Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (27.63%), followed by Lake County (25.83%), and St. Joseph County (13.09%).

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

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Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
Marion
Lake
St. Joseph
Allen
LaPorte
Vanderburgh
Madison
Clark
Grant
Howard
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Marion County 27.63
2 Lake County 25.83
3 St. Joseph County 13.09
4 Allen County 12.13
5 LaPorte County 11.11
6 Vanderburgh County 9.2
7 Madison County 8.4
8 Clark County 7.23
9 Grant County 7.2
10 Howard County 7.05
10 Vigo County 7.05
11 Delaware County 7.04
12 Elkhart County 5.97
13 Hendricks County 5.5
14 Floyd County 5.18
15 Wayne County 4.98
16 Miami County 4.58
17 Tippecanoe County 4.46
18 Sullivan County 4.43
19 Putnam County 3.99
20 Hamilton County 3.83
21 Monroe County 3.38
22 Porter County 3.37
23 Perry County 2.8
24 Knox County 2.68
25 Henry County 2.52
26 Parke County 2.25
27 Bartholomew County 2.06
28 Hancock County 2
29 Gibson County 1.94
30 Jefferson County 1.9
31 Cass County 1.88
32 Johnson County 1.56
33 Fayette County 1.47
34 Warrick County 1.37
35 Boone County 1.18
36 Shelby County 1.08
37 Orange County 1.04
38 Montgomery County 1.03
39 Kosciusko County 0.88
40 Jackson County 0.87
40 Posey County 0.87
41 Jasper County 0.84
42 Jennings County 0.82
43 Rush County 0.81
44 Pulaski County 0.77
45 Benton County 0.76
46 Fulton County 0.73
47 Daviess County 0.69
48 Steuben County 0.67
49 Marshall County 0.66
50 Dearborn County 0.65
51 Newton County 0.64
52 Spencer County 0.63
52 Switzerland County 0.63
53 Wabash County 0.61
54 Blackford County 0.6
55 Noble County 0.59
56 Harrison County 0.58
56 White County 0.58
57 Clinton County 0.56
58 Randolph County 0.53
59 Union County 0.52
60 Wells County 0.51
61 Huntington County 0.5
62 Brown County 0.49
63 Carroll County 0.44
63 Clay County 0.44
63 Decatur County 0.44
63 Dubois County 0.44
64 Lawrence County 0.42
65 Crawford County 0.4
65 DeKalb County 0.4
65 LaGrange County 0.4
66 Whitley County 0.39
67 Fountain County 0.38
67 Pike County 0.38
67 Tipton County 0.38
68 Adams County 0.37
68 Starke County 0.37
69 Morgan County 0.35
70 Owen County 0.34
71 Ohio County 0.33
72 Jay County 0.3
72 Scott County 0.3
73 Washington County 0.29
74 Franklin County 0.27
74 Ripley County 0.27
75 Martin County 0.23
76 Vermillion County 0.2
77 Warren County 0.18
78 Greene County 0.17