Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (652.48K), followed by Allegheny County (161.58K), and Delaware County (112.25K).

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

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2012
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Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2012
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Philadelphia County 652484
2 Allegheny County 161580
3 Delaware County 112253
4 Montgomery County 70358
5 Dauphin County 46325
6 Chester County 29833
7 York County 23004
8 Bucks County 22436
9 Monroe County 20944
10 Erie County 20000
11 Lehigh County 18362
12 Berks County 16932
13 Lancaster County 16900
14 Northampton County 14091
15 Beaver County 10601
16 Luzerne County 10113
17 Westmoreland County 8619
18 Cumberland County 7767
19 Washington County 6563
20 Mercer County 6457
21 Fayette County 6217
22 Lycoming County 5193
23 Lackawanna County 5112
24 Cambria County 5099
25 Centre County 4788
26 Franklin County 4607
27 Schuylkill County 3975
28 Lawrence County 3446
29 Union County 3162
30 Pike County 3030
31 Huntingdon County 2465
32 Lebanon County 2258
33 Indiana County 2210
34 Butler County 2168
35 Blair County 2102
36 Northumberland County 2017
37 Somerset County 1970
38 Clearfield County 1834
39 Wayne County 1550
40 Adams County 1511
41 Crawford County 1509
42 Forest County 1409
43 Greene County 1220
44 Columbia County 1108
45 McKean County 1083
46 Carbon County 953
47 Clinton County 640
48 Venango County 556
49 Armstrong County 542
50 Snyder County 392
51 Clarion County 369
52 Tioga County 328
53 Bradford County 320
53 Perry County 320
54 Mifflin County 292
55 Bedford County 257
56 Montour County 254
57 Wyoming County 203
58 Warren County 171
59 Jefferson County 170
60 Sullivan County 169
61 Susquehanna County 165
62 Fulton County 148
63 Juniata County 145
64 Elk County 106
65 Potter County 66
66 Cameron County 18