Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (40.48%), followed by Delaware County (21.93%), and Forest County (19.43%).

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 2019
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 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Philadelphia County 40.48
2 Delaware County 21.93
3 Forest County 19.43
4 Dauphin County 17.26
5 Monroe County 13.78
6 Allegheny County 13.18
7 Montgomery County 9.38
8 Erie County 7.31
9 Beaver County 6.3
10 Union County 6.03
11 Lehigh County 5.83
12 York County 5.77
13 Mercer County 5.7
14 Northampton County 5.64
15 Chester County 5.63
16 Pike County 5.5
17 Huntingdon County 5.48
18 Fayette County 4.63
19 Lycoming County 4.47
20 Berks County 4.25
21 Cumberland County 4.18
22 Luzerne County 4.17
23 Lawrence County 4.13
24 Bucks County 4.08
25 Centre County 3.58
25 Lancaster County 3.58
26 Cambria County 3.52
27 Franklin County 3.47
28 Greene County 3.4
29 Wayne County 3.23
30 Washington County 3.17
31 Lackawanna County 3.12
32 Schuylkill County 2.91
33 Sullivan County 2.89
34 Somerset County 2.88
35 Clearfield County 2.57
36 Indiana County 2.56
37 Northumberland County 2.5
38 Westmoreland County 2.48
39 McKean County 2.33
40 Lebanon County 2.01
41 Blair County 1.88
42 Carbon County 1.85
43 Crawford County 1.84
44 Columbia County 1.68
45 Montour County 1.67
46 Adams County 1.59
47 Clinton County 1.42
48 Butler County 1.27
49 Clarion County 1.19
49 Fulton County 1.19
50 Snyder County 1.1
51 Venango County 1.08
52 Perry County 0.95
53 Armstrong County 0.86
53 Wyoming County 0.86
54 Mifflin County 0.77
55 Bradford County 0.7
55 Cameron County 0.7
55 Tioga County 0.7
56 Susquehanna County 0.6
57 Bedford County 0.59
57 Juniata County 0.59
58 Potter County 0.54
59 Warren County 0.48
60 Jefferson County 0.47
61 Elk County 0.46