Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 134.57K people in Indiana with European ancestry (1.99% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Goshen city had the highest percentage of its population with European ancestry (4.61%), followed by Auburn city (3.96%), and Elkhart city (3.90%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having European ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Indiana.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
Goshen city
Auburn city
Elkhart city
Greenfield city
Yorktown town
Chesterton town
Bloomington city
Carmel city
Muncie city
Madison city
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Goshen city 4.61
2 Auburn city 3.96
3 Elkhart city 3.90
4 Greenfield city 3.49
5 Yorktown town 3.38
6 Chesterton town 3.26
7 Bloomington city 3.20
8 Carmel city 2.96
8 Muncie city 2.96
9 Madison city 2.93
10 West Lafayette city 2.62
11 Martinsville city 2.39
12 Columbus city 2.35
13 New Castle city 2.30
14 Westfield city 2.25
15 Greenwood city 2.22
16 Zionsville town 2.15
17 New Albany city 2.08
17 Noblesville city 2.08
18 Kokomo city 2.06
19 Lebanon city 2.05
20 Fishers city 2.03
21 Lawrence city 2.02
22 Valparaiso city 2.00
23 Mishawaka city 1.99
24 La Porte city 1.95
25 Cedar Lake town 1.92
26 Connersville city 1.88
26 Evansville city 1.88
27 Bedford city 1.87
28 Fort Wayne city 1.84
29 Granger CDP 1.81
30 Richmond city 1.80
31 Avon town 1.78
32 Brownsburg town 1.76
32 Plymouth city 1.76
33 Warsaw city 1.74
34 Lafayette city 1.69
35 South Bend city 1.68
36 Anderson city 1.64
37 Beech Grove city 1.62
38 Merrillville town 1.58
39 New Haven city 1.57
39 Terre Haute city 1.57
40 Franklin city 1.55
41 Frankfort city 1.51
42 Plainfield town 1.45
43 Marion city 1.43
44 Indianapolis city (balance) 1.39
45 Crown Point city 1.29
46 Speedway town 1.15
47 Bluffton city 1.14
47 Lake Station city 1.14
48 Seymour city 1.10
49 Highland town 1.09
50 Peru city 1.08
51 Hobart city 1.05
52 Michigan City city 1.00
53 Crawfordsville city 0.99
54 Greensburg city 0.98
55 Clarksville town 0.96
55 Jasper city 0.96
56 Huntington city 0.91
57 Washington city 0.87
58 Jeffersonville city 0.86
59 Dyer town 0.83
60 Shelbyville city 0.79
61 Logansport city 0.68
61 St. John town 0.68
62 Vincennes city 0.55
63 Hammond city 0.53
64 Munster town 0.51
65 Schererville town 0.50
66 Danville town 0.47
66 Lowell town 0.47
67 Wabash city 0.37
68 Griffith town 0.34
68 Portage city 0.34
69 East Chicago city 0.28
70 Gary city 0.26