Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
Updated on August 12, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (34.16%), followed by Waller County (25.61%), and Bowie County (25.6%).
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 Percentage of Pop. that are
Black or African American Alone in 2020
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 34.16 |
| 2 | Waller County | 25.61 |
| 3 | Bowie County | 25.6 |
| 4 | Bell County | 25.01 |
| 5 | Houston County | 24.95 |
| 6 | Falls County | 24.76 |
| 7 | Dallas County | 23.96 |
| 8 | Walker County | 22.78 |
| 9 | Morris County | 22.7 |
| 10 | Fort Bend County | 21.86 |
| 11 | Anderson County | 21.72 |
| 12 | Harrison County | 21.51 |
| 13 | San Augustine County | 21.32 |
| 14 | Gregg County | 21.1 |
| 15 | Marion County | 20.71 |
| 16 | Harris County | 20.5 |
| 17 | Robertson County | 20.27 |
| 18 | Madison County | 19.71 |
| 19 | Tarrant County | 18.4 |
| 20 | Smith County | 17.93 |
| 21 | Nacogdoches County | 17.91 |
| 22 | Newton County | 17.86 |
| 23 | Shelby County | 17.7 |
| 24 | Coryell County | 17.62 |
| 25 | Limestone County | 17.47 |
| 26 | Washington County | 17.31 |
| 27 | Rusk County | 17.01 |
| 28 | Cass County | 16.75 |
| 29 | Red River County | 16.56 |
| 30 | Camp County | 16.48 |
| 31 | Jasper County | 16.16 |
| 32 | Brazoria County | 15.87 |
| 33 | Angelina County | 15.85 |
| 34 | Freestone County | 15.67 |
| 35 | Panola County | 15.43 |
| 36 | Kaufman County | 15.42 |
| 37 | McLennan County | 15.1 |
| 38 | Grimes County | 14.84 |
| 39 | Cherokee County | 14.28 |
| 40 | Wharton County | 14.15 |
| 41 | Lamar County | 13.54 |
| 42 | Galveston County | 13.5 |
| 43 | Jones County | 13.43 |
| 44 | Mitchell County | 13.34 |
| 45 | Ellis County | 13.28 |
| 46 | Colorado County | 13.15 |
| 47 | Navarro County | 12.97 |
| 48 | Concho County | 12.39 |
| 49 | Burleson County | 12.37 |
| 50 | Matagorda County | 11.53 |
| 51 | Tyler County | 11.45 |
| 52 | Denton County | 11.43 |
| 53 | Potter County | 11.42 |
| 54 | Collin County | 11.25 |
| 55 | Wichita County | 11.17 |
| 56 | Brazos County | 11.16 |
| 57 | Cottle County | 10.55 |
| 58 | Karnes County | 10.45 |
| 59 | Lee County | 10.39 |
| 60 | Titus County | 10.25 |
| 61 | Milam County | 9.82 |
| 62 | Polk County | 9.72 |
| 63 | Childress County | 9.67 |
| 64 | Austin County | 9.66 |
| 65 | Hall County | 9.41 |
| 66 | DeWitt County | 9.32 |
| 67 | Travis County | 9.26 |
| 68 | Loving County | 9.23 |
| 69 | Liberty County | 9.21 |
| 70 | Guadalupe County | 9.13 |
| 71 | San Jacinto County | 9.12 |
| 72 | Bexar County | 9.09 |
| 73 | Swisher County | 9.08 |
| 74 | Orange County | 9.03 |
| 75 | Trinity County | 9.02 |
| 76 | Wilbarger County | 8.66 |
| 77 | Taylor County | 8.64 |
| 78 | Bee County | 8.62 |
| 79 | Chambers County | 8.32 |
| 80 | Hunt County | 8.23 |
| 81 | Lubbock County | 8.21 |
| 82 | Rockwall County | 8.16 |
| 83 | Gonzales County | 7.83 |
| 83 | Upshur County | 7.83 |
| 84 | Hudspeth County | 7.73 |
| 85 | Williamson County | 7.62 |
| 86 | Garza County | 7.6 |
| 87 | Midland County | 7.58 |
| 88 | Hopkins County | 7.41 |
| 89 | Leon County | 7.26 |
| 90 | Collingsworth County | 7.24 |
| 91 | Delta County | 7.17 |
| 92 | Bastrop County | 7.11 |
| 93 | Dawson County | 7.07 |
| 93 | Sabine County | 7.07 |
| 94 | Jackson County | 6.89 |
| 95 | Howard County | 6.86 |
| 96 | Refugio County | 6.79 |
| 97 | Victoria County | 6.73 |
| 98 | Live Oak County | 6.71 |
| 99 | Hill County | 6.64 |
| 100 | Fannin County | 6.58 |
| 101 | Lavaca County | 6.53 |
| 102 | Fayette County | 6.42 |
| 103 | Caldwell County | 6.4 |
| 104 | Henderson County | 6.39 |
| 105 | Donley County | 6.37 |
| 106 | Knox County | 6.22 |
| 107 | Grayson County | 6.19 |
| 108 | Montgomery County | 6.18 |
| 109 | Hardeman County | 6.16 |
| 110 | Ector County | 5.82 |
| 111 | Hale County | 5.71 |
| 112 | Ward County | 5.65 |
| 113 | Goliad County | 5.5 |
| 113 | Hardin County | 5.5 |
| 114 | Nolan County | 5.48 |
| 115 | Hartley County | 5.4 |
| 116 | Frio County | 5.36 |
| 117 | Foard County | 5.33 |
| 118 | Haskell County | 5.25 |
| 119 | Kenedy County | 5.17 |
| 120 | Gray County | 5.1 |
| 121 | Scurry County | 5.09 |
| 122 | Hays County | 4.81 |
| 123 | Lampasas County | 4.76 |
| 124 | Lamb County | 4.74 |
| 125 | Fisher County | 4.73 |
| 126 | Cochran County | 4.72 |
| 127 | Moore County | 4.67 |
| 128 | Wood County | 4.66 |
| 129 | Nueces County | 4.59 |
| 130 | Johnson County | 4.54 |
| 131 | Pecos County | 4.52 |
| 132 | Terry County | 4.48 |
| 133 | Franklin County | 4.47 |
| 134 | Tom Green County | 4.45 |
| 135 | Floyd County | 4.36 |
| 136 | Kleberg County | 4.35 |
| 137 | Brown County | 4.27 |
| 138 | Briscoe County | 4.23 |
| 139 | Crosby County | 4.22 |
| 140 | Reeves County | 4.21 |
| 141 | El Paso County | 4.18 |
| 142 | Jack County | 4.16 |
| 143 | San Saba County | 4.09 |
| 144 | Upton County | 4.03 |
| 145 | Crane County | 4.02 |
| 146 | Hockley County | 3.95 |
| 147 | Reagan County | 3.91 |
| 148 | Randall County | 3.81 |
| 149 | Winkler County | 3.74 |
| 150 | Dickens County | 3.64 |
| 151 | Cooke County | 3.61 |
| 152 | Stonewall County | 3.54 |
| 153 | Motley County | 3.39 |
| 154 | Coleman County | 3.37 |
| 154 | Martin County | 3.37 |
| 154 | Stephens County | 3.37 |
| 155 | Medina County | 3.36 |
| 156 | Oldham County | 3.29 |
| 157 | Calhoun County | 3.28 |
| 158 | Wheeler County | 3.11 |
| 159 | Kinney County | 3.1 |
| 160 | Lynn County | 3.08 |
| 160 | Runnels County | 3.08 |
| 161 | McCulloch County | 3.07 |
| 162 | Baylor County | 3.06 |
| 162 | Hutchinson County | 3.06 |
| 163 | Brooks County | 3.05 |
| 164 | Comal County | 3.04 |
| 165 | Van Zandt County | 2.98 |
| 166 | Castro County | 2.92 |
| 167 | Brewster County | 2.87 |
| 168 | McMullen County | 2.85 |
| 169 | Rains County | 2.77 |
| 170 | Palo Pinto County | 2.64 |
| 170 | Willacy County | 2.64 |
| 171 | Dallam County | 2.62 |
| 171 | King County | 2.62 |
| 172 | Eastland County | 2.55 |
| 173 | Crockett County | 2.52 |
| 174 | Val Verde County | 2.51 |
| 175 | La Salle County | 2.48 |
| 176 | Glasscock County | 2.42 |
| 177 | Gaines County | 2.41 |
| 177 | Shackelford County | 2.41 |
| 178 | Bosque County | 2.32 |
| 178 | Duval County | 2.32 |
| 179 | San Patricio County | 2.3 |
| 180 | Bailey County | 2.19 |
| 181 | Erath County | 2.13 |
| 181 | Schleicher County | 2.13 |
| 181 | Terrell County | 2.13 |
| 182 | Deaf Smith County | 2.11 |
| 182 | Real County | 2.11 |
| 183 | Presidio County | 2.1 |
| 184 | Menard County | 2.09 |
| 185 | Culberson County | 2.06 |
| 186 | Lipscomb County | 2.05 |