Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (43.14%), followed by Forest County (24.05%), and Delaware County (23.64%).

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

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Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
Philadelphia
Forest
Delaware
Dauphin
Monroe
Allegheny
Lehigh
Montgomery
Berks
Northampton
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Philadelphia County 43.14
2 Forest County 24.05
3 Delaware County 23.64
4 Dauphin County 19.12
5 Monroe County 17.48
6 Allegheny County 13.47
7 Lehigh County 10.89
8 Montgomery County 10.4
9 Berks County 8.23
10 Northampton County 8.04
11 Erie County 7.96
11 Luzerne County 7.96
12 York County 7.78
13 Pike County 7.03
14 Beaver County 6.49
15 Chester County 6.32
16 Union County 6.31
17 Mercer County 5.71
18 Lancaster County 5.56
19 Cumberland County 5.47
20 Huntingdon County 5.32
21 Lackawanna County 5.08
22 Lycoming County 5.05
23 Fayette County 4.82
24 Bucks County 4.74
25 Cambria County 4.44
26 Franklin County 4.39
27 Lawrence County 4.3
28 Schuylkill County 4.28
29 Lebanon County 3.99
30 Centre County 3.93
31 Greene County 3.55
32 Washington County 3.32
33 Northumberland County 3.18
34 Wayne County 3.16
35 Indiana County 2.95
36 Westmoreland County 2.86
37 Carbon County 2.82
38 Somerset County 2.69
39 McKean County 2.51
40 Blair County 2.4
41 Montour County 2.35
42 Columbia County 2.29
43 Clearfield County 2.24
44 Adams County 2.17
44 Sullivan County 2.17
45 Crawford County 1.88
46 Clinton County 1.61
47 Clarion County 1.5
48 Snyder County 1.49
49 Fulton County 1.46
50 Butler County 1.44
51 Perry County 1.26
52 Wyoming County 1.23
53 Venango County 1.18
54 Mifflin County 1.09
55 Armstrong County 1.05
55 Juniata County 1.05
56 Bradford County 0.96
57 Susquehanna County 0.86
58 Tioga County 0.82
59 Bedford County 0.72
60 Cameron County 0.68
61 Warren County 0.66
62 Potter County 0.62
63 Elk County 0.57
64 Jefferson County 0.49