Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone 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 percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (28.85%), followed by Lake County (24.77%), and St. Joseph County (13.61%).

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 2017
Marion
Lake
St. Joseph
Allen
LaPorte
Vanderburgh
Madison
Clark
Howard
Grant
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Marion County 28.85
2 Lake County 24.77
3 St. Joseph County 13.61
4 Allen County 12.01
5 LaPorte County 11.48
6 Vanderburgh County 9.72
7 Madison County 8.49
8 Clark County 7.81
9 Howard County 7.61
10 Grant County 7.56
11 Delaware County 7.23
12 Vigo County 7.21
13 Hendricks County 6.9
14 Elkhart County 6.18
15 Tippecanoe County 5.49
16 Floyd County 5.47
17 Miami County 5.04
18 Wayne County 5
19 Sullivan County 4.67
20 Hamilton County 4.27
21 Porter County 4.12
22 Putnam County 3.63
23 Monroe County 3.6
24 Hancock County 2.8
25 Knox County 2.79
26 Henry County 2.64
27 Perry County 2.5
28 Gibson County 2.43
29 Parke County 2.4
30 Johnson County 2.29
31 Bartholomew County 2.25
32 Cass County 2.02
32 Daviess County 2.02
33 Boone County 1.89
34 Jefferson County 1.86
35 Warrick County 1.58
36 Fayette County 1.44
37 Orange County 1.4
38 Shelby County 1.28
39 Jackson County 1.18
40 Kosciusko County 1.09
40 Montgomery County 1.09
41 Posey County 1.02
41 Switzerland County 1.02
42 Rush County 0.95
43 Benton County 0.94
44 White County 0.89
45 Spencer County 0.87
45 Steuben County 0.87
46 Noble County 0.86
46 Union County 0.86
47 Fulton County 0.83
47 Jasper County 0.83
47 Newton County 0.83
48 Jennings County 0.82
49 Pulaski County 0.81
50 Marshall County 0.78
51 Wabash County 0.76
52 Clinton County 0.74
52 Dubois County 0.74
53 Carroll County 0.71
53 Clay County 0.71
54 Pike County 0.7
54 Randolph County 0.7
55 Wells County 0.66
56 Brown County 0.65
56 Harrison County 0.65
56 Tipton County 0.65
57 Dearborn County 0.64
57 Huntington County 0.64
58 Blackford County 0.62
59 Ohio County 0.6
60 Crawford County 0.57
60 Decatur County 0.57
61 Fountain County 0.54
62 Adams County 0.53
63 DeKalb County 0.51
64 Morgan County 0.49
64 Scott County 0.49
65 LaGrange County 0.48
65 Lawrence County 0.48
65 Washington County 0.48
66 Vermillion County 0.45
67 Ripley County 0.44
68 Whitley County 0.43
69 Starke County 0.42
70 Jay County 0.41
70 Owen County 0.41
71 Warren County 0.37
72 Franklin County 0.34
73 Martin County 0.27
74 Greene County 0.26