Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2015

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, the Black or African American Alone population in Texas was 3,453,613 and represented 12.57% of the total Texas population (27,468,531).

Among Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified as Black or African American Alone (898,170), followed by Dallas County (597,644), and Tarrant County (329,102). Loving County had the lowest (0).

In the map below, we show the number and percentage of each county's Black or African American Alone population, as well as the gender percentages when you interact with the map. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

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Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2015
Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2015
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County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Anderson 12580 21.82
Andrews 343 1.9
Angelina 13635 15.52
Aransas 459 1.85
Archer 92 1.05
Armstrong 21 1.11
Atascosa 560 1.16
Austin 2809 9.53
Bailey 127 1.76
Bandera 176 0.83
Bastrop 6287 7.85
Baylor 101 2.8
Bee 2776 8.51
Bell 77793 23.12
Bexar 158885 8.39
Blanco 124 1.12
Borden 4 0.61
Bosque 369 2.07
Bowie 23118 24.82
Brazoria 47118 13.65
Brazos 24022 11.1
Brewster 122 1.34
Briscoe 48 3.17
Brooks 76 1.06
Brown 1512 4.01
Burleson 2235 12.69
Burnet 901 2.01
Caldwell 2781 6.89
Calhoun 699 3.2
Callahan 214 1.57
Cameron 3165 0.76
Camp 2219 17.49
Carson 44 0.73
Cass 5191 17.23
Castro 188 2.42
Chambers 3286 8.42
Cherokee 7509 14.56
Childress 771 10.74
Clay 77 0.74
Cochran 126 4.23
Coke 28 0.87
Coleman 255 3.07
Collin 88768 9.7
Collingsworth 171 5.69
Colorado 2763 13.19
Comal 2837 2.2
Comanche 136 1.02
Concho 112 2.76
Cooke 1306 3.33
Coryell 13184 17.29
Cottle 141 9.81
Crane 173 3.47
Crockett 59 1.58
Crosby 259 4.38
Culberson 26 1.16
Dallam 158 2.16
Dallas 597644 23.37
Dawson 778 5.99
Deaf Smith 346 1.84
Delta 362 7.02
Denton 75580 9.71
DeWitt 1958 9.49
Dickens 124 5.63
Dimmit 180 1.65
Donley 181 5.34
Duval 157 1.39
Eastland 396 2.18
Ector 8213 5.14
Edwards 18 0.94
Ellis 16105 9.86
El Paso 32824 3.95
Erath 714 1.73
Falls 4302 24.99
Fannin 2269 6.77
Fayette 1635 6.56
Fisher 149 3.84
Floyd 235 4.02
Foard 65 5.32
Fort Bend 149661 20.92
Franklin 410 3.87
Freestone 3197 16.19
Frio 778 4.02
Gaines 437 2.16
Galveston 43512 13.55
Garza 497 7.79
Gillespie 147 0.57
Glasscock 22 1.6
Goliad 380 5.06
Gonzales 1505 7.34
Gray 1264 5.43
Grayson 7670 6.1
Gregg 25767 20.8
Grimes 4434 16.24
Guadalupe 11887 7.89
Hale 1977 5.81
Hall 263 8.5
Hamilton 70 0.87
Hansford 56 0.99
Hardeman 233 5.94
Hardin 3003 5.39
Harris 898170 19.71
Harrison 14285 21.41
Hartley 350 6.14
Haskell 253 4.35
Hays 8056 4.14
Hemphill 28 0.65
Henderson 5207 6.55
Hidalgo 6772 0.81
Hill 2370 6.8
Hockley 1035 4.44
Hood 445 0.81
Hopkins 2668 7.42
Houston 5790 25.46
Howard 2654 7.15
Hudspeth 81 2.29
Hunt 7471 8.33
Hutchinson 630 2.89
Irion 22 1.42
Jack 366 4.12
Jackson 1027 6.94
Jasper 5817 16.49
Jeff Davis 32 1.46
Jefferson 87552 34.32
Jim Hogg 45 0.85
Jim Wells 379 0.91
Johnson 4989 3.13
Jones 2665 13.35
Karnes 1401 9.09
Kaufman 12260 10.75
Kendall 408 1.02
Kenedy 17 3.86
Kent 10 1.34
Kerr 962 1.89
Kimble 25 0.57
King 0 0
Kinney 72 2
Kleberg 1341 4.27
Knox 225 5.94
Lamar 6528 13.22
Lamb 638 4.81
Lampasas 787 3.87
La Salle 89 1.17
Lavaca 1340 6.73
Lee 1902 11.28
Leon 1242 7.29
Liberty 8428 10.6
Limestone 4263 18.19
Lipscomb 65 1.83
Live Oak 603 4.95
Llano 232 1.16
Loving 0 0
Lubbock 23687 7.94
Lynn 167 2.91
McCulloch 214 2.59
McLennan 37226 15.17
McMullen 13 1.56
Madison 2822 20.22
Marion 2226 21.93
Martin 162 2.87
Mason 34 0.84
Matagorda 4230 11.51
Maverick 301 0.52
Medina 1267 2.62
Menard 34 1.59
Midland 11162 6.87
Milam 2386 9.79
Mills 50 1.02
Mitchell 1023 11.54
Montague 135 0.7
Montgomery 25848 4.82
Moore 698 3.22
Morris 2789 22.57
Motley 27 2.36
Nacogdoches 11954 18.26
Navarro 6659 13.83
Newton 2834 20.01
Nolan 781 5.16
Nueces 15670 4.35
Ochiltree 121 1.13
Oldham 66 3.2
Orange 7336 8.73
Palo Pinto 705 2.52
Panola 3792 16.03
Parker 1720 1.37
Parmer 170 1.74
Pecos 689 4.3
Polk 5163 11.08
Potter 13218 10.91
Presidio 106 1.5
Rains 276 2.48
Randall 4177 3.2
Reagan 115 3.02
Real 32 0.97
Red River 2134 17.29
Reeves 917 5.9
Refugio 512 6.98
Roberts 1 0.11
Robertson 3428 20.54
Rockwall 5567 6.17
Runnels 243 2.34
Rusk 9154 17.31
Sabine 750 7.18
San Augustine 1896 22.72
San Jacinto 2750 10.05
San Patricio 1408 2.1
San Saba 220 3.71
Schleicher 51 1.6
Scurry 877 4.99
Shackelford 54 1.62
Shelby 4489 17.7
Sherman 56 1.83
Smith 39939 17.95
Somervell 96 1.11
Starr 207 0.33
Stephens 257 2.74
Sterling 18 1.35
Stonewall 49 3.5
Sutton 48 1.23
Swisher 632 8.45
Tarrant 329102 16.57
Taylor 10820 7.94
Terrell 15 1.74
Terry 640 5.01
Throckmorton 19 1.22
Titus 3369 10.33
Tom Green 5353 4.55
Travis 105285 8.92
Trinity 1360 9.35
Tyler 2399 11.23
Upshur 3395 8.41
Upton 103 2.82
Uvalde 306 1.14
Val Verde 918 1.88
Van Zandt 1543 2.89
Victoria 6057 6.57
Walker 16564 23.39
Waller 12728 26.16
Ward 609 5.24
Washington 6252 17.95
Webb 1643 0.61
Wharton 5826 14.08
Wheeler 167 2.95
Wichita 14074 10.74
Wilbarger 1072 8.21
Willacy 554 2.54
Williamson 34361 6.77
Wilson 785 1.66
Winkler 235 2.93
Wise 980 1.56
Wood 2301 5.33
Yoakum 126 1.46
Young 280 1.54
Zapata 49 0.34
Zavala 144 1.17