Population By Race and Ethnicity in Allegheny County, PA in 2018

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the 1,217,508 population of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania comprised of 26,665 people who identified as Hispanic (2.19%), and 1,190,843 people who identified as Non-Hispanic (97.81%).

Race: The White Alone population was the largest racial group in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with a population of 974,266 (80.02%); Black or African American Alone population was the second largest racial group with a population of 163,627 (13.44%); and Asian Alone was the third largest racial group with a population of 49,387 (4.06%).

Ethnicity: The White Alone - Non Hispanic population was the largest ethnic group in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 2018, with a population of 953,750 (78.34%); the second largest ethnic group was Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic with a population of 160,580 (13.19%); and the third largest ethnic group was Asian Alone - Non Hispanic with a population of 48,995 (4.02%).

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 2018
Race Population Percentage
Black or African American Alone 163,627 13.44%
White Alone 974,266 80.02%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 1,898 0.16%
Asian Alone 49,387 4.06%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 433 0.04%
Two Or More Races 27,897 2.29%
Population By Ethnicity in Allegheny , PA in 2018
Ethnicity Population Percentage
Black or African American Alone - Hispanic 3,047 0.25%
White Alone - Hispanic 20,516 1.69%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Hispanic 512 0.04%
Asian Alone - Hispanic 392 0.03%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Hispanic 126 0.01%
Two Or More Races - Hispanic 2,072 0.17%
Black or African American Alone - Non Hispanic 160,580 13.19%
White Alone - Non Hispanic 953,750 78.34%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone - Non Hispanic 1,386 0.11%
Asian Alone - Non Hispanic 48,995 4.02%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone - Non Hispanic 307 0.03%
Two Or More Races - Non Hispanic 25,825 2.12%