Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.50M people in Texas with American ancestry (5.20% of Texas population). Among all Texas counties, Loving County had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (75.90%), followed by Newton County (55.01%), and Jasper County (45.91%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having American ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Texas.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
Loving County
Newton County
Jasper County
Cass County
Red River County
Morris County
Bowie County
Marion County
Johnson County
Rains County
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Loving County 75.90
2 Newton County 55.01
3 Jasper County 45.91
4 Cass County 43.45
5 Red River County 42.17
6 Morris County 40.78
7 Bowie County 36.94
8 Marion County 31.91
9 Johnson County 30.78
10 Rains County 28.88
11 Van Zandt County 24.05
12 Sabine County 22.01
13 Somervell County 21.03
14 Titus County 20.56
15 Harrison County 19.05
16 Hood County 18.98
17 Smith County 18.18
18 Cherokee County 18.12
19 Rusk County 18.00
20 Lamar County 17.46
21 Panola County 16.38
22 Shelby County 16.08
23 San Augustine County 15.71
24 Tyler County 15.21
25 Upshur County 13.88
26 Walker County 13.43
27 Delta County 13.33
28 Borden County 13.09
29 Hockley County 12.82
30 San Jacinto County 12.28
31 Polk County 12.27
32 Henderson County 12.17
33 Shackelford County 10.78
34 Anderson County 10.77
35 Parker County 10.69
36 Gregg County 10.59
37 Fisher County 10.32
38 Llano County 10.14
39 Hopkins County 10.08
40 Wood County 9.66
41 Hamilton County 9.45
42 Terry County 9.14
43 Palo Pinto County 9.09
44 Young County 9.04
45 Terrell County 8.99
46 Angelina County 8.93
47 Montague County 8.91
48 Jeff Davis County 8.81
49 Hudspeth County 8.76
50 Brewster County 8.53
50 Burnet County 8.53
51 Franklin County 8.51
52 Nacogdoches County 8.47
53 Bell County 8.46
54 Camp County 8.42
55 Fannin County 8.39
56 Scurry County 8.17
57 Nolan County 8.10
58 Ellis County 8.05
59 Hardin County 8.03
60 Archer County 7.97
61 Hunt County 7.91
62 Coke County 7.82
62 Hansford County 7.82
63 Collin County 7.80
64 Comanche County 7.67
65 Stephens County 7.64
66 Winkler County 7.63
67 Eastland County 7.58
68 Knox County 7.54
69 McCulloch County 7.47
70 Childress County 7.39
71 Erath County 7.37
72 Chambers County 7.27
73 Aransas County 7.23
74 Clay County 7.21
75 Randall County 7.16
76 Grayson County 7.13
77 Callahan County 7.05
78 Andrews County 6.99
79 Carson County 6.97
79 Madison County 6.97
80 Hill County 6.83
81 Wichita County 6.72
82 Burleson County 6.70
83 Rockwall County 6.69
84 Cooke County 6.52
85 Freestone County 6.50
86 Jones County 6.49
87 Washington County 6.47
88 Bailey County 6.46
89 Kaufman County 6.42
90 Hutchinson County 6.36
91 Mills County 6.22
92 Jack County 6.16
93 Cochran County 6.15
94 Yoakum County 6.07
95 San Saba County 6.04
96 Hartley County 6.00
96 Wise County 6.00
97 Coryell County 5.99
98 Mason County 5.98
99 Gray County 5.97
99 Montgomery County 5.97
100 Sherman County 5.94
101 Ector County 5.93
102 Trinity County 5.92
102 Wilbarger County 5.92
103 Lampasas County 5.89
104 Navarro County 5.87
105 Brown County 5.82
105 Coleman County 5.82
106 La Salle County 5.77
107 Milam County 5.75
108 Orange County 5.69
109 Roberts County 5.66
110 Haskell County 5.65
111 Lee County 5.50
112 Blanco County 5.49
112 Martin County 5.49
112 Taylor County 5.49
113 Kendall County 5.47
114 Gaines County 5.45
115 Hardeman County 5.41
116 Kent County 5.38
117 Comal County 5.35
118 Baylor County 5.33
119 Lubbock County 5.30
120 Swisher County 5.25
121 Jackson County 5.20
121 Motley County 5.20
122 Cottle County 5.19
123 Bastrop County 5.11
124 Armstrong County 5.10
124 Dickens County 5.10
124 Hemphill County 5.10
125 Caldwell County 4.95
125 Midland County 4.95
126 Brazoria County 4.83
127 Denton County 4.80
128 Stonewall County 4.79
129 Houston County 4.74
130 Williamson County 4.65
131 Tarrant County 4.64
132 Hale County 4.61
133 Tom Green County 4.60
134 Liberty County 4.53
135 Guadalupe County 4.51
136 Castro County 4.50
137 Potter County 4.48
138 Donley County 4.47
138 Howard County 4.47
138 Leon County 4.47
139 Jim Hogg County 4.46
140 McMullen County 4.39
141 King County 4.37
142 Oldham County 4.35
143 Falls County 4.33
144 Live Oak County 4.30
145 Waller County 4.25
145 Wilson County 4.25
146 Bosque County 4.22
147 Kimble County 4.21
147 Medina County 4.21
147 Ochiltree County 4.21
148 Dallas County 4.20
149 Goliad County 4.19
149 Robertson County 4.19
150 Gillespie County 4.17
151 Colorado County 4.16
152 Parmer County 4.15
153 Wheeler County 4.14
154 Dallam County 4.12
154 Lamb County 4.12
155 Limestone County 4.05
156 Kerr County 4.04
156 Mitchell County 4.04
157 Lynn County 3.99
158 Grimes County 3.94
159 Uvalde County 3.93
160 DeWitt County 3.83
161 Austin County 3.81
161 Galveston County 3.81
162 Runnels County 3.75
163 McLennan County 3.73
164 Karnes County 3.62
165 Bandera County 3.57
166 Brazos County 3.56
167 Harris County 3.50
168 Lavaca County 3.36
169 Bexar County 3.35
169 Hays County 3.35
170 Calhoun County 3.34
171 Dawson County 3.31
172 Fort Bend County 3.24
173 Fayette County 3.21
173 Travis County 3.21
174 Gonzales County 3.17
175 Frio County 3.13
176 Collingsworth County 3.12