Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 65.85K people in Indiana with Subsaharan African ancestry (0.98% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest percentage of its population with Subsaharan African ancestry (4.02%), followed by St. Joseph County (1.48%), and Hendricks County (1.44%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Subsaharan 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 Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
Marion County
St. Joseph County
Hendricks County
Allen County
Tippecanoe County
Sullivan County
Elkhart County
Lake County
Hamilton County
Hancock County
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Marion County 4.02
2 St. Joseph County 1.48
3 Hendricks County 1.44
4 Allen County 1.00
5 Tippecanoe County 0.70
6 Sullivan County 0.69
7 Elkhart County 0.67
8 Lake County 0.64
9 Hamilton County 0.62
10 Hancock County 0.54
11 Orange County 0.49
12 Putnam County 0.48
12 Vanderburgh County 0.48
13 Cass County 0.46
14 Daviess County 0.45
14 Delaware County 0.45
14 Fayette County 0.45
14 Floyd County 0.45
15 Vigo County 0.44
16 Monroe County 0.42
17 Grant County 0.38
17 Knox County 0.38
18 Howard County 0.35
19 Bartholomew County 0.34
20 Johnson County 0.33
20 Madison County 0.33
20 Posey County 0.33
21 Tipton County 0.29
22 Boone County 0.28
22 Clark County 0.28
23 Porter County 0.26
24 Wayne County 0.25
25 Shelby County 0.24
26 Perry County 0.22
27 Wabash County 0.20
28 Jay County 0.19
29 Jasper County 0.18
30 LaPorte County 0.17
31 Decatur County 0.16
31 Randolph County 0.16
32 Marshall County 0.15
33 Huntington County 0.14
34 Morgan County 0.13
35 Jackson County 0.12
36 Kosciusko County 0.11
37 Miami County 0.10
38 Fountain County 0.09
38 Fulton County 0.09
38 Jefferson County 0.09
38 Warrick County 0.09
39 Ripley County 0.08
40 Vermillion County 0.07
41 Blackford County 0.06
41 Gibson County 0.06
41 LaGrange County 0.06
41 Newton County 0.06
42 Crawford County 0.05
42 Dearborn County 0.05
42 Henry County 0.05
43 Owen County 0.04
43 Whitley County 0.04
44 Adams County 0.03
44 Lawrence County 0.03
44 Noble County 0.03
44 Scott County 0.03
44 Steuben County 0.03
44 Wells County 0.03
45 Clay County 0.02
45 DeKalb County 0.02
45 Martin County 0.02
45 Montgomery County 0.02
45 Washington County 0.02
45 White County 0.02
46 Harrison County 0.01
47 Greene County 0.003