Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (28.11%), followed by Lake County (23.63%), and St. Joseph County (13.04%).

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 2017
Marion
Lake
St. Joseph
Allen
LaPorte
Vanderburgh
Madison
Clark
Howard
Grant
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Marion County 28.11
2 Lake County 23.63
3 St. Joseph County 13.04
4 Allen County 11.54
5 LaPorte County 11.15
6 Vanderburgh County 9.54
7 Madison County 8.32
8 Clark County 7.57
9 Howard County 7.39
10 Grant County 7.24
11 Vigo County 7.08
12 Delaware County 7.04
13 Hendricks County 6.7
14 Elkhart County 5.72
15 Floyd County 5.32
16 Tippecanoe County 5.22
17 Miami County 4.83
18 Wayne County 4.8
19 Sullivan County 4.53
20 Hamilton County 4.13
21 Porter County 3.77
22 Putnam County 3.53
23 Monroe County 3.42
24 Knox County 2.7
25 Hancock County 2.68
26 Henry County 2.6
27 Perry County 2.48
28 Gibson County 2.34
28 Parke County 2.34
29 Johnson County 2.14
30 Bartholomew County 1.98
31 Daviess County 1.83
32 Boone County 1.8
33 Jefferson County 1.74
34 Warrick County 1.52
35 Cass County 1.48
36 Fayette County 1.4
37 Orange County 1.34
38 Shelby County 1.16
39 Jackson County 0.98
40 Kosciusko County 0.96
40 Posey County 0.96
41 Montgomery County 0.95
42 Switzerland County 0.9
43 Rush County 0.86
44 Pulaski County 0.81
45 Fulton County 0.76
45 Union County 0.76
46 Jasper County 0.75
47 Steuben County 0.74
48 Jennings County 0.73
49 Newton County 0.69
49 Noble County 0.69
50 Spencer County 0.68
51 Clinton County 0.66
52 Benton County 0.65
52 Clay County 0.65
53 Wabash County 0.63
54 Huntington County 0.61
54 Randolph County 0.61
55 Dearborn County 0.6
56 Ohio County 0.58
56 Wells County 0.58
57 Harrison County 0.57
57 Marshall County 0.57
57 Tipton County 0.57
58 Carroll County 0.56
58 Dubois County 0.56
59 Blackford County 0.55
60 Pike County 0.53
61 Brown County 0.52
62 Decatur County 0.51
63 Washington County 0.48
64 Adams County 0.46
65 Morgan County 0.45
65 White County 0.45
66 Crawford County 0.44
67 DeKalb County 0.42
67 Lawrence County 0.42
68 Fountain County 0.41
68 Ripley County 0.41
69 Owen County 0.4
69 Scott County 0.4
69 Whitley County 0.4
70 Starke County 0.39
70 Vermillion County 0.39
71 Jay County 0.38
71 LaGrange County 0.38
72 Warren County 0.32
73 Franklin County 0.31
74 Greene County 0.26
75 Martin County 0.25