Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Pennsylvania counties, Elk County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (98.08%), followed by Jefferson County (97.95%), and Warren County (97.83%).

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 White Alone in 2017
Elk
Jefferson
Warren
Potter
Bedford
Susquehanna
Armstrong
Tioga
Juniata
Mifflin
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Elk County 98.08
2 Jefferson County 97.95
3 Warren County 97.83
4 Potter County 97.79
5 Bedford County 97.78
6 Susquehanna County 97.77
7 Armstrong County 97.7
8 Tioga County 97.34
9 Juniata County 97.32
10 Mifflin County 97.28
11 Wyoming County 97.24
12 Bradford County 97.14
12 Cameron County 97.14
13 Venango County 97.07
14 Fulton County 97.04
15 Perry County 96.96
16 Snyder County 96.8
17 Clarion County 96.69
18 Clinton County 96.54
19 Butler County 96
20 Crawford County 95.93
21 Blair County 95.76
22 Carbon County 95.72
23 Somerset County 95.59
24 Columbia County 95.53
25 Clearfield County 95.36
26 McKean County 95.35
27 Northumberland County 95.3
28 Adams County 95.28
29 Indiana County 94.96
30 Greene County 94.86
31 Westmoreland County 94.82
32 Sullivan County 94.54
33 Schuylkill County 94.5
34 Wayne County 94.43
35 Cambria County 94.01
36 Washington County 93.67
37 Montour County 93.47
38 Lawrence County 93.18
39 Lebanon County 93
40 Fayette County 92.75
41 Franklin County 92.47
42 Lycoming County 92.19
43 Huntingdon County 92.15
44 Mercer County 91.3
45 Lackawanna County 91.29
46 Beaver County 90.8
47 Luzerne County 90.21
48 Lancaster County 90
49 Pike County 89.78
50 Union County 89.14
51 York County 89.1
52 Cumberland County 88.84
53 Bucks County 88.61
54 Centre County 87.88
55 Erie County 87.68
56 Berks County 87.57
57 Northampton County 87.41
58 Chester County 85.8
59 Lehigh County 83.09
60 Allegheny County 80.26
61 Montgomery County 79.91
62 Monroe County 78.08
63 Forest County 77.61
64 Dauphin County 72.25
65 Delaware County 69.46
66 Philadelphia County 44.61