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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Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2015
Philadelphia
Delaware
Forest
Dauphin
Monroe
Allegheny
Montgomery
Lehigh
Union
Erie
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