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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 175.81K people in Indiana with Italian ancestry (2.60% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Cedar Lake town had the highest percentage of its population with Italian ancestry (12.26%), followed by St. John town (10.79%), and Munster town (10.74%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Italian 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 Italian Ancestry in 2021
Cedar Lake town
St. John town
Munster town
Crown Point city
Schererville town
Chesterton town
Lake Station city
Dyer town
West Lafayette city
Westfield city
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Cedar Lake town 12.26
2 St. John town 10.79
3 Munster town 10.74
4 Crown Point city 8.25
5 Schererville town 8.04
6 Chesterton town 7.95
7 Lake Station city 6.43
8 Dyer town 5.87
9 West Lafayette city 5.52
10 Westfield city 5.28
11 Griffith town 5.03
12 Valparaiso city 4.93
13 Hobart city 4.66
13 Mishawaka city 4.66
14 Granger CDP 4.56
15 Lowell town 4.28
16 Fishers city 4.26
17 Highland town 4.00
17 Zionsville town 4.00
18 Portage city 3.92
19 South Bend city 3.82
20 Carmel city 3.70
21 Bloomington city 3.57
22 Avon town 3.44
23 Greenwood city 3.43
24 Noblesville city 3.41
25 Beech Grove city 3.17
26 Richmond city 3.06
27 Greenfield city 2.99
28 Lebanon city 2.98
29 Franklin city 2.94
30 Terre Haute city 2.88
31 Clarksville town 2.85
32 Muncie city 2.82
33 Logansport city 2.76
34 Warsaw city 2.71
35 Merrillville town 2.70
36 Madison city 2.61
37 New Haven city 2.56
38 La Porte city 2.51
39 New Albany city 2.50
40 Elkhart city 2.41
41 Michigan City city 2.40
42 Wabash city 2.38
43 Fort Wayne city 2.34
44 Brownsburg town 2.31
45 Jeffersonville city 2.27
45 Speedway town 2.27
46 Lawrence city 2.26
47 Evansville city 2.25
48 Marion city 2.17
49 Goshen city 2.14
50 Anderson city 2.11
51 Crawfordsville city 2.08
52 Seymour city 2.07
53 Connersville city 2.05
54 Indianapolis city (balance) 1.99
54 Plainfield town 1.99
55 Lafayette city 1.96
56 Columbus city 1.87
57 Hammond city 1.77
58 Greensburg city 1.76
59 Shelbyville city 1.71
60 Martinsville city 1.69
61 Bedford city 1.62
62 Auburn city 1.56
63 Yorktown town 1.54
64 Kokomo city 1.51
65 Huntington city 1.38
66 Peru city 1.24
67 Frankfort city 1.17
68 Vincennes city 1.13
69 Danville town 1.10
70 Washington city 1.09
71 Jasper city 1.07
72 Gary city 0.83
73 New Castle city 0.72
74 Bluffton city 0.63
75 Plymouth city 0.48
76 East Chicago city 0.30