Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (40.36%), followed by Forest County (24.12%), and Delaware County (22.1%).

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 2020
Philadelphia
Forest
Delaware
Dauphin
Monroe
Allegheny
Montgomery
Erie
Beaver
Lehigh
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Philadelphia County 40.36
2 Forest County 24.12
3 Delaware County 22.1
4 Dauphin County 16.95
5 Monroe County 14.11
6 Allegheny County 13.09
7 Montgomery County 9.38
8 Erie County 7.28
9 Beaver County 6.25
10 Lehigh County 6
11 York County 5.83
12 Northampton County 5.8
13 Huntingdon County 5.69
14 Mercer County 5.6
14 Pike County 5.6
15 Chester County 5.56
16 Union County 5.45
17 Fayette County 4.67
18 Lycoming County 4.52
19 Cumberland County 4.28
20 Berks County 4.27
20 Luzerne County 4.27
21 Bucks County 4.1
22 Lawrence County 4.09
23 Cambria County 3.72
24 Centre County 3.64
25 Lancaster County 3.59
26 Greene County 3.55
27 Franklin County 3.41
28 Lackawanna County 3.31
29 Washington County 3.17
30 Schuylkill County 2.93
31 Wayne County 2.92
32 Somerset County 2.81
33 Northumberland County 2.66
34 Indiana County 2.65
35 Westmoreland County 2.51
36 Clearfield County 2.5
37 Blair County 2.05
38 Lebanon County 2
39 Montour County 1.99
40 McKean County 1.94
41 Sullivan County 1.92
42 Carbon County 1.87
42 Crawford County 1.87
43 Columbia County 1.71
44 Adams County 1.59
45 Clinton County 1.22
45 Fulton County 1.22
46 Butler County 1.18
46 Clarion County 1.18
47 Snyder County 1.07
48 Venango County 0.98
49 Perry County 0.9
49 Wyoming County 0.9
50 Armstrong County 0.88
51 Mifflin County 0.84
52 Juniata County 0.7
52 Tioga County 0.7
53 Bradford County 0.69
54 Susquehanna County 0.68
55 Cameron County 0.62
56 Bedford County 0.57
57 Potter County 0.52
58 Warren County 0.51
59 Elk County 0.43
60 Jefferson County 0.41