Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2020

Updated on July 31, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, the Black or African American Alone population in Texas was 3,870,112 and represented 13.24% of the total Texas population (29,234,361).

Among Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified as Black or African American Alone (970,418), followed by Dallas County (625,321), and Tarrant County (389,240). Roberts County had the lowest (2).

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 2020
Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2020
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County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Anderson 12580 21.72
Andrews 376 2.02
Angelina 13696 15.85
Aransas 471 1.97
Archer 112 1.31
Armstrong 26 1.4
Atascosa 742 1.51
Austin 2911 9.66
Bailey 150 2.19
Bandera 268 1.28
Bastrop 6971 7.11
Baylor 106 3.06
Bee 2674 8.62
Bell 93116 25.01
Bexar 183141 9.09
Blanco 210 1.83
Borden 5 0.78
Bosque 423 2.32
Bowie 23785 25.6
Brazoria 59278 15.87
Brazos 26164 11.16
Brewster 274 2.87
Briscoe 60 4.23
Brooks 215 3.05
Brown 1625 4.27
Burleson 2187 12.37
Burnet 952 1.92
Caldwell 2938 6.4
Calhoun 659 3.28
Callahan 253 1.84
Cameron 3738 0.89
Camp 2048 16.48
Carson 83 1.43
Cass 4765 16.75
Castro 214 2.92
Chambers 3913 8.32
Cherokee 7212 14.28
Childress 644 9.67
Clay 122 1.19
Cochran 121 4.72
Coke 33 1
Coleman 259 3.37
Collin 121067 11.25
Collingsworth 191 7.24
Colorado 2704 13.15
Comal 4976 3.04
Comanche 180 1.32
Concho 411 12.39
Cooke 1506 3.61
Coryell 14646 17.62
Cottle 144 10.55
Crane 188 4.02
Crockett 78 2.52
Crosby 215 4.22
Culberson 45 2.06
Dallam 187 2.62
Dallas 625321 23.96
Dawson 882 7.07
Deaf Smith 391 2.11
Delta 375 7.17
Denton 104488 11.43
DeWitt 1848 9.32
Dickens 64 3.64
Dimmit 175 2.04
Donley 209 6.37
Duval 228 2.32
Eastland 453 2.55
Ector 9637 5.82
Edwards 28 1.97
Ellis 25798 13.28
El Paso 36259 4.18
Erath 908 2.13
Falls 4200 24.76
Fannin 2356 6.58
Fayette 1571 6.42
Fisher 174 4.73
Floyd 234 4.36
Foard 58 5.33
Fort Bend 181271 21.86
Franklin 463 4.47
Freestone 3047 15.67
Frio 986 5.36
Gaines 523 2.41
Galveston 47479 13.5
Garza 442 7.6
Gillespie 215 0.8
Glasscock 27 2.42
Goliad 386 5.5
Gonzales 1541 7.83
Gray 1082 5.1
Grayson 8423 6.19
Gregg 26220 21.1
Grimes 4369 14.84
Guadalupe 15856 9.13
Hale 1853 5.71
Hall 263 9.41
Hamilton 83 1.01
Hansford 62 1.18
Hardeman 219 6.16
Hardin 3101 5.5
Harris 970418 20.5
Harrison 14796 21.51
Hartley 289 5.4
Haskell 285 5.25
Hays 11745 4.81
Hemphill 37 1.1
Henderson 5266 6.39
Hidalgo 8357 0.96
Hill 2388 6.64
Hockley 850 3.95
Hood 848 1.37
Hopkins 2729 7.41
Houston 5505 24.95
Howard 2387 6.86
Hudspeth 247 7.73
Hunt 8250 8.23
Hutchinson 630 3.06
Irion 21 1.39
Jack 353 4.16
Jackson 1033 6.89
Jasper 5320 16.16
Jeff Davis 28 1.41
Jefferson 87484 34.16
Jim Hogg 69 1.42
Jim Wells 451 1.16
Johnson 8222 4.54
Jones 2643 13.43
Karnes 1542 10.45
Kaufman 22689 15.42
Kendall 664 1.49
Kenedy 18 5.17
Kent 7 0.92
Kerr 1037 1.97
Kimble 44 1.02
King 7 2.62
Kinney 97 3.1
Kleberg 1348 4.35
Knox 208 6.22
Lamar 6789 13.54
Lamb 617 4.74
Lampasas 1033 4.76
La Salle 165 2.48
Lavaca 1330 6.53
Lee 1818 10.39
Leon 1142 7.26
Liberty 8515 9.21
Limestone 3869 17.47
Lipscomb 62 2.05
Live Oak 761 6.71
Llano 285 1.34
Loving 6 9.23
Lubbock 25591 8.21
Lynn 173 3.08
McCulloch 233 3.07
McLennan 39435 15.1
McMullen 17 2.85
Madison 2653 19.71
Marion 2020 20.71
Martin 177 3.37
Mason 47 1.18
Matagorda 4184 11.53
Maverick 439 0.76
Medina 1712 3.36
Menard 41 2.09
Midland 12920 7.58
Milam 2433 9.82
Mills 70 1.57
Mitchell 1202 13.34
Montague 193 0.97
Montgomery 38614 6.18
Moore 992 4.67
Morris 2718 22.7
Motley 36 3.39
Nacogdoches 11575 17.91
Navarro 6854 12.97
Newton 2171 17.86
Nolan 806 5.48
Nueces 16221 4.59
Ochiltree 132 1.33
Oldham 58 3.29
Orange 7650 9.03
Palo Pinto 750 2.64
Panola 3471 15.43
Parker 2499 1.67
Parmer 167 1.7
Pecos 686 4.52
Polk 4909 9.72
Potter 13508 11.42
Presidio 128 2.1
Rains 337 2.77
Randall 5386 3.81
Reagan 132 3.91
Real 58 2.11
Red River 1914 16.56
Reeves 621 4.21
Refugio 458 6.79
Roberts 2 0.24
Robertson 3399 20.27
Rockwall 8907 8.16
Runnels 305 3.08
Rusk 8887 17.01
Sabine 699 7.07
San Augustine 1689 21.32
San Jacinto 2512 9.12
San Patricio 1584 2.3
San Saba 234 4.09
Schleicher 52 2.13
Scurry 862 5.09
Shackelford 75 2.41
Shelby 4235 17.7
Sherman 56 2.01
Smith 41996 17.93
Somervell 108 1.17
Starr 236 0.36
Stephens 306 3.37
Sterling 25 1.81
Stonewall 44 3.54
Sutton 43 1.28
Swisher 631 9.08
Tarrant 389240 18.4
Taylor 12400 8.64
Terrell 16 2.13
Terry 528 4.48
Throckmorton 16 1.1
Titus 3206 10.25
Tom Green 5348 4.45
Travis 120088 9.26
Trinity 1230 9.02
Tyler 2269 11.45
Upshur 3214 7.83
Upton 133 4.03
Uvalde 342 1.39
Val Verde 1195 2.51
Van Zandt 1782 2.98
Victoria 6145 6.73
Walker 17441 22.78
Waller 14671 25.61
Ward 659 5.65
Washington 6196 17.31
Webb 2080 0.78
Wharton 5883 14.15
Wheeler 155 3.11
Wichita 14484 11.17
Wilbarger 1112 8.66
Willacy 531 2.64
Williamson 46880 7.62
Wilson 1004 2.01
Winkler 290 3.74
Wise 1153 1.67
Wood 2098 4.66
Yoakum 137 1.79
Young 312 1.75
Zapata 108 0.78
Zavala 158 1.64