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Although Indiana gained population since the last census, most of that growth has been in Central Indiana.
According to the census data released this afternoon, Hendricks, Boone, Johnson, Hancock, and Hamilton County all saw double-digit percentage growth since 2010, Hamilton led the way with 26.5 percent growth, followed by Boone at 25 percent, Johnson at 15.8 percent, and Hancock at 14.1 percent.
Marion County saw eight percent growth and Allen County say 8.5 percent.
The County that saw the largest percentage drop in population was Switzerland county at 8.3 percent.
Below is a list of population percentage increases and decreases…
Adams + 4.1% Allen + 8.5%
Hendricks +20.2% Pike (-4.6%)
Henry (-1.1%) Porter + 5.4%
Bartholomew +7.1% Howard +1.1%
Posey (-2.7%) Benton (-1.5%)
Huntington (-1.2%) Pulaski (-6.6%)
Blackford (-5.1%) Jackson (+9.6%)
Putnam (-3.3%) Boone +25%
Jasper (-1.7%) Randolph (-6.4%)
Brown (1.5%) Jay (-3.6%)
Ripley (0.6%) Carroll + 0.7%
Jefferson (+2.2%) Rush (-3.7%)
Cass (-2.8%) Jennings (-3.2%)
St. Joseph +2,2% Clark + 9.9%
Gibson (-1.5%) Noble -0.2%
Washington (-0.3%) Grant (-4.8%)
Ohio (-3.4%) Wayne (-3.6%)
Greene (-7.1%) Orange (0.1%)
Wells +2.0% Hamilton +26.5%
Owen (-1.2%)
Hancock +14.1 Parke (-6.8%)
Whitley +2.5% Harrison +0.7%
Perry (-0.9%) Lake (0.5%)
Johnson +15.8% Scott (0.8%)
Clay (-1.6%) Knox (-5.6%)
Shelby +1.4% Clinton (-3%)
Kosciusko +3.7% Spencer (-5.5%)
Crawford (-1.7%) LaGrange +8.9%
Starke (0.0%) Daviess +5.5%
Lake (0.5%) Steuben +0.7%
Dearborn (1.3%) LaPorte (0.9%)
Sullivan (-3.1%) Decatur +2.8%
Lawrence (-2.4%) Switzerland -8.3%
DeKalb +2.5% Madison (-1.1%)
Tippecanoe +7.8% Delaware (-4.9)
Marion +8.2% Tipton (-4.4%)
Dubois +4.2% Marshall (-2.0%)
Union (-5.7%) Elkhart +4.8%
Martin (-5.1%) Vanderburgh (+0.2%)
Fayette (-3.6%) Miami (-2.5%)
Vermillion (-4.8%) Floyd +7.9%
Monroe +1.3% Vigo (-1.6%)
Fountain (-4.4%) Montgomery -0.5%
Wabash (-5.8%) Franklin (-1.3%)
Morgan +4.2% Warren (-0.8%)
Fulton (-1.7%) Newton (-2.9%)
Warrick +7.1% White – (0.2%)
Indiana lawmakers will use this data to draw the next set of statehouse and congressional maps.
