Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (648.40K), followed by Allegheny County (160.51K), and Delaware County (120.23K).

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 2017
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Philadelphia County 648395
2 Allegheny County 160505
3 Delaware County 120229
4 Montgomery County 75824
5 Dauphin County 47599
6 Chester County 29329
7 York County 24886
8 Bucks County 24439
9 Monroe County 22299
10 Lehigh County 20776
11 Erie County 19975
12 Lancaster County 18748
13 Berks County 17447
14 Northampton County 16033
15 Luzerne County 12369
16 Beaver County 10297
17 Cumberland County 9517
18 Westmoreland County 8612
19 Mercer County 6449
20 Washington County 6417
21 Fayette County 6028
22 Centre County 5793
23 Lackawanna County 5763
24 Franklin County 5267
25 Lycoming County 5057
26 Cambria County 4486
27 Schuylkill County 4085
28 Lawrence County 3460
29 Pike County 3009
30 Union County 2734
31 Lebanon County 2723
32 Huntingdon County 2506
33 Butler County 2242
34 Blair County 2203
35 Northumberland County 2155
36 Somerset County 2113
37 Indiana County 2085
38 Clearfield County 1942
39 Adams County 1641
40 Wayne County 1591
41 Crawford County 1512
42 Forest County 1487
43 Greene County 1188
44 Columbia County 1150
45 Carbon County 1087
46 McKean County 976
47 Armstrong County 587
48 Venango County 554
49 Clinton County 544
50 Clarion County 470
51 Perry County 411
52 Snyder County 408
53 Bradford County 376
54 Mifflin County 336
55 Montour County 287
56 Bedford County 284
56 Tioga County 284
57 Wyoming County 220
58 Sullivan County 209
59 Jefferson County 204
60 Susquehanna County 198
61 Warren County 171
62 Fulton County 154
63 Juniata County 145
64 Elk County 124
65 Potter County 80
66 Cameron County 33