Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 13, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Pennsylvania counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K population in Pennsylvania, Yeadon borough had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (87.71%), followed by Darby borough (82.59%), and Chester city (69.19%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in Pennsylvania, and the table below shows the ranking of all Pennsylvania cities and places with over 10K population, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Pennsylvania.

Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Yeadon
Darby
Chester
Wilkinsburg
Lansdowne
Coatesville
Harrisburg
McKeesport
Philadelphia
Norris
Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Population
1 Yeadon borough 87.71
2 Darby borough 82.59
3 Chester city 69.19
4 Wilkinsburg borough 58.24
5 Lansdowne borough 53.20
6 Coatesville city 43.93
7 Harrisburg city 42.44
8 McKeesport city 38.51
9 Philadelphia city 38.27
10 Norristown borough 31.40
11 Progress CDP 27.08
12 York city 23.15
13 Pittsburgh city 22.55
14 Drexel Hill CDP 21.25
15 Colonial Park CDP 21.18
16 Pottstown borough 20.87
17 Johnstown city 20.35
18 Erie city 17.31
19 Sharon city 16.41
20 Washington city 15.98
21 Easton city 15.92
22 Williamsport city 15.71
23 Monroeville municipality 15.15
24 Wilkes-Barre city 13.93
25 New Castle city 13.05
26 Lancaster city 12.67
27 Munhall borough 12.65
27 New Kensington city 12.65
28 West Mifflin borough 12.38
29 Ardmore CDP 11.71
30 Fullerton CDP 10.53
31 Allentown city 10.48
32 Willow Grove CDP 10.33
33 Carlisle borough 10.23
34 West Chester borough 9.96
35 Chambersburg borough 9.53
36 Reading city 8.54
37 Carnot-Moon CDP 7.87
38 King of Prussia CDP 7.44
39 Indiana borough 7.28
40 Lansdale borough 7.23
41 Scranton city 7.20
42 Bethlehem city 7.19
43 Kingston borough 6.63
44 Croydon CDP 6.54
45 Meadville city 6.15
46 Columbia borough 5.87
47 Phoenixville borough 5.76
48 Brentwood borough 5.57
48 Hershey CDP 5.57
49 Shiloh CDP 5.23
50 Montgomeryville CDP 5.10
51 Greensburg city 5.08
52 Baldwin borough 5.04
53 Hermitage city 4.89
54 Weigelstown CDP 4.77
55 Horsham CDP 4.76
56 Whitehall borough 4.53
57 Levittown CDP 4.43
58 Nanticoke city 4.41
59 Plum borough 4.36
60 Pottsville city 4.17
61 Altoona city 4.16
62 Lebanon city 3.76
63 Waynesboro borough 3.41
64 Butler city 3.31
65 Bloomsburg town 3.27
66 Emmaus borough 2.94
67 Wyomissing borough 2.91
68 State College borough 2.82
69 Northampton borough 2.68
70 Berwick borough 2.32
70 Jefferson Hills borough 2.32
71 Dunmore borough 2.31
72 Elizabethtown borough 2.27
73 Hanover borough 2.23
74 Broomall CDP 2.20
75 Hazleton city 1.67
76 Allison Park CDP 1.66
77 Lower Burrell city 1.49
78 Bethel Park municipality 1.42
79 Ephrata borough 1.34
80 Franklin Park borough 1.21
81 Murrysville municipality 1.17
82 Mountain Top CDP 0.91
83 St. Marys city 0.20