Ranking of Indiana Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (276.14K), followed by Lake County (116.98K), and Allen County (44.62K).

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 2021
Marion
Lake
Allen
St. Joseph
Vanderburgh
Hamilton
Hendricks
LaPorte
Tippecanoe
Elkhart
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Marion County 276140
2 Lake County 116984
3 Allen County 44616
4 St. Joseph County 35940
5 Vanderburgh County 18071
6 Hamilton County 16792
7 Hendricks County 16612
8 LaPorte County 12706
9 Tippecanoe County 11282
10 Elkhart County 11199
11 Madison County 11051
12 Clark County 10062
13 Delaware County 7985
14 Porter County 7820
15 Vigo County 7307
16 Howard County 6789
17 Monroe County 5160
18 Johnson County 4926
19 Grant County 4892
20 Floyd County 4532
21 Wayne County 3202
22 Hancock County 2950
23 Boone County 1867
24 Miami County 1791
25 Bartholomew County 1777
26 Henry County 1370
27 Putnam County 1309
28 Warrick County 1251
29 Sullivan County 1035
30 Knox County 1011
31 Gibson County 844
32 Kosciusko County 797
33 Cass County 689
34 Daviess County 685
35 Jefferson County 679
36 Shelby County 618
37 Perry County 615
38 Jackson County 590
39 Morgan County 502
40 Noble County 436
41 Montgomery County 416
42 Dearborn County 359
43 Parke County 353
44 Dubois County 352
45 Fayette County 341
46 Orange County 308
47 Steuben County 286
48 Marshall County 280
49 Harrison County 277
50 Clinton County 274
51 Huntington County 268
52 Posey County 266
53 Wabash County 251
54 DeKalb County 247
54 Lawrence County 247
55 Wells County 245
56 Jennings County 219
57 Adams County 210
58 Whitley County 202
59 LaGrange County 201
60 Clay County 198
61 Jasper County 194
62 Decatur County 183
63 Fulton County 180
64 Washington County 173
65 Randolph County 171
66 Carroll County 160
67 White County 156
68 Rush County 149
69 Spencer County 147
70 Ripley County 141
71 Jay County 136
71 Newton County 136
72 Owen County 134
73 Starke County 128
74 Scott County 127
75 Switzerland County 116
76 Pulaski County 110
77 Brown County 107
78 Greene County 105
79 Tipton County 100
80 Vermillion County 98
81 Blackford County 92
82 Fountain County 91
83 Franklin County 83
84 Union County 81
85 Pike County 78
86 Benton County 73
87 Crawford County 67
88 Martin County 44
88 Ohio County 44
89 Warren County 37