Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 13, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Indiana counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K population in Indiana, Gary city had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (79.11%), followed by Merrillville town (50.11%), and East Chicago city (39.34%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in Indiana, and the table below shows the ranking of all Indiana cities and places with over 10K population, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Indiana.

Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Gary
Merrillville
East Chicago
Lawrence
Indianapolis
Michigan City
Speedway
South Bend
Hammond
Griffith
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Population
1 Gary city 79.11
2 Merrillville town 50.11
3 East Chicago city 39.34
4 Lawrence city 28.63
5 Indianapolis city (balance) 27.63
6 Michigan City city 27.40
7 Speedway town 26.00
8 South Bend city 25.23
9 Hammond city 25.15
10 Griffith town 16.84
11 Fort Wayne city 14.99
12 Anderson city 14.41
13 Marion city 14.33
14 Jeffersonville city 13.94
15 Elkhart city 13.69
16 Evansville city 13.50
17 Avon town 12.29
18 Muncie city 11.51
19 Portage city 11.23
20 Terre Haute city 10.65
21 Kokomo city 10.40
22 Lafayette city 10.38
23 Mishawaka city 9.35
24 Hobart city 9.06
25 New Albany city 9.01
25 Plainfield town 9.01
26 Schererville town 8.00
27 Richmond city 7.90
28 Beech Grove city 7.82
29 Highland town 7.48
30 Crown Point city 7.14
31 Clarksville town 7.04
32 Fishers city 6.62
33 Brownsburg town 6.49
34 Munster town 6.09
35 Whitestown town 5.71
36 Bloomington city 5.06
37 Lake Station city 4.89
38 Washington city 4.62
39 Noblesville city 4.49
40 Greenwood city 4.21
41 New Haven city 4.02
42 Valparaiso city 3.94
43 West Lafayette city 3.86
44 La Porte city 3.78
45 Dyer town 3.58
46 Vincennes city 3.47
47 Granger CDP 3.27
48 Carmel city 3.26
49 Westfield city 3.18
50 Goshen city 3.13
51 St. John town 3.12
52 Columbus city 2.99
53 Logansport city 2.51
54 Madison city 2.10
55 Peru city 2.08
56 Shelbyville city 2.06
57 Warsaw city 2.01
58 Danville town 1.99
59 Zionsville town 1.89
60 Yorktown town 1.88
61 Seymour city 1.84
62 Chesterton town 1.81
63 New Castle city 1.75
64 Franklin city 1.70
65 Bluffton city 1.69
66 Connersville city 1.64
67 Crawfordsville city 1.60
68 Lebanon city 1.25
69 Greenfield city 1.12
70 Huntington city 0.90
71 Frankfort city 0.87
72 Lowell town 0.85
72 Plymouth city 0.85
73 Bedford city 0.77
74 Wabash city 0.72
75 Jasper city 0.71
76 Kendallville city 0.69
77 Auburn city 0.58
78 Greensburg city 0.57
79 Martinsville city 0.53
80 Cedar Lake town 0.42