Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (29.06%), followed by Lake County (24.69%), and St. Joseph County (13.86%).

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 2020
Marion
Lake
St. Joseph
Allen
LaPorte
Vanderburgh
Madison
Clark
Hendricks
Howard
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Marion County 29.06
2 Lake County 24.69
3 St. Joseph County 13.86
4 Allen County 12.06
5 LaPorte County 11.7
6 Vanderburgh County 10.16
7 Madison County 8.56
8 Clark County 8.5
9 Hendricks County 8.33
10 Howard County 8.24
11 Grant County 7.72
12 Delaware County 7.36
13 Vigo County 7.12
14 Tippecanoe County 6.15
15 Elkhart County 6.03
16 Floyd County 5.68
17 Wayne County 5.08
18 Miami County 5
19 Sullivan County 4.81
20 Hamilton County 4.66
21 Porter County 4.58
22 Monroe County 3.86
23 Hancock County 3.49
24 Putnam County 3.48
25 Perry County 2.98
26 Knox County 2.9
27 Johnson County 2.83
28 Gibson County 2.78
29 Henry County 2.73
30 Bartholomew County 2.57
31 Boone County 2.36
32 Daviess County 2.3
33 Cass County 2.27
34 Jefferson County 2.19
35 Parke County 2.09
36 Warrick County 1.86
37 Jackson County 1.63
37 Orange County 1.63
38 Fayette County 1.56
39 Shelby County 1.48
40 Switzerland County 1.22
41 Montgomery County 1.19
42 Kosciusko County 1.16
42 White County 1.16
43 Newton County 1.12
44 Carroll County 1.07
44 Noble County 1.07
45 Posey County 1.06
46 Dubois County 1.04
47 Benton County 1.03
48 Rush County 1.02
49 Spencer County 0.98
50 Steuben County 0.96
50 Wells County 0.96
51 Fulton County 0.95
51 Union County 0.95
52 Pulaski County 0.89
53 Jennings County 0.88
54 Blackford County 0.87
54 Wabash County 0.87
55 Brown County 0.86
56 Clinton County 0.84
57 Clay County 0.83
58 Harrison County 0.8
58 Marshall County 0.8
58 Randolph County 0.8
59 Crawford County 0.77
60 Dearborn County 0.74
60 Huntington County 0.74
60 Pike County 0.74
61 Ohio County 0.73
61 Vermillion County 0.73
62 Decatur County 0.7
62 Tipton County 0.7
63 Adams County 0.68
64 DeKalb County 0.66
65 Jasper County 0.65
66 Fountain County 0.63
67 Jay County 0.62
68 Morgan County 0.6
68 Washington County 0.6
69 Lawrence County 0.57
69 Whitley County 0.57
70 Scott County 0.56
71 LaGrange County 0.55
72 Owen County 0.54
73 Warren County 0.48
74 Starke County 0.47
75 Ripley County 0.46
76 Franklin County 0.37
77 Greene County 0.33
78 Martin County 0.28