Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (26.96%), followed by Lake County (24.81%), and St. Joseph County (12.62%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
Marion
Lake
St. Joseph
Allen
LaPorte
Vanderburgh
Madison
Clark
Grant
Vigo
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Marion County 26.96
2 Lake County 24.81
3 St. Joseph County 12.62
4 Allen County 11.73
5 LaPorte County 10.84
6 Vanderburgh County 9.05
7 Madison County 8.26
8 Clark County 7.03
9 Grant County 6.95
9 Vigo County 6.95
10 Delaware County 6.89
11 Howard County 6.86
12 Elkhart County 5.58
13 Hendricks County 5.37
14 Floyd County 5.03
15 Wayne County 4.82
16 Miami County 4.49
17 Sullivan County 4.34
18 Tippecanoe County 4.25
19 Putnam County 3.9
20 Hamilton County 3.69
21 Monroe County 3.23
22 Porter County 3.12
23 Perry County 2.79
24 Knox County 2.6
25 Henry County 2.49
26 Parke County 2.2
27 Hancock County 1.93
28 Gibson County 1.89
29 Bartholomew County 1.85
30 Jefferson County 1.77
31 Fayette County 1.44
32 Cass County 1.43
33 Johnson County 1.41
34 Warrick County 1.3
35 Boone County 1.14
36 Orange County 1.01
37 Shelby County 0.98
38 Montgomery County 0.9
39 Posey County 0.84
40 Jasper County 0.77
40 Kosciusko County 0.77
41 Jennings County 0.76
41 Rush County 0.76
42 Jackson County 0.74
42 Pulaski County 0.74
43 Fulton County 0.68
44 Dearborn County 0.62
45 Daviess County 0.58
45 Steuben County 0.58
46 Blackford County 0.54
47 Benton County 0.53
47 Newton County 0.53
47 Switzerland County 0.53
47 Wabash County 0.53
48 Spencer County 0.52
48 Union County 0.52
49 Clinton County 0.5
49 Harrison County 0.5
50 Huntington County 0.48
50 Marshall County 0.48
51 Randolph County 0.46
52 Noble County 0.45
53 Wells County 0.43
54 Brown County 0.41
54 Clay County 0.41
55 Decatur County 0.39
55 Lawrence County 0.39
56 Whitley County 0.38
57 Pike County 0.37
58 DeKalb County 0.34
58 Morgan County 0.34
58 Owen County 0.34
58 Tipton County 0.34
59 Adams County 0.33
59 LaGrange County 0.33
60 Dubois County 0.32
60 Starke County 0.32
61 Ohio County 0.31
62 Carroll County 0.3
62 White County 0.3
63 Crawford County 0.28
63 Fountain County 0.28
63 Jay County 0.28
63 Washington County 0.28
64 Ripley County 0.26
65 Franklin County 0.25
66 Scott County 0.24
67 Martin County 0.23
68 Vermillion County 0.17
68 Warren County 0.17
69 Greene County 0.16