts
62Daviess County50-0 pts
63Monroe County50-0 pts
64Jackson County500 pts
65Madison County50-0.1 pts
66Jennings County500 pts
67Washington County49.9+0.1 pts
68Fountain County49.90 pts
69Union County49.9-0.1 pts
70Warren County49.9-0 pts
71Franklin County49.80 pts
72LaGrange County49.8+0.2 pts
73Benton County49.7+0.1 pts
74Owen County49.70 pts
75Montgomery County49.5-0.1 pts
76Martin County49.5+0.3 pts
77Knox County49.5-0 pts
78Pike County49.5-0.2 pts
79Switzerland County49.4+0.1 pts
80Vigo County49.4-0 pts
81Spencer County49.3-0.2 pts
82Crawford County49.2+0.1 pts
83Pulaski County49.2+0.1 pts
84Steuben County49.2-0.1 pts
85Newton County49.1-0.3 pts
86Tippecanoe County49+0.1 pts
87LaPorte County48.30 pts
88Henry County48.3-0.1 pts
89Putnam County46.9-0 pts
90Miami County46.4-0.1 pts
91Perry County46.4-0.1 pts
92Sullivan County45.6+0.1 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Counties with large prisons or military bases can have low shares.

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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, 2014) [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, 2014. 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?period=2014. 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, 2014. 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?period=2014.

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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, 2014 [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?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Parke County, with 52.9% in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Sullivan County, with 45.6% in 2014.

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