Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2020

Updated on January 30, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, the Black or African American Alone population in Texas was 3,836,890 and represented 13.13% of the total Texas population (29,232,474).

Among Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified as Black or African American Alone (957,401), followed by Dallas County (620,663), and Tarrant County (387,869). 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 12683 21.9
Andrews 373 2
Angelina 13655 15.81
Aransas 455 1.9
Archer 105 1.23
Armstrong 27 1.46
Atascosa 730 1.49
Austin 2861 9.49
Bailey 151 2.2
Bandera 263 1.25
Bastrop 7139 7.28
Baylor 107 3.09
Bee 2790 8.99
Bell 92505 24.85
Bexar 177292 8.8
Blanco 208 1.82
Borden 6 0.94
Bosque 427 2.34
Bowie 23766 25.58
Brazoria 58609 15.69
Brazos 26215 11.18
Brewster 195 2.04
Briscoe 59 4.16
Brooks 110 1.56
Brown 1608 4.23
Burleson 2183 12.35
Burnet 954 1.93
Caldwell 2967 6.46
Calhoun 657 3.28
Callahan 255 1.86
Cameron 3639 0.86
Camp 2037 16.39
Carson 76 1.31
Cass 4738 16.66
Castro 202 2.75
Chambers 3862 8.21
Cherokee 7132 14.13
Childress 633 9.5
Clay 118 1.15
Cochran 122 4.77
Coke 35 1.06
Coleman 261 3.4
Collin 121296 11.28
Collingsworth 191 7.24
Colorado 2657 12.92
Comal 4921 3.01
Comanche 167 1.23
Concho 98 2.97
Cooke 1466 3.51
Coryell 14672 17.65
Cottle 143 10.48
Crane 192 4.11
Crockett 71 2.3
Crosby 213 4.18
Culberson 33 1.51
Dallam 187 2.62
Dallas 620663 23.78
Dawson 852 6.83
Deaf Smith 393 2.12
Delta 373 7.14
Denton 104936 11.48
DeWitt 1823 9.19
Dickens 64 3.64
Dimmit 175 2.04
Donley 213 6.5
Duval 173 1.76
Eastland 449 2.53
Ector 9172 5.54
Edwards 23 1.62
Ellis 25694 13.22
El Paso 35884 4.14
Erath 899 2.11
Falls 4129 24.35
Fannin 2338 6.53
Fayette 1560 6.38
Fisher 169 4.6
Floyd 231 4.3
Foard 59 5.44
Fort Bend 179358 21.64
Franklin 464 4.47
Freestone 3028 15.57
Frio 785 4.26
Gaines 503 2.32
Galveston 47219 13.43
Garza 471 8.1
Gillespie 189 0.71
Glasscock 26 2.33
Goliad 388 5.53
Gonzales 1497 7.61
Gray 1074 5.07
Grayson 8490 6.24
Gregg 26149 21.05
Grimes 4394 14.93
Guadalupe 15659 9.02
Hale 1806 5.56
Hall 264 9.44
Hamilton 83 1.01
Hansford 62 1.18
Hardeman 221 6.21
Hardin 3115 5.53
Harris 957401 20.22
Harrison 14856 21.59
Hartley 297 5.55
Haskell 293 5.39
Hays 11578 4.75
Hemphill 36 1.07
Henderson 5237 6.36
Hidalgo 8049 0.92
Hill 2396 6.66
Hockley 843 3.92
Hood 848 1.37
Hopkins 2721 7.39
Houston 5598 25.38
Howard 2451 7.04
Hudspeth 147 4.59
Hunt 8342 8.32
Hutchinson 631 3.07
Irion 21 1.39
Jack 354 4.17
Jackson 1035 6.9
Jasper 5308 16.12
Jeff Davis 28 1.41
Jefferson 87875 34.31
Jim Hogg 46 0.95
Jim Wells 448 1.15
Johnson 8254 4.56
Jones 2623 13.33
Karnes 1446 9.8
Kaufman 22839 15.52
Kendall 655 1.47
Kenedy 19 5.41
Kent 7 0.92
Kerr 1038 1.97
Kimble 43 1
King 7 2.63
Kinney 83 2.66
Kleberg 1225 3.96
Knox 210 6.28
Lamar 6776 13.52
Lamb 621 4.78
Lampasas 1034 4.76
La Salle 128 1.92
Lavaca 1325 6.51
Lee 1838 10.5
Leon 1151 7.32
Liberty 8823 9.54
Limestone 3845 17.37
Lipscomb 62 2.04
Live Oak 766 6.75
Llano 285 1.34
Loving 6 9.23
Lubbock 25013 8.03
Lynn 175 3.12
McCulloch 219 2.89
McLennan 39076 14.96
McMullen 17 2.84
Madison 2687 19.96
Marion 2018 20.7
Martin 181 3.45
Mason 48 1.21
Matagorda 4070 11.22
Maverick 442 0.76
Medina 1657 3.25
Menard 42 2.14
Midland 12233 7.18
Milam 2396 9.67
Mills 60 1.35
Mitchell 1164 12.91
Montague 193 0.97
Montgomery 38915 6.22
Moore 1013 4.76
Morris 2685 22.43
Motley 36 3.39
Nacogdoches 11632 18
Navarro 7264 13.75
Newton 2141 17.61
Nolan 789 5.36
Nueces 15168 4.29
Ochiltree 135 1.36
Oldham 60 3.4
Orange 7617 8.99
Palo Pinto 742 2.61
Panola 3494 15.53
Parker 2498 1.67
Parmer 170 1.73
Pecos 689 4.54
Polk 4867 9.64
Potter 13253 11.21
Presidio 126 2.06
Rains 328 2.69
Randall 5343 3.78
Reagan 130 3.85
Real 44 1.6
Red River 1867 16.15
Reeves 853 5.78
Refugio 450 6.68
Roberts 2 0.24
Robertson 3352 19.99
Rockwall 8909 8.16
Runnels 304 3.07
Rusk 8931 17.09
Sabine 679 6.87
San Augustine 1677 21.17
San Jacinto 2576 9.36
San Patricio 1509 2.19
San Saba 216 3.78
Schleicher 51 2.09
Scurry 863 5.1
Shackelford 80 2.58
Shelby 4257 17.79
Sherman 51 1.83
Smith 41955 17.92
Somervell 108 1.17
Starr 258 0.39
Stephens 304 3.34
Sterling 25 1.81
Stonewall 43 3.45
Sutton 45 1.34
Swisher 631 9.08
Tarrant 387869 18.33
Taylor 12082 8.42
Terrell 16 2.13
Terry 522 4.43
Throckmorton 15 1.03
Titus 3148 10.06
Tom Green 5251 4.37
Travis 119313 9.2
Trinity 1200 8.8
Tyler 2286 11.54
Upshur 3306 8.06
Upton 131 3.97
Uvalde 342 1.39
Val Verde 1156 2.43
Van Zandt 1754 2.94
Victoria 6001 6.57
Walker 18088 23.63
Waller 14980 26.14
Ward 659 5.64
Washington 6186 17.28
Webb 2055 0.77
Wharton 5700 13.71
Wheeler 157 3.16
Wichita 14428 11.13
Wilbarger 1104 8.6
Willacy 492 2.44
Williamson 46645 7.58
Wilson 987 1.97
Winkler 274 3.54
Wise 1146 1.66
Wood 2106 4.68
Yoakum 136 1.77
Young 309 1.73
Zapata 81 0.58
Zavala 157 1.63