Texas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2016

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, there were 3,315,481 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Texas and they represented 11.88% of the total population of Texas in 2016. Harris County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (863,634), followed by Dallas County (586,017), and Tarrant County (325,690). On the other hand, Roberts County had the lowest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone (0), followed by King County (0), and Loving County (3).

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 (33.37%), followed by Houston County (24.97%), and Waller County (24.81%).

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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 2016
Texas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2016
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Anderson 11986 20.81
Andrews 240 1.35
Angelina 13021 14.85
Aransas 368 1.46
Archer 66 0.75
Armstrong 18 0.98
Atascosa 335 0.69
Austin 2591 8.74
Bailey 73 1.02
Bandera 170 0.78
Bastrop 5746 6.95
Baylor 89 2.45
Bee 2675 8.15
Bell 73573 21.55
Bexar 140165 7.27
Blanco 110 0.97
Borden 4 0.61
Bosque 322 1.79
Bowie 22838 24.41
Brazoria 46497 13.16
Brazos 23184 10.54
Brewster 93 1.01
Briscoe 49 3.31
Brooks 47 0.65
Brown 1311 3.45
Burleson 2228 12.47
Burnet 784 1.71
Caldwell 2434 5.92
Calhoun 536 2.44
Callahan 190 1.38
Cameron 1564 0.37
Camp 2066 16.2
Carson 49 0.8
Cass 5048 16.8
Castro 156 2.02
Chambers 3176 7.91
Cherokee 7250 13.98
Childress 755 10.48
Clay 60 0.58
Cochran 107 3.67
Coke 21 0.65
Coleman 219 2.6
Collin 89605 9.49
Collingsworth 148 4.92
Colorado 2550 12.09
Comal 2594 1.93
Comanche 62 0.46
Concho 74 1.79
Cooke 1232 3.13
Coryell 11921 15.91
Cottle 127 9.08
Crane 124 2.6
Crockett 20 0.55
Crosby 199 3.37
Culberson 24 1.08
Dallam 124 1.69
Dallas 586017 22.61
Dawson 673 5.18
Deaf Smith 190 1.01
Delta 315 6.14
Denton 76871 9.52
DeWitt 1749 8.49
Dickens 104 4.75
Dimmit 126 1.18
Donley 178 5.26
Duval 106 0.93
Eastland 333 1.83
Ector 6821 4.32
Edwards 10 0.52
Ellis 16410 9.75
El Paso 25869 3.1
Erath 664 1.61
Falls 4097 23.71
Fannin 2221 6.54
Fayette 1523 6.09
Fisher 128 3.3
Floyd 190 3.25
Foard 61 5.1
Fort Bend 149420 20.07
Franklin 390 3.65
Freestone 3064 15.59
Frio 617 3.16
Gaines 329 1.61
Galveston 42244 12.84
Garza 394 6.36
Gillespie 91 0.35
Glasscock 21 1.54
Goliad 302 4.02
Gonzales 1259 6.06
Gray 1081 4.76
Grayson 7438 5.8
Gregg 24992 20.24
Grimes 4279 15.57
Guadalupe 11161 7.22
Hale 1671 4.91
Hall 237 7.62
Hamilton 59 0.72
Hansford 40 0.72
Hardeman 198 4.97
Hardin 3015 5.35
Harris 863634 18.68
Harrison 13915 20.88
Hartley 361 6.3
Haskell 213 3.71
Hays 7423 3.63
Hemphill 10 0.24
Henderson 5034 6.29
Hidalgo 3434 0.41
Hill 2216 6.31
Hockley 849 3.68
Hood 381 0.67
Hopkins 2556 7.07
Houston 5716 24.97
Howard 2135 5.9
Hudspeth 94 2.21
Hunt 7302 7.94
Hutchinson 516 2.4
Irion 17 1.08
Jack 354 4.03
Jackson 885 5.95
Jasper 5716 16.13
Jeff Davis 12 0.54
Jefferson 85337 33.37
Jim Hogg 32 0.61
Jim Wells 235 0.57
Johnson 4907 3.01
Jones 2395 11.99
Karnes 1297 8.36
Kaufman 12574 10.65
Kendall 395 0.94
Kenedy 9 2.11
Kent 7 0.94
Kerr 722 1.4
Kimble 20 0.45
King 0 0
Kinney 40 1.1
Kleberg 1095 3.5
Knox 193 5.18
Lamar 6449 13.01
Lamb 518 3.92
Lampasas 661 3.22
La Salle 46 0.61
Lavaca 1185 5.96
Lee 1813 10.69
Leon 1204 7
Liberty 8007 9.84
Limestone 4015 17.11
Lipscomb 28 0.8
Live Oak 525 4.36
Llano 194 0.94
Loving 3 2.56
Lubbock 21543 7.13
Lynn 129 2.23
McCulloch 139 1.71
McLennan 35295 14.26
McMullen 17 2.1
Madison 2745 19.43
Marion 2181 21.52
Martin 99 1.76
Mason 22 0.53
Matagorda 3865 10.41
Maverick 150 0.26
Medina 1127 2.29
Menard 31 1.48
Midland 10072 6.14
Milam 2206 8.94
Mills 35 0.72
Mitchell 815 9.61
Montague 103 0.53
Montgomery 25768 4.64
Moore 645 2.98
Morris 2753 22.17
Motley 26 2.22
Nacogdoches 11731 17.9
Navarro 6210 12.83
Newton 2802 19.79
Nolan 670 4.44
Nueces 12735 3.52
Ochiltree 48 0.47
Oldham 65 3.14
Orange 7217 8.53
Palo Pinto 638 2.27
Panola 3653 15.61
Parker 1645 1.27
Parmer 124 1.27
Pecos 573 3.62
Polk 4916 10.32
Potter 12043 10
Presidio 60 0.84
Rains 258 2.29
Randall 3790 2.86
Reagan 77 2.07
Real 29 0.86
Red River 2020 16.59
Reeves 730 4.8
Refugio 430 5.91
Roberts 0 0
Robertson 3281 19.51
Rockwall 5665 6.05
Runnels 186 1.81
Rusk 8934 16.91
Sabine 708 6.82
San Augustine 1837 22.19
San Jacinto 2630 9.48
San Patricio 1031 1.53
San Saba 204 3.45
Schleicher 46 1.51
Scurry 789 4.53
Shackelford 30 0.9
Shelby 4332 16.93
Sherman 38 1.25
Smith 39147 17.39
Somervell 81 0.94
Starr 66 0.1
Stephens 230 2.45
Sterling 23 1.72
Stonewall 43 3.06
Sutton 23 0.59
Swisher 551 7.41
Tarrant 325690 16.09
Taylor 9806 7.19
Terrell 10 1.23
Terry 532 4.17
Throckmorton 15 0.97
Titus 2998 9.24
Tom Green 4353 3.7
Travis 97001 8.04
Trinity 1317 9.06
Tyler 2308 10.78
Upshur 3296 8.08
Upton 71 1.92
Uvalde 161 0.59
Val Verde 584 1.19
Van Zandt 1441 2.65
Victoria 5372 5.81
Walker 16558 23.06
Waller 12420 24.81
Ward 480 4.15
Washington 5932 17.1
Webb 694 0.26
Wharton 5415 13.01
Wheeler 138 2.5
Wichita 13484 10.26
Wilbarger 939 7.28
Willacy 409 1.88
Williamson 32976 6.24
Wilson 698 1.45
Winkler 150 1.9
Wise 865 1.34
Wood 2239 5.11
Yoakum 79 0.92
Young 212 1.17
Zapata 26 0.18
Zavala 52 0.43