Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (970.42K), followed by Dallas County (625.32K), and Tarrant County (389.24K).

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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Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2020
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Harris County 970418
2 Dallas County 625321
3 Tarrant County 389240
4 Bexar County 183141
5 Fort Bend County 181271
6 Collin County 121067
7 Travis County 120088
8 Denton County 104488
9 Bell County 93116
10 Jefferson County 87484
11 Brazoria County 59278
12 Galveston County 47479
13 Williamson County 46880
14 Smith County 41996
15 McLennan County 39435
16 Montgomery County 38614
17 El Paso County 36259
18 Gregg County 26220
19 Brazos County 26164
20 Ellis County 25798
21 Lubbock County 25591
22 Bowie County 23785
23 Kaufman County 22689
24 Walker County 17441
25 Nueces County 16221
26 Guadalupe County 15856
27 Harrison County 14796
28 Waller County 14671
29 Coryell County 14646
30 Wichita County 14484
31 Angelina County 13696
32 Potter County 13508
33 Midland County 12920
34 Anderson County 12580
35 Taylor County 12400
36 Hays County 11745
37 Nacogdoches County 11575
38 Ector County 9637
39 Rockwall County 8907
40 Rusk County 8887
41 Liberty County 8515
42 Grayson County 8423
43 Hidalgo County 8357
44 Hunt County 8250
45 Johnson County 8222
46 Orange County 7650
47 Cherokee County 7212
48 Bastrop County 6971
49 Navarro County 6854
50 Lamar County 6789
51 Washington County 6196
52 Victoria County 6145
53 Wharton County 5883
54 Houston County 5505
55 Randall County 5386
56 Tom Green County 5348
57 Jasper County 5320
58 Henderson County 5266
59 Comal County 4976
60 Polk County 4909
61 Cass County 4765
62 Grimes County 4369
63 Shelby County 4235
64 Falls County 4200
65 Matagorda County 4184
66 Chambers County 3913
67 Limestone County 3869
68 Cameron County 3738
69 Panola County 3471
70 Robertson County 3399
71 Upshur County 3214
72 Titus County 3206
73 Hardin County 3101
74 Freestone County 3047
75 Caldwell County 2938
76 Austin County 2911
77 Hopkins County 2729
78 Morris County 2718
79 Colorado County 2704
80 Bee County 2674
81 Madison County 2653
82 Jones County 2643
83 San Jacinto County 2512
84 Parker County 2499
85 Milam County 2433
86 Hill County 2388
87 Howard County 2387
88 Fannin County 2356
89 Tyler County 2269
90 Burleson County 2187
91 Newton County 2171
92 Wood County 2098
93 Webb County 2080
94 Camp County 2048
95 Marion County 2020
96 Red River County 1914
97 Hale County 1853
98 DeWitt County 1848
99 Lee County 1818
100 Van Zandt County 1782
101 Medina County 1712
102 San Augustine County 1689
103 Brown County 1625
104 San Patricio County 1584
105 Fayette County 1571
106 Karnes County 1542
107 Gonzales County 1541
108 Cooke County 1506
109 Kleberg County 1348
110 Lavaca County 1330
111 Trinity County 1230
112 Mitchell County 1202
113 Val Verde County 1195
114 Wise County 1153
115 Leon County 1142
116 Wilbarger County 1112
117 Gray County 1082
118 Kerr County 1037
119 Jackson County 1033
119 Lampasas County 1033
120 Wilson County 1004
121 Moore County 992
122 Frio County 986
123 Burnet County 952
124 Erath County 908
125 Dawson County 882
126 Scurry County 862
127 Hockley County 850
128 Hood County 848
129 Nolan County 806
130 Live Oak County 761
131 Palo Pinto County 750
132 Atascosa County 742
133 Sabine County 699
134 Pecos County 686
135 Kendall County 664
136 Calhoun County 659
136 Ward County 659
137 Childress County 644
138 Swisher County 631
139 Hutchinson County 630
140 Reeves County 621
141 Lamb County 617
142 Willacy County 531
143 Terry County 528
144 Gaines County 523
145 Aransas County 471
146 Franklin County 463
147 Refugio County 458
148 Eastland County 453
149 Jim Wells County 451
150 Garza County 442
151 Maverick County 439
152 Bosque County 423
153 Concho County 411
154 Deaf Smith County 391
155 Goliad County 386
156 Andrews County 376
157 Delta County 375
158 Jack County 353
159 Uvalde County 342
160 Rains County 337
161 Young County 312
162 Stephens County 306
163 Runnels County 305
164 Winkler County 290
165 Hartley County 289
166 Haskell County 285
166 Llano County 285
167 Brewster County 274
168 Bandera County 268
169 Hall County 263
170 Coleman County 259
171 Callahan County 253
172 Hudspeth County 247
173 Starr County 236
174 Floyd County 234
174 San Saba County 234
175 McCulloch County 233
176 Duval County 228
177 Hardeman County 219
178 Brooks County 215
178 Crosby County 215
178 Gillespie County 215
179 Castro County 214
180 Blanco County 210
181 Donley County 209
182 Knox County 208
183 Montague County 193
184 Collingsworth County 191
185 Crane County 188
186 Dallam County 187
187 Comanche County 180
188 Martin County 177
189 Dimmit County 175
190 Fisher County 174
191 Lynn County 173
192 Parmer County 167
193 La Salle County 165
194 Zavala County 158
195 Wheeler County 155
196 Bailey County 150
197 Cottle County 144
198 Yoakum County 137
199 Upton County 133
200 Ochiltree County 132
200 Reagan County 132
201 Presidio County 128
202 Clay County 122
203 Cochran County 121
204 Archer County 112
205 Somervell County 108
205 Zapata County 108
206 Baylor County 106
207 Kinney County 97
208 Carson County 83
208 Hamilton County 83
209 Crockett County 78
210 Shackelford County 75
211 Mills County 70
212 Jim Hogg County 69
213 Dickens County 64
214 Hansford County 62
214 Lipscomb County 62
215 Briscoe County 60
216 Foard County 58
216 Oldham County 58
216 Real County 58
217 Sherman County 56
218 Schleicher County 52
219 Mason County 47
220 Culberson County 45
221 Kimble County 44
221 Stonewall County 44
222 Sutton County 43
223 Menard County 41
224 Hemphill County 37
225 Motley County 36
226 Coke County 33
227 Edwards County 28
227 Jeff Davis County 28
228 Glasscock County 27
229 Armstrong County 26
230 Sterling County 25
231 Irion County 21
232 Kenedy County 18
233 McMullen County 17
234 Terrell County 16
234 Throckmorton County 16
235 Kent County 7
235 King County 7
236 Loving County 6
237 Borden County 5
238 Roberts County 2