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

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (38.27%), followed by Delaware County (22.03%), and Forest County (17.71%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Pennsylvania counties 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 of counties for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Pennsylvania.

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Philadelphia
Delaware
Forest
Dauphin
Monroe
Allegheny
Montgomery
Erie
Beaver
Lehigh
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Philadelphia County 38.27
2 Delaware County 22.03
3 Forest County 17.71
4 Dauphin County 16.90
5 Monroe County 13.56
6 Allegheny County 12.92
7 Montgomery County 9.28
8 Erie County 7.32
9 Beaver County 6.58
10 Lehigh County 6.13
11 Union County 5.76
12 Mercer County 5.68
13 York County 5.65
14 Northampton County 5.57
15 Chester County 5.31
16 Pike County 5.17
17 Huntingdon County 5.14
18 Lycoming County 4.97
19 Fayette County 4.43
20 Luzerne County 4.31
21 Cambria County 4.24
22 Berks County 4.22
23 Lawrence County 4.12
24 Cumberland County 4.08
25 Bucks County 3.91
26 Lancaster County 3.53
27 Lackawanna County 3.44
28 Centre County 3.36
29 Washington County 3.28
30 Wayne County 3.22
31 Franklin County 3.21
32 Greene County 2.95
33 Indiana County 2.89
34 Schuylkill County 2.88
35 Northumberland County 2.61
36 Westmoreland County 2.53
37 Somerset County 2.51
38 Clearfield County 2.19
39 McKean County 2.10
40 Blair County 2.01
41 Crawford County 1.78
42 Lebanon County 1.78
43 Montour County 1.76
44 Carbon County 1.65
45 Adams County 1.42
46 Clarion County 1.40
47 Columbia County 1.34
48 Sullivan County 1.32
49 Snyder County 1.27
50 Butler County 1.12
51 Clinton County 1.11
52 Venango County 0.86
53 Fulton County 0.85
54 Wyoming County 0.82
55 Tioga County 0.78
56 Mifflin County 0.76
57 Armstrong County 0.67
58 Bradford County 0.66
59 Perry County 0.63
60 Juniata County 0.49
61 Bedford County 0.38
62 Warren County 0.37
63 Susquehanna County 0.36
64 Jefferson County 0.28
65 Cameron County 0.26
66 Potter County 0.26
67 Elk County 0.24