Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2011
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2011, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (44.71%), followed by Delaware County (20.32%), and Forest County (18.89%).
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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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2011
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia County | 44.71 |
| 2 | Delaware County | 20.32 |
| 3 | Forest County | 18.89 |
| 4 | Dauphin County | 18.74 |
| 5 | Monroe County | 14.37 |
| 6 | Allegheny County | 13.33 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 8.99 |
| 8 | Union County | 7.93 |
| 9 | Lehigh County | 7.9 |
| 10 | Erie County | 7.46 |
| 11 | Chester County | 6.36 |
| 12 | Berks County | 6.34 |
| 13 | Beaver County | 6.28 |
| 14 | York County | 6.15 |
| 15 | Pike County | 6.14 |
| 16 | Northampton County | 5.81 |
| 17 | Mercer County | 5.74 |
| 18 | Huntingdon County | 5.5 |
| 19 | Fayette County | 4.73 |
| 20 | Lycoming County | 4.57 |
| 21 | Lancaster County | 4.44 |
| 22 | Luzerne County | 4.12 |
| 23 | Lawrence County | 3.93 |
| 24 | Bucks County | 3.78 |
| 25 | Cambria County | 3.76 |
| 26 | Franklin County | 3.51 |
| 27 | Wayne County | 3.45 |
| 28 | Cumberland County | 3.36 |
| 29 | Greene County | 3.33 |
| 30 | Washington County | 3.26 |
| 31 | Centre County | 3.17 |
| 32 | Schuylkill County | 2.89 |
| 33 | Lackawanna County | 2.87 |
| 34 | Lebanon County | 2.75 |
| 35 | Sullivan County | 2.74 |
| 36 | Indiana County | 2.71 |
| 37 | Somerset County | 2.56 |
| 38 | Clearfield County | 2.53 |
| 39 | Westmoreland County | 2.43 |
| 40 | McKean County | 2.41 |
| 41 | Northumberland County | 2.26 |
| 42 | Columbia County | 1.95 |
| 43 | Blair County | 1.74 |
| 43 | Crawford County | 1.74 |
| 44 | Adams County | 1.72 |
| 45 | Carbon County | 1.71 |
| 46 | Clinton County | 1.59 |
| 47 | Montour County | 1.55 |
| 48 | Snyder County | 1.2 |
| 49 | Butler County | 1.19 |
| 50 | Venango County | 1.08 |
| 51 | Fulton County | 1.05 |
| 52 | Clarion County | 1.03 |
| 53 | Armstrong County | 0.82 |
| 53 | Wyoming County | 0.82 |
| 54 | Perry County | 0.77 |
| 54 | Tioga County | 0.77 |
| 55 | Mifflin County | 0.72 |
| 56 | Juniata County | 0.71 |
| 57 | Bradford County | 0.6 |
| 58 | Bedford County | 0.55 |
| 59 | Potter County | 0.44 |
| 60 | Susquehanna County | 0.41 |
| 61 | Warren County | 0.39 |
| 62 | Jefferson County | 0.38 |
| 63 | Elk County | 0.36 |
| 64 | Cameron County | 0.3 |