Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, among all Texas counties, Jefferson County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (33.26%), followed by Bowie County (25.43%), and Waller County (24.05%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Texas counties.

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Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
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Ranking of Texas Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2022
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jefferson County 33.26
2 Bowie County 25.43
3 Waller County 24.05
4 Houston County 23.12
5 Dallas County 23.08
6 Bell County 22.52
7 Walker County 22
8 Falls County 21.93
9 Morris County 21.48
10 Fort Bend County 21.4
11 San Augustine County 21.25
12 Harrison County 20.8
13 Anderson County 20.51
14 Gregg County 20.37
15 Marion County 19.89
16 Harris County 19.64
17 Kaufman County 18.58
18 Robertson County 18.38
19 Tarrant County 18.12
20 Madison County 17.78
21 Smith County 17.18
22 Newton County 16.91
23 Nacogdoches County 16.76
24 Shelby County 16.65
25 Limestone County 16.18
26 Brazoria County 16.16
26 Coryell County 16.16
27 Cass County 16.12
28 Washington County 15.99
29 Rusk County 15.98
30 Jasper County 15.5
31 Red River County 15.49
32 Ellis County 15.18
33 Panola County 14.99
34 Camp County 14.95
35 Angelina County 14.92
36 Freestone County 14.13
37 McLennan County 14
38 Grimes County 13.6
39 Cherokee County 13.22
40 Lamar County 13.02
41 Galveston County 12.64
42 Wharton County 12.49
43 Jones County 12.36
44 Navarro County 11.86
45 Mitchell County 11.73
46 Denton County 11.68
47 Tyler County 11.55
48 Concho County 11.49
49 Colorado County 11.31
50 Collin County 11.3
51 Brazos County 10.7
52 Burleson County 10.66
53 Wichita County 10.54
54 Potter County 10.21
55 Matagorda County 10.2
56 Cottle County 10.18
57 Karnes County 10.15
58 Childress County 9.69
59 Titus County 9.12
60 Lee County 9.1
61 Rockwall County 9.02
62 Polk County 8.94
63 Orange County 8.88
64 Austin County 8.67
65 Travis County 8.54
66 San Jacinto County 8.5
66 Trinity County 8.5
67 Milam County 8.49
68 Hall County 8.48
69 Bee County 8.41
70 Swisher County 8.21
71 Chambers County 8.11
72 Guadalupe County 8.04
73 Hunt County 8.02
74 Bexar County 8.01
75 Liberty County 8
76 DeWitt County 7.94
77 Taylor County 7.86
78 Upshur County 7.63
79 Wilbarger County 7.56
80 Lubbock County 7.25
81 Williamson County 7.14
82 Hudspeth County 7.11
83 Hopkins County 6.84
84 Loving County 6.82
85 Midland County 6.76
86 Montgomery County 6.57
87 Sabine County 6.5
88 Fannin County 6.48
89 Leon County 6.28
90 Dawson County 6.26
91 Live Oak County 6.25
92 Delta County 6.23
93 Henderson County 6.09
94 Hardeman County 6.04
95 Jackson County 6.03
96 Bastrop County 5.87
97 Victoria County 5.81
98 Grayson County 5.76
99 Lavaca County 5.75
100 Garza County 5.71
101 Gonzales County 5.69
101 Refugio County 5.69
102 Fayette County 5.62
103 Hardin County 5.61
104 Hill County 5.6
105 Hartley County 5.55
106 Knox County 5.54
107 Collingsworth County 5.49
108 Foard County 5.36
109 Caldwell County 5.25
110 Johnson County 5.18
111 Donley County 5.08
112 Hale County 4.81
113 Gray County 4.74
113 Howard County 4.74
114 Nolan County 4.65
115 Ector County 4.61
116 Franklin County 4.53
117 San Saba County 4.35
118 Moore County 4.32
119 Haskell County 4.26
120 Goliad County 4.21
121 Hays County 4.13
122 Wood County 4.12
123 Ward County 4.07
124 Briscoe County 4.03
125 Pecos County 3.97
126 Lampasas County 3.93
127 Frio County 3.79
128 Fisher County 3.78
129 Cochran County 3.77
129 Scurry County 3.77
130 Nueces County 3.74
131 Brown County 3.65
132 Randall County 3.62
133 Jack County 3.58
134 Tom Green County 3.55
135 Lamb County 3.54
136 Terry County 3.51
137 Kleberg County 3.49
138 El Paso County 3.42
139 Floyd County 3.36
140 Medina County 3.35
141 Cooke County 3.33
141 Crosby County 3.33
142 Hockley County 3.29
143 Stonewall County 3.28
144 Oldham County 3.24
145 Stephens County 3.18
146 Coleman County 3.12
147 Van Zandt County 2.94
148 Motley County 2.9
149 Upton County 2.89
150 Comal County 2.86
151 Reagan County 2.85
152 Crane County 2.81
153 Wheeler County 2.78
154 McMullen County 2.64
155 Glasscock County 2.63
156 Brooks County 2.58
156 Rains County 2.58
157 Baylor County 2.46
157 McCulloch County 2.46
158 Winkler County 2.44
159 Hutchinson County 2.39
160 Kinney County 2.33
161 Palo Pinto County 2.31
162 Calhoun County 2.27
163 Kenedy County 2.26
164 Brewster County 2.22
164 Culberson County 2.22
164 Menard County 2.22
165 Dickens County 2.19
165 Runnels County 2.19
166 Lynn County 2.18
167 Duval County 2.16
167 Willacy County 2.16
168 King County 2.14
169 Martin County 2.12
170 Real County 2.05
171 Eastland County 2.03
172 Castro County 1.95
173 Erath County 1.94
174 Bosque County 1.88
175 Presidio County 1.86
176 Wilson County 1.83
177 Dallam County 1.82
178 Reeves County 1.75
179 San Patricio County 1.74
180 Wise County 1.73
181 Callahan County 1.71
182 Irion County 1.7
183 Gaines County 1.69
183 La Salle County 1.69
184 Parker County 1.67
185 Burnet County 1.65
186 Shackelford County 1.56
187 Borden County 1.55