Entries in the Communication Awards Program are grouped according to categories as well as classes (which is determined by your county's population):
Class A---County population under 34,999
Class AA--County population between 35,000 and 72,499
Class AAA--County population between 72,500 and 124,999
Class AAAA--County population over 125,000
These are the current populations of Indiana's counties, as determined by the 2000 census:
Name of County |
Population |
Class |
| Adams County | 33,625 | A |
| Allen County | 331,849 | AAAA |
| Bartholomew County | 71,435 | AA |
| Benton County | 9,421 | A |
| Blackford County | 14,048 | A |
| Boone County | 46,107 | AA |
| Brown County | 14,957 | A |
| Carroll County | 20,165 | A |
| Cass County | 40,930 | AA |
| Clark County | 96,472 | AAA |
| Clay County | 26,556 | A |
| Clinton County | 33,866 | A |
| Crawford County | 10,743 | A |
| Daviess County | 29,820 | A |
| Dearborn County | 46,109 | AA |
| Decatur County | 24,555 | A |
| DeKalb County | 40,285 | AA |
| Delaware County | 118,769 | AAA |
| Elkhart County | 182,791 | AAAA |
| Fayette County | 25,588 | A |
| Floyd County | 70,823 | AA |
| Fountain County | 17,964 | A |
| Franklin County | 22,151 | A |
| Fulton County | 20,511 | A |
| Gibson County | 32,500 | A |
| Grant County | 73,403 | AAA |
| Greene County | 33,157 | A |
| Hamilton County | 182,740 | AAAA |
| Hancock County | 55,391 | AA |
| Harrison County | 34,325 | A |
| Hendricks County | 104,093 | AAA |
| Henry County | 48,508 | AA |
| Howard County | 84,694 | AAA |
| Huntington County | 38,075 | AA |
| Jackson County | 41,335 | AA |
| Jasper County | 30,043 | A |
| Jay County | 21,806 | A |
| Jefferson County | 31,705 | A |
| Jennings County | 27,554 | A |
| Johnson County | 115,209 | AAA |
| Knox County | 39,256 | AA |
| Kosciusko County | 74,057 | AAA |
| LaGrange County | 34,909 | A |
| Lake County | 484,564 | AAAA |
| LaPorte County | 110,106 | AAA |
| Lawrence County | 45,922 | AA |
| Madison County | 133,358 | AAAA |
| Marion County | 860,454 | AAAA |
| Marshall County | 45,128 | AA |
| Martin County | 10,369 | A |
| Miami County | 36,082 | AA |
| Monroe County | 120,563 | AAA |
| Montgomery County | 37,629 | AA |
| Morgan County | 66,689 | AA |
| Newton County | 14,566 | A |
| Noble County | 46,275 | AA |
| Ohio County | 5,623 | A |
| Orange County | 19,306 | A |
| Owen County | 21,786 | A |
| Parke County | 17,241 | A |
| Perry County | 18,899 | A |
| Pike County | 12,837 | A |
| Porter County | 146,798 | AAAA |
| Posey County | 27,061 | A |
| Pulaski County | 13,755 | A |
| Putnam County | 36,019 | AA |
| Randolph County | 27,401 | A |
| Ripley County | 26,523 | A |
| Rush County | 18,261 | A |
| Scott County | 22,960 | A |
| Shelby County | 43,445 | AA |
| Spencer County | 20,391 | A |
| Starke County | 23,556 | A |
| Steuben County | 33,214 | A |
| St. Joseph County | 265,559 | AAAA |
| Sullivan County | 21,751 | A |
| Switzerland County | 9,065 | A |
| Tippecanoe County | 148,955 | AAAA |
| Tipton County | 16,577 | A |
| Union County | 7,349 | A |
| Vanderburgh County | 171,922 | AAAA |
| Vermillion County | 16,788 | A |
| Vigo County | 105,848 | AAA |
| Wabash County | 34,960 | A |
| Warren County | 8,419 | A |
| Warrick County | 52,383 | AA |
| Washington County | 27,223 | A |
| Wayne County | 71,097 | AA |
| Wells County | 27,600 | A |
| White County | 25,267 | A |
| Whitley County | 30,707 | A |