According to the US Census, the racial makeup of Allegheny County on July 1, 2017, was estimated as follows:
- Black or African American alone: 13.4%
- Asian alone: 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone: less than 0.1%
- White alone, not Hispanic or Latino: 78.6%
- Two or More Races: 2.2%
Some assumptions:
- Native Hawaiians would likely be counted as Indigenous by the Allegheny County Jail census. Asian Pacific Islanders would likely be counted as Asian?
- People of two or more races might be counted as "Unknown"?
- When the Jail says "white," they mean "white - non-Hispanic"
According to the Allegheny County Jail Daily Census, on July 1, 2017, the breakdown of prisoners was as follows:
- Total inmates: 2373
- Total Black inmates: 1388, 58.49%
- Total Asian inmates: 10, 0.42%
- Total Hispanic inmates: 18, 0.76%
- Total Indigenous inmates: 1, 0.04%
- Total white inmates: 941, 39.65%
- Total inmates of unknown race: 15, 0.63%