Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2018

Updated on January 29, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, the Black or African American Alone population in Texas was 3,689,734 and represented 12.89% of the total Texas population (28,624,564).

Among Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified as Black or African American Alone (938,133), followed by Dallas County (623,314), and Tarrant County (367,120). King 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 2018
Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2018
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County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Anderson 12748 21.93
Andrews 344 1.9
Angelina 13519 15.57
Aransas 395 1.7
Archer 101 1.15
Armstrong 22 1.18
Atascosa 645 1.28
Austin 2791 9.3
Bailey 152 2.2
Bandera 247 1.08
Bastrop 6406 7.4
Baylor 104 2.92
Bee 2877 8.85
Bell 86690 24.37
Bexar 171094 8.64
Blanco 183 1.57
Borden 6 0.92
Bosque 397 2.13
Bowie 23868 25.41
Brazoria 54371 14.72
Brazos 25158 11.13
Brewster 157 1.7
Briscoe 55 3.64
Brooks 74 1.05
Brown 1554 4.12
Burleson 2354 12.84
Burnet 977 2.06
Caldwell 2790 6.47
Calhoun 684 3.19
Callahan 227 1.62
Cameron 3318 0.79
Camp 2180 16.8
Carson 52 0.87
Cass 5101 16.93
Castro 210 2.79
Chambers 3497 8.3
Cherokee 7690 14.7
Childress 808 11.12
Clay 90 0.86
Cochran 126 4.47
Coke 32 0.97
Coleman 266 3.18
Collin 105261 10.46
Collingsworth 178 6.08
Colorado 2707 12.7
Comal 3779 2.55
Comanche 145 1.07
Concho 61 2.28
Cooke 1378 3.41
Coryell 13211 17.66
Cottle 150 10.91
Crane 175 3.71
Crockett 59 1.71
Crosby 228 3.97
Culberson 23 1.06
Dallam 178 2.45
Dallas 623314 23.7
Dawson 761 6.06
Deaf Smith 384 2.06
Delta 356 6.7
Denton 91675 10.68
DeWitt 1913 9.55
Dickens 130 5.91
Dimmit 165 1.62
Donley 187 5.68
Duval 163 1.47
Eastland 416 2.28
Ector 8527 5.27
Edwards 20 1.05
Ellis 20526 11.46
El Paso 33637 4.03
Erath 827 1.96
Falls 4200 24.38
Fannin 2288 6.49
Fayette 1683 6.66
Fisher 167 4.4
Floyd 242 4.17
Foard 57 4.82
Fort Bend 167120 21.17
Franklin 429 3.98
Freestone 3134 15.84
Frio 828 4.12
Gaines 464 2.23
Galveston 45080 13.35
Garza 483 7.76
Gillespie 178 0.67
Glasscock 23 1.65
Goliad 401 5.29
Gonzales 1537 7.4
Gray 1186 5.39
Grayson 8357 6.25
Gregg 25903 21
Grimes 4405 15.58
Guadalupe 14130 8.65
Hale 1941 5.79
Hall 278 9.15
Hamilton 84 0.99
Hansford 56 1.03
Hardeman 235 6
Hardin 3182 5.57
Harris 938133 20.06
Harrison 14072 21.1
Hartley 394 7.09
Haskell 280 4.92
Hays 10065 4.51
Hemphill 31 0.81
Henderson 5310 6.46
Hidalgo 7331 0.85
Hill 2460 6.8
Hockley 961 4.19
Hood 642 1.07
Hopkins 2718 7.41
Houston 5887 25.56
Howard 2552 7.13
Hudspeth 167 3.49
Hunt 8116 8.4
Hutchinson 617 2.93
Irion 20 1.3
Jack 358 4.06
Jackson 977 6.59
Jasper 5770 16.12
Jeff Davis 30 1.34
Jefferson 86769 34.34
Jim Hogg 45 0.87
Jim Wells 430 1.05
Johnson 6613 3.86
Jones 2668 13.45
Karnes 1455 9.26
Kaufman 16190 12.6
Kendall 650 1.43
Kenedy 17 4.06
Kent 11 1.52
Kerr 1022 1.95
Kimble 31 0.72
King 0 0
Kinney 82 2.22
Kleberg 1266 4.12
Knox 223 6.11
Lamar 6666 13.42
Lamb 609 4.65
Lampasas 888 4.2
La Salle 105 1.4
Lavaca 1318 6.56
Lee 1888 11.03
Leon 1250 7.23
Liberty 8548 9.96
Limestone 4086 17.57
Lipscomb 63 1.9
Live Oak 588 4.85
Llano 269 1.24
Loving 5 3.36
Lubbock 24539 7.97
Lynn 161 2.75
McCulloch 214 2.69
McLennan 38442 15.12
McMullen 18 2.48
Madison 2868 19.89
Marion 2122 21.4
Martin 176 3.11
Mason 41 0.96
Matagorda 4151 11.35
Maverick 372 0.64
Medina 1548 3.04
Menard 36 1.71
Midland 11915 6.91
Milam 2408 9.64
Mills 56 1.15
Mitchell 903 11.01
Montague 149 0.76
Montgomery 33410 5.66
Moore 865 4.11
Morris 2787 22.72
Motley 37 3
Nacogdoches 11982 18.42
Navarro 6642 13.4
Newton 2780 20.17
Nolan 782 5.27
Nueces 15554 4.3
Ochiltree 123 1.25
Oldham 69 3.25
Orange 7347 8.83
Palo Pinto 760 2.64
Panola 3667 15.9
Parker 2174 1.57
Parmer 176 1.82
Pecos 725 4.63
Polk 5097 10.21
Potter 13290 11.23
Presidio 107 1.58
Rains 309 2.56
Randall 4857 3.58
Reagan 125 3.35
Real 39 1.12
Red River 2029 16.71
Reeves 823 5.31
Refugio 460 6.65
Roberts 4 0.45
Robertson 3487 20.23
Rockwall 6986 6.95
Runnels 257 2.53
Rusk 9588 17.68
Sabine 736 6.98
San Augustine 1783 21.61
San Jacinto 2775 9.66
San Patricio 1352 2.03
San Saba 239 3.95
Schleicher 52 1.8
Scurry 903 5.36
Shackelford 59 1.81
Shelby 4520 17.87
Sherman 56 1.81
Smith 41212 17.93
Somervell 119 1.32
Starr 235 0.37
Stephens 274 2.91
Sterling 29 2.22
Stonewall 46 3.42
Sutton 42 1.12
Swisher 638 8.62
Tarrant 367120 17.64
Taylor 11460 8.35
Terrell 13 1.64
Terry 618 5.02
Throckmorton 19 1.28
Titus 3298 10.07
Tom Green 5253 4.44
Travis 111615 8.95
Trinity 1362 9.28
Tyler 2463 11.41
Upshur 3286 7.99
Upton 128 3.52
Uvalde 315 1.18
Val Verde 1049 2.14
Van Zandt 1593 2.84
Victoria 6046 6.58
Walker 17257 23.63
Waller 13356 24.93
Ward 598 5.12
Washington 6263 17.65
Webb 1839 0.67
Wharton 5758 13.87
Wheeler 164 3.19
Wichita 14668 11.11
Wilbarger 1058 8.3
Willacy 583 2.72
Williamson 41095 7.24
Wilson 881 1.76
Winkler 255 3.29
Wise 1074 1.57
Wood 2484 5.49
Yoakum 124 1.46
Young 284 1.58
Zapata 56 0.4
Zavala 161 1.35