Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (44.44%), followed by Delaware County (21.44%), and Forest County (19.92%).
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 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia County | 44.44 |
| 2 | Delaware County | 21.44 |
| 3 | Forest County | 19.92 |
| 4 | Dauphin County | 18.79 |
| 5 | Monroe County | 15.16 |
| 6 | Allegheny County | 13.38 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 9.41 |
| 8 | Lehigh County | 8.86 |
| 9 | Union County | 7.93 |
| 10 | Erie County | 7.74 |
| 11 | Berks County | 6.8 |
| 12 | York County | 6.52 |
| 13 | Beaver County | 6.32 |
| 14 | Chester County | 6.3 |
| 15 | Northampton County | 6.28 |
| 16 | Pike County | 6.24 |
| 17 | Mercer County | 5.81 |
| 18 | Huntingdon County | 5.59 |
| 19 | Luzerne County | 5.14 |
| 20 | Lancaster County | 4.79 |
| 21 | Lycoming County | 4.73 |
| 22 | Fayette County | 4.71 |
| 23 | Bucks County | 4.13 |
| 24 | Lawrence County | 3.98 |
| 25 | Cumberland County | 3.94 |
| 26 | Franklin County | 3.86 |
| 27 | Centre County | 3.72 |
| 28 | Wayne County | 3.56 |
| 29 | Greene County | 3.48 |
| 30 | Cambria County | 3.45 |
| 31 | Lackawanna County | 3.3 |
| 32 | Sullivan County | 3.29 |
| 33 | Lebanon County | 3.23 |
| 34 | Washington County | 3.18 |
| 35 | Schuylkill County | 3.08 |
| 36 | Somerset County | 2.88 |
| 37 | Clearfield County | 2.86 |
| 38 | McKean County | 2.73 |
| 39 | Indiana County | 2.63 |
| 40 | Northumberland County | 2.54 |
| 41 | Westmoreland County | 2.49 |
| 42 | Columbia County | 2 |
| 43 | Adams County | 1.88 |
| 44 | Carbon County | 1.86 |
| 45 | Blair County | 1.82 |
| 46 | Crawford County | 1.8 |
| 47 | Clinton County | 1.61 |
| 48 | Montour County | 1.5 |
| 49 | Snyder County | 1.23 |
| 50 | Butler County | 1.22 |
| 51 | Clarion County | 1.16 |
| 52 | Fulton County | 1.14 |
| 53 | Venango County | 1.11 |
| 54 | Armstrong County | 0.87 |
| 55 | Perry County | 0.86 |
| 56 | Wyoming County | 0.85 |
| 57 | Mifflin County | 0.82 |
| 58 | Juniata County | 0.8 |
| 59 | Tioga County | 0.76 |
| 60 | Cameron County | 0.69 |
| 61 | Bradford County | 0.66 |
| 62 | Bedford County | 0.62 |
| 63 | Potter County | 0.51 |
| 64 | Susquehanna County | 0.5 |
| 65 | Jefferson County | 0.49 |
| 66 | Warren County | 0.45 |
| 67 | Elk County | 0.42 |