Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (651.05K), followed by Allegheny County (161.74K), and Delaware County (118.27K).

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 2016
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Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2016
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Philadelphia County 651053
2 Allegheny County 161743
3 Delaware County 118266
4 Montgomery County 74186
5 Dauphin County 47304
6 Chester County 29544
7 York County 24421
8 Bucks County 24135
9 Monroe County 21651
10 Lehigh County 20181
11 Erie County 20074
12 Lancaster County 18261
13 Berks County 17203
14 Northampton County 15308
15 Luzerne County 11680
16 Beaver County 10344
17 Cumberland County 9005
18 Westmoreland County 8675
19 Mercer County 6451
20 Washington County 6416
21 Fayette County 6028
22 Centre County 5747
23 Lackawanna County 5546
24 Franklin County 5093
25 Lycoming County 5065
26 Cambria County 4499
27 Schuylkill County 3985
28 Lawrence County 3372
29 Union County 3079
30 Pike County 2988
31 Lebanon County 2672
32 Huntingdon County 2451
33 Butler County 2189
34 Blair County 2143
35 Somerset County 2126
36 Northumberland County 2100
37 Indiana County 1948
38 Clearfield County 1897
39 Adams County 1598
40 Wayne County 1589
41 Crawford County 1527
42 Forest County 1441
43 Greene County 1226
44 Columbia County 1141
45 Carbon County 1019
46 McKean County 1011
47 Venango County 576
48 Armstrong County 561
49 Clinton County 547
50 Clarion County 445
51 Snyder County 394
52 Perry County 374
53 Bradford County 340
54 Mifflin County 334
55 Tioga County 288
56 Montour County 280
57 Bedford County 276
58 Wyoming County 208
59 Sullivan County 202
60 Jefferson County 194
61 Susquehanna County 191
62 Warren County 187
63 Fulton County 151
64 Juniata County 138
65 Elk County 121
66 Potter County 78
67 Cameron County 32