Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2023

Updated on July 31, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, the Black or African American Alone population in Texas was 4,157,785 and represented 13.63% of the total Texas population (30,503,301).

Among Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified as Black or African American Alone (1,019,045), followed by Dallas County (627,091), and Tarrant County (422,145). Loving County had the lowest (3).

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.

You can see similar information for other states and also by state for the United States.

You can also see similar information for other racial and ethnicity groups in Texas.

See this for other years:
Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2023
Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in 2023
Items per page:
0 of 0
County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Anderson 12336 21.37
Andrews 415 2.22
Angelina 13601 15.58
Aransas 530 2.09
Archer 141 1.56
Armstrong 37 2.02
Atascosa 956 1.85
Austin 2981 9.41
Bailey 268 4.02
Bandera 382 1.69
Bastrop 7694 6.95
Baylor 132 3.81
Bee 2780 9.01
Bell 97850 24.89
Bexar 196912 9.43
Blanco 213 1.63
Borden 10 1.75
Bosque 466 2.45
Bowie 23842 26
Brazoria 70879 17.77
Brazos 27922 11.41
Brewster 288 3.03
Briscoe 63 4.36
Brooks 229 3.34
Brown 1611 4.16
Burleson 2157 11.08
Burnet 1110 2.06
Caldwell 3055 6.13
Calhoun 617 3.13
Callahan 323 2.25
Cameron 4629 1.09
Camp 2068 15.91
Carson 99 1.68
Cass 4672 16.3
Castro 211 2.92
Chambers 5084 9.44
Cherokee 7263 13.91
Childress 693 10.21
Clay 167 1.56
Cochran 126 5.02
Coke 35 1.04
Coleman 296 3.78
Collin 143227 11.98
Collingsworth 175 6.83
Colorado 2624 12.43
Comal 6851 3.53
Comanche 222 1.58
Concho 414 12.56
Cooke 1597 3.65
Coryell 15095 17.78
Cottle 136 10.51
Crane 188 4.11
Crockett 87 3.04
Crosby 225 4.58
Culberson 69 3.14
Dallam 204 2.82
Dallas 627091 24.06
Dawson 907 7.56
Deaf Smith 413 2.25
Delta 347 6.29
Denton 125543 12.46
DeWitt 1792 8.99
Dickens 65 3.8
Dimmit 189 2.29
Donley 182 5.66
Duval 259 2.7
Eastland 442 2.45
Ector 9113 5.54
Edwards 39 2.8
Ellis 38525 17.29
El Paso 38949 4.48
Erath 982 2.22
Falls 3962 22.92
Fannin 2559 6.81
Fayette 1616 6.34
Fisher 168 4.65
Floyd 244 4.79
Foard 64 5.93
Fort Bend 208155 22.71
Franklin 533 4.97
Freestone 3037 14.86
Frio 924 5.14
Gaines 498 2.21
Galveston 48820 13.5
Garza 341 7.55
Gillespie 262 0.95
Glasscock 32 2.81
Goliad 371 5.19
Gonzales 1443 7.24
Gray 1108 5.3
Grayson 9237 6.29
Gregg 26585 21.06
Grimes 4477 13.83
Guadalupe 17259 9.16
Hale 1810 5.7
Hall 269 9.55
Hamilton 118 1.37
Hansford 81 1.6
Hardeman 244 6.99
Hardin 3538 6.07
Harris 1019045 21.08
Harrison 15014 21.18
Hartley 316 6.14
Haskell 295 5.48
Hays 13986 4.99
Hemphill 47 1.47
Henderson 5523 6.41
Hidalgo 10023 1.12
Hill 2392 6.28
Hockley 901 4.2
Hood 1028 1.52
Hopkins 2714 7.11
Houston 5283 23.94
Howard 1834 6
Hudspeth 259 7.51
Hunt 10070 8.88
Hutchinson 595 2.97
Irion 27 1.74
Jack 336 3.79
Jackson 1034 6.79
Jasper 5194 15.89
Jeff Davis 30 1.62
Jefferson 86639 34.45
Jim Hogg 72 1.53
Jim Wells 516 1.34
Johnson 12791 6.3
Jones 2770 13.59
Karnes 1679 11.18
Kaufman 40129 21.61
Kendall 911 1.8
Kenedy 18 5.25
Kent 9 1.23
Kerr 1121 2.08
Kimble 60 1.35
King 5 2.3
Kinney 112 3.56
Kleberg 1317 4.38
Knox 195 5.91
Lamar 6936 13.57
Lamb 622 4.89
Lampasas 1168 5.02
La Salle 179 2.74
Lavaca 1318 6.41
Lee 1746 9.57
Leon 1093 6.61
Liberty 9673 8.93
Limestone 3809 17.12
Lipscomb 78 2.68
Live Oak 847 7.31
Llano 335 1.46
Loving 3 6.98
Lubbock 26110 8.14
Lynn 184 3.19
McCulloch 247 3.32
McLennan 40190 14.96
McMullen 16 2.82
Madison 2557 18.61
Marion 1890 19.75
Martin 194 3.72
Mason 45 1.15
Matagorda 4002 11.01
Maverick 594 1.03
Medina 2284 4.17
Menard 52 2.66
Midland 13360 7.54
Milam 2414 9.3
Mills 80 1.76
Mitchell 1145 12.62
Montague 248 1.15
Montgomery 55237 7.77
Moore 1168 5.51
Morris 2661 22.05
Motley 31 3.04
Nacogdoches 11295 17.28
Navarro 7011 12.6
Newton 2020 16.78
Nolan 780 5.45
Nueces 16049 4.56
Ochiltree 142 1.46
Oldham 68 3.81
Orange 8067 9.41
Palo Pinto 791 2.66
Panola 3515 15.39
Parker 3608 2.08
Parmer 187 1.94
Pecos 690 4.72
Polk 5042 9.31
Potter 13105 11.43
Presidio 154 2.66
Rains 402 3.1
Randall 6469 4.36
Reagan 136 4.33
Real 59 2.07
Red River 1834 15.71
Reeves 387 3.29
Refugio 475 7.13
Roberts 8 0.95
Robertson 3323 19.25
Rockwall 13733 10.46
Runnels 291 2.95
Rusk 8750 16.49
Sabine 704 6.97
San Augustine 1674 21.37
San Jacinto 2598 8.98
San Patricio 1631 2.31
San Saba 271 4.64
Schleicher 58 2.43
Scurry 714 4.4
Shackelford 74 2.29
Shelby 4140 17.12
Sherman 55 2.05
Smith 43391 17.7
Somervell 130 1.32
Starr 382 0.58
Stephens 349 3.74
Sterling 23 1.65
Stonewall 45 3.7
Sutton 52 1.61
Swisher 645 9.27
Tarrant 422145 19.34
Taylor 13257 9.03
Terrell 20 2.91
Terry 552 4.78
Throckmorton 19 1.25
Titus 3205 10.22
Tom Green 5257 4.42
Travis 127270 9.53
Trinity 1246 8.76
Tyler 2418 11.86
Upshur 3444 7.96
Upton 152 4.89
Uvalde 377 1.51
Val Verde 1214 2.54
Van Zandt 2062 3.22
Victoria 6002 6.55
Walker 18144 22.33
Waller 15744 24.77
Ward 592 5.4
Washington 6075 16.42
Webb 2471 0.92
Wharton 5751 13.78
Wheeler 154 3.21
Wichita 14754 11.33
Wilbarger 1093 8.73
Willacy 614 3.06
Williamson 56609 8.12
Wilson 1319 2.43
Winkler 284 3.83
Wise 1678 2.15
Wood 2112 4.41
Yoakum 135 1.81
Young 335 1.85
Zapata 123 0.9
Zavala 175 1.88