Texas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2017

Updated on February 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, there were 3,385,656 people that identified as Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone in Texas and they represented 11.97% of the total population of Texas in 2017. Harris County had the highest number of Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone population (873,713), followed by Dallas County (594,311), and Tarrant County (338,320). 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 (5).

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 (33.45%), followed by Waller County (25.05%), and Houston County (24.97%).

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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 2017
Texas Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population By County in 2017
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County Non-Hispanic Black or African American alone Population % of County Population
Anderson 12292 21.11
Andrews 251 1.43
Angelina 12953 14.8
Aransas 345 1.36
Archer 67 0.76
Armstrong 17 0.91
Atascosa 336 0.68
Austin 2628 8.84
Bailey 80 1.15
Bandera 196 0.88
Bastrop 5808 6.86
Baylor 89 2.5
Bee 2728 8.37
Bell 76191 21.91
Bexar 143033 7.31
Blanco 122 1.06
Borden 10 1.5
Bosque 300 1.64
Bowie 23101 24.67
Brazoria 49081 13.55
Brazos 23528 10.5
Brewster 105 1.13
Briscoe 48 3.17
Brooks 38 0.53
Brown 1341 3.55
Burleson 2223 12.31
Burnet 788 1.69
Caldwell 2419 5.72
Calhoun 506 2.33
Callahan 204 1.46
Cameron 1573 0.37
Camp 2033 15.85
Carson 47 0.78
Cass 5014 16.74
Castro 161 2.1
Chambers 3214 7.79
Cherokee 7282 13.98
Childress 759 10.46
Clay 72 0.69
Cochran 101 3.55
Coke 19 0.58
Coleman 242 2.88
Collin 94174 9.68
Collingsworth 145 4.9
Colorado 2510 11.78
Comal 2875 2.04
Comanche 63 0.47
Concho 30 1.11
Cooke 1237 3.1
Coryell 12034 16.07
Cottle 128 9.32
Crane 126 2.7
Crockett 24 0.68
Crosby 178 3.04
Culberson 19 0.85
Dallam 122 1.68
Dallas 594311 22.68
Dawson 673 5.29
Deaf Smith 170 0.91
Delta 321 6.09
Denton 81865 9.81
DeWitt 1732 8.59
Dickens 104 4.75
Dimmit 116 1.13
Donley 165 4.95
Duval 117 1.04
Eastland 325 1.78
Ector 6729 4.29
Edwards 8 0.41
Ellis 17833 10.28
El Paso 26049 3.12
Erath 683 1.64
Falls 4046 23.33
Fannin 2244 6.49
Fayette 1511 6.02
Fisher 134 3.46
Floyd 190 3.26
Foard 55 4.6
Fort Bend 154718 20.14
Franklin 395 3.66
Freestone 3048 15.51
Frio 610 3.08
Gaines 336 1.63
Galveston 42658 12.75
Garza 418 6.45
Gillespie 99 0.37
Glasscock 21 1.54
Goliad 302 4
Gonzales 1247 6.01
Gray 997 4.51
Grayson 7706 5.88
Gregg 24938 20.28
Grimes 4268 15.28
Guadalupe 11919 7.47
Hale 1663 4.91
Hall 243 7.99
Hamilton 54 0.64
Hansford 38 0.7
Hardeman 205 5.18
Hardin 3087 5.4
Harris 873713 18.77
Harrison 13779 20.72
Hartley 370 6.49
Haskell 215 3.78
Hays 8104 3.77
Hemphill 13 0.33
Henderson 4995 6.17
Hidalgo 3567 0.42
Hill 2320 6.5
Hockley 838 3.65
Hood 427 0.74
Hopkins 2555 7.01
Houston 5761 24.97
Howard 2157 6.03
Hudspeth 118 2.56
Hunt 7479 7.95
Hutchinson 533 2.5
Irion 18 1.18
Jack 355 4.02
Jackson 873 5.9
Jasper 5707 16.04
Jeff Davis 14 0.62
Jefferson 85590 33.45
Jim Hogg 30 0.58
Jim Wells 245 0.6
Johnson 5423 3.25
Jones 2357 11.89
Karnes 1305 8.37
Kaufman 13741 11.19
Kendall 473 1.08
Kenedy 9 2.21
Kent 10 1.32
Kerr 731 1.41
Kimble 20 0.46
King 0 0
Kinney 42 1.13
Kleberg 1071 3.48
Knox 182 4.96
Lamar 6409 12.92
Lamb 478 3.63
Lampasas 685 3.28
La Salle 43 0.57
Lavaca 1185 5.92
Lee 1818 10.63
Leon 1186 6.89
Liberty 8069 9.65
Limestone 3956 16.92
Lipscomb 26 0.77
Live Oak 508 4.18
Llano 212 1
Loving 5 3.76
Lubbock 21730 7.11
Lynn 108 1.85
McCulloch 144 1.82
McLennan 35830 14.24
McMullen 20 2.61
Madison 2785 19.49
Marion 2105 20.89
Martin 100 1.81
Mason 23 0.55
Matagorda 3835 10.41
Maverick 152 0.26
Medina 1229 2.45
Menard 28 1.32
Midland 10197 6.16
Milam 2188 8.79
Mills 40 0.81
Mitchell 750 9.11
Montague 101 0.52
Montgomery 27901 4.88
Moore 685 3.18
Morris 2746 22.22
Motley 29 2.37
Nacogdoches 11706 17.95
Navarro 6209 12.74
Newton 2779 19.98
Nolan 661 4.43
Nueces 12647 3.5
Ochiltree 48 0.48
Oldham 69 3.28
Orange 7310 8.59
Palo Pinto 660 2.31
Panola 3592 15.51
Parker 1780 1.33
Parmer 113 1.17
Pecos 586 3.75
Polk 4883 9.98
Potter 12198 10.16
Presidio 68 0.97
Rains 268 2.29
Randall 4002 2.98
Reagan 79 2.13
Real 23 0.67
Red River 1977 16.25
Reeves 718 4.74
Refugio 411 5.73
Roberts 0 0
Robertson 3347 19.51
Rockwall 6113 6.31
Runnels 205 2
Rusk 9332 17.23
Sabine 713 6.84
San Augustine 1783 21.48
San Jacinto 2634 9.33
San Patricio 1001 1.49
San Saba 208 3.47
Schleicher 38 1.27
Scurry 789 4.64
Shackelford 33 1
Shelby 4345 17.23
Sherman 34 1.12
Smith 39355 17.33
Somervell 98 1.11
Starr 72 0.11
Stephens 235 2.53
Sterling 24 1.87
Stonewall 45 3.28
Sutton 22 0.58
Swisher 560 7.53
Tarrant 338320 16.45
Taylor 10030 7.34
Terrell 9 1.11
Terry 499 4.01
Throckmorton 15 0.99
Titus 2999 9.19
Tom Green 4286 3.64
Travis 98749 8.05
Trinity 1353 9.22
Tyler 2297 10.69
Upshur 3321 8.08
Upton 65 1.78
Uvalde 165 0.61
Val Verde 632 1.29
Van Zandt 1473 2.67
Victoria 5415 5.89
Walker 16852 23.16
Waller 12959 25.05
Ward 462 4.06
Washington 5900 16.95
Webb 767 0.28
Wharton 5418 12.94
Wheeler 139 2.62
Wichita 13608 10.32
Wilbarger 938 7.39
Willacy 406 1.89
Williamson 34630 6.33
Wilson 678 1.38
Winkler 151 1.99
Wise 874 1.33
Wood 2294 5.18
Yoakum 72 0.84
Young 212 1.18
Zapata 28 0.2
Zavala 60 0.5