Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (43.9%), followed by Delaware County (22.41%), and Forest County (20.87%).

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 2018
Philadelphia
Delaware
Forest
Dauphin
Monroe
Allegheny
Montgomery
Lehigh
Erie
Union
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Philadelphia County 43.9
2 Delaware County 22.41
3 Forest County 20.87
4 Dauphin County 19.3
5 Monroe County 16.32
6 Allegheny County 13.44
7 Montgomery County 9.79
8 Lehigh County 9.78
9 Erie County 7.86
10 Union County 7.49
11 Berks County 7.26
12 Northampton County 7.04
13 York County 6.99
14 Pike County 6.5
15 Beaver County 6.36
16 Luzerne County 6.3
17 Chester County 6.2
18 Huntingdon County 5.85
18 Mercer County 5.85
19 Lancaster County 5.22
20 Fayette County 4.74
21 Lycoming County 4.65
22 Cumberland County 4.53
23 Bucks County 4.4
24 Lawrence County 4.25
25 Franklin County 4.1
26 Lackawanna County 3.93
27 Centre County 3.83
28 Greene County 3.66
29 Cambria County 3.65
30 Lebanon County 3.61
31 Sullivan County 3.57
31 Wayne County 3.57
32 Schuylkill County 3.49
33 Washington County 3.26
34 Somerset County 3.04
35 Clearfield County 3
36 Northumberland County 2.87
37 Indiana County 2.77
38 Westmoreland County 2.56
39 McKean County 2.51
40 Carbon County 2.28
41 Columbia County 2
42 Adams County 1.99
43 Blair County 1.98
44 Crawford County 1.92
45 Montour County 1.84
46 Clinton County 1.52
47 Snyder County 1.38
48 Butler County 1.35
49 Clarion County 1.29
50 Fulton County 1.18
51 Venango County 1.13
52 Perry County 1.1
53 Wyoming County 1.01
54 Armstrong County 0.92
55 Mifflin County 0.89
56 Bradford County 0.83
57 Juniata County 0.8
58 Cameron County 0.78
59 Tioga County 0.74
60 Bedford County 0.67
61 Potter County 0.64
62 Susquehanna County 0.62
63 Warren County 0.52
64 Jefferson County 0.5
65 Elk County 0.49