Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 39.35K people in Indiana with African ancestry (0.58% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Speedway town had the highest percentage of its population with African ancestry (3.22%), followed by Indianapolis city (balance) (2.62%), and Lawrence city (2.43%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having African ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Indiana.

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Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Population with African Ancestry in 2021

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021

Speedway town

Indianapolis city (balance)

Lawrence city

Merrillville town

Beech Grove city

South Bend city

Goshen city

Gary city

Elkhart city

Brownsburg town

Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Speedway town	3.22
2	Indianapolis city (balance)	2.62
3	Lawrence city	2.43
4	Merrillville town	2.21
5	Beech Grove city	2.01
6	South Bend city	1.73
7	Goshen city	1.36
8	Gary city	0.95
9	Elkhart city	0.93
10	Brownsburg town	0.82
11	Clarksville town	0.73
12	Connersville city	0.71
13	Fort Wayne city	0.69
14	Mishawaka city	0.64
15	Plymouth city	0.62
16	Avon town	0.57
16	New Albany city	0.57
17	Vincennes city	0.56
18	Evansville city	0.52
19	Muncie city	0.48
20	Anderson city	0.44
21	Kokomo city	0.43
22	Plainfield town	0.42
22	Washington city	0.42
23	Noblesville city	0.41
24	Greenwood city	0.40
25	Greensburg city	0.36
25	Terre Haute city	0.36
26	Marion city	0.35
27	Portage city	0.33
28	West Lafayette city	0.32
29	Hammond city	0.26
29	Seymour city	0.26
30	Highland town	0.23
30	Hobart city	0.23
30	Jeffersonville city	0.23
31	Huntington city	0.22
32	Bloomington city	0.20
33	Dyer town	0.16
33	Fishers city	0.16
33	Lafayette city	0.16
33	Madison city	0.16
34	East Chicago city	0.15
35	Granger CDP	0.14
35	Richmond city	0.14
36	Zionsville town	0.11
37	Columbus city	0.10
37	Crown Point city	0.10
38	Carmel city	0.09
38	Michigan City city	0.09
39	Bluffton city	0.08
39	Munster town	0.08
39	Shelbyville city	0.08
40	Valparaiso city	0.07
40	Wabash city	0.07
41	Bedford city	0.05
41	Westfield city	0.05
42	Crawfordsville city	0.04
43	Franklin city	0.03