Ranking of Indiana Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (267.41K), followed by Lake County (114.55K), and Allen County (42.92K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2017
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Ranking of Indiana Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2017
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Marion County 267407
2 Lake County 114548
3 Allen County 42918
4 St. Joseph County 35233
5 Vanderburgh County 17273
6 Hamilton County 13343
7 LaPorte County 12263
8 Elkhart County 11687
9 Hendricks County 10970
10 Madison County 10765
11 Tippecanoe County 9995
12 Clark County 8827
13 Delaware County 8116
14 Vigo County 7624
15 Porter County 6356
16 Howard County 6078
17 Monroe County 5026
18 Grant County 4804
19 Floyd County 4101
20 Johnson County 3292
21 Wayne County 3184
22 Hancock County 2008
23 Miami County 1735
24 Bartholomew County 1635
25 Putnam County 1320
26 Henry County 1252
27 Boone County 1182
28 Knox County 1001
29 Warrick County 951
30 Sullivan County 937
31 Gibson County 788
32 Kosciusko County 760
33 Daviess County 605
34 Cass County 559
35 Jefferson County 557
36 Shelby County 514
37 Perry County 472
38 Jackson County 430
39 Parke County 395
40 Montgomery County 365
41 Noble County 325
42 Fayette County 323
43 Morgan County 312
44 Dearborn County 300
45 Marshall County 264
46 Orange County 260
47 Steuben County 253
48 Jasper County 252
49 Posey County 244
50 Dubois County 237
51 Harrison County 228
52 Huntington County 220
53 Clinton County 211
54 Jennings County 203
55 Wabash County 198
56 Lawrence County 193
57 DeKalb County 180
58 Clay County 170
59 Wells County 163
60 Adams County 162
61 Fulton County 153
61 Randolph County 153
62 LaGrange County 149
63 Rush County 143
64 Spencer County 139
65 Decatur County 136
66 Whitley County 134
67 Washington County 132
68 Ripley County 117
69 Carroll County 113
70 White County 109
71 Pulaski County 101
72 Newton County 97
73 Scott County 96
73 Switzerland County 96
74 Starke County 89
75 Tipton County 86
76 Greene County 82
76 Owen County 82
77 Jay County 80
78 Brown County 78
79 Franklin County 70
80 Fountain County 67
81 Blackford County 66
82 Pike County 65
83 Vermillion County 60
84 Benton County 56
85 Union County 55
86 Crawford County 46
87 Ohio County 34
88 Warren County 26
89 Martin County 25