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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 110.66K people in Indiana with Scottish ancestry (1.64% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana counties, Crawford County had the highest percentage of its population with Scottish ancestry (5.59%), followed by Pulaski County (2.94%), and Monroe County (2.92%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Scottish 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 Scottish Ancestry in 2021
Crawford County
Pulaski County
Monroe County
Brown County
Jasper County
Scott County
Posey County
Wells County
Blackford County
Lawrence County
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with Scottish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Crawford County 5.59
2 Pulaski County 2.94
3 Monroe County 2.92
4 Brown County 2.79
5 Jasper County 2.75
6 Scott County 2.69
7 Posey County 2.59
8 Wells County 2.54
9 Blackford County 2.45
10 Lawrence County 2.35
11 Montgomery County 2.32
12 Greene County 2.28
13 Benton County 2.25
14 Jay County 2.23
15 Orange County 2.20
16 Steuben County 2.18
17 Hamilton County 2.17
17 Tippecanoe County 2.17
18 Carroll County 2.12
19 Floyd County 2.11
20 Pike County 2.09
21 Warren County 2.06
22 Boone County 2.05
23 Vigo County 2.02
24 Warrick County 2.01
25 Hendricks County 1.95
25 Parke County 1.95
26 Martin County 1.92
27 Clark County 1.90
27 Madison County 1.90
27 Union County 1.90
28 Tipton County 1.88
29 Dearborn County 1.87
29 Hancock County 1.87
30 Johnson County 1.86
31 Putnam County 1.82
31 Switzerland County 1.82
32 Starke County 1.81
33 Delaware County 1.79
34 Wayne County 1.78
35 Porter County 1.77
36 Rush County 1.76
37 Vanderburgh County 1.74
38 Jefferson County 1.72
39 Whitley County 1.71
40 Jennings County 1.70
41 Noble County 1.69
42 Shelby County 1.68
42 Sullivan County 1.68
43 Knox County 1.66
44 Jackson County 1.65
44 Washington County 1.65
45 Decatur County 1.64
45 Franklin County 1.64
45 Ripley County 1.64
46 Marshall County 1.63
47 Allen County 1.60
48 St. Joseph County 1.58
49 Bartholomew County 1.57
50 Clay County 1.55
51 Wabash County 1.53
52 Randolph County 1.50
53 Marion County 1.49
54 Newton County 1.48
55 Adams County 1.42
55 Huntington County 1.42
56 DeKalb County 1.39
57 Harrison County 1.36
58 Fayette County 1.35
59 White County 1.33
60 LaPorte County 1.32
61 Miami County 1.30
62 Henry County 1.29
63 Gibson County 1.26
64 Morgan County 1.22
65 Fountain County 1.21
66 Owen County 1.18
67 Vermillion County 1.16
68 Clinton County 1.15
69 Cass County 1.10
70 Howard County 1.06
71 Fulton County 1.05
72 Perry County 1.00
73 Daviess County 0.97
74 Elkhart County 0.95
74 Grant County 0.95
74 Kosciusko County 0.95
75 LaGrange County 0.94
76 Lake County 0.89
77 Ohio County 0.69
78 Spencer County 0.68
79 Dubois County 0.65