Indiana Black Population By County, 2018
Updated on January 29, 2024.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, 663,974 (9.91%) of the 6,698,481 Indiana population in 2018 identified as Black or African American alone.

In the map below, we show the specific number of Blacks or African Americans per county in Indiana. We also show the percentage of the population of each county that are African American and the gender percentages of the African American population when you interact with the map.

Marion County had the highest number of African Americans (279,385), and African Americans constituted 29.12% of the county's population. Other counties with high number of African Americans include: Lake County (119,575) - 24.66% of the county's population, and Allen County (45,219) - 12.06% of the county's population.

The data can also be found in the table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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Indiana Black Population By County, 2018
Indiana Black Population By County, 2018
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County Black Population % of County Population
Adams 217 0.61
Allen 45219 12.06
Bartholomew 1950 2.35
Benton 84 0.97
Blackford 87 0.73
Boone 1356 2.02
Brown 108 0.71
Carroll 166 0.82
Cass 806 2.13
Clark 9567 8.16
Clay 193 0.74
Clinton 243 0.76
Crawford 63 0.6
Daviess 734 2.2
Dearborn 340 0.69
Decatur 161 0.6
DeKalb 223 0.52
Delaware 8274 7.25
Dubois 350 0.82
Elkhart 12747 6.2
Fayette 336 1.46
Floyd 4264 5.48
Fountain 96 0.58
Franklin 72 0.32
Fulton 174 0.87
Gibson 863 2.57
Grant 4994 7.55
Greene 87 0.27
Hamilton 14574 4.41
Hancock 2275 2.97
Harrison 289 0.72
Hendricks 12293 7.37
Henry 1290 2.68
Howard 6422 7.8
Huntington 245 0.68
Jackson 552 1.25
Jasper 283 0.85
Jay 100 0.48
Jefferson 646 2.01
Jennings 240 0.87
Johnson 3690 2.36
Knox 994 2.72
Kosciusko 921 1.16
LaGrange 200 0.51
Lake 119575 24.66
LaPorte 12762 11.59
Lawrence 236 0.52
Madison 11085 8.56
Marion 279385 29.12
Marshall 390 0.84
Martin 32 0.31
Miami 1793 5.03
Monroe 5384 3.65
Montgomery 433 1.13
Morgan 372 0.53
Newton 124 0.89
Noble 479 1
Ohio 35 0.6
Orange 288 1.47
Owen 102 0.49
Parke 420 2.48
Perry 533 2.79
Pike 80 0.65
Porter 7165 4.22
Posey 271 1.06
Pulaski 108 0.86
Putnam 1416 3.78
Randolph 192 0.78
Ripley 139 0.49
Rush 168 1.01
St. Joseph 37561 13.86
Scott 122 0.51
Shelby 594 1.33
Spencer 190 0.93
Starke 92 0.4
Steuben 286 0.83
Sullivan 991 4.79
Switzerland 143 1.33
Tippecanoe 11007 5.68
Tipton 114 0.76
Union 67 0.95
Vanderburgh 17781 9.82
Vermillion 76 0.49
Vigo 7839 7.3
Wabash 260 0.83
Warren 30 0.36
Warrick 1032 1.65
Washington 142 0.51
Wayne 3321 5.02
Wells 214 0.77
White 200 0.83
Whitley 157 0.46