Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (834.00K), followed by Dallas County (564.79K), and Tarrant County (294.24K).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.
You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2012
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| Rank | County | Black or African American Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris County | 834000 |
| 2 | Dallas County | 564794 |
| 3 | Tarrant County | 294239 |
| 4 | Bexar County | 145510 |
| 5 | Fort Bend County | 133956 |
| 6 | Travis County | 98321 |
| 7 | Jefferson County | 86319 |
| 8 | Collin County | 76287 |
| 9 | Bell County | 72851 |
| 10 | Denton County | 64247 |
| 11 | Brazoria County | 41850 |
| 12 | Galveston County | 41574 |
| 13 | Smith County | 38842 |
| 14 | McLennan County | 36130 |
| 15 | El Paso County | 31739 |
| 16 | Williamson County | 29969 |
| 17 | Gregg County | 25069 |
| 18 | Bowie County | 22842 |
| 19 | Lubbock County | 22429 |
| 20 | Brazos County | 22389 |
| 21 | Montgomery County | 21790 |
| 22 | Walker County | 15724 |
| 23 | Nueces County | 15031 |
| 24 | Harrison County | 14268 |
| 25 | Wichita County | 14225 |
| 26 | Ellis County | 14177 |
| 27 | Angelina County | 13472 |
| 28 | Potter County | 13186 |
| 29 | Coryell County | 13053 |
| 30 | Anderson County | 12561 |
| 31 | Nacogdoches County | 12079 |
| 32 | Waller County | 11864 |
| 33 | Kaufman County | 11209 |
| 34 | Taylor County | 10424 |
| 35 | Guadalupe County | 10146 |
| 36 | Midland County | 9893 |
| 37 | Rusk County | 9394 |
| 38 | Liberty County | 8328 |
| 39 | Cherokee County | 7627 |
| 40 | Grayson County | 7322 |
| 41 | Hunt County | 7279 |
| 42 | Orange County | 7102 |
| 43 | Ector County | 6854 |
| 44 | Navarro County | 6820 |
| 45 | Lamar County | 6721 |
| 46 | Hays County | 6456 |
| 47 | Hidalgo County | 6256 |
| 48 | Washington County | 6085 |
| 49 | Houston County | 6062 |
| 50 | Bastrop County | 5949 |
| 50 | Jasper County | 5949 |
| 51 | Victoria County | 5936 |
| 52 | Wharton County | 5928 |
| 53 | Polk County | 5243 |
| 54 | Cass County | 5166 |
| 55 | Tom Green County | 5141 |
| 56 | Henderson County | 5088 |
| 57 | Rockwall County | 4908 |
| 58 | Shelby County | 4590 |
| 59 | Johnson County | 4458 |
| 60 | Falls County | 4435 |
| 61 | Grimes County | 4390 |
| 62 | Limestone County | 4252 |
| 63 | Matagorda County | 4189 |
| 64 | Panola County | 3844 |
| 65 | Robertson County | 3578 |
| 66 | Upshur County | 3509 |
| 67 | Randall County | 3480 |
| 68 | Titus County | 3362 |
| 69 | Hardin County | 3215 |
| 70 | Freestone County | 3200 |
| 71 | Chambers County | 3108 |
| 72 | Cameron County | 2975 |
| 73 | Newton County | 2930 |
| 74 | Morris County | 2888 |
| 75 | San Jacinto County | 2811 |
| 76 | Madison County | 2786 |
| 77 | Colorado County | 2735 |
| 78 | Caldwell County | 2729 |
| 79 | Austin County | 2705 |
| 80 | Bee County | 2703 |
| 81 | Jones County | 2559 |
| 82 | Hopkins County | 2504 |
| 83 | Hill County | 2467 |
| 84 | Milam County | 2466 |
| 85 | Howard County | 2438 |
| 86 | Tyler County | 2414 |
| 87 | Fannin County | 2287 |
| 88 | Marion County | 2278 |
| 89 | Red River County | 2233 |
| 90 | Comal County | 2224 |
| 91 | Parker County | 2185 |
| 92 | Burleson County | 2169 |
| 93 | Camp County | 2116 |
| 94 | Wood County | 2114 |
| 95 | Hale County | 2108 |
| 96 | San Augustine County | 2021 |
| 97 | DeWitt County | 1937 |
| 98 | Lee County | 1839 |
| 99 | Fayette County | 1630 |
| 100 | Webb County | 1542 |
| 101 | Gonzales County | 1514 |
| 102 | Van Zandt County | 1471 |
| 103 | Kleberg County | 1372 |
| 104 | Lavaca County | 1369 |
| 105 | Trinity County | 1365 |
| 106 | Karnes County | 1361 |
| 107 | Brown County | 1349 |
| 108 | Leon County | 1237 |
| 109 | Cooke County | 1233 |
| 110 | San Patricio County | 1221 |
| 111 | Mitchell County | 1189 |
| 112 | Medina County | 1169 |
| 113 | Gray County | 1163 |
| 114 | Wilbarger County | 1096 |
| 115 | Jackson County | 1047 |
| 116 | Kerr County | 1006 |
| 117 | Dawson County | 972 |
| 118 | Hockley County | 945 |
| 119 | Scurry County | 857 |
| 120 | Burnet County | 846 |
| 121 | Val Verde County | 845 |
| 122 | Reeves County | 799 |
| 123 | Wilson County | 782 |
| 124 | Wise County | 778 |
| 125 | Sabine County | 767 |
| 126 | Lampasas County | 755 |
| 127 | Nolan County | 741 |
| 128 | Childress County | 726 |
| 129 | Moore County | 722 |
| 130 | Lamb County | 678 |
| 131 | Frio County | 674 |
| 132 | Palo Pinto County | 660 |
| 133 | Calhoun County | 643 |
| 134 | Terry County | 640 |
| 135 | Swisher County | 635 |
| 136 | Pecos County | 630 |
| 137 | Erath County | 619 |
| 138 | Hutchinson County | 577 |
| 139 | Willacy County | 557 |
| 140 | Live Oak County | 553 |
| 141 | Ward County | 542 |
| 142 | Atascosa County | 487 |
| 143 | Refugio County | 485 |
| 144 | Garza County | 455 |
| 145 | Hartley County | 449 |
| 146 | Franklin County | 414 |
| 147 | Delta County | 410 |
| 148 | Gaines County | 392 |
| 149 | Eastland County | 381 |
| 150 | Goliad County | 379 |
| 151 | Aransas County | 378 |
| 152 | Jack County | 363 |
| 153 | Jim Wells County | 360 |
| 154 | Bosque County | 341 |
| 155 | Deaf Smith County | 329 |
| 156 | Andrews County | 321 |
| 157 | Hood County | 318 |
| 158 | Rains County | 284 |
| 159 | Kendall County | 279 |
| 160 | Uvalde County | 272 |
| 161 | Haskell County | 267 |
| 162 | Young County | 264 |
| 163 | Crosby County | 252 |
| 164 | Hall County | 246 |
| 165 | Runnels County | 241 |
| 166 | Maverick County | 240 |
| 167 | Hardeman County | 237 |
| 168 | Coleman County | 236 |
| 169 | Stephens County | 233 |
| 170 | Floyd County | 232 |
| 171 | McCulloch County | 217 |
| 172 | Knox County | 216 |
| 173 | Winkler County | 215 |
| 174 | San Saba County | 206 |
| 175 | Castro County | 203 |
| 176 | Llano County | 194 |
| 177 | Callahan County | 190 |
| 178 | Donley County | 185 |
| 179 | Starr County | 168 |
| 180 | Collingsworth County | 162 |
| 181 | Crane County | 157 |
| 182 | Wheeler County | 147 |
| 183 | Cottle County | 146 |
| 184 | Fisher County | 145 |
| 185 | Duval County | 142 |
| 186 | Lynn County | 140 |
| 187 | Dimmit County | 139 |
| 187 | Parmer County | 139 |
| 187 | Zavala County | 139 |
| 188 | Dallam County | 132 |
| 189 | Cochran County | 128 |
| 190 | Brewster County | 122 |
| 191 | Bandera County | 121 |
| 191 | Gillespie County | 121 |
| 192 | Dickens County | 111 |
| 193 | Yoakum County | 109 |
| 194 | Bailey County | 107 |
| 195 | Martin County | 106 |
| 196 | Comanche County | 105 |
| 197 | Blanco County | 100 |
| 198 | Reagan County | 99 |
| 199 | Concho County | 98 |
| 200 | Baylor County | 94 |
| 201 | Montague County | 88 |
| 202 | Ochiltree County | 78 |
| 203 | Somervell County | 77 |
| 204 | Upton County | 76 |
| 205 | Clay County | 74 |
| 205 | La Salle County | 74 |
| 205 | Oldham County | 74 |
| 206 | Archer County | 73 |
| 207 | Kinney County | 67 |
| 208 | Brooks County | 65 |
| 208 | Presidio County | 65 |
| 209 | Foard County | 64 |
| 210 | Hamilton County | 62 |
| 210 | Hudspeth County | 62 |
| 211 | Lipscomb County | 59 |
| 212 | Stonewall County | 56 |
| 213 | Crockett County | 53 |
| 214 | Hansford County | 51 |
| 215 | Briscoe County | 47 |
| 216 | Mills County | 46 |
| 216 | Shackelford County | 46 |
| 217 | Schleicher County | 39 |
| 218 | Zapata County | 37 |
| 219 | Real County | 36 |
| 220 | Jeff Davis County | 35 |
| 221 | Carson County | 34 |
| 221 | Hemphill County | 34 |
| 221 | Jim Hogg County | 34 |
| 221 | Motley County | 34 |
| 222 | Sutton County | 31 |
| 223 | Mason County | 25 |
| 224 | Kimble County | 24 |
| 225 | Coke County | 22 |
| 226 | Glasscock County | 20 |
| 226 | Sherman County | 20 |
| 227 | Menard County | 17 |
| 227 | Sterling County | 17 |
| 228 | Armstrong County | 16 |
| 228 | Edwards County | 16 |
| 228 | Irion County | 16 |
| 229 | Culberson County | 14 |
| 230 | Kenedy County | 13 |
| 231 | Kent County | 12 |
| 232 | McMullen County | 10 |
| 232 | Throckmorton County | 10 |
| 233 | Terrell County | 8 |
| 234 | Borden County | 2 |
| 234 | Roberts County | 2 |
| 235 | Loving County | 1 |
| 236 | King County | 0 |