Ranking of Indiana Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (254.14K), followed by Lake County (127.47K), and Allen County (43.78K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Indiana counties.

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Ranking of Indiana Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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Ranking of Indiana Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Marion County 254143
2 Lake County 127468
3 Allen County 43781
4 St. Joseph County 34893
5 Vanderburgh County 16657
6 LaPorte County 12368
7 Elkhart County 11876
8 Hamilton County 11094
9 Madison County 10944
10 Hendricks County 8296
11 Delaware County 8235
12 Clark County 8084
13 Tippecanoe County 7992
14 Vigo County 7650
15 Howard County 5844
16 Porter County 5579
17 Grant County 4975
18 Monroe County 4783
19 Floyd County 3896
20 Wayne County 3399
21 Johnson County 2231
22 Miami County 1672
23 Bartholomew County 1631
24 Putnam County 1504
25 Hancock County 1409
26 Henry County 1236
27 Knox County 1018
28 Sullivan County 939
29 Warrick County 825
30 Cass County 727
31 Boone County 697
32 Kosciusko County 681
33 Gibson County 652
34 Jefferson County 616
35 Perry County 543
36 Shelby County 478
37 Montgomery County 393
38 Parke County 385
39 Jackson County 373
40 Fayette County 351
41 Dearborn County 321
42 Marshall County 310
43 Jasper County 280
43 Noble County 280
44 Morgan County 239
45 Jennings County 230
45 Steuben County 230
46 Harrison County 225
47 Posey County 224
48 Daviess County 220
49 Orange County 206
50 Wabash County 197
51 Lawrence County 192
52 Dubois County 186
52 Huntington County 186
53 Clinton County 183
54 DeKalb County 169
55 LaGrange County 152
56 Fulton County 150
57 White County 142
58 Wells County 140
59 Rush County 139
60 Randolph County 136
61 Spencer County 131
62 Whitley County 130
63 Adams County 128
64 Clay County 119
65 Decatur County 115
66 Pulaski County 100
67 Newton County 90
68 Carroll County 89
69 Starke County 86
70 Washington County 81
71 Ripley County 78
72 Blackford County 75
73 Brown County 73
73 Owen County 73
74 Scott County 70
75 Benton County 67
76 Switzerland County 66
77 Fountain County 65
78 Jay County 64
79 Franklin County 63
80 Tipton County 60
81 Greene County 56
82 Pike County 48
83 Crawford County 43
84 Union County 38
85 Vermillion County 32
86 Martin County 24
87 Ohio County 20
88 Warren County 15