Ranking of Indiana Counties 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 counties, Boone County had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (15.26%), followed by Hendricks County (15.03%), and Shelby County (14.28%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having American ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Indiana.
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Related Topics: Indiana ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boone County | 15.26 |
| 2 | Hendricks County | 15.03 |
| 3 | Shelby County | 14.28 |
| 4 | Jennings County | 13.93 |
| 5 | Washington County | 13.41 |
| 6 | Fayette County | 13.11 |
| 7 | Johnson County | 12.77 |
| 8 | Jackson County | 12.69 |
| 9 | Brown County | 12.24 |
| 10 | Henry County | 12.05 |
| 11 | Morgan County | 11.76 |
| 12 | Warren County | 11.54 |
| 13 | Fountain County | 11.14 |
| 14 | Parke County | 11.11 |
| 15 | Randolph County | 11.08 |
| 16 | Switzerland County | 11.00 |
| 17 | Owen County | 10.85 |
| 18 | Orange County | 10.80 |
| 19 | Decatur County | 10.79 |
| 20 | LaGrange County | 10.59 |
| 21 | Howard County | 10.58 |
| 22 | Lawrence County | 10.56 |
| 23 | Carroll County | 10.45 |
| 24 | Dearborn County | 10.43 |
| 24 | Grant County | 10.43 |
| 25 | Rush County | 10.36 |
| 26 | Jefferson County | 10.34 |
| 27 | Tipton County | 10.22 |
| 28 | Madison County | 10.17 |
| 28 | Union County | 10.17 |
| 29 | Harrison County | 10.12 |
| 30 | Wabash County | 10.03 |
| 31 | Ripley County | 10.02 |
| 32 | Putnam County | 9.97 |
| 33 | Montgomery County | 9.74 |
| 34 | Clinton County | 9.69 |
| 35 | Delaware County | 9.68 |
| 36 | Pike County | 9.52 |
| 37 | Franklin County | 9.40 |
| 38 | Gibson County | 9.32 |
| 38 | Steuben County | 9.32 |
| 38 | Sullivan County | 9.32 |
| 39 | Hancock County | 9.30 |
| 40 | Blackford County | 9.20 |
| 41 | Clay County | 9.04 |
| 42 | Greene County | 8.97 |
| 43 | Huntington County | 8.96 |
| 44 | Perry County | 8.90 |
| 45 | Bartholomew County | 8.85 |
| 46 | Adams County | 8.83 |
| 47 | DeKalb County | 8.69 |
| 48 | Wayne County | 8.61 |
| 48 | Whitley County | 8.61 |
| 49 | Scott County | 8.50 |
| 50 | Vermillion County | 8.41 |
| 51 | Knox County | 8.18 |
| 52 | Daviess County | 8.16 |
| 53 | Marshall County | 8.14 |
| 54 | Crawford County | 8.08 |
| 55 | Wells County | 8.01 |
| 56 | Ohio County | 7.99 |
| 57 | Kosciusko County | 7.96 |
| 58 | Martin County | 7.94 |
| 59 | Spencer County | 7.82 |
| 60 | Floyd County | 7.79 |
| 61 | Benton County | 7.59 |
| 62 | Cass County | 7.57 |
| 62 | Noble County | 7.57 |
| 63 | Vigo County | 7.34 |
| 64 | Clark County | 7.31 |
| 65 | Miami County | 7.05 |
| 66 | Jay County | 7.02 |
| 67 | Elkhart County | 6.79 |
| 68 | Fulton County | 6.77 |
| 69 | Dubois County | 6.66 |
| 70 | Hamilton County | 6.61 |
| 71 | Warrick County | 6.52 |
| 71 | White County | 6.52 |
| 72 | Newton County | 6.31 |
| 73 | Posey County | 6.30 |
| 74 | Allen County | 6.20 |
| 75 | Vanderburgh County | 6.19 |
| 76 | Starke County | 6.15 |
| 77 | Monroe County | 5.55 |
| 78 | Marion County | 5.04 |
| 79 | Tippecanoe County | 4.89 |
| 80 | Jasper County | 4.71 |
| 81 | Pulaski County | 4.59 |
| 82 | St. Joseph County | 4.11 |
| 83 | LaPorte County | 4.09 |
| 84 | Porter County | 3.71 |
| 85 | Lake County | 2.25 |