Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Updated on August 26, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (37.61%), followed by Delaware County (20.85%), and Forest County (19.34%).
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 voting-age population that identified as Black or African American Alone.
You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups in Pennsylvania.
You may also be interested in:
Related Topics: Pennsylvania Census 2020 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By
Percentage of Voting-age Population that were Black or African American Alone
from Census 2020
Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Voting-age Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia County | 37.61 |
| 2 | Delaware County | 20.85 |
| 3 | Forest County | 19.34 |
| 4 | Dauphin County | 16.50 |
| 5 | Monroe County | 13.84 |
| 6 | Allegheny County | 12.01 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 9.27 |
| 8 | Union County | 6.82 |
| 9 | Lehigh County | 6.74 |
| 10 | Erie County | 6.73 |
| 11 | Beaver County | 6.09 |
| 12 | Huntingdon County | 5.95 |
| 13 | Northampton County | 5.62 |
| 14 | York County | 5.59 |
| 15 | Chester County | 5.54 |
| 16 | Mercer County | 5.38 |
| 17 | Pike County | 5.31 |
| 18 | Berks County | 4.84 |
| 19 | Lycoming County | 4.76 |
| 20 | Fayette County | 4.36 |
| 21 | Luzerne County | 4.34 |
| 22 | Cumberland County | 3.90 |
| 23 | Bucks County | 3.82 |
| 24 | Lawrence County | 3.76 |
| 25 | Wayne County | 3.75 |
Items per page:
1 – 25 of 67