Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (43.73%), followed by Delaware County (22.78%), and Forest County (19.93%).

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 2019
Philadelphia
Delaware
Forest
Dauphin
Monroe
Allegheny
Lehigh
Montgomery
Erie
Berks
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Philadelphia County 43.73
2 Delaware County 22.78
3 Forest County 19.93
4 Dauphin County 19.3
5 Monroe County 16.67
6 Allegheny County 13.44
7 Lehigh County 10.08
8 Montgomery County 9.98
9 Erie County 7.87
10 Berks County 7.46
11 Northampton County 7.27
12 York County 7.13
13 Union County 7.1
14 Luzerne County 6.66
15 Pike County 6.49
16 Beaver County 6.44
17 Chester County 6.22
18 Mercer County 5.85
19 Huntingdon County 5.65
20 Lancaster County 5.31
21 Fayette County 4.76
22 Lycoming County 4.74
23 Cumberland County 4.72
24 Bucks County 4.5
25 Lawrence County 4.31
26 Franklin County 4.21
27 Lackawanna County 4.2
28 Centre County 3.81
29 Cambria County 3.72
30 Lebanon County 3.68
31 Wayne County 3.64
32 Schuylkill County 3.6
33 Greene County 3.56
34 Washington County 3.3
35 Sullivan County 3.11
36 Clearfield County 3.05
37 Somerset County 3
38 Northumberland County 2.99
39 Indiana County 2.73
40 Westmoreland County 2.6
41 McKean County 2.48
42 Carbon County 2.34
43 Blair County 2.01
44 Adams County 2
44 Columbia County 2
45 Crawford County 1.92
46 Montour County 1.86
47 Clinton County 1.55
48 Snyder County 1.41
49 Butler County 1.36
50 Clarion County 1.27
51 Fulton County 1.24
52 Perry County 1.16
53 Venango County 1.13
54 Wyoming County 1.03
55 Armstrong County 0.91
55 Mifflin County 0.91
56 Bradford County 0.86
56 Juniata County 0.86
57 Tioga County 0.77
58 Cameron County 0.72
58 Susquehanna County 0.72
59 Bedford County 0.66
59 Potter County 0.66
60 Warren County 0.55
61 Jefferson County 0.53
62 Elk County 0.5