Indiana's Hard-to-Count Areas

It's a big state! With more than 6.4 million people living in Indiana and nearly 40,000 square miles of land to cover, efforts to promote the census can be helped by knowing where to target messages. That's where the "Hard-to-Count" (HTC) scores (which were derived from 12 variables that are correlated with high nonresponse rates) come in. The IBRC took the data supplied by the Census Bureau and produced maps that will help all of us hone in on the most vulnerable areas of the state and our communities.

Maps of Hard-to-Count Areas

Indiana Map

Click here for a statewide map of all census tracts by hard-to-count score.

County-Level Maps

The areas below have at least one tract above the national average HTC score of 33. Maps are in PDF format.

U.S. Map

Click here to access an interactive national map of HTC scores from FairVote2020.

Variables Used to Calculate HTC Scores

  1. Vacant Units (percent)
  2. Multi-family Housing Units (percent)
  3. Renter Occupied Units (percent)
  4. Occupied Units with More Than 1.5 Persons Per Room (percent)
  5. Households that are Not Husband/Wife Families (percent)
  6. Occupied Units with No Telephone Service (percent)
  7. Adults that are Not High School Graduates (percent)
  8. People Below Poverty (percent)
  9. Households with Public Assistance Income (percent)
  10. People Unemployed (percent)
  11. Linguistically Isolated Households (percent)
  12. Occupied Units Where Householder Recently Moved Into Unit (percent)