Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2017
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (926.41K), followed by Dallas County (618.42K), and Tarrant County (355.34K).
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.
You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties 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 2017
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| Rank | County | Black or African American Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harris County | 926413 |
| 2 | Dallas County | 618419 |
| 3 | Tarrant County | 355342 |
| 4 | Bexar County | 167239 |
| 5 | Fort Bend County | 161474 |
| 6 | Travis County | 109558 |
| 7 | Collin County | 98400 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 88104 |
| 9 | Denton County | 85984 |
| 10 | Bell County | 83949 |
| 11 | Brazoria County | 51748 |
| 12 | Galveston County | 44853 |
| 13 | Smith County | 40659 |
| 14 | Williamson County | 38547 |
| 15 | McLennan County | 38239 |
| 16 | El Paso County | 33817 |
| 17 | Montgomery County | 30569 |
| 18 | Gregg County | 25779 |
| 19 | Brazos County | 24778 |
| 20 | Lubbock County | 24266 |
| 21 | Bowie County | 23535 |
| 22 | Ellis County | 18826 |
| 23 | Walker County | 17253 |
| 24 | Nueces County | 15511 |
| 25 | Wichita County | 14468 |
| 26 | Kaufman County | 14360 |
| 27 | Harrison County | 14090 |
| 28 | Angelina County | 13559 |
| 29 | Potter County | 13480 |
| 30 | Guadalupe County | 13455 |
| 31 | Waller County | 13423 |
| 32 | Coryell County | 13061 |
| 33 | Anderson County | 12770 |
| 34 | Nacogdoches County | 12141 |
| 35 | Midland County | 11352 |
| 36 | Taylor County | 11258 |
| 37 | Hays County | 9593 |
| 38 | Rusk County | 9562 |
| 39 | Liberty County | 8535 |
| 40 | Ector County | 8133 |
| 41 | Grayson County | 8112 |
| 42 | Hunt County | 7865 |
| 43 | Cherokee County | 7618 |
| 44 | Orange County | 7546 |
| 45 | Hidalgo County | 7189 |
| 46 | Lamar County | 6566 |
| 47 | Navarro County | 6539 |
| 48 | Bastrop County | 6435 |
| 49 | Rockwall County | 6433 |
| 50 | Victoria County | 6145 |
| 51 | Washington County | 6119 |
| 52 | Johnson County | 6078 |
| 53 | Houston County | 5906 |
| 54 | Wharton County | 5898 |
| 55 | Jasper County | 5811 |
| 56 | Tom Green County | 5246 |
| 57 | Henderson County | 5199 |
| 58 | Polk County | 5110 |
| 59 | Cass County | 5077 |
| 60 | Randall County | 4565 |
| 61 | Shelby County | 4495 |
| 62 | Grimes County | 4435 |
| 63 | Falls County | 4251 |
| 64 | Limestone County | 4152 |
| 65 | Matagorda County | 4150 |
| 66 | Panola County | 3644 |
| 67 | Robertson County | 3537 |
| 68 | Upshur County | 3423 |
| 69 | Chambers County | 3416 |
| 70 | Comal County | 3399 |
| 71 | Titus County | 3330 |
| 72 | Cameron County | 3313 |
| 73 | Freestone County | 3171 |
| 74 | Hardin County | 3159 |
| 75 | Bee County | 2924 |
| 76 | Madison County | 2901 |
| 77 | Austin County | 2830 |
| 78 | Morris County | 2812 |
| 79 | Newton County | 2803 |
| 80 | San Jacinto County | 2766 |
| 81 | Caldwell County | 2750 |
| 82 | Colorado County | 2742 |
| 83 | Hopkins County | 2677 |
| 84 | Howard County | 2603 |
| 85 | Jones County | 2601 |
| 86 | Hill County | 2506 |
| 87 | Wood County | 2447 |
| 88 | Tyler County | 2429 |
| 89 | Milam County | 2426 |
| 90 | Fannin County | 2333 |
| 91 | Burleson County | 2310 |
| 92 | Marion County | 2140 |
| 93 | Camp County | 2139 |
| 94 | Red River County | 2034 |
| 95 | Parker County | 1997 |
| 96 | Hale County | 1967 |
| 97 | DeWitt County | 1955 |
| 98 | Lee County | 1916 |
| 99 | San Augustine County | 1798 |
| 100 | Webb County | 1785 |
| 101 | Fayette County | 1647 |
| 102 | Van Zandt County | 1574 |
| 103 | Gonzales County | 1546 |
| 104 | Brown County | 1541 |
| 105 | Medina County | 1508 |
| 106 | Karnes County | 1437 |
| 107 | Cooke County | 1386 |
| 107 | Trinity County | 1386 |
| 108 | San Patricio County | 1377 |
| 109 | Lavaca County | 1341 |
| 110 | Kleberg County | 1329 |
| 111 | Leon County | 1255 |
| 112 | Gray County | 1129 |
| 113 | Wilbarger County | 1057 |
| 114 | Wise County | 1036 |
| 115 | Val Verde County | 1011 |
| 116 | Hockley County | 989 |
| 117 | Jackson County | 986 |
| 118 | Kerr County | 978 |
| 119 | Burnet County | 949 |
| 120 | Scurry County | 908 |
| 121 | Mitchell County | 877 |
| 122 | Wilson County | 830 |
| 123 | Lampasas County | 824 |
| 124 | Reeves County | 822 |
| 125 | Frio County | 819 |
| 126 | Moore County | 800 |
| 127 | Childress County | 795 |
| 128 | Nolan County | 787 |
| 129 | Dawson County | 783 |
| 130 | Erath County | 772 |
| 131 | Sabine County | 736 |
| 132 | Palo Pinto County | 731 |
| 133 | Pecos County | 701 |
| 134 | Lamb County | 636 |
| 135 | Calhoun County | 634 |
| 136 | Swisher County | 630 |
| 137 | Hutchinson County | 626 |
| 138 | Terry County | 611 |
| 139 | Kendall County | 591 |
| 139 | Ward County | 591 |
| 140 | Live Oak County | 589 |
| 141 | Atascosa County | 583 |
| 142 | Willacy County | 553 |
| 143 | Hood County | 508 |
| 144 | Garza County | 495 |
| 145 | Refugio County | 486 |
| 146 | Aransas County | 460 |
| 146 | Gaines County | 460 |
| 147 | Franklin County | 426 |
| 148 | Jim Wells County | 409 |
| 149 | Hartley County | 396 |
| 150 | Goliad County | 388 |
| 151 | Eastland County | 387 |
| 152 | Bosque County | 382 |
| 153 | Jack County | 367 |
| 154 | Maverick County | 363 |
| 155 | Andrews County | 348 |
| 155 | Deaf Smith County | 348 |
| 156 | Delta County | 339 |
| 157 | Uvalde County | 326 |
| 158 | Rains County | 301 |
| 159 | Hall County | 280 |
| 160 | Coleman County | 273 |
| 161 | Runnels County | 269 |
| 162 | Young County | 267 |
| 163 | Stephens County | 262 |
| 164 | Haskell County | 259 |
| 165 | Llano County | 257 |
| 166 | Winkler County | 245 |
| 167 | Floyd County | 241 |
| 168 | Callahan County | 233 |
| 169 | Starr County | 232 |
| 170 | Crosby County | 231 |
| 171 | Hardeman County | 230 |
| 171 | San Saba County | 230 |
| 172 | Bandera County | 226 |
| 173 | Knox County | 217 |
| 174 | McCulloch County | 211 |
| 175 | Castro County | 209 |
| 176 | Collingsworth County | 183 |
| 177 | Crane County | 180 |
| 178 | Parmer County | 179 |
| 179 | Blanco County | 175 |
| 180 | Gillespie County | 172 |
| 181 | Donley County | 171 |
| 182 | Dimmit County | 170 |
| 182 | Martin County | 170 |
| 183 | Dallam County | 167 |
| 183 | Duval County | 167 |
| 183 | Wheeler County | 167 |
| 184 | Fisher County | 162 |
| 185 | Hudspeth County | 150 |
| 186 | Zavala County | 148 |
| 187 | Brewster County | 147 |
| 188 | Bailey County | 142 |
| 188 | Comanche County | 142 |
| 189 | Lynn County | 140 |
| 190 | Cottle County | 136 |
| 190 | Montague County | 136 |
| 191 | Cochran County | 131 |
| 192 | Dickens County | 124 |
| 193 | Yoakum County | 119 |
| 194 | Somervell County | 117 |
| 194 | Upton County | 117 |
| 195 | Ochiltree County | 112 |
| 195 | Presidio County | 112 |
| 196 | Reagan County | 108 |
| 197 | Baylor County | 106 |
| 198 | La Salle County | 101 |
| 199 | Archer County | 91 |
| 200 | Clay County | 85 |
| 201 | Hamilton County | 79 |
| 202 | Kinney County | 78 |
| 203 | Oldham County | 76 |
| 204 | Brooks County | 74 |
| 205 | Crockett County | 64 |
| 206 | Lipscomb County | 61 |
| 207 | Hansford County | 58 |
| 207 | Shackelford County | 58 |
| 208 | Foard County | 56 |
| 209 | Mills County | 55 |
| 210 | Concho County | 54 |
| 210 | Zapata County | 54 |
| 211 | Sherman County | 52 |
| 212 | Briscoe County | 51 |
| 212 | Schleicher County | 51 |
| 213 | Stonewall County | 50 |
| 214 | Carson County | 48 |
| 215 | Sutton County | 46 |
| 216 | Jim Hogg County | 41 |
| 217 | Mason County | 40 |
| 218 | Jeff Davis County | 36 |
| 218 | Menard County | 36 |
| 218 | Motley County | 36 |
| 219 | Coke County | 30 |
| 220 | Hemphill County | 29 |
| 221 | Real County | 28 |
| 222 | Kimble County | 27 |
| 222 | Sterling County | 27 |
| 223 | Culberson County | 24 |
| 224 | Glasscock County | 23 |
| 225 | Armstrong County | 22 |
| 225 | McMullen County | 22 |
| 226 | Irion County | 21 |
| 227 | Throckmorton County | 20 |
| 228 | Edwards County | 19 |
| 229 | Kenedy County | 17 |
| 230 | Terrell County | 14 |
| 231 | Kent County | 12 |
| 232 | Borden County | 10 |
| 233 | Loving County | 7 |
| 234 | Roberts County | 1 |
| 235 | King County | 0 |