Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (41.54%), followed by Delaware County (20.72%), and Forest County (19.44%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
Philadelphia
Delaware
Forest
Dauphin
Allegheny
Monroe
Montgomery
Erie
Union
Beaver
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Philadelphia County 41.54
2 Delaware County 20.72
3 Forest County 19.44
4 Dauphin County 17.11
5 Allegheny County 13.15
6 Monroe County 12.77
7 Montgomery County 8.93
8 Erie County 7.25
9 Union County 6.83
10 Beaver County 6.22
11 Chester County 5.78
12 Mercer County 5.67
13 Lehigh County 5.5
14 Huntingdon County 5.44
15 York County 5.4
16 Pike County 5.37
17 Northampton County 4.94
18 Fayette County 4.6
19 Lycoming County 4.47
20 Berks County 4.13
21 Lawrence County 3.85
22 Bucks County 3.78
23 Cumberland County 3.6
24 Luzerne County 3.53
25 Centre County 3.52
26 Greene County 3.35
27 Lancaster County 3.3
28 Cambria County 3.28
29 Franklin County 3.25
30 Wayne County 3.19
31 Sullivan County 3.18
32 Washington County 3.08
33 Somerset County 2.77
34 Schuylkill County 2.68
35 McKean County 2.61
36 Lackawanna County 2.52
37 Indiana County 2.49
38 Clearfield County 2.41
39 Westmoreland County 2.4
40 Northumberland County 2.23
41 Lebanon County 1.85
42 Columbia County 1.74
43 Blair County 1.72
43 Crawford County 1.72
44 Adams County 1.54
44 Carbon County 1.54
44 Clinton County 1.54
45 Montour County 1.37
46 Butler County 1.16
47 Clarion County 1.08
47 Fulton County 1.08
47 Venango County 1.08
48 Snyder County 0.98
49 Armstrong County 0.84
50 Perry County 0.74
51 Tioga County 0.72
52 Wyoming County 0.71
53 Mifflin County 0.69
54 Cameron County 0.67
55 Juniata County 0.59
56 Bedford County 0.57
57 Bradford County 0.52
58 Jefferson County 0.45
59 Potter County 0.43
60 Susquehanna County 0.42
60 Warren County 0.42
61 Elk County 0.39