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Pennsylvania: the counties with the highest share of Black students

64 counties

Pennsylvania public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
1Philadelphia CountyPA303182,00586,68347.6%
2Delaware CountyPA10974,66323,33931.3%
3Allegheny CountyPA275141,39229,37320.8%
4Dauphin CountyPA7372,71814,24019.6%
5Monroe CountyPA2920,7523,71317.9%
6Montgomery CountyPA160115,30215,67213.6%
7Erie CountyPA6735,7384,53212.7%
8Beaver CountyPA5231,2223,70411.9%
9York CountyPA10964,2427,05111.0%
10Mercer CountyPA3412,8151,27810.0%
11Cambria CountyPA3715,7891,4038.9%
12Northampton CountyPA6038,3163,1278.2%
13Chester CountyPA11083,4686,7678.1%
14Lehigh CountyPA8356,9844,5548.0%
15Lackawanna CountyPA4727,0062,0717.7%
16Cumberland CountyPA5733,0442,3707.2%
17Luzerne CountyPA6545,2093,1867.0%
18Lawrence CountyPA2511,0157486.8%
19Lycoming CountyPA3014,2889676.8%
20Pike CountyPA148,6155826.8%
21Lancaster CountyPA11462,7193,9616.3%
22Fayette CountyPA3915,3408625.6%
23Franklin CountyPA4121,4321,1635.4%
24Bucks CountyPA12281,9564,2635.2%
25Washington CountyPA5426,0791,3575.2%
26Berks CountyPA9562,3753,0174.8%
27Westmoreland CountyPA8441,3021,9544.7%
28Blair CountyPA3215,6927074.5%
29Montour CountyPA62,221863.9%
30Northumberland CountyPA2110,3863183.1%
31Carbon CountyPA188,1112443.0%
32Union CountyPA103,8111153.0%
33Schuylkill CountyPA3418,2595072.8%
34Lebanon CountyPA3218,8044902.6%
35Indiana CountyPA228,4702022.4%
36Huntingdon CountyPA174,4541042.3%
37Mifflin CountyPA114,7741112.3%
38Centre CountyPA3313,6742772.0%
39Adams CountyPA2612,8312421.9%
40Crawford CountyPA269,1561751.9%
41Columbia CountyPA197,5011361.8%
42Venango CountyPA155,704941.6%
43Butler CountyPA3924,6163641.5%
44Clinton CountyPA103,879561.4%
45Perry CountyPA155,512781.4%
46Bradford CountyPA198,3921091.3%
47Snyder CountyPA84,190561.3%
48Clarion CountyPA165,023581.2%
49Fulton CountyPA81,958211.1%
50Armstrong CountyPA176,972660.9%

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