Texas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2012

Updated on June 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, there were 3,027,689 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Texas and they represented 11.61% of the total population of Texas in 2012. Harris County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (790,760), followed by Dallas County (544,301), and Tarrant County (280,885). On the other hand, King County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (0), followed by Roberts County (1), and Loving County (1).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone, Jefferson County had the highest percentage (33.5%), followed by Waller County (25.86%), and Houston County (25.53%).

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

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Texas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2012
Texas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2012
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Anderson 12151 20.92
Andrews 254 1.58
Angelina 12930 14.78
Aransas 293 1.25
Archer 49 0.56
Armstrong 15 0.77
Atascosa 298 0.64
Austin 2556 8.95
Bailey 70 0.98
Bandera 101 0.49
Bastrop 5492 7.35
Baylor 79 2.2
Bee 2550 7.85
Bell 66472 20.44
Bexar 126455 7.07
Blanco 79 0.74
Borden 2 0.33
Bosque 293 1.62
Bowie 22463 24.14
Brazoria 39992 12.33
Brazos 21257 10.61
Brewster 88 0.95
Briscoe 44 2.79
Brooks 34 0.47
Brown 1223 3.24
Burleson 2102 12.06
Burnet 744 1.72
Caldwell 2450 6.34
Calhoun 529 2.45
Callahan 173 1.28
Cameron 1432 0.34
Camp 2053 16.44
Carson 33 0.54
Cass 5125 17.07
Castro 165 2
Chambers 2931 8.03
Cherokee 7340 14.32
Childress 695 9.79
Clay 67 0.64
Cochran 103 3.4
Coke 15 0.47
Coleman 214 2.47
Collin 72958 8.74
Collingsworth 124 4.1
Colorado 2554 12.32
Comal 1927 1.68
Comanche 48 0.35
Concho 65 1.59
Cooke 1118 2.89
Coryell 12113 15.43
Cottle 138 9.29
Crane 131 2.9
Crockett 16 0.43
Crosby 222 3.68
Culberson 8 0.35
Dallam 114 1.62
Dallas 544301 22.16
Dawson 879 6.46
Deaf Smith 191 0.99
Delta 402 7.67
Denton 61179 8.65
DeWitt 1745 8.57
Dickens 97 4.17
Dimmit 106 1.01
Donley 182 4.99
Duval 99 0.86
Eastland 340 1.84
Ector 5842 4.04
Edwards 8 0.4
Ellis 13492 8.77
El Paso 24705 2.97
Erath 559 1.42
Falls 4260 24.24
Fannin 2224 6.62
Fayette 1534 6.22
Fisher 123 3.21
Floyd 199 3.13
Foard 63 4.81
Fort Bend 129046 20.66
Franklin 387 3.64
Freestone 3090 15.86
Frio 547 3.05
Gaines 307 1.68
Galveston 39727 13.19
Garza 396 6.18
Gillespie 56 0.22
Glasscock 18 1.41
Goliad 309 4.22
Gonzales 1273 6.39
Gray 1045 4.56
Grayson 7006 5.75
Gregg 24331 19.76
Grimes 4272 16.01
Guadalupe 9068 6.49
Hale 1784 4.92
Hall 226 6.91
Hamilton 49 0.59
Hansford 31 0.56
Hardeman 212 5.17
Hardin 3165 5.74
Harris 790760 18.55
Harrison 14019 21.15
Hartley 441 7.24
Haskell 225 3.83
Hays 5431 3.23
Hemphill 19 0.46
Henderson 4904 6.21
Hidalgo 3222 0.4
Hill 2313 6.58
Hockley 823 3.57
Hood 266 0.51
Hopkins 2404 6.81
Houston 5926 25.53
Howard 2066 5.82
Hudspeth 39 1.16
Hunt 6970 8.01
Hutchinson 492 2.23
Irion 14 0.89
Jack 348 3.87
Jackson 959 6.72
Jasper 5871 16.37
Jeff Davis 13 0.57
Jefferson 84286 33.5
Jim Hogg 25 0.47
Jim Wells 203 0.49
Johnson 4010 2.61
Jones 2324 11.69
Karnes 1262 8.49
Kaufman 10818 10.15
Kendall 201 0.56
Kenedy 6 1.34
Kent 10 1.21
Kerr 791 1.59
Kimble 21 0.46
King 0 0
Kinney 39 1.07
Kleberg 1136 3.54
Knox 198 5.31
Lamar 6588 13.26
Lamb 546 3.94
Lampasas 658 3.28
La Salle 37 0.52
Lavaca 1248 6.39
Lee 1771 10.73
Leon 1177 7.03
Liberty 8028 10.51
Limestone 4083 17.24
Lipscomb 21 0.61
Live Oak 481 4.12
Llano 161 0.84
Loving 1 1.16
Lubbock 20324 7.11
Lynn 114 1.97
McCulloch 170 2.06
McLennan 34178 14.28
McMullen 10 1.37
Madison 2680 19.51
Marion 2252 21.68
Martin 75 1.51
Mason 15 0.37
Matagorda 3916 10.72
Maverick 113 0.2
Medina 964 2.06
Menard 13 0.59
Midland 8977 6.09
Milam 2293 9.51
Mills 33 0.68
Mitchell 1063 11.39
Montague 61 0.31
Montgomery 20165 4.16
Moore 607 2.71
Morris 2844 22.4
Motley 26 2.17
Nacogdoches 11748 17.84
Navarro 6507 13.51
Newton 2914 20.19
Nolan 635 4.25
Nueces 12430 3.57
Ochiltree 33 0.31
Oldham 67 3.28
Orange 6945 8.38
Palo Pinto 605 2.17
Panola 3803 15.85
Parker 2005 1.68
Parmer 88 0.86
Pecos 543 3.49
Polk 5060 11.12
Potter 12014 9.79
Presidio 38 0.5
Rains 264 2.42
Randall 3079 2.46
Reagan 73 2.1
Real 22 0.66
Red River 2183 17.16
Reeves 736 5.16
Refugio 418 5.76
Roberts 1 0.11
Robertson 3433 20.87
Rockwall 4706 5.69
Runnels 188 1.82
Rusk 9214 17.15
Sabine 753 7.15
San Augustine 2011 22.88
San Jacinto 2698 10.01
San Patricio 925 1.42
San Saba 194 3.24
Schleicher 31 0.95
Scurry 760 4.44
Shackelford 25 0.74
Shelby 4443 17.05
Sherman 14 0.46
Smith 37768 17.58
Somervell 66 0.77
Starr 52 0.08
Stephens 214 2.23
Sterling 15 1.26
Stonewall 50 3.44
Sutton 9 0.23
Swisher 579 7.38
Tarrant 280885 14.92
Taylor 9304 6.94
Terrell 7 0.76
Terry 544 4.31
Throckmorton 8 0.5
Titus 3109 9.54
Tom Green 4269 3.77
Travis 88961 8.11
Trinity 1361 9.47
Tyler 2302 10.71
Upshur 3456 8.66
Upton 52 1.59
Uvalde 141 0.53
Val Verde 581 1.19
Van Zandt 1413 2.71
Victoria 5282 5.93
Walker 15371 22.41
Waller 11474 25.86
Ward 446 4.12
Washington 5894 17.38
Webb 626 0.24
Wharton 5550 13.49
Wheeler 130 2.32
Wichita 13409 10.18
Wilbarger 1011 7.61
Willacy 397 1.79
Williamson 27112 5.94
Wilson 683 1.54
Winkler 142 1.93
Wise 652 1.08
Wood 2042 4.82
Yoakum 66 0.82
Young 210 1.15
Zapata 19 0.13
Zavala 51 0.42