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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 494.35K people in Indiana with American ancestry (7.32% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Brownsburg town had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (19.70%), followed by Plainfield town (17.55%), and Lebanon city (16.38%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
Brownsburg town
Plainfield town
Lebanon city
Shelbyville city
Danville town
Franklin city
Martinsville city
Connersville city
Greenwood city
Seymour city
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Brownsburg town 19.70
2 Plainfield town 17.55
3 Lebanon city 16.38
4 Shelbyville city 15.77
5 Danville town 13.66
6 Franklin city 13.21
7 Martinsville city 12.95
8 Connersville city 12.84
9 Greenwood city 12.31
10 Seymour city 12.28
11 Zionsville town 12.16
12 New Castle city 11.90
13 Madison city 11.14
14 Crawfordsville city 10.47
15 Bluffton city 10.27
16 Avon town 10.22
17 Kokomo city 9.98
18 Yorktown town 9.43
19 Greensburg city 9.27
20 New Haven city 8.96
21 Wabash city 8.92
22 Greenfield city 8.73
23 Huntington city 8.71
24 Frankfort city 8.70
25 Bedford city 8.20
26 Anderson city 8.15
27 Richmond city 7.95
28 Peru city 7.84
29 Columbus city 7.70
29 Warsaw city 7.70
30 Muncie city 7.66
31 Westfield city 7.55
32 Noblesville city 7.33
33 Marion city 7.12
34 Beech Grove city 7.10
35 Washington city 6.90
36 Jeffersonville city 6.61
37 Terre Haute city 6.58
38 Clarksville town 6.48
38 Goshen city 6.48
39 Carmel city 6.33
40 New Albany city 6.13
40 Vincennes city 6.13
41 Evansville city 5.85
42 Auburn city 5.77
42 Speedway town 5.77
43 Jasper city 5.76
44 Lawrence city 5.73
45 Fort Wayne city 5.49
46 Logansport city 5.19
47 Plymouth city 5.16
48 Lafayette city 5.11
49 Mishawaka city 5.01
50 Indianapolis city (balance) 4.95
51 Lake Station city 4.60
52 Elkhart city 4.51
53 Lowell town 4.44
54 Fishers city 4.36
55 La Porte city 3.96
56 Hobart city 3.84
57 Valparaiso city 3.67
58 Griffith town 3.40
59 Bloomington city 3.36
60 Granger CDP 3.23
61 South Bend city 3.20
62 Portage city 3.15
63 Michigan City city 2.98
64 Schererville town 2.94
65 St. John town 2.83
66 Dyer town 2.77
67 Highland town 2.53
67 West Lafayette city 2.53
68 Munster town 2.52
69 Chesterton town 2.27
70 Merrillville town 2.02
71 Crown Point city 1.92
72 Hammond city 1.56
73 Gary city 1.16
74 East Chicago city 0.76
75 Cedar Lake town 0.53