Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2011

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (27.47%), followed by Lake County (26.12%), and St. Joseph County (13.07%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2011
Marion
Lake
St. Joseph
Allen
LaPorte
Vanderburgh
Madison
Clark
Grant
Howard
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2011
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Marion County 27.47
2 Lake County 26.12
3 St. Joseph County 13.07
4 Allen County 12.07
5 LaPorte County 10.96
6 Vanderburgh County 9.24
7 Madison County 8.34
8 Clark County 7.2
9 Grant County 7.05
10 Howard County 7.03
11 Delaware County 7.01
11 Vigo County 7.01
12 Elkhart County 6
13 Hendricks County 5.38
14 Floyd County 5.18
15 Wayne County 4.96
16 Miami County 4.56
17 Sullivan County 4.46
18 Tippecanoe County 4.27
19 Putnam County 4.07
20 Hamilton County 3.74
21 Monroe County 3.32
22 Porter County 3.28
23 Knox County 2.76
24 Perry County 2.69
25 Henry County 2.27
26 Parke County 2.2
27 Hancock County 2.08
28 Bartholomew County 1.99
29 Gibson County 1.9
30 Jefferson County 1.85
31 Cass County 1.77
32 Fayette County 1.39
33 Warrick County 1.36
34 Johnson County 1.32
35 Shelby County 1.13
36 Montgomery County 1.02
37 Boone County 0.98
38 Orange County 0.94
39 Rush County 0.89
40 Posey County 0.88
41 Jennings County 0.82
41 Kosciusko County 0.82
42 Jackson County 0.79
43 Fulton County 0.76
44 Jasper County 0.74
45 Pulaski County 0.7
46 Benton County 0.69
47 Daviess County 0.67
48 Spencer County 0.65
49 Dearborn County 0.64
49 Wabash County 0.64
50 Marshall County 0.63
50 Steuben County 0.63
51 Newton County 0.58
52 Noble County 0.56
53 Blackford County 0.54
53 White County 0.54
54 Randolph County 0.53
55 Brown County 0.52
55 Switzerland County 0.52
56 Clinton County 0.51
56 Harrison County 0.51
57 Huntington County 0.5
58 Union County 0.49
59 Clay County 0.44
60 Wells County 0.43
61 Lawrence County 0.42
62 Decatur County 0.4
62 Dubois County 0.4
63 DeKalb County 0.38
64 LaGrange County 0.37
65 Ohio County 0.36
65 Whitley County 0.36
66 Adams County 0.35
67 Carroll County 0.33
67 Crawford County 0.33
67 Jay County 0.33
67 Starke County 0.33
68 Fountain County 0.32
68 Owen County 0.32
69 Pike County 0.31
70 Morgan County 0.3
71 Tipton County 0.29
72 Ripley County 0.28
72 Washington County 0.28
73 Scott County 0.26
74 Franklin County 0.24
75 Vermillion County 0.21
75 Warren County 0.21
76 Martin County 0.2
77 Greene County 0.15