Table 1

Table 2. Indi= ana Counties by Population Growth Rate, 2000 to 2008
Rank	County	Popula-tion 4-1-2000	Population = 7-1-2000	Absolute Ch= ange	% Change		Rank	County	Population = 4-1-2000	Population = 7-1-2000	Absolute Ch= ange	% Change
Group 1: Fast Growth (growth rates exceed national average)<= /o:p>		Group 2: continued
1	Hamilton	182,740	269,785	87,045	47.63		47	LaPorte	110,106	110,888	782	0.71
2	Hendricks	104,093	137,240	33,147	31.84		48	Clinton	33,866	34,069	203	0.60
3	Hancock	55,395	67,282	11,887	21.46		49	Clay	26,567	26,703	136	0.51
4	Johnson	115,206	139,158	23,952	20.79		50	Gibson=	32,500	32,666	166	0.51
5	Boone<= /p>	46,107	55,027	8,920=	19.35		51	Montgomery	37,629	37,805	176	0.47
6	Clark<= /p>	96,466	106,673	10,207	10.58		52	Steuben	33,214	33,368	154	0.46
7	Porter=	146,798	162,181	15,383	10.48		53	Starke=	23,556	23,658	102	0.43
8	Tippecanoe	148,955	164,237	15,282	10.26		54	St. Joseph	265,559	266,680	1,121=	0.42
9	Warrick	52,384	57,656	5,272=	10.06		55	Miami<= /p>	36,082	36,219	137	0.38
10	Elkhart	182,791	199,137	16,346	8.94		56	Perry<= /p>	18,899	18,929	30	0.16
11	Dearborn	46,130	49,985	3,855=	8.36		57	Vigo	105,848	105,968	120	0.11
12	Jasper=	30,043	32,544	2,501=	8.32		Group 3: Population Loss (growth rates below zero)=
Group 2: Slow Growth (% change positive but below average)		58	Lawrence	45,920	45,913	-7	-0.02
13	Harrison	34,325	37,067	2,742=	7.99		59	Pulaski	13,755	13,712	-43	-0.31
14	Monroe=	120,564	128,992	8,428=	6.99		60	Parke<= /p>	17,240	17,152	-88	-0.51
15	Switzerland	9,065=	9,696=	631	6.96		61	Fulton=	20,511	20,319	-192<= /p>	-0.94
16	LaGrange	34,909	37,172	2,263=	6.48		62	Crawford	10,743	10,624	-119<= /p>	-1.11
17	Whitley	30,707	32,667	1,960=	6.38		63	Huntington	38,075	37,570	-505<= /p>	-1.33
18	Morgan=	66,689	70,668	3,979=	5.97		64	Spencer	20,391	20,111	-280<= /p>	-1.37
19	Allen<= /p>	331,849	350,523	18,674	5.63		65	Madison	133,358	131,501	-1,857	-1.39
20	Bartholomew	71,435	75,360	3,925=	5.49		66	Carroll	20,165	19,864	-301<= /p>	-1.49
21	Franklin	22,151	23,343	1,192=	5.38		67	Greene=	33,157	32,577	-580<= /p>	-1.75
22	Dubois=	39,674	41,449	1,775=	4.47		68	Jay	21,806	21,412	-394<= /p>	-1.81
23	Floyd<= /p>	70,825	73,780	2,955=	4.17		69	Howard=	84,964	83,381	-1,583	-1.86
24	DeKalb=	40,285	41,884	1,599=	3.97		70	Sullivan	21,751	21,328	-423<= /p>	-1.94
25	Jefferson	31,705	32,820	1,115=	3.52		71	Pike	12,836	12,569	-267<= /p>	-2.08
26	Marshall	45,128	46,709	1,581=	3.50		72	Union<= /p>	7,349=	7,157=	-192<= /p>	-2.61
27	Ripley=	26,523	27,400	877	3.31		73	Brown<= /p>	14,956	14,550	-406<= /p>	-2.71
28	Putnam=	36,019	37,183	1,164=	3.23		74	Henry<= /p>	48,508	47,162	-1,346	-2.77
29	Kosciusko	74,057	76,275	2,218=	2.99		75	Knox	39,256	38,057	-1,199	-3.05
30	Scott<= /p>	22,966	23,627	661	2.88		76	Vermillion	16,788	16,234	-554<= /p>	-3.30
31	Noble<= /p>	46,275	47,601	1,326=	2.87		77	Delaware	118,769	114,685	-4,084	-3.44
32	Owen	21,786	22,375	589	2.70		78	Posey<= /p>	27,061	26,079	-982<= /p>	-3.63
33	Ohio	5,623=	5,773=	150	2.67		79	Martin=	10,369	9,969=	-400<= /p>	-3.86
34	Washington	27,223	27,949	726	2.67		80	Tipton=	16,577	15,923	-654<= /p>	-3.95
35	Marion=	860,457	880,380	19,923	2.32		81	Newton=	14,566	13,933	-633<= /p>	-4.35
36	Jackson	41,335	42,193	858	2.08		82	Cass	40,930	39,123	-1,807	-4.41
37	Lake	484,561	493,800	9,239=	1.91		83	Wayne<= /p>	71,097	67,795	-3,302	-4.64
38	Decatur	24,555	24,998	443	1.80		84	Fountain	17,955	17,041	-914<= /p>	-5.09
39	Jennings	27,558	28,040	482	1.75		85	Fayette	25,588	24,265	-1,323	-5.17
40	Shelby=	43,441	44,186	745	1.71		86	Rush	18,261	17,297	-964<= /p>	-5.28
41	Vanderburgh	171,926	174,729	2,803=	1.63		87	White<= /p>	25,267	23,800	-1467=	-5.81
42	Warren=	8,419=	8,547=	128	1.52		88	Randolph	27,401	25,801	-1600=	-5.84
43	Orange=	19,306	19,571	265	1.37		89	Wabash=	34,960	32,706	-2,254	-6.45
44	Wells<= /p>	27,600	27,964	364	1.32		90	Grant<= /p>	73,403	68,609	-4,794	-6.53
45	Daviess	29,820	30,147	327	1.10		91	Blackford	14,048	13,093	-955<= /p>	-6.80
46	Adams<= /p>	33,625	33,985	360	1.07		92	Benton=	9,421=	8,769=	-652<= /p>	-6.92

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