Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone 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, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (33.07%), followed by Bowie County (25.03%), and Houston County (23.54%).
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 Black or African American Alone.
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.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Texas Counties By
Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone
from Census 2020
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| Rank | County | Black Alone % of County Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 33.07 |
| 2 | Bowie County | 25.03 |
| 3 | Houston County | 23.54 |
| 4 | Bell County | 23.00 |
| 5 | San Augustine County | 22.49 |
| 6 | Falls County | 22.35 |
| 7 | Dallas County | 21.97 |
| 8 | Walker County | 21.78 |
| 9 | Waller County | 21.58 |
| 10 | Fort Bend County | 20.78 |
| 11 | Morris County | 20.61 |
| 12 | Gregg County | 20.33 |
| 13 | Anderson County | 19.99 |
| 14 | Harrison County | 19.73 |
| 15 | Madison County | 19.40 |
| 16 | Harris County | 19.17 |
| 17 | Marion County | 19.10 |
| 18 | Robertson County | 18.95 |
| 19 | Tarrant County | 17.38 |
| 20 | Newton County | 17.08 |
| 21 | Jasper County | 16.96 |
| 22 | Limestone County | 16.83 |
| 23 | Nacogdoches County | 16.56 |
| 24 | Smith County | 16.53 |
| 25 | Shelby County | 15.97 |
| 26 | Cass County | 15.96 |
| 27 | Rusk County | 15.95 |
| 28 | Washington County | 15.71 |
| 29 | Camp County | 15.23 |
| 30 | Red River County | 15.21 |
| 31 | Angelina County | 15.16 |
| 32 | Kaufman County | 15.10 |
| 33 | Coryell County | 14.87 |
| 34 | Brazoria County | 14.83 |
| 35 | Panola County | 14.51 |
| 36 | McLennan County | 14.40 |
| 37 | Freestone County | 14.23 |
| 38 | Wharton County | 13.65 |
| 39 | Grimes County | 13.38 |
| 40 | Lamar County | 12.87 |
| 41 | Cherokee County | 12.75 |
| 42 | Ellis County | 12.63 |
| 43 | Galveston County | 12.61 |
| 44 | Navarro County | 12.21 |
| 45 | Colorado County | 11.36 |
| 46 | Burleson County | 10.82 |
| 47 | Denton County | 10.80 |
| 48 | Matagorda County | 10.76 |
| 49 | Wichita County | 10.74 |
| 50 | Mitchell County | 10.69 |
| 51 | Potter County | 10.60 |
| 52 | Brazos County | 10.41 |
| 53 | Tyler County | 10.40 |
| 54 | Collin County | 10.36 |
| 55 | Jones County | 10.29 |
| 56 | Polk County | 9.82 |
| 57 | Lee County | 9.68 |
| 58 | Titus County | 9.57 |
| 59 | Orange County | 9.53 |
| 60 | Milam County | 8.82 |
| 61 | Lubbock County | 8.78 |
| 62 | Childress County | 8.73 |
| 63 | DeWitt County | 8.44 |
| 64 | Wilbarger County | 8.24 |
| 65 | Taylor County | 8.22 |
| 66 | Austin County | 8.09 |
| 67 | Bexar County | 8.03 |
| 68 | Trinity County | 8.03 |
| 69 | Hunt County | 8.02 |
| 70 | Karnes County | 7.98 |
| 71 | Travis County | 7.85 |
| 72 | Liberty County | 7.83 |
| 73 | Rockwall County | 7.79 |
| 74 | San Jacinto County | 7.79 |
| 75 | Bee County | 7.71 |
| 76 | Sabine County | 7.53 |
| 77 | Guadalupe County | 7.41 |
| 78 | Upshur County | 7.23 |
| 79 | Dawson County | 7.22 |
| 80 | Hall County | 7.22 |
| 81 | Cottle County | 6.96 |
| 82 | Chambers County | 6.93 |
| 83 | Refugio County | 6.85 |
| 84 | Jackson County | 6.75 |
| 85 | Williamson County | 6.69 |
| 86 | Hopkins County | 6.54 |
| 87 | Midland County | 6.50 |
| 88 | Swisher County | 6.28 |
| 89 | Victoria County | 6.27 |
| 90 | Fannin County | 6.22 |
| 91 | Lavaca County | 6.13 |
| 92 | Gonzales County | 6.04 |
| 93 | Leon County | 6.01 |
| 94 | Fayette County | 5.98 |
| 95 | Delta County | 5.97 |
| 96 | Bastrop County | 5.92 |
| 97 | Hill County | 5.88 |
| 98 | Henderson County | 5.83 |
| 99 | Montgomery County | 5.71 |
| 100 | Grayson County | 5.65 |
| 101 | Hardin County | 5.46 |
| 102 | Caldwell County | 5.32 |
| 103 | Donley County | 5.28 |
| 104 | Garza County | 5.11 |
| 105 | Howard County | 4.94 |
| 106 | Knox County | 4.92 |
| 107 | Ector County | 4.86 |
| 108 | Nolan County | 4.83 |
| 109 | Hale County | 4.60 |
| 110 | Collingsworth County | 4.56 |
| 111 | Ward County | 4.14 |
| 112 | Hays County | 4.10 |
| 113 | Gray County | 4.09 |
| 114 | Nueces County | 4.05 |
| 115 | Hardeman County | 4.03 |
| 116 | Goliad County | 3.94 |
| 117 | Frio County | 3.91 |
| 118 | Franklin County | 3.85 |
| 119 | Brown County | 3.84 |
| 120 | Terry County | 3.84 |
| 121 | Haskell County | 3.79 |
| 122 | Tom Green County | 3.79 |
| 123 | Wood County | 3.78 |
| 124 | Johnson County | 3.76 |
| 125 | Scurry County | 3.76 |
| 126 | Jack County | 3.67 |
| 127 | Pecos County | 3.67 |
| 128 | Hartley County | 3.66 |
| 129 | Kleberg County | 3.64 |
| 130 | Randall County | 3.55 |
| 131 | La Salle County | 3.53 |
| 132 | Lamb County | 3.47 |
| 133 | Lampasas County | 3.43 |
| 134 | El Paso County | 3.36 |
| 135 | Moore County | 3.25 |
| 136 | Hockley County | 3.00 |
| 137 | Cooke County | 2.96 |
| 138 | Crosby County | 2.94 |
| 139 | Erath County | 2.93 |
| 140 | Floyd County | 2.93 |
| 141 | Fisher County | 2.91 |
| 142 | Cochran County | 2.79 |
| 143 | Stephens County | 2.70 |
| 144 | Medina County | 2.69 |
| 145 | Van Zandt County | 2.59 |
| 146 | Concho County | 2.48 |
| 147 | Willacy County | 2.47 |
| 148 | Comal County | 2.40 |
| 149 | Hutchinson County | 2.28 |
| 150 | Upton County | 2.24 |
| 151 | Rains County | 2.22 |
| 152 | Calhoun County | 2.12 |
| 153 | San Saba County | 2.11 |
| 154 | Winkler County | 2.09 |
| 155 | Brewster County | 2.07 |
| 156 | Palo Pinto County | 2.05 |
| 157 | Eastland County | 2.01 |
| 158 | Oldham County | 1.99 |
| 159 | Coleman County | 1.97 |
| 160 | Reeves County | 1.97 |
| 161 | Lynn County | 1.91 |
| 162 | Live Oak County | 1.89 |
| 163 | Foard County | 1.74 |
| 164 | San Patricio County | 1.74 |
| 165 | Wheeler County | 1.72 |
| 166 | Dickens County | 1.70 |
| 167 | Martin County | 1.66 |
| 168 | Baylor County | 1.65 |
| 169 | Crane County | 1.65 |
| 170 | Duval County | 1.63 |
| 171 | Stonewall County | 1.61 |
| 172 | Wilson County | 1.56 |
| 173 | Bosque County | 1.53 |
| 174 | Kerr County | 1.50 |
| 175 | Kinney County | 1.50 |
| 176 | Runnels County | 1.48 |
| 177 | Castro County | 1.47 |
| 178 | Val Verde County | 1.40 |
| 179 | Burnet County | 1.31 |
| 180 | Gaines County | 1.31 |
| 181 | McCulloch County | 1.28 |
| 182 | Andrews County | 1.27 |
| 183 | Briscoe County | 1.25 |
| 184 | Reagan County | 1.24 |
| 185 | Parker County | 1.17 |
| 186 | Aransas County | 1.11 |
| 187 | Dallam County | 1.07 |
| 188 | Schleicher County | 1.06 |
| 189 | Terrell County | 1.05 |
| 190 | Wise County | 1.05 |
| 191 | Dimmit County | 1.03 |
| 192 | Young County | 1.02 |
| 193 | Real County | 1.01 |
| 194 | Callahan County | 0.97 |
| 195 | Culberson County | 0.96 |
| 196 | Bailey County | 0.94 |
| 197 | Deaf Smith County | 0.94 |
| 198 | Motley County | 0.94 |
| 199 | Zavala County | 0.92 |
| 200 | Atascosa County | 0.87 |
| 201 | Hood County | 0.85 |
| 202 | Yoakum County | 0.82 |
| 203 | Kendall County | 0.78 |
| 204 | Parmer County | 0.76 |
| 205 | Shackelford County | 0.74 |
| 206 | Glasscock County | 0.72 |
| 207 | Armstrong County | 0.70 |
| 208 | Jim Wells County | 0.68 |
| 209 | Mills County | 0.67 |
| 210 | Menard County | 0.66 |
| 211 | Uvalde County | 0.65 |
| 212 | Blanco County | 0.63 |
| 213 | Crockett County | 0.58 |
| 214 | Hidalgo County | 0.55 |
| 215 | Bandera County | 0.53 |
| 216 | Hudspeth County | 0.50 |
| 217 | McMullen County | 0.50 |
| 218 | Cameron County | 0.49 |
| 219 | Llano County | 0.49 |
| 220 | Somervell County | 0.49 |
| 221 | Irion County | 0.46 |
| 222 | Presidio County | 0.44 |
| 223 | Webb County | 0.44 |
| 224 | Sherman County | 0.43 |
| 225 | Gillespie County | 0.41 |
| 226 | Montague County | 0.41 |
| 227 | Hamilton County | 0.39 |
| 228 | Clay County | 0.38 |
| 229 | Archer County | 0.37 |
| 230 | Brooks County | 0.35 |
| 231 | Comanche County | 0.35 |
| 232 | Carson County | 0.34 |
| 233 | Maverick County | 0.31 |
| 234 | Sutton County | 0.30 |
| 235 | Kenedy County | 0.29 |
| 236 | Hansford County | 0.28 |
| 237 | Kent County | 0.27 |
| 238 | Roberts County | 0.24 |
| 239 | Mason County | 0.23 |
| 240 | Ochiltree County | 0.22 |
| 241 | Sterling County | 0.22 |
| 242 | Coke County | 0.21 |
| 243 | Kimble County | 0.19 |
| 244 | Borden County | 0.16 |
| 245 | Hemphill County | 0.15 |
| 246 | Edwards County | 0.14 |
| 247 | Throckmorton County | 0.14 |
| 248 | Lipscomb County | 0.13 |
| 249 | Zapata County | 0.13 |
| 250 | Jim Hogg County | 0.10 |
| 251 | Starr County | 0.10 |
| 252 | Jeff Davis County | 0.05 |
| 253 | King County | 0.00 |
| 254 | Loving County | 0.00 |