Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Texas counties, in April 2020, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (907.06K), followed by Dallas County (574.18K), and Tarrant County (366.73K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties based on Black or African American Alone population.

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

Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Harris
907.06K
Dallas
574.18K
Tarrant
366.73K
Fort Bend
170.98K
Bexar
161.31K
Collin
110.28K
Travis
101.27K
Denton
97.85K
Bell
85.24K
Jefferson
84.84K
Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank
County
Black Alone Population
1 Harris County 907,063
2 Dallas County 574,183
3 Tarrant County 366,727
4 Fort Bend County 170,978
5 Bexar County 161,307
6 Collin County 110,284
7 Travis County 101,267
8 Denton County 97,847
9 Bell County 85,241
10 Jefferson County 84,835
11 Brazoria County 55,176
12 Galveston County 44,229
13 Williamson County 40,732
14 Smith County 38,593
15 McLennan County 37,518
16 Montgomery County 35,394
17 El Paso County 29,054
18 Lubbock County 27,279
19 Gregg County 25,262
20 Brazos County 24,341
21 Ellis County 24,305
22 Bowie County 23,251
23 Kaufman County 21,948
24 Walker County 16,638
25 Nueces County 14,309
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