Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (688.28K), followed by Allegheny County (167.01K), and Delaware County (134.24K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Pennsylvania counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Philadelphia County 688281
2 Allegheny County 167007
3 Delaware County 134242
4 Montgomery County 88436
5 Dauphin County 55205
6 Lehigh County 39907
7 York County 34493
8 Berks County 34126
9 Chester County 33696
10 Bucks County 30210
11 Lancaster County 30181
12 Monroe County 29121
13 Northampton County 24717
14 Luzerne County 24099
15 Erie County 21273
16 Cumberland County 13801
17 Beaver County 10846
18 Lackawanna County 10303
19 Westmoreland County 9777
20 Washington County 6939
21 Franklin County 6770
22 Mercer County 6304
23 Fayette County 6122
24 Centre County 5996
25 Schuylkill County 5766
26 Lycoming County 5611
27 Cambria County 5519
28 Lebanon County 5515
29 Pike County 4139
30 Lawrence County 3742
31 Northumberland County 2960
32 Blair County 2819
33 Butler County 2733
34 Huntingdon County 2527
35 Union County 2525
36 Indiana County 2402
37 Adams County 2218
38 Somerset County 1891
39 Carbon County 1733
40 Clearfield County 1699
41 Forest County 1664
42 Wayne County 1613
43 Crawford County 1612
44 Columbia County 1413
45 Greene County 1315
46 McKean County 973
47 Armstrong County 643
48 Snyder County 609
49 Clinton County 594
50 Perry County 559
51 Venango County 558
52 Bradford County 549
53 Clarion County 544
54 Mifflin County 484
55 Montour County 429
56 Tioga County 323
57 Bedford County 316
58 Susquehanna County 314
59 Wyoming County 298
60 Juniata County 248
61 Warren County 232
62 Jefferson County 206
63 Fulton County 200
64 Elk County 158
65 Sullivan County 134
66 Potter County 103
67 Cameron County 27