Ranking of Indiana Counties 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 counties, Marion County had the highest percentage of its population with African ancestry (2.58%), followed by St. Joseph County (0.96%), and Sullivan County (0.62%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021
Marion County
St. Joseph County
Sullivan County
Elkhart County
Allen County
Orange County
Hendricks County
Putnam County
Fayette County
Delaware County
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Marion County 2.58
2 St. Joseph County 0.96
3 Sullivan County 0.62
4 Elkhart County 0.51
5 Allen County 0.49
5 Orange County 0.49
6 Hendricks County 0.48
6 Putnam County 0.48
7 Fayette County 0.45
8 Delaware County 0.40
9 Lake County 0.39
10 Knox County 0.37
11 Vanderburgh County 0.35
12 Floyd County 0.34
13 Howard County 0.30
14 Hancock County 0.24
14 Johnson County 0.24
15 Clark County 0.23
15 Madison County 0.23
16 Grant County 0.21
16 Tippecanoe County 0.21
16 Vigo County 0.21
17 Boone County 0.18
17 Daviess County 0.18
18 Hamilton County 0.17
19 Decatur County 0.16
20 Marshall County 0.15
21 Huntington County 0.14
21 Monroe County 0.14
22 Jackson County 0.12
22 Porter County 0.12
23 Perry County 0.10
23 Tipton County 0.10
24 Fountain County 0.09
24 Jefferson County 0.09
25 Posey County 0.08
25 Ripley County 0.08
25 Wayne County 0.08
26 Bartholomew County 0.07
26 LaPorte County 0.07
26 Shelby County 0.07
27 LaGrange County 0.06
27 Wabash County 0.06
28 Crawford County 0.05
28 Dearborn County 0.05
29 Miami County 0.04
29 Owen County 0.04
30 Adams County 0.03
30 Henry County 0.03
30 Wells County 0.03
31 Clay County 0.02
31 DeKalb County 0.02
31 Gibson County 0.02
31 Kosciusko County 0.02
31 Lawrence County 0.02
31 Martin County 0.02
31 Montgomery County 0.02
31 Noble County 0.02
31 Steuben County 0.02
31 Warrick County 0.02
31 Washington County 0.02
31 White County 0.02
31 Whitley County 0.02
32 Cass County 0.01
32 Harrison County 0.01
32 Randolph County 0.01
33 Greene County 0.003