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

Updated on September 3, 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 voting-age population in Indiana, Gary city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (79.24%), followed by Merrillville town (48.52%), and East Chicago city (38.29%).

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 voting-age population, based on the percentage of the voting-age 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 Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Gary
Merrillville
East Chicago
Lawrence
Indianapolis
Michigan City
Hammond
Speedway
South Bend
Griffith
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Voting-age Population
1 Gary city 79.24
2 Merrillville town 48.52
3 East Chicago city 38.29
4 Lawrence city 27.48
5 Indianapolis city (balance) 26.31
6 Michigan City city 25.71
7 Hammond city 23.89
8 Speedway town 23.78
9 South Bend city 23.51
10 Griffith town 15.50
11 Fort Wayne city 14.14
12 Marion city 14.05
13 Anderson city 13.79
14 Jeffersonville city 13.43
15 Elkhart city 13.29
16 Evansville city 12.40
17 Avon town 11.52
18 Terre Haute city 11.03
19 Muncie city 10.85
20 Portage city 10.03
21 Kokomo city 9.60
22 Plainfield town 8.87
23 Hobart city 8.76
24 Lafayette city 8.56
25 Mishawaka city 8.47
26 Richmond city 8.01
27 New Albany city 7.93
28 Schererville town 7.55
29 Crown Point city 7.35
30 Highland town 7.01
31 Clarksville town 6.75
32 Fishers city 6.55
33 Beech Grove city 5.94
34 Brownsburg town 5.66
35 Munster town 5.56
36 Bloomington city 4.67
37 Noblesville city 4.32
38 Greenwood city 3.71
39 La Porte city 3.70
40 Valparaiso city 3.69
41 New Haven city 3.55
41 Vincennes city 3.55
42 West Lafayette city 3.40
43 Carmel city 3.26
44 Dyer town 3.22
45 Granger CDP 3.07
46 Westfield city 3.03
47 Columbus city 3.02
48 St. John town 2.89
49 Goshen city 2.71
50 Logansport city 2.62
51 Madison city 2.36
52 Shelbyville city 2.24
53 Zionsville town 1.99
54 Warsaw city 1.92
55 Seymour city 1.82
56 New Castle city 1.78
57 Chesterton town 1.75
57 Connersville city 1.75
58 Franklin city 1.58
59 Crawfordsville city 1.53
60 Lebanon city 1.15
61 Greenfield city 1.10
62 Frankfort city 0.88
63 Huntington city 0.86
64 Bedford city 0.83
65 Jasper city 0.67
66 Auburn city 0.51
67 Cedar Lake town 0.42