Ranking of Texas Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, among all Texas counties, Harris County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (1.02M), followed by Dallas County (627.09K), and Tarrant County (422.15K).

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 2023
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Harris County 1019045
2 Dallas County 627091
3 Tarrant County 422145
4 Fort Bend County 208155
5 Bexar County 196912
6 Collin County 143227
7 Travis County 127270
8 Denton County 125543
9 Bell County 97850
10 Jefferson County 86639
11 Brazoria County 70879
12 Williamson County 56609
13 Montgomery County 55237
14 Galveston County 48820
15 Smith County 43391
16 McLennan County 40190
17 Kaufman County 40129
18 El Paso County 38949
19 Ellis County 38525
20 Brazos County 27922
21 Gregg County 26585
22 Lubbock County 26110
23 Bowie County 23842
24 Walker County 18144
25 Guadalupe County 17259
26 Nueces County 16049
27 Waller County 15744
28 Coryell County 15095
29 Harrison County 15014
30 Wichita County 14754
31 Hays County 13986
32 Rockwall County 13733
33 Angelina County 13601
34 Midland County 13360
35 Taylor County 13257
36 Potter County 13105
37 Johnson County 12791
38 Anderson County 12336
39 Nacogdoches County 11295
40 Hunt County 10070
41 Hidalgo County 10023
42 Liberty County 9673
43 Grayson County 9237
44 Ector County 9113
45 Rusk County 8750
46 Orange County 8067
47 Bastrop County 7694
48 Cherokee County 7263
49 Navarro County 7011
50 Lamar County 6936
51 Comal County 6851
52 Randall County 6469
53 Washington County 6075
54 Victoria County 6002
55 Wharton County 5751
56 Henderson County 5523
57 Houston County 5283
58 Tom Green County 5257
59 Jasper County 5194
60 Chambers County 5084
61 Polk County 5042
62 Cass County 4672
63 Cameron County 4629
64 Grimes County 4477
65 Shelby County 4140
66 Matagorda County 4002
67 Falls County 3962
68 Limestone County 3809
69 Parker County 3608
70 Hardin County 3538
71 Panola County 3515
72 Upshur County 3444
73 Robertson County 3323
74 Titus County 3205
75 Caldwell County 3055
76 Freestone County 3037
77 Austin County 2981
78 Bee County 2780
79 Jones County 2770
80 Hopkins County 2714
81 Morris County 2661
82 Colorado County 2624
83 San Jacinto County 2598
84 Fannin County 2559
85 Madison County 2557
86 Webb County 2471
87 Tyler County 2418
88 Milam County 2414
89 Hill County 2392
90 Medina County 2284
91 Burleson County 2157
92 Wood County 2112
93 Camp County 2068
94 Van Zandt County 2062
95 Newton County 2020
96 Marion County 1890
97 Howard County 1834
97 Red River County 1834
98 Hale County 1810
99 DeWitt County 1792
100 Lee County 1746
101 Karnes County 1679
102 Wise County 1678
103 San Augustine County 1674
104 San Patricio County 1631
105 Fayette County 1616
106 Brown County 1611
107 Cooke County 1597
108 Gonzales County 1443
109 Wilson County 1319
110 Lavaca County 1318
111 Kleberg County 1317
112 Trinity County 1246
113 Val Verde County 1214
114 Lampasas County 1168
114 Moore County 1168
115 Mitchell County 1145
116 Kerr County 1121
117 Burnet County 1110
118 Gray County 1108
119 Leon County 1093
119 Wilbarger County 1093
120 Jackson County 1034
121 Hood County 1028
122 Erath County 982
123 Atascosa County 956
124 Frio County 924
125 Kendall County 911
126 Dawson County 907
127 Hockley County 901
128 Live Oak County 847
129 Palo Pinto County 791
130 Nolan County 780
131 Scurry County 714
132 Sabine County 704
133 Childress County 693
134 Pecos County 690
135 Swisher County 645
136 Lamb County 622
137 Calhoun County 617
138 Willacy County 614
139 Hutchinson County 595
140 Maverick County 594
141 Ward County 592
142 Terry County 552
143 Franklin County 533
144 Aransas County 530
145 Jim Wells County 516
146 Gaines County 498
147 Refugio County 475
148 Bosque County 466
149 Eastland County 442
150 Andrews County 415
151 Concho County 414
152 Deaf Smith County 413
153 Rains County 402
154 Reeves County 387
155 Bandera County 382
155 Starr County 382
156 Uvalde County 377
157 Goliad County 371
158 Stephens County 349
159 Delta County 347
160 Garza County 341
161 Jack County 336
162 Llano County 335
162 Young County 335
163 Callahan County 323
164 Hartley County 316
165 Coleman County 296
166 Haskell County 295
167 Runnels County 291
168 Brewster County 288
169 Winkler County 284
170 San Saba County 271
171 Hall County 269
172 Bailey County 268
173 Gillespie County 262
174 Duval County 259
174 Hudspeth County 259
175 Montague County 248
176 McCulloch County 247
177 Floyd County 244
177 Hardeman County 244
178 Brooks County 229
179 Crosby County 225
180 Comanche County 222
181 Blanco County 213
182 Castro County 211
183 Dallam County 204
184 Knox County 195
185 Martin County 194
186 Dimmit County 189
187 Crane County 188
188 Parmer County 187
189 Lynn County 184
190 Donley County 182
191 La Salle County 179
192 Collingsworth County 175
192 Zavala County 175
193 Fisher County 168
194 Clay County 167
195 Presidio County 154
195 Wheeler County 154
196 Upton County 152
197 Ochiltree County 142
198 Archer County 141
199 Cottle County 136
199 Reagan County 136
200 Yoakum County 135
201 Baylor County 132
202 Somervell County 130
203 Cochran County 126
204 Zapata County 123
205 Hamilton County 118
206 Kinney County 112
207 Carson County 99
208 Crockett County 87
209 Hansford County 81
210 Mills County 80
211 Lipscomb County 78
212 Shackelford County 74
213 Jim Hogg County 72
214 Culberson County 69
215 Oldham County 68
216 Dickens County 65
217 Foard County 64
218 Briscoe County 63
219 Kimble County 60
220 Real County 59
221 Schleicher County 58
222 Sherman County 55
223 Menard County 52
223 Sutton County 52
224 Hemphill County 47
225 Mason County 45
225 Stonewall County 45
226 Edwards County 39
227 Armstrong County 37
228 Coke County 35
229 Glasscock County 32
230 Motley County 31
231 Jeff Davis County 30
232 Irion County 27
233 Sterling County 23
234 Terrell County 20
235 Throckmorton County 19
236 Kenedy County 18
237 McMullen County 16
238 Borden County 10
239 Kent County 9
240 Roberts County 8
241 King County 5
242 Loving County 3