Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2016
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (28.58%), followed by Lake County (24.92%), and St. Joseph County (13.47%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2016
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marion County | 28.58 |
| 2 | Lake County | 24.92 |
| 3 | St. Joseph County | 13.47 |
| 4 | Allen County | 12.02 |
| 5 | LaPorte County | 11.41 |
| 6 | Vanderburgh County | 9.58 |
| 7 | Madison County | 8.44 |
| 8 | Clark County | 7.64 |
| 9 | Grant County | 7.51 |
| 10 | Howard County | 7.37 |
| 11 | Delaware County | 7.23 |
| 12 | Vigo County | 7.11 |
| 13 | Hendricks County | 6.49 |
| 14 | Elkhart County | 6.21 |
| 15 | Floyd County | 5.43 |
| 16 | Tippecanoe County | 5.26 |
| 17 | Wayne County | 4.96 |
| 18 | Miami County | 4.91 |
| 19 | Sullivan County | 4.61 |
| 20 | Hamilton County | 4.12 |
| 21 | Porter County | 3.85 |
| 22 | Putnam County | 3.73 |
| 23 | Monroe County | 3.53 |
| 24 | Knox County | 2.94 |
| 25 | Hancock County | 2.66 |
| 26 | Henry County | 2.6 |
| 27 | Perry County | 2.52 |
| 28 | Parke County | 2.31 |
| 29 | Gibson County | 2.29 |
| 30 | Bartholomew County | 2.23 |
| 31 | Johnson County | 2.15 |
| 32 | Cass County | 1.96 |
| 33 | Jefferson County | 1.93 |
| 34 | Daviess County | 1.71 |
| 35 | Boone County | 1.7 |
| 36 | Warrick County | 1.55 |
| 37 | Fayette County | 1.47 |
| 38 | Orange County | 1.31 |
| 39 | Shelby County | 1.24 |
| 40 | Jackson County | 1.12 |
| 41 | Kosciusko County | 1.08 |
| 42 | Switzerland County | 1.05 |
| 43 | Montgomery County | 0.99 |
| 44 | Posey County | 0.98 |
| 45 | Rush County | 0.97 |
| 46 | Benton County | 0.95 |
| 47 | Spencer County | 0.87 |
| 48 | Union County | 0.85 |
| 48 | White County | 0.85 |
| 49 | Newton County | 0.84 |
| 50 | Steuben County | 0.83 |
| 51 | Jasper County | 0.81 |
| 51 | Jennings County | 0.81 |
| 52 | Pulaski County | 0.79 |
| 53 | Marshall County | 0.78 |
| 53 | Noble County | 0.78 |
| 54 | Carroll County | 0.77 |
| 55 | Fulton County | 0.76 |
| 56 | Wabash County | 0.71 |
| 57 | Clinton County | 0.7 |
| 57 | Dubois County | 0.7 |
| 58 | Wells County | 0.68 |
| 59 | Dearborn County | 0.67 |
| 59 | Randolph County | 0.67 |
| 60 | Blackford County | 0.64 |
| 61 | Harrison County | 0.62 |
| 62 | Clay County | 0.61 |
| 62 | Ohio County | 0.61 |
| 63 | Huntington County | 0.6 |
| 64 | Brown County | 0.59 |
| 65 | Pike County | 0.58 |
| 66 | Tipton County | 0.56 |
| 67 | Crawford County | 0.55 |
| 68 | Decatur County | 0.51 |
| 69 | Jay County | 0.5 |
| 69 | Washington County | 0.5 |
| 70 | Fountain County | 0.49 |
| 71 | Morgan County | 0.48 |
| 72 | LaGrange County | 0.47 |
| 73 | Whitley County | 0.46 |
| 74 | Adams County | 0.45 |
| 74 | DeKalb County | 0.45 |
| 75 | Lawrence County | 0.43 |
| 75 | Scott County | 0.43 |
| 76 | Owen County | 0.42 |
| 77 | Ripley County | 0.41 |
| 77 | Starke County | 0.41 |
| 78 | Vermillion County | 0.36 |
| 79 | Martin County | 0.34 |
| 80 | Franklin County | 0.33 |
| 81 | Warren County | 0.32 |
| 82 | Greene County | 0.23 |