Ranking of Indiana Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (274.48K), followed by Lake County (120.09K), and Allen County (44.65K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Indiana counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Indiana Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
Marion
Lake
Allen
St. Joseph
Vanderburgh
Hamilton
Elkhart
LaPorte
Hendricks
Madison
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Marion County 274476
2 Lake County 120093
3 Allen County 44649
4 St. Joseph County 36762
5 Vanderburgh County 17591
6 Hamilton County 13792
7 Elkhart County 12626
8 LaPorte County 12619
9 Hendricks County 11292
10 Madison County 10987
11 Tippecanoe County 10496
12 Clark County 9114
13 Delaware County 8330
14 Vigo County 7765
15 Porter County 6950
16 Howard County 6259
17 Monroe County 5279
18 Grant County 5017
19 Floyd County 4216
20 Johnson County 3525
21 Wayne County 3315
22 Hancock County 2101
23 Bartholomew County 1854
24 Miami County 1810
25 Putnam County 1357
26 Henry County 1271
27 Boone County 1242
28 Knox County 1035
29 Warrick County 984
30 Sullivan County 967
31 Kosciusko County 865
32 Gibson County 821
33 Cass County 763
34 Daviess County 668
35 Jefferson County 596
36 Shelby County 567
37 Jackson County 518
38 Perry County 476
39 Montgomery County 416
40 Noble County 406
41 Parke County 405
42 Marshall County 360
43 Morgan County 339
44 Fayette County 332
45 Dearborn County 317
46 Dubois County 315
47 Steuben County 299
48 Jasper County 279
49 Orange County 271
50 Harrison County 260
50 Posey County 260
51 Wabash County 240
52 Clinton County 237
53 Huntington County 233
54 Jennings County 227
55 Lawrence County 220
56 DeKalb County 217
57 White County 215
58 LaGrange County 187
59 Adams County 186
60 Clay County 185
60 Wells County 185
61 Spencer County 178
62 Randolph County 174
63 Fulton County 167
64 Rush County 158
65 Decatur County 151
66 Whitley County 144
67 Carroll County 143
68 Washington County 134
69 Ripley County 126
70 Newton County 117
71 Scott County 116
72 Switzerland County 109
73 Pulaski County 102
74 Tipton County 99
75 Brown County 98
76 Starke County 97
77 Fountain County 88
78 Jay County 86
78 Pike County 86
79 Greene County 85
79 Owen County 85
80 Benton County 81
81 Franklin County 76
82 Blackford County 75
83 Vermillion County 69
84 Union County 62
85 Crawford County 60
86 Ohio County 35
87 Warren County 30
88 Martin County 27