Counties in Indiana by female population share

Parke County had the highest female population share of 92 counties in 2022, at 52.2%. Sullivan County had the lowest, at 45%. The median was 50.1% and the figure for Indiana was 50.7%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest52.2Parke County
Median50.192 counties
Indiana50.7History

Map of counties, 2022

Adams County: 50.3 %Allen County: 51 %Bartholomew County: 50.3 %Benton County: 49.2 %Blackford County: 50.6 %Boone County: 50.5 %Brown County: 49.9 %Carroll County: 49.6 %Cass County: 49.9 %Clark County: 51.3 %Clay County: 50.6 %Clinton County: 50.5 %Crawford County: 48.9 %Daviess County: 49.7 %Dearborn County: 50 %Decatur County: 50.4 %DeKalb County: 50.4 %Delaware County: 52.2 %Dubois County: 50.3 %Elkhart County: 50.4 %Fayette County: 50.9 %Floyd County: 51.3 %Fountain County: 50.2 %Franklin County: 50.1 %Fulton County: 49.8 %Gibson County: 49.7 %Grant County: 51.7 %Greene County: 50 %Hamilton County: 51.2 %Hancock County: 51 %Harrison County: 49.9 %Hendricks County: 50.2 %Henry County: 47.9 %Howard County: 51.7 %Huntington County: 50.5 %Jackson County: 49.5 %Jasper County: 50.1 %Jay County: 49.8 %Jefferson County: 51.7 %Jennings County: 49.7 %Johnson County: 50.8 %Knox County: 49.7 %Kosciusko County: 50.2 %LaGrange County: 49.4 %Lake County: 51.7 %LaPorte County: 48.3 %Lawrence County: 50.3 %Madison County: 50 %Marion County: 51.6 %Marshall County: 50.1 %Martin County: 48.9 %Miami County: 48.1 %Monroe County: 50.5 %Montgomery County: 49.5 %Morgan County: 50.1 %Newton County: 49.5 %Noble County: 50 %Ohio County: 50.1 %Orange County: 49.9 %Owen County: 49.4 %Parke County: 52.2 %Perry County: 46.8 %Pike County: 49.4 %Porter County: 50.9 %Posey County: 50.1 %Pulaski County: 49.7 %Putnam County: 47.4 %Randolph County: 50.2 %Ripley County: 50.2 %Rush County: 50.8 %St. Joseph County: 51.3 %Scott County: 51.1 %Shelby County: 50 %Spencer County: 49.3 %Starke County: 49.7 %Steuben County: 49 %Sullivan County: 45 %Switzerland County: 48.8 %Tippecanoe County: 49.2 %Tipton County: 50.2 %Union County: 50 %Vanderburgh County: 51.4 %Vermillion County: 50.4 %Vigo County: 49.9 %Wabash County: 51.4 %Warren County: 49.4 %Warrick County: 50.8 %Washington County: 50.1 %Wayne County: 51.6 %Wells County: 50.5 %White County: 50.2 %Whitley County: 50.3 %
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%, 2022. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Parke County: 52.2 %Parke County52.2Delaware County: 52.2 %Delaware County52.2Howard County: 51.7 %Howard County51.7Jefferson County: 51.7 %Jefferson County51.7Grant County: 51.7 %Grant County51.7Lake County: 51.7 %Lake County51.7Marion County: 51.6 %Marion County51.6Wayne County: 51.6 %Wayne County51.6Vanderburgh County: 51.4 %Vanderburgh County51.4Wabash County: 51.4 %Wabash County51.4Clark County: 51.3 %Clark County51.3St. Joseph County: 51.3 %St. Joseph County51.3Floyd County: 51.3 %Floyd County51.3Hamilton County: 51.2 %Hamilton County51.2Scott County: 51.1 %Scott County51.1Hancock County: 51 %Hancock County51Allen County: 51 %Allen County51Fayette County: 50.9 %Fayette County50.9Porter County: 50.9 %Porter County50.9Warrick County: 50.8 %Warrick County50.8Johnson County: 50.8 %Johnson County50.8Rush County: 50.8 %Rush County50.8Blackford County: 50.6 %Blackford County50.6Clay County: 50.6 %Clay County50.6Boone County: 50.5 %Boone County50.5Wells County: 50.5 %Wells County50.5Clinton County: 50.5 %Clinton County50.5Huntington County: 50.5 %Huntington County50.5Monroe County: 50.5 %Monroe County50.5Elkhart County: 50.4 %Elkhart County50.4Decatur County: 50.4 %Decatur County50.4DeKalb County: 50.4 %DeKalb County50.4Vermillion County: 50.4 %Vermillion County50.4Bartholomew County: 50.3 %Bartholomew County50.3Whitley County: 50.3 %Whitley County50.3Lawrence County: 50.3 %Lawrence County50.3Adams County: 50.3 %Adams County50.3Dubois County: 50.3 %Dubois County50.3Randolph County: 50.2 %Randolph County50.2Kosciusko County: 50.2 %Kosciusko County50.2Parke County: 52.2 %Parke County52.2Delaware County: 52.2 %Delaware County52.2Howard County: 51.7 %Howard County51.7Jefferson County: 51.7 %Jefferson County51.7Grant County: 51.7 %Grant County51.7Lake County: 51.7 %Lake County51.7Marion County: 51.6 %Marion County51.6Wayne County: 51.6 %Wayne County51.6Vanderburgh County: 51.4 %Vanderburgh County51.4Wabash County: 51.4 %Wabash County51.4Clark County: 51.3 %Clark County51.3St. Joseph County: 51.3 %St. Joseph County51.3Floyd County: 51.3 %Floyd County51.3Hamilton County: 51.2 %Hamilton County51.2Scott County: 51.1 %Scott County51.1Hancock County: 51 %Hancock County51Allen County: 51 %Allen County51Fayette County: 50.9 %Fayette County50.9Porter County: 50.9 %Porter County50.9Warrick County: 50.8 %Warrick County50.8Johnson County: 50.8 %Johnson County50.8Rush County: 50.8 %Rush County50.8Blackford County: 50.6 %Blackford County50.6Clay County: 50.6 %Clay County50.6Boone County: 50.5 %Boone County50.5Wells County: 50.5 %Wells County50.5Clinton County: 50.5 %Clinton County50.5Huntington County: 50.5 %Huntington County50.5Monroe County: 50.5 %Monroe County50.5Elkhart County: 50.4 %Elkhart County50.4Decatur County: 50.4 %Decatur County50.4DeKalb County: 50.4 %DeKalb County50.4Vermillion County: 50.4 %Vermillion County50.4Bartholomew County: 50.3 %Bartholomew County50.3Whitley County: 50.3 %Whitley County50.3Lawrence County: 50.3 %Lawrence County50.3Adams County: 50.3 %Adams County50.3Dubois County: 50.3 %Dubois County50.3Randolph County: 50.2 %Randolph County50.2Kosciusko County: 50.2 %Kosciusko County50.2
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022 (%)Change on 2021
1Parke County52.2-0.4 pts
2Delaware County52.2-0 pts
3Howard County51.7+0.1 pts
4Jefferson County51.7-0 pts
5Grant County51.70 pts
6Lake County51.70 pts
7Marion County51.60 pts
8Wayne County51.60 pts
9Vanderburgh County51.4-0 pts
10Wabash County51.4-0 pts
11Clark County51.3+0.1 pts
12St. Joseph County51.3+0.1 pts
13Floyd County51.3-0.1 pts
14Hamilton County51.20 pts
15Scott County51.10 pts
16Hancock County51+0.1 pts
17Allen County510 pts
18Fayette County50.9-0 pts
19Porter County50.9+0.1 pts
20Warrick County50.8+0.1 pts
21Johnson County50.8-0.1 pts
22Rush County50.8+0.2 pts
23Blackford County50.6+0.1 pts
24Clay County50.60 pts
25Boone County50.50 pts
26Wells County50.50 pts
27Clinton County50.5+0.1 pts
28Huntington County50.5-0.1 pts
29Monroe County50.5+0.1 pts
30Elkhart County50.4-0.2 pts
31Decatur County50.40 pts
32DeKalb County50.40 pts
33Vermillion County50.4-0.2 pts
34Bartholomew County50.3-0.1 pts
35Whitley County50.3-0.2 pts
36Lawrence County50.30 pts
37Adams County50.3-0.1 pts
38Dubois County50.3-0 pts
39Randolph County50.2-0.2 pts
40Kosciusko County50.2+0.1 pts
41Ripley County50.2-0.1 pts
42Tipton County50.2-0.2 pts
43White County50.2-0.1 pts
44Fountain County50.2+0.1 pts
45Hendricks County50.2-0 pts
46Posey County50.1-0 pts
47Marshall County50.1-0 pts
48Ohio County50.1-0.4 pts
49Washington County50.1+0.2 pts
50Franklin County50.1-0.1 pts
51Jasper County50.1-0 pts
52Morgan County50.1-0 pts
53Dearborn County50-0 pts
54Union County50-0.2 pts
55Madison County50+0.1 pts
56Greene County50-0 pts
57Shelby County50-0.1 pts
58Noble County50+0.1 pts
59Cass County49.9-0.3 pts
59Orange County49.9+0.1 pts
61Vigo County49.9+0.1 pts
62Harrison County49.90 pts
63Brown County49.9-0.2 pts
64Fulton County49.8-0.1 pts
65Jay County49.8+0.1 pts
66Gibson County49.7-0.4 pts
67Jennings County49.7-0.1 pts
68Daviess County49.7-0 pts
69Pulaski County49.7+0.3 pts
70Knox County49.7-0.1 pts
71Starke County49.7-0.1 pts
72Carroll County49.6-0.3 pts
73Newton County49.5+0.1 pts
74Jackson County49.5-0.2 pts
75Montgomery County49.5-0.2 pts
76Warren County49.4+0.1 pts
77Owen County49.4-0.1 pts
78Pike County49.4-0.1 pts
79LaGrange County49.4+0.1 pts
80Spencer County49.3-0.1 pts
81Benton County49.2-0.3 pts
82Tippecanoe County49.2-0.1 pts
83Steuben County49-0.1 pts
84Crawford County48.9+0.2 pts
85Martin County48.9-0.4 pts
86Switzerland County48.8-0.1 pts
87LaPorte County48.30 pts
88Miami County48.1+0.4 pts
89Henry County47.9+0.3 pts
90Putnam County47.4+0.3 pts
91Perry County46.8+0.4 pts
92Sullivan County45+0.3 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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022. 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=2022.

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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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Parke County, with 52.2% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Sullivan County, with 45% in 2022.

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