Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 134.57K people in Indiana with European ancestry (1.99% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana counties, Noble County had the highest percentage of its population with European ancestry (9.31%), followed by LaGrange County (7.14%), and Elkhart County (4.35%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having European 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 European Ancestry in 2021
Noble County
LaGrange County
Elkhart County
Owen County
Whitley County
Randolph County
Steuben County
Hancock County
Brown County
Martin County
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with European Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Noble County 9.31
2 LaGrange County 7.14
3 Elkhart County 4.35
4 Owen County 4.29
5 Whitley County 4.14
6 Randolph County 3.78
7 Steuben County 3.76
8 Hancock County 3.40
9 Brown County 3.32
10 Martin County 3.28
11 DeKalb County 3.27
12 Monroe County 3.22
13 Delaware County 2.97
14 Jefferson County 2.92
15 Rush County 2.77
16 Putnam County 2.74
17 Howard County 2.60
18 Tippecanoe County 2.45
19 Bartholomew County 2.38
20 Warrick County 2.36
21 Ripley County 2.35
22 Hamilton County 2.34
23 Harrison County 2.30
24 Johnson County 2.28
25 Grant County 2.27
26 Lawrence County 2.26
27 Orange County 2.21
28 Floyd County 2.18
29 Boone County 2.16
30 Kosciusko County 2.09
31 Hendricks County 2.07
32 Allen County 2.00
32 Fountain County 2.00
32 Madison County 2.00
32 Parke County 2.00
33 St. Joseph County 1.99
34 Vermillion County 1.98
35 Marshall County 1.95
36 Wayne County 1.87
37 Vigo County 1.84
38 Dearborn County 1.83
39 Greene County 1.82
40 Fulton County 1.78
41 Jay County 1.77
42 Fayette County 1.76
42 Spencer County 1.76
43 Pulaski County 1.74
44 Tipton County 1.73
45 Morgan County 1.72
46 Porter County 1.66
47 Henry County 1.65
48 Franklin County 1.63
49 Switzerland County 1.62
50 Clinton County 1.61
50 Sullivan County 1.61
51 Posey County 1.60
51 Vanderburgh County 1.60
52 Ohio County 1.59
53 Wabash County 1.55
54 Union County 1.49
55 Adams County 1.45
55 Warren County 1.45
56 Cass County 1.44
56 Marion County 1.44
57 Carroll County 1.42
58 Shelby County 1.41
59 Scott County 1.38
60 Washington County 1.36
61 Jennings County 1.35
62 Montgomery County 1.33
63 Huntington County 1.31
64 Clark County 1.24
64 Daviess County 1.24
65 Perry County 1.22
66 LaPorte County 1.21
67 Blackford County 1.19
67 White County 1.19
68 Wells County 1.15
69 Miami County 1.13
69 Newton County 1.13
70 Crawford County 1.01
71 Jasper County 0.96
72 Jackson County 0.95
72 Starke County 0.95
73 Clay County 0.93
74 Decatur County 0.91
75 Dubois County 0.80
76 Lake County 0.78
77 Knox County 0.76
78 Pike County 0.66
79 Gibson County 0.57
80 Benton County 0.54