Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (32.69%), followed by Bowie County (24.85%), and Houston County (23.40%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Texas.

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Jefferson
32.69%
Bowie
24.85%
Houston
23.40%
San Augustine
22.33%
Falls
21.85%
Bell
21.79%
Dallas
21.61%
Walker
21.44%
Waller
21.31%
Morris
20.45%
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
% of County Population
1 Jefferson County 32.69
2 Bowie County 24.85
3 Houston County 23.40
4 San Augustine County 22.33
5 Falls County 21.85
6 Bell County 21.79
7 Dallas County 21.61
8 Walker County 21.44
9 Waller County 21.31
10 Morris County 20.45
11 Fort Bend County 20.41
12 Gregg County 20.10
13 Anderson County 19.73
14 Harrison County 19.54
15 Madison County 19.23
16 Marion County 18.98
17 Harris County 18.72
18 Robertson County 18.47
19 Newton County 16.99
20 Tarrant County 16.99
21 Jasper County 16.90
22 Limestone County 16.42
23 Nacogdoches County 16.34
24 Smith County 16.28
25 Cass County 15.88
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