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
Bowie
Houston
San Augustine
Falls
Bell
Dallas
Walker
Waller
Morris
Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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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
26 Shelby County 15.84
27 Rusk County 15.78
28 Washington County 15.52
29 Camp County 15.06
30 Red River County 15.00
31 Angelina County 14.90
32 Kaufman County 14.82
33 Brazoria County 14.43
34 Panola County 14.42
35 Coryell County 14.15
36 Freestone County 14.10
37 McLennan County 13.87
38 Wharton County 13.16
39 Grimes County 13.07
40 Lamar County 12.73
41 Cherokee County 12.61
42 Ellis County 12.33
43 Galveston County 12.30
44 Navarro County 11.95
45 Colorado County 10.81
46 Denton County 10.52
47 Burleson County 10.50
48 Wichita County 10.34
49 Matagorda County 10.30
50 Tyler County 10.30
51 Mitchell County 10.29
52 Collin County 10.15
53 Potter County 10.12
54 Brazos County 10.08
55 Jones County 10.06
56 Polk County 9.71
57 Orange County 9.41
58 Lee County 9.33
59 Titus County 9.23
60 Childress County 8.58
61 Milam County 8.47
62 Lubbock County 8.26
63 Trinity County 7.98
64 Wilbarger County 7.86
65 DeWitt County 7.85
66 Hunt County 7.82
67 Austin County 7.80
68 Liberty County 7.67
69 Taylor County 7.67
70 San Jacinto County 7.60
71 Karnes County 7.59
72 Rockwall County 7.59
73 Bee County 7.46
74 Travis County 7.46
75 Sabine County 7.42
76 Bexar County 7.36
77 Upshur County 7.11
78 Cottle County 6.96
79 Guadalupe County 6.92
80 Dawson County 6.80
81 Chambers County 6.76
82 Hall County 6.73
83 Hopkins County 6.45
84 Williamson County 6.33
85 Jackson County 6.25
86 Fannin County 6.17
87 Midland County 6.16
88 Delta County 5.97
89 Refugio County 5.93
90 Leon County 5.86
91 Swisher County 5.84
92 Lavaca County 5.77
93 Henderson County 5.73
94 Hill County 5.73
95 Victoria County 5.73
96 Fayette County 5.66
97 Bastrop County 5.62
98 Montgomery County 5.51
99 Grayson County 5.50
100 Gonzales County 5.47
101 Hardin County 5.40
102 Donley County 5.13
103 Caldwell County 4.85
104 Ector County 4.50
105 Howard County 4.36
106 Knox County 4.35
107 Hale County 4.25
108 Nolan County 4.24
109 Collingsworth County 4.07
110 Garza County 3.96
111 Gray County 3.93
112 Frio County 3.84
113 Franklin County 3.80
114 Hays County 3.74
115 Wood County 3.70
116 Hardeman County 3.66
117 Johnson County 3.58
118 Nueces County 3.58
119 Ward County 3.56
120 Brown County 3.55
121 Hartley County 3.55
122 Scurry County 3.54
123 Jack County 3.47
124 Goliad County 3.35
125 Haskell County 3.34
126 Tom Green County 3.34
127 La Salle County 3.32
128 Pecos County 3.32
129 Terry County 3.29
130 Randall County 3.25
131 Lampasas County 3.24
132 Kleberg County 3.21
133 Moore County 3.06
134 Lamb County 3.01
135 Cooke County 2.83
136 El Paso County 2.82
137 Erath County 2.81
138 Hockley County 2.62
139 Stephens County 2.60
140 Van Zandt County 2.55
141 Fisher County 2.51
142 Medina County 2.47
143 Cochran County 2.43
144 Floyd County 2.31
145 Crosby County 2.28
146 Comal County 2.22
147 Willacy County 2.21
148 Rains County 2.17
149 Concho County 2.09
150 Hutchinson County 2.02
151 Palo Pinto County 1.94
152 Eastland County 1.89
153 Lynn County 1.88
154 Oldham County 1.88
155 Coleman County 1.85
156 San Saba County 1.85
157 Live Oak County 1.81
158 Calhoun County 1.80
159 Upton County 1.78
160 Winkler County 1.78
161 Foard County 1.74
162 Brewster County 1.70
163 Wheeler County 1.62
164 Martin County 1.55
165 Reeves County 1.52
166 Baylor County 1.50
167 Crane County 1.50
168 Duval County 1.48
169 San Patricio County 1.45
170 Stonewall County 1.45
171 Wilson County 1.39
172 Bosque County 1.34
173 Runnels County 1.33
174 Kerr County 1.31
175 Castro County 1.29
176 McCulloch County 1.21
177 Briscoe County 1.19
178 Burnet County 1.18
179 Kinney County 1.15
180 Val Verde County 1.13
181 Gaines County 1.12
182 Parker County 1.10
183 Terrell County 1.05
184 Dallam County 1.04
185 Andrews County 1.03
186 Dickens County 1.02
187 Aransas County 1.01
188 Reagan County 0.98
189 Young County 0.97
190 Wise County 0.96
191 Culberson County 0.91
192 Callahan County 0.86
193 Dimmit County 0.84
194 Hood County 0.80
195 Real County 0.80
196 Glasscock County 0.72
197 Yoakum County 0.72
198 Bailey County 0.71
199 Kendall County 0.71
200 Atascosa County 0.69
201 Zavala County 0.69
202 Motley County 0.66
203 Shackelford County 0.64
204 Menard County 0.61
205 Schleicher County 0.61
206 Blanco County 0.60
207 Crockett County 0.58
208 Deaf Smith County 0.58
209 Mills County 0.56
210 Parmer County 0.54
211 Bandera County 0.49
212 Jim Wells County 0.46
213 Llano County 0.46
214 Uvalde County 0.44
215 Somervell County 0.42
216 Presidio County 0.41
217 Irion County 0.40
218 Hamilton County 0.39
219 Hidalgo County 0.39
220 Montague County 0.37
221 Sherman County 0.36
222 Archer County 0.35
223 Clay County 0.34
224 Armstrong County 0.33
225 Cameron County 0.33
226 Carson County 0.33
227 Gillespie County 0.31
228 Webb County 0.30
229 Comanche County 0.29
230 Kent County 0.27
231 Roberts County 0.24
232 Hansford County 0.23
233 Maverick County 0.22
234 Sterling County 0.22
235 Coke County 0.21
236 Hudspeth County 0.19
237 Kimble County 0.19
238 Sutton County 0.18
239 McMullen County 0.17
240 Borden County 0.16
241 Edwards County 0.14
242 Ochiltree County 0.14
243 Lipscomb County 0.13
244 Hemphill County 0.12
245 Brooks County 0.11
246 Jim Hogg County 0.10
247 Mason County 0.10
248 Throckmorton County 0.07
249 Zapata County 0.07
250 Starr County 0.05
251 Jeff Davis County 0.00
252 Kenedy County 0.00
253 King County 0.00
254 Loving County 0.00