Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Indiana counties, Marion County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (29.12%), followed by Lake County (24.66%), and St. Joseph County (13.86%).

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 2018
Marion
Lake
St. Joseph
Allen
LaPorte
Vanderburgh
Madison
Clark
Howard
Grant
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Marion County 29.12
2 Lake County 24.66
3 St. Joseph County 13.86
4 Allen County 12.06
5 LaPorte County 11.59
6 Vanderburgh County 9.82
7 Madison County 8.56
8 Clark County 8.16
9 Howard County 7.8
10 Grant County 7.55
11 Hendricks County 7.37
12 Vigo County 7.3
13 Delaware County 7.25
14 Elkhart County 6.2
15 Tippecanoe County 5.68
16 Floyd County 5.48
17 Miami County 5.03
18 Wayne County 5.02
19 Sullivan County 4.79
20 Hamilton County 4.41
21 Porter County 4.22
22 Putnam County 3.78
23 Monroe County 3.65
24 Hancock County 2.97
25 Perry County 2.79
26 Knox County 2.72
27 Henry County 2.68
28 Gibson County 2.57
29 Parke County 2.48
30 Johnson County 2.36
31 Bartholomew County 2.35
32 Daviess County 2.2
33 Cass County 2.13
34 Boone County 2.02
35 Jefferson County 2.01
36 Warrick County 1.65
37 Orange County 1.47
38 Fayette County 1.46
39 Shelby County 1.33
39 Switzerland County 1.33
40 Jackson County 1.25
41 Kosciusko County 1.16
42 Montgomery County 1.13
43 Posey County 1.06
44 Rush County 1.01
45 Noble County 1
46 Benton County 0.97
47 Union County 0.95
48 Spencer County 0.93
49 Newton County 0.89
50 Fulton County 0.87
50 Jennings County 0.87
51 Pulaski County 0.86
52 Jasper County 0.85
53 Marshall County 0.84
54 Steuben County 0.83
54 Wabash County 0.83
54 White County 0.83
55 Carroll County 0.82
55 Dubois County 0.82
56 Randolph County 0.78
57 Wells County 0.77
58 Clinton County 0.76
58 Tipton County 0.76
59 Clay County 0.74
60 Blackford County 0.73
61 Harrison County 0.72
62 Brown County 0.71
63 Dearborn County 0.69
64 Huntington County 0.68
65 Pike County 0.65
66 Adams County 0.61
67 Crawford County 0.6
67 Decatur County 0.6
67 Ohio County 0.6
68 Fountain County 0.58
69 Morgan County 0.53
70 DeKalb County 0.52
70 Lawrence County 0.52
71 LaGrange County 0.51
71 Scott County 0.51
71 Washington County 0.51
72 Owen County 0.49
72 Ripley County 0.49
72 Vermillion County 0.49
73 Jay County 0.48
74 Whitley County 0.46
75 Starke County 0.4
76 Warren County 0.36
77 Franklin County 0.32
78 Martin County 0.31
79 Greene County 0.27