Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2021

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (43.3%), followed by Forest County (24.15%), and Delaware County (23.27%).

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 2021
Philadelphia
Forest
Delaware
Dauphin
Monroe
Allegheny
Lehigh
Montgomery
Berks
Erie
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Philadelphia County 43.3
2 Forest County 24.15
3 Delaware County 23.27
4 Dauphin County 19.15
5 Monroe County 17.26
6 Allegheny County 13.41
7 Lehigh County 10.62
8 Montgomery County 10.23
9 Berks County 7.94
10 Erie County 7.9
11 Northampton County 7.77
12 York County 7.51
13 Luzerne County 7.39
14 Pike County 6.9
15 Beaver County 6.5
16 Chester County 6.23
17 Union County 5.95
18 Huntingdon County 5.75
19 Mercer County 5.73
20 Lancaster County 5.43
21 Cumberland County 5.2
22 Lycoming County 4.94
23 Fayette County 4.82
24 Lackawanna County 4.77
25 Bucks County 4.67
26 Lawrence County 4.37
27 Franklin County 4.32
28 Cambria County 4.17
29 Schuylkill County 4.03
30 Lebanon County 3.84
31 Centre County 3.8
32 Greene County 3.73
33 Washington County 3.3
34 Northumberland County 3.25
35 Wayne County 3.15
36 Indiana County 2.89
37 Westmoreland County 2.76
38 Carbon County 2.65
39 Somerset County 2.59
40 McKean County 2.41
41 Montour County 2.37
42 Blair County 2.31
43 Sullivan County 2.29
44 Clearfield County 2.17
44 Columbia County 2.17
45 Adams County 2.1
46 Crawford County 1.94
47 Clinton County 1.56
48 Snyder County 1.53
49 Clarion County 1.45
50 Butler County 1.39
51 Fulton County 1.37
52 Perry County 1.22
53 Wyoming County 1.14
54 Venango County 1.12
55 Juniata County 1.06
56 Mifflin County 1.05
57 Armstrong County 0.99
58 Bradford County 0.91
59 Susquehanna County 0.82
60 Tioga County 0.78
61 Bedford County 0.67
62 Potter County 0.63
63 Cameron County 0.61
63 Warren County 0.61
64 Elk County 0.51
65 Jefferson County 0.47