Population By Race and Ethnicity in Allegheny County, PA in 2015

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, the 1,229,342 population of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania comprised of 24,153 people who identified as Hispanic (1.97%), and 1,205,189 people who identified as Non-Hispanic (98.04%).

Race: The White Alone population was the largest racial group in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with a population of 992,188 (80.71%); Black or African American Alone population was the second largest racial group with a population of 164,480 (13.38%); and Asian Alone was the third largest racial group with a population of 44,602 (3.63%).

Ethnicity: The White Alone - Non Hispanic population was the largest ethnic group in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 2015, with a population of 973,556 (79.19%); the second largest ethnic group was Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic with a population of 161,684 (13.15%); and the third largest ethnic group was Asian Alone - Non Hispanic with a population of 44,294 (3.6%).

The charts and tables below shows the population and percentage of each racial and ethnicity group in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

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Population By Race in Allegheny , PA in 2015
Race Population Percentage
Black or African American Alone 164,480 13.38%
White Alone 992,188 80.71%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 1,977 0.16%
Asian Alone 44,602 3.63%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 378 0.03%
Two Or More Races 25,717 2.09%
Population By Ethnicity in Allegheny , PA in 2015
Ethnicity Population Percentage
Black or African American Alone - Hispanic 2,796 0.23%
White Alone - Hispanic 18,632 1.52%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Hispanic 474 0.04%
Asian Alone - Hispanic 308 0.03%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Hispanic 89 0.01%
Two Or More Races - Hispanic 1,854 0.15%
Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic 161,684 13.15%
White Alone - Non Hispanic 973,556 79.19%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Non Hispanic 1,503 0.12%
Asian Alone - Non Hispanic 44,294 3.6%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Non Hispanic 289 0.02%
Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic 23,863 1.94%