Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone 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 percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (44.08%), followed by Delaware County (22.06%), and Forest County (20.77%).
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 2017
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia County | 44.08 |
| 2 | Delaware County | 22.06 |
| 3 | Forest County | 20.77 |
| 4 | Dauphin County | 19.13 |
| 5 | Monroe County | 15.87 |
| 6 | Allegheny County | 13.39 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 9.73 |
| 8 | Lehigh County | 9.46 |
| 9 | Erie County | 7.83 |
| 10 | Union County | 7.18 |
| 11 | Berks County | 7.07 |
| 12 | York County | 6.81 |
| 13 | Northampton County | 6.76 |
| 14 | Pike County | 6.36 |
| 15 | Beaver County | 6.34 |
| 16 | Chester County | 6.21 |
| 17 | Luzerne County | 5.95 |
| 18 | Mercer County | 5.93 |
| 19 | Huntingdon County | 5.69 |
| 20 | Lancaster County | 5.06 |
| 21 | Fayette County | 4.7 |
| 22 | Lycoming County | 4.67 |
| 23 | Bucks County | 4.3 |
| 24 | Cumberland County | 4.26 |
| 25 | Lawrence County | 4.15 |
| 26 | Franklin County | 4.08 |
| 27 | Centre County | 3.78 |
| 28 | Lackawanna County | 3.65 |
| 29 | Cambria County | 3.56 |
| 30 | Sullivan County | 3.55 |
| 31 | Wayne County | 3.48 |
| 32 | Lebanon County | 3.47 |
| 33 | Schuylkill County | 3.38 |
| 34 | Greene County | 3.36 |
| 35 | Washington County | 3.21 |
| 36 | Somerset County | 2.96 |
| 37 | Clearfield County | 2.89 |
| 38 | Northumberland County | 2.73 |
| 39 | Indiana County | 2.61 |
| 40 | Westmoreland County | 2.54 |
| 41 | McKean County | 2.51 |
| 42 | Carbon County | 2.07 |
| 43 | Columbia County | 2.03 |
| 44 | Adams County | 1.97 |
| 45 | Blair County | 1.91 |
| 46 | Crawford County | 1.84 |
| 47 | Montour County | 1.72 |
| 48 | Clinton County | 1.48 |
| 49 | Clarion County | 1.3 |
| 49 | Snyder County | 1.3 |
| 50 | Butler County | 1.28 |
| 51 | Fulton County | 1.13 |
| 52 | Venango County | 1.11 |
| 53 | Perry County | 1.02 |
| 54 | Wyoming County | 0.98 |
| 55 | Armstrong County | 0.94 |
| 56 | Mifflin County | 0.88 |
| 57 | Juniata County | 0.84 |
| 58 | Bradford County | 0.76 |
| 59 | Tioga County | 0.75 |
| 60 | Cameron County | 0.74 |
| 61 | Bedford County | 0.64 |
| 62 | Susquehanna County | 0.58 |
| 63 | Potter County | 0.56 |
| 64 | Jefferson County | 0.51 |
| 65 | Warren County | 0.49 |
| 66 | Elk County | 0.45 |