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

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (26.06%), followed by Lake County (23.59%), and St. Joseph County (11.98%).

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 voting-age 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 in Indiana.

Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Marion
26.06%
Lake
23.59%
St. Joseph
11.98%
Allen
10.85%
LaPorte
10.22%
Vanderburgh
9.05%
Madison
7.75%
Clark
7.47%
Howard
7.18%
Vigo
7.08%
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Marion County 26.06
2 Lake County 23.59
3 St. Joseph County 11.98
4 Allen County 10.85
5 LaPorte County 10.22
6 Vanderburgh County 9.05
7 Madison County 7.75
8 Clark County 7.47
9 Howard County 7.18
10 Vigo County 7.08
11 Hendricks County 7.07
12 Delaware County 7.02
13 Grant County 6.76
14 Miami County 5.83
15 Elkhart County 5.12
15 Sullivan County 5.12
16 Tippecanoe County 5.07
17 Floyd County 4.91
18 Wayne County 4.69
19 Hamilton County 4.17
20 Porter County 3.93
21 Monroe County 3.51
22 Putnam County 3.28
23 Hancock County 2.85
24 Perry County 2.52
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