Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in Census 2020

Updated on February 11, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, there were 3,552,997 people in Texas who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 12.19% of the total population of Texas. Harris County had the highest number of people who identify as Black or African American Alone (907,063), followed by Dallas County (574,183), and Tarrant County (366,727). On the other hand, the three counties with the least number of people who identify as Black or African American Alone were: Loving County (0), King County (0), and Kenedy County (1).

In terms of the percentage of each county's total population, Jefferson County had the highest percentage, with 33.07% of its population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by Bowie County (25.03%), and Houston County (23.54%).

You can see similar information for other states and also for the United States by state. You can also see similar information for other racial groups as well as the different ethnicities in Texas.

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's population that identify as Black or African American Alone. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in Census 2020
Texas Black or African American Alone Population By County in Census 2020
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County Black Alone Population % of County Population
Anderson County 11577 19.99
Andrews County 237 1.27
Angelina County 13098 15.16
Aransas County 264 1.11
Archer County 32 0.37
Armstrong County 13 0.70
Atascosa County 425 0.87
Austin County 2440 8.09
Bailey County 65 0.94
Bandera County 110 0.53
Bastrop County 5759 5.92
Baylor County 57 1.65
Bee County 2395 7.71
Bell County 85241 23.00
Bexar County 161307 8.03
Blanco County 72 0.63
Borden County 1 0.16
Bosque County 279 1.53
Bowie County 23251 25.03
Brazoria County 55176 14.83
Brazos County 24341 10.41
Brewster County 198 2.07
Briscoe County 18 1.25
Brooks County 25 0.35
Brown County 1462 3.84
Burleson County 1908 10.82
Burnet County 643 1.31
Caldwell County 2440 5.32
Calhoun County 426 2.12
Callahan County 133 0.97
Cameron County 2076 0.49
Camp County 1898 15.23
Carson County 20 0.34
Cass County 4541 15.96
Castro County 108 1.47
Chambers County 3227 6.93
Cherokee County 6426 12.75
Childress County 582 8.73
Clay County 39 0.38
Cochran County 71 2.79
Coke County 7 0.21
Coleman County 151 1.97
Collin County 110284 10.36
Collingsworth County 121 4.56
Colorado County 2335 11.36
Comal County 3880 2.40
Comanche County 48 0.35
Concho County 82 2.48
Cooke County 1233 2.96
Coryell County 12356 14.87
Cottle County 96 6.96
Crane County 77 1.65
Crockett County 18 0.58
Crosby County 151 2.94
Culberson County 21 0.96
Dallam County 76 1.07
Dallas County 574183 21.97
Dawson County 899 7.22
Deaf Smith County 174 0.94
Delta County 312 5.97
Denton County 97847 10.80
DeWitt County 1673 8.44
Dickens County 30 1.70
Dimmit County 89 1.03
Donley County 172 5.28
Duval County 160 1.63
Eastland County 356 2.01
Ector County 8031 4.86
Edwards County 2 0.14
Ellis County 24305 12.63
El Paso County 29054 3.36
Erath County 1247 2.93
Falls County 3792 22.35
Fannin County 2217 6.22
Fayette County 1462 5.98
Fisher County 107 2.91
Floyd County 158 2.93
Foard County 19 1.74
Fort Bend County 170978 20.78
Franklin County 399 3.85
Freestone County 2765 14.23
Frio County 719 3.91
Gaines County 282 1.31
Galveston County 44229 12.61
Garza County 297 5.11
Gillespie County 110 0.41
Glasscock County 8 0.72
Goliad County 276 3.94
Gonzales County 1186 6.04
Gray County 868 4.09
Grayson County 7663 5.65
Gregg County 25262 20.33
Grimes County 3915 13.38
Guadalupe County 12805 7.41
Hale County 1496 4.60
Hall County 204 7.22
Hamilton County 32 0.39
Hansford County 15 0.28
Hardeman County 143 4.03
Hardin County 3072 5.46
Harris County 907063 19.17
Harrison County 13582 19.73
Hartley County 197 3.66
Haskell County 205 3.79
Hays County 9881 4.10
Hemphill County 5 0.15
Henderson County 4790 5.83
Hidalgo County 4748 0.55
Hill County 2111 5.88
Hockley County 645 3.00
Hood County 523 0.85
Hopkins County 2405 6.54
Houston County 5195 23.54
Howard County 1721 4.94
Hudspeth County 16 0.50
Hunt County 8014 8.02
Hutchinson County 469 2.28
Irion County 7 0.46
Jack County 311 3.67
Jackson County 1011 6.75
Jasper County 5594 16.96
Jeff Davis County 1 0.05
Jefferson County 84835 33.07
Jim Hogg County 5 0.10
Jim Wells County 265 0.68
Johnson County 6770 3.76
Jones County 2024 10.29
Karnes County 1174 7.98
Kaufman County 21948 15.10
Kendall County 347 0.78
Kenedy County 1 0.29
Kent County 2 0.27
Kerr County 789 1.50
Kimble County 8 0.19
King County 0 0.00
Kinney County 47 1.50
Kleberg County 1129 3.64
Knox County 165 4.92
Lamar County 6446 12.87
Lamb County 453 3.47
Lampasas County 741 3.43
La Salle County 235 3.53
Lavaca County 1247 6.13
Lee County 1691 9.68
Leon County 945 6.01
Liberty County 7171 7.83
Limestone County 3726 16.83
Lipscomb County 4 0.13
Live Oak County 214 1.89
Llano County 105 0.49
Loving County 0 0.00
Lubbock County 27279 8.78
Lynn County 107 1.91
McCulloch County 98 1.28
McLennan County 37518 14.40
McMullen County 3 0.50
Madison County 2610 19.40
Marion County 1857 19.10
Martin County 87 1.66
Mason County 9 0.23
Matagorda County 3900 10.76
Maverick County 181 0.31
Medina County 1366 2.69
Menard County 13 0.66
Midland County 11049 6.50
Milam County 2183 8.82
Mills County 30 0.67
Mitchell County 961 10.69
Montague County 81 0.41
Montgomery County 35394 5.71
Moore County 695 3.25
Morris County 2467 20.61
Motley County 10 0.94
Nacogdoches County 10709 16.56
Navarro County 6425 12.21
Newton County 2086 17.08
Nolan County 712 4.83
Nueces County 14309 4.05
Ochiltree County 22 0.22
Oldham County 35 1.99
Orange County 8081 9.53
Palo Pinto County 582 2.05
Panola County 3263 14.51
Parker County 1738 1.17
Parmer County 75 0.76
Pecos County 558 3.67
Polk County 4924 9.82
Potter County 12561 10.60
Presidio County 27 0.44
Rains County 270 2.22
Randall County 4992 3.55
Reagan County 42 1.24
Real County 28 1.01
Red River County 1762 15.21
Reeves County 290 1.97
Refugio County 462 6.85
Roberts County 2 0.24
Robertson County 3176 18.95
Rockwall County 8398 7.79
Runnels County 146 1.48
Rusk County 8326 15.95
Sabine County 745 7.53
San Augustine County 1781 22.49
San Jacinto County 2134 7.79
San Patricio County 1195 1.74
San Saba County 121 2.11
Schleicher County 26 1.06
Scurry County 637 3.76
Shackelford County 23 0.74
Shelby County 3836 15.97
Sherman County 12 0.43
Smith County 38593 16.53
Somervell County 45 0.49
Starr County 66 0.10
Stephens County 246 2.70
Sterling County 3 0.22
Stonewall County 20 1.61
Sutton County 10 0.30
Swisher County 438 6.28
Tarrant County 366727 17.38
Taylor County 11771 8.22
Terrell County 8 1.05
Terry County 454 3.84
Throckmorton County 2 0.14
Titus County 2992 9.57
Tom Green County 4544 3.79
Travis County 101267 7.85
Trinity County 1092 8.03
Tyler County 2059 10.40
Upshur County 2958 7.23
Upton County 74 2.24
Uvalde County 159 0.65
Val Verde County 665 1.40
Van Zandt County 1542 2.59
Victoria County 5729 6.27
Walker County 16638 21.78
Waller County 12256 21.58
Ward County 482 4.14
Washington County 5626 15.71
Webb County 1166 0.44
Wharton County 5676 13.65
Wheeler County 86 1.72
Wichita County 13887 10.74
Wilbarger County 1062 8.24
Willacy County 497 2.47
Williamson County 40732 6.69
Wilson County 776 1.56
Winkler County 163 2.09
Wise County 720 1.05
Wood County 1693 3.78
Yoakum County 63 0.82
Young County 183 1.02
Zapata County 18 0.13
Zavala County 89 0.92