Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (40.99%), followed by Delaware County (21.32%), and Forest County (20.29%).

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 2017
Philadelphia
Delaware
Forest
Dauphin
Monroe
Allegheny
Montgomery
Erie
Beaver
Union
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Philadelphia County 40.99
2 Delaware County 21.32
3 Forest County 20.29
4 Dauphin County 17.26
5 Monroe County 13.27
6 Allegheny County 13.15
7 Montgomery County 9.2
8 Erie County 7.29
9 Beaver County 6.21
10 Union County 6.11
11 Mercer County 5.78
12 Lehigh County 5.68
13 Chester County 5.65
14 York County 5.58
15 Huntingdon County 5.51
16 Pike County 5.42
17 Northampton County 5.29
18 Fayette County 4.59
19 Lycoming County 4.43
20 Berks County 4.18
21 Lawrence County 4
22 Bucks County 3.9
23 Luzerne County 3.89
24 Cumberland County 3.82
25 Centre County 3.56
26 Lancaster County 3.46
27 Sullivan County 3.41
28 Franklin County 3.4
29 Cambria County 3.37
30 Greene County 3.22
31 Wayne County 3.11
32 Washington County 3.1
33 Schuylkill County 2.87
34 Somerset County 2.85
35 Lackawanna County 2.74
36 Indiana County 2.46
37 Westmoreland County 2.45
38 Clearfield County 2.43
39 McKean County 2.36
40 Northumberland County 2.35
41 Lebanon County 1.95
42 Blair County 1.79
43 Crawford County 1.76
44 Columbia County 1.75
45 Carbon County 1.7
46 Adams County 1.6
47 Montour County 1.57
48 Clinton County 1.4
49 Clarion County 1.21
50 Butler County 1.2
51 Venango County 1.07
52 Fulton County 1.06
53 Snyder County 1
54 Armstrong County 0.89
54 Perry County 0.89
55 Wyoming County 0.8
56 Mifflin County 0.73
57 Cameron County 0.72
58 Tioga County 0.7
59 Bradford County 0.62
60 Bedford County 0.59
60 Juniata County 0.59
61 Potter County 0.48
61 Susquehanna County 0.48
62 Jefferson County 0.47
63 Warren County 0.43
64 Elk County 0.41