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Indiana

Indiana has a quality of life score of 54/100 (C, average) and ranks #21 of 51 states. Its strongest category is cost of living (72) and its weakest is quality of life (31). Its top-rated larger counties are Hamilton County, Boone County, Dubois County.

  • Safety: 54
  • Cost of living: 72
  • Education: 59
  • Quality of life: 31

Key figures: violent crime 290.0 per 100,000 people a year (US 345.2); median rent $1,062 a month; median home value $218,200; median household income $69,458; life expectancy 75.1 years.

Counties in Indiana, best first

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

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About the data

Every county is compared with every other US county, and every state with the other states.

Each measure becomes a percentile from 0 to 100, where 100 is always best. For crime, deaths, disaster risk, costs and commutes, the lowest value is best. A category score averages its measures’ percentiles and is then scaled so all four categories have the same spread around 50, so each counts equally. The overall score is the average of the four. 50 is a typical place, and most land between 35 and 65. Your priorities lets you weight the categories differently.

Grades: A 65 and up, B 55–64, C 45–54, D 35–44, F under 35.

Each category lists a county’s own figures next to its state’s and the US figures. Under the state and US columns, Difference shows whether the county is higher or lower, as a share of that figure (hover for the exact gap). Rank shows where it ranks instead: “ranked 75%” means it does better than 75% of the counties in its state, or in the US. A green arrow or dot means the county does better, red means worse.

Compare puts any two places side by side, counties or states, in any state. The better value in each row is highlighted.

A county gets an overall score only if all four categories have data and at least 60% of the measures are present. Small counties often have suppressed data, and without this rule they rank at the top on just a few numbers. Top 10 lists only include counties with at least 10,000 people.

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