Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Indiana counties, in April 2020, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (27.50%), followed by Lake County (24.88%), and St. Joseph County (13.24%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Indiana counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Black or African American Alone.

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

Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Marion
27.50%
Lake
24.88%
St. Joseph
13.24%
Allen
11.54%
LaPorte
10.76%
Vanderburgh
9.81%
Madison
7.86%
Howard
7.79%
Clark
7.75%
Hendricks
7.74%
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Pop.
1 Marion County 27.50
2 Lake County 24.88
3 St. Joseph County 13.24
4 Allen County 11.54
5 LaPorte County 10.76
6 Vanderburgh County 9.81
7 Madison County 7.86
8 Howard County 7.79
9 Clark County 7.75
10 Hendricks County 7.74
11 Delaware County 7.37
12 Grant County 7.03
13 Vigo County 6.76
14 Tippecanoe County 6.04
15 Elkhart County 5.49
16 Floyd County 5.39
17 Miami County 5.02
18 Wayne County 4.62
19 Porter County 4.38
20 Hamilton County 4.32
21 Sullivan County 4.22
22 Monroe County 3.68
23 Hancock County 3.00
24 Putnam County 2.81
25 Johnson County 2.42
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